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Federal Mobile PCB Treatment and Destruction Regulations (SOR/90-5).

Country/Territory
Canada
Document type
Regulation
Date
1990 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
Regulations respecting mobile systems for the treatment and destruction of chlorobiphenyls that are operated on federal lands or operated by or under contract with federal institutions.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pollution control Hazardous substances Standards Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Regulations continue in force under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. These Regulations apply in respect of mobile PCB destruction systems and mobile PCB treatment systems that are operated: a) on federal land or on aboriginal land; or b) anywhere in Canada by or under contract with a federal institution. The text – consisting of 17 sections – deals with the following matters: duty of federal institutions, standards, information on design and performance, testing, test methods. One Schedule is enclosed specifying the toxicity factors.

Full text
English
Website
www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33).

Legislation | Canada | 1999 (2019)

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Pollution control, Framework law, Environmental planning, Marine pollution, Institution, Public participation, EIA, Indigenous peoples, Policy/planning, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Waste disposal, Waste management, Freshwater resources management, Freshwater pollution, Sustainable use

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Implemented by

Canada-Saskatchewan Administrative Agreement for the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

Legislation | Canada | 1994

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Procedural matters, Institution, Enforcement/compliance

Source: FAO, FAOLEX