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Solvent Degreasing Regulations (SOR/2003-283).

Country/Territory
Canada
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Hazardous substances Pollution control Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Regulations are made under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to the protection of the population from certain solvents. Section 3 establishes that no person shall use a solvent set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 in a degreasing process set out in column 2 in a quantity that exceeds the threshold set out in column 3 on or after the date set out in column 4 unless, for each kilogram of solvent that exceeds the threshold, the person has a consumption unit issued by the Minister under subsection 4(1) or transferred under section 6. The text consists of 11 sections and 7 Schedules.

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