Pulp and Paper Mill Defoamer and Wood Chip Regulations

Whereas, pursuant to subsection 48(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, the Minister of the Environment published in the Canada Gazette Part I on December 14, 1991, a copy of the proposed Regulations respecting the manufacture, import, offering for sale, sale and use of defoamers containing dibenzofuran or dibenzo-para-dioxin at pulp and paper mills using chlorine bleaching processes and of wood chips containing polychlorinated phenols at all pulp and paper mills, and amending the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule I to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, substantially in the form annexed hereto;And Whereas, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, pursuant to subsection 34(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, the annexed Regulations do not regulate an aspect of any substance that is regulated by or under any other Act of Parliament;Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, pursuant to section 34 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of National Health and Welfare and after the federal-provincial advisory committee has been given an opportunity to provide its advice under section 6 of the Act, is pleased hereby to make the annexed Regulations respecting the manufacture, import, offering for sale, sale and use of defoamers containing dibenzofuran or dibenzo-para-dioxin at pulp and paper mills using chlorine bleaching processes and of wood chips containing polychlorinated phenols at all pulp and paper mills, and amending the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule I to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.^notenote

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Schedule I · Information Respecting Defoamers Received by an Operator of a Mill That Uses a Chlorine Bleaching Process (Section 7)

1 The quantity, and the name of the manufacturer, importer or vendor, of each shipment of a defoamer received by the mill, and the date of delivery of the shipment.2 A copy of the certificate referred to in paragraph 4(1)(b) in respect of each batch of the defoamer provided by the manufacturer, importer or vendor of the defoamer, or the concentrations of dibenzofuran and dibenzo-para-dioxin in each batch of the defoamer delivered to the mill.

Schedule II · Information Respecting Defoamers That Are Manufactured, Imported, Offered for Sale or Sold for Use in a Mill in Canada That Uses a Chlorine Bleaching Process (Section 8)

1 The quantity of each defoamer manufactured, imported, offered for sale or sold and the date of the manufacture, import, offer or sale.2 The name and address of each mill in respect of which the defoamer is manufactured, imported, offered for sale or sold, and the quantity of each batch of defoamer received at the mill.3 The concentrations of dibenzofuran and dibenzo-para-dioxin in each batch of defoamer received at each mill in respect of which the defoamer is manufactured, imported, offered for sale or sold.4 The name of the laboratory conducting the concentration analyses, where the analyses were not conducted by the manufacturer, importer or vendor.