Results of Canadian DSL Categorization Activities – What’s Next

CPPI

April 28, 2006

Calgary AB

Health SantéCanada Canada

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What is Categorization?Mandate under Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA 1999)

• Ministers of Environment and Health are required to categorize the 23,000 substances on the Domestic Substances List by September 14, 2006

• Categorization is a priority setting exercise that involves the systematic identification of substances on the DSL that should be subject to screening assessment

• This includes identifying substances, based on available information that:

– May present, to individuals in Canada, the greatest potential for exposure (GPE); or

– Are persistent (P) or bioaccumulative (B), in accordance with the P and B regulations, and inherently toxic to humans or to non-human organisms, as determined by lab or other studies

Substances not Requiring Further Work for Human Health

(331 substances)

Categorized “In” List

(762 substances)

Oct. 2004

Draft

Human Health

Maximal List

Sep. 2006

Human Health Aspects of DSL Categorization/Prioritization

Other Priorities

(492 substances) for Assessment for Human Health

Consider Risk Management •LPE High Hazard

Moderate Priority

•GPE/IPE-PorB Hazard Unknown(722 substances)

Substances Prioritized For Assessment

Highest Priority for Screening Health

Assessment

•GPE/IPE High Hazard

(258 substances)

Post 2006

No further action

Prioritysetting

IPE = Intermediate potential for exposure

LPE = Low potential for exposure

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Ecological Aspects of Categorization Results to Date

• Of the 22,400 substances for which we have preliminary categorization decisions, there is evidence that:

• 3700 meet ecological categorization criteria~ 200 PBiT with data of higher/medium certainty ~ 200 PBiT with data of lower certainty~ 500 High volume PiT or BiT~ 1600 Medium Volume PiT or BiT ~ 1100 Low Volume PiT or BiT (<1000kg)~ 100 PiT or BiT unknown volume

• A further 1900 substances are Uncertain because they do not have or data is conflicting

• Exposure/entry information not considered at this point

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Ecological Categorization Human Health Categorization

Communicate

Ecological Priorities* Human Health priorities*

Joint Schedule for Assessment

Joint Schedule for Data Gap Filling

Ecological Risk Assessment

Human Health Risk Assessment

Report Progress/ Results to the Public

Communicate

Communicate

* Where we are currently

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Next Steps – Prioritization

• Large number of substances meet the criteria for categorization

• Assessment is not the appropriate next step for many substances

• Based on the information collected through categorization, the following actions have been identified:

– Screening assessment– Data gap filling– Cooperation with other initiatives and

jurisdictions– Early rapid screening

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Highest priorities for action

• Substances with greatest and intermediate potential for exposure and hazardous to humans (~260 subs.)

• Substances that are inherently toxic, and both persistent and bioaccumulative (PBiT) (~ 400 subs)

– Included on s.71 Survey Notice

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Industry Engagement• June 2004, Canada launched an 18 month voluntary

challenge to industrial stakeholders and interested parties to submit experimental study or other information that could help refine categorization decisions

• So far, we have received approx 20 larger data submissions for consideration and 375 individual P, B or iT aquatic toxicity studies

– Submission by CPPI significantly reduced number of petroleum substances meeting the categorization criteria

• Approx. 20 submissions have been received covering the human health aspects of categorization

S.71 Notice with Respect to Selected Substances identified as Priority for Action

CPPI

April 28, 2006

Calgary AB

Health SantéCanada Canada

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S.71 Notice with Respect to Selected Substances identified as Priority for Action

• First action being taken on early results of categorization of the Domestic Substances List

• Legal Survey Notice issued in Canada Gazette on March 4, 2006

• Compliance deadline June 22, 2006• Requires Canadian companies who manufactured

or imported >100 kg of the listed substances in 2005 to respond

• ~500 substances in the notice (by CAS#)• Courtesy copies mailed to ~6000 companies and

industry associations

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S.71 Notice with Respect to Selected Substances identified as Priority for Action

• Survey designed to:– Identify which substances are manufactured in or

imported into Canada – Identify stakeholders and sectors before action is

taken on these substances• Quick action will be taken on substances found to no longer be in commerce in Canada

• “Extraction” is considered to meet the definition of manufacture under the notice

• Reporting of information that companies “reasonably may be expected to have access to”

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Where do I start?

• Read the Notice and Guidance Document• Using the list of 497 substances (by CAS#) identify:

– Do I manufacture any of these substances?• Includes production of the substance• Includes incidental production and byproducts• Manufacture includes “extraction”

– Do I import any of these chemicals?• Alone, in a mixture or product• From outside of Canada• Includes “manufactured items”

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Who can help?

• Your purchasing staff may be able to help you identify which products are purchased from outside Canada e.g. products used in oilfield or process units

• Review Material Safety Data Sheets• You may wish to consult with your suppliers outside of

Canada to identify proprietary ingredients• Sharing of expertise within your industry sector• EC can answer questions on how to fill out the Notice,

but the expertise on what to answer comes from you!

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S.71 Notice with Respect to Selected Substances identified as Priority for Action• If you meet the requirements to report (Sch. 2)

– Fill in Identification and Declaration form and the survey form (as outlined in Sch. 3) in the Notice.

– Send us the original!• If you did not meet the requirement to report

– You may wish to send us the Declaration of Non-Engagement (DNE). We will then stop sending you reminders about this Notice

• If you were under the threshold for reporting

– You may wish to fill in the Stakeholder section on the DNE so we can keep you informed about decisions relating your substances of interest

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Simplified S.71 Notice

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Response To-Date (Friday April 21)

• Heard from >1430 companies– Emails, calls, DNEs or submissions

• Received over 440 inquiries (email or phone)– >90% completed in 1 day– May take several days to reach the

inquirer• Requests for presentations from 3 associations (CAPP, CPPI, CPMA)

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Contact us at:

Existing Substances Program

Environment CanadaT: 1-888-228-0530 (in Canada) or (819) 956-9313F: (819) 953-4936Email: DSL.surveyco@ec.gc.cawww.ec.gc.ca/substances/ese

Health Canada

T: (613) 941-3510

F: (613) 954-2486

Email: ExSD@hc-sc.gc.ca

www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/contaminants/existsub/index_e.html