PANEL 1: What has chemicals legislation done for us over the last decade? - Jake Sanderson, Manager, Environment Canada

1. Presenter Name - Title
Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan:
“A decade after implementation”
PANEL 1: What has chemicals legislation
done for us over the last decade?
June 8th, 2017

2. • Pre-existing, established, scientifically sound, chemicals management
program for new and existing chemicals
• Relatively new Legislative mandate
– The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA, 1999)
• Categorization/Prioritization of Domestic Substances List (23,000 substances)
• Requirements to conduct screening assessment
• Evolving National/Regional Chemicals Programs International
– REACH was being born in Europe
– Reforms underway in the United States
• New Government
– Prime Minister launched Chemicals Management Plan in December 2006
– Support and Resources ($)
• Timing / Alignment
– Baseline of information following prioritization exercise
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Key Drivers and Landscape in 2006

3. 3
Arriving at Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan

4. 4
Alignment of the Sun, Moon and Stars?

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Chemicals Management Cycle under CEPA
Stakeholder
Engagement/Outreach,
Information Gathering,
Reporting, Cooperation
and Collaboration

6. Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan (CMP)
• Protection of human health and the environment
• The CMP provides a plan for the assessment and management of ~4,300
substances that were identified as priorities, and is Canada’s approach to
achieve the international goal for the sound management of chemicals by
2020
• The CMP is comprised of three phases
• The most recent phase was launched in May 2016 and builds on the successes of
the first 2 phases
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Phase 3:
2016-2020;
1500
Phase 2:
2011-2016;
1700
Phase 1:
2006-2011;
1065

7. Key Principles of the CMP
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An integrated, government-wide approach to chemicals management to
protect Human Health and the Environment
Targeted action on chemicals of higher concern
Transparent, predictable timelines
Integration of research and monitoring programs, aligned to priorities
A basis to promote international collaboration
Enhanced engagement with various groups

8. • Systematic, practical, pragmatic approach,
• Achieving results!
• ~2800 assessments completed,
• ~370 substances found harmful, ~80 risk management actions
• Integration across the Federal Government
• Focused on priorities, alignment
• Public timelines and Transparency
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Working Internationally – Scavenging?
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Lessons Learned, Successes of CMP after a Decade

9. • What’s on the horizon…….
– Review of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 is underway
– Continued delivery and implementation of the CMP
– Early thinking has begun on future direction of chemicals management
post-2020
• What has the CMP accomplished?
• What are the gaps?
• Where should we go?
– Stakeholders have started to be engaged early in the process
– Chemicals management beyond 2020 is also being discussed internationally
• Canada recently Co-Chaired the first meeting of the intersessional process
considering the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
(SAICM) and the sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020
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Now beginning to look beyond 2020

10. Evolution of Chemicals Management in Canada
Canadian Environmental
Protection Act (CEPA)
1988 proclaimed
First Priority Substances List
(PSL1): created 1989
Domestic Substances List
(DSL): created 1991
Second Priority Substances List
(PSL 2): created 1995
New Substances Regulations for
Chemicals & Polymers - 1994
New Substances Regulations for
Organisms - 1997
Canadian Environmental Protection
Act (CEPA) 1999 enacted
Categorization (2000 – 2006)
Chemicals Management Plan 1 - 2006
Chemicals Management Plan 2 - 2011
Chemicals Management Plan 3 - 2016
Post 2020
Chemicals
Program
Environmental Contaminants Act of 1975
WE ARE HERE
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Sound Management of Chemicals
2020 Goals