CEPA 1999 Section 200
Environmental Emergencies List(Canada) | Section 200 of CEPA 1999 allows the federal government to establish a list of substances that, if they enter the environment as a result of environmental emergency (E2): a) have or may have an immediate or long-term harmful effect on the environment or its biological diversity b) constitutes or may constitute a danger to the environment on which human life depends, or c) constitutes or may constitute a danger in Canada to human life or health. An E2 plan would be required of all facilities that store or use any of these substances at or above specified threshold quantities. | Substances on these lists have been identified through activities under CEPA as being of potential concern for the environment and/or human health in Canada. |
Second Priority Substances List (PSL2) Nomination Dossiers
(Canada) | The PSL2 Information dossiers are documents that were prepared for substances nominated for PSL2. They contain: physicochemical data, environmental fate and behavior, toxicity, production and use in Canadian commerce, and release data. Data selected in the draft dossiers has been reviewed and selected based upon quality of the study and credibility of the source. | Substances on these lists have been identified through activities under CEPA as being of potential concern for the environment and/or human health in Canada. |
Forest Products Industry List (Canada) | This list of substances on the DSL were identified by the Forest Products Section (Environment Canada) and the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) as representing substances of potential interest to that sector. | This list is judged relevant as it identifies substances that have been labeled as being of interest to this sector in Canada, but this does not imply that these substances are necessarily of particular ecological concern. |
Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics (ARET) List (Canada) | The concept of ARET was developed in the early 1990's as a challenge to Canadian industry to voluntarily reduce or eliminate releases of 117 substances found in the Great Lakes Basin. Substances were scored based on available toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation data. This listing was meant to guide priorities and was not meant to imply that actual harm was being caused by these substances. | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of potential concern for the environment and/or human health in the Great Lakes region. |
Great Lakes 211 Air Toxics (Canada/US) | The Great Lakes Commission is a binational agency that promotes the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water and related natural resources of the Great Lakes basin and St. Lawrence River. This list includes compounds listed as Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) within the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. It also includes several substances that have been identified as posing a potential threat to the Great Lakes ecosystem and human health within the region. | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of potential concern for the environment and/or human health in the Great Lakes region. |
Great Lakes Binational Toxics List (Canada/US) | The Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy was developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Environment Canada to implement the Revised Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978. The purpose of this binational strategy is to set forth a collaborative process by which Environment Canada and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation with other federal departments and agencies, Great Lakes states, the Province of Ontario, Tribes, and First Nations, work in cooperation with their public and private partners toward the goal of virtual elimination of persistent toxic substances resulting from human activity, particularly those which bioaccumulate, from the Great Lakes Basin. The strategy uses multiple screening criteria to identify substances that are present in the water, sediment, or aquatic biota of the Great Lakes system and that are exerting, singly or in synergistic or additive combinations, a toxic effect on aquatic, animal, or human life. | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of potential concern for the environment and/or human health in the Great Lakes region. |
NAPS (Canada) | National Air Pollution Surveillance Network (NAPS) includes Semi-Volatile Organic Target List, Species Measured in Particulate Samples, and VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) Target List. | Canadian environmental monitoring data is available for substances on these lists. |
Environmental Technology Centre (ETC) Air Monitoring (Canada) | This provides a list of chemicals monitored by Environment Canada’s Environmental Technology Centre. | Canadian environmental monitoring data is available for substances on these lists. |
Pest Control Products Act Registered Active Ingredients (Canada) | Pesticides imported into, or sold or used in Canada are regulated federally under the Pest Control Products Act (PCP Act) and Regulations. | Substances on these lists have recognized toxic properties as they are used as pesticides. Although pesticides and their uses are not covered under CEPA, non-pesticidal uses of the substances do fall under the Act. |
Banned or Severely Restricted Pesticides (US) | The U.S. EPA maintains the list of banned or severely restricted pesticides as part of its participation in a voluntary international program known as the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure. | Substances on these lists have recognized toxic properties as they are used as pesticides. Although pesticides and their uses are not covered under CEPA, non-pesticidal uses of the substances do fall under the Act. |
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/FAO/
World Health Organization (WHO) Inchem Pesticide Classification
(United Nations) | The classification distinguishes between the more and the less hazardous forms of each pesticide in that it is based on the toxicity of the technical compound and on its formulations. The classification is based primarily on the acute oral and dermal toxicity to the rat since these determinations are standard procedures in toxicology. | Substances on these lists have recognized toxic properties as they are used as pesticides. Although pesticides and their uses are not covered under CEPA, non-pesticidal uses of the substances do fall under the Act. |
Persistent bioaccumulative toxic chemicals (PBT) List (US) | The U.S. EPA maintains a list of PBT chemicals to identify chemicals and chemical categories which may be found in hazardous wastes regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of concern for the environment and/or human health in other countries. |
Air Toxics / Hot Spots Chemicals (California) | California's Air Toxics "Hot Spots" Information and Assessment Act of 1987 (AB 2588) requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to compile and maintain a list of substances that pose chronic or acute threats to public health when present in the air. (PDF, 73KB) | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of concern for the environment and/or human health in other countries. |
Clean Water Act Priority Pollutants (US) | Section 307 of the U.S. federal Clean Water Act (CWA), defines a list of priority pollutants for which the U.S. EPA must establish ambient water quality criteria and effluent limitations. Decisions to expand the list must take into account the toxicity, persistence, and degradability of the pollutant; the potential presence and the importance of affected organisms in any waters; and the nature and extent of the effect of the toxic pollutant on such organisms. | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of concern for the environment and/or human health in other countries. |
Superfund Site Chemicals (US) | The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) created the Superfund Program to clean up uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous-waste sites and to respond to accidents, spills, and other emergency releases of pollutants and contaminants. Section 101 defines a list of hazardous chemicals (PDF, 804KB) for which the U.S. EPA must establish regulations. | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of concern for the environment and/or human health in other countries. |
Hazardous Constituents Under RCRA (US) | The Hazardous Constituents list (Appendix VIII) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is used to identify the universe of chemicals of concern under RCRA, the primary environmental law governing the proper disposal of hazardous wastes. | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of concern for the environment and/or human health in other countries. |
Nordic Council List of Chemicals Hazardous to Environment (EU) | The European Economic Community first created a List of Dangerous Substances in 1967, classifying substances according to health hazards and physico-chemical properties. The list has subsequently been expanded, and the Nordic Council of Ministers conducted a special project to review available toxicity data in order to identify substances that should be classified as dangerous to the environment. | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of concern for the environment and/or human health in other countries. |
OSPAR List (EU) | The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic was opened for signature at the Ministerial Meeting of the Oslo and Paris Commissions. The OSPAR List of Substances of Possible Concern is a dynamic working list and is regularly revised, as new information becomes available. This may lead to deletion of some substances on the current version of the OSPAR List of Substances of Possible Concern and to the addition of other substances if data on persistence, toxicity, ability to bioaccumulate, etc., show that they should be added. | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of concern for the environment and/or human health in other countries. |
Priority Substances List (EU) | Article 8 of the Regulation states that the Commission, in consultation with the Member States of the European Union, will regularly draw up lists of priority substances (http://ecb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/existing-chemicals/) which require immediate attention because of their potential effects to man or the environment. The Commission and Member States utilize the information collection during step 1 of the regulation as a basis for selecting priority substances. | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of concern for the environment and/or human health in other countries. |
Toxic Chemicals List (China) | This is a list of toxic chemicals banned or severely restricted in the People's Republic of China. | Substances on these lists have been identified as being of concern for the environment and/or human health in other countries. |
PIC List (United Nations) | In 1989, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) introduced provisions for Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedures for banned or severely restricted chemicals in international trade. The purpose of the provisions was to protect countries from importing chemicals that have been banned or severely restricted for health or environmental reasons. | The PIC list is used as a mechanism to identify substances that are prohibited or substantially restricted in other jurisdictions, the basis of which must be reviewed as required under section 75 of CEPA 1999. |
Camford Product Information Profiles (Canada) | Each chemical process industries (Camford Product Information (CPI)) profile is a handy market study covering a single chemical product. In a few pages, it provides the key information needed for effective marketing - data for the most recent five years and a three-year forecast. | These sources may contain information about production, uses, releases, exposure and hazard. The fact that a chemical is included in these sources does not necessarily indicate that it is of ecological concern. |
BUA Reports (DE) | Comprehensive chemical monographs are published on chemicals suspected of having a hazardous potential. The BUA Reports serve the German federal government as a basis for measures to regulate environmental and health hazards. The reports present Information on physico/chemical properties, toxicity, environmental fate, etc. | These sources may contain information about production, uses, releases, exposure and hazard. The fact that a chemical is included in these sources does not necessarily indicate that it is of ecological concern. |
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) (United Nations) | The International Program on Chemical Safety publishes EHC Documents on many industrial chemicals. The reports offer a comprehensive information source for: physicochemical data, environmental fate and behavior, environmental releases and concentrations, production and usage, aquatic, terrestrial and human toxicity (both acute and chronic), as well as further action/measures, if necessary, needed to mitigate harm caused by the substance. | These sources may contain information about production, uses, releases, exposure and hazard. The fact that a chemical is included in these sources does not necessarily indicate that it is of ecological concern. |
RAIS Tox Profile
(US) | The Risk Assessment Information System (RAIS) toxicity profiles in this database were developed using information taken from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) and Health Effects Assessment Summary Tables (HEAST) and other regulatory sources. | These sources may contain information about production, uses, releases, exposure and hazard. The fact that a chemical is included in these sources does not necessarily indicate that it is of ecological concern. |
TSCATS
(US) | Toxicity studies are submitted by U.S. industry to EPAunder several sections of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA - TS or Test Submission). The database contains non-confidential studies covering chemical testing results and adverse effects of chemicals on health and ecological systems. | These sources may contain information about production, uses, releases, exposure and hazard. The fact that a chemical is included in these sources does not necessarily indicate that it is of ecological concern. |
Right-to know fact sheets (New Jersey) | Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets are prepared for substances listed on the New Jersey Right to Know Hazardous Substance List. The Fact Sheets are prepared on pure substances and contain information on health hazards, exposure limits, personal protective equipment, proper handling, first aid, and emergency procedures for fires and spills. | These sources may contain information about production, uses, releases, exposure and hazard. The fact that a chemical is included in these sources does not necessarily indicate that it is of ecological concern. |