Information gathering initiatives

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• Current mandatory notices
• Voluntary information collection
  • Voluntary information collection initiatives
• Earlier mandatory notices
• Earlier voluntary information collection initiatives
• Related resources

Current mandatory notices

Mandatory notices can be issued under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) to gather information needed to inform priority-setting, risk assessment and risk management activities, as well as decision making for chemical substances.

Consult the information gathering plan for information about upcoming initiatives.

Voluntary information collection

To further inform risk assessment and risk management activities, information could be gathered through data requests or voluntary questionnaires to any person, to obtain additional information related to previous submissions, or to those known to have an interest in the substances.

Participation in these data requests or voluntary questionnaires is critical to inform risk assessment and risk management. Participation rates may inform information gathering approaches.

Stakeholders who have information to submit are also invited to communicate with the Substances Management Information Line.

Earlier mandatory notices

The Government of Canada has previously issued notices under section 46 or 71 of CEPA 1999 to gather information under the following initiatives. Even if the deadline for responding to a section 46 or 71 notice has passed, those who met the reporting requirements and did not respond remain legally obligated to do so. The response must be submitted as soon as possible to the Minister of the Environment to the attention of the Substances Management Information Line.

Compilations of non-confidential information received in response to certain information gathering initiatives are available in Excel and CSV formats via the Government of Canada Open data portal. Notices for which non-confidential data compilations could not be produced are marked as “No open data available”.

Earlier voluntary information collection initiatives

The Government of Canada has previously collected information, on a voluntary basis, under the following initiatives:

Related resources

• Information gathering plan
• Information gathering
• Frequently asked questions – information gathering activities
• Request for information from foreign suppliers