Highlights of the Proposed Amendments to the CEPA Chlorobiphenyl and Storage of PCB Material Regulations

Environment Canada has proposed amendments to the Chlorobiphenyl Regulations and Storage of PCB Materials Regulations that would require:

In addition the amendments would make it an offense to release any PCB material (liquids with over 2 ppm PCB, substances (solids) with over 50 ppm PCB, or 10 grams of PCBs) to the environment. Currently the Regulations state that it is an offense to release more than 1 gram per day of PCBs to the environment.

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