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December

• The meeting record for the November 2018 Chemicals Management Plan Science Committee meeting was published. A committee report on a public health approach was also published. [2019-12-19]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Poly(alkoxylates/ethers) Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on February 12, 2020. [2019-12-13]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Sodium Cyclamate and Cyclohexylamine was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on February 12, 2020. [2019-12-13]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for 1-Nitropropane was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on February 5, 2020. [2019-12-07]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Corn, Steep Liquor was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on February 5, 2020. [2019-12-07]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on February 5, 2020. [2019-12-07]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Lotus, corniculatus Extract was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on February 5, 2020. [2019-12-07]
• The nomination process for the Revised In Commerce List (R-ICL) closed on November 3, 2019. Nomination packages received after November 3, 2019 will not be accepted. Manufacturers and importers who wish to market a new substance for use in Food and Drugs Act regulated products in Canada that is not already listed on the R-ICL or the Domestic Substances list must submit a notification under the New Substances Notification Regulations (NSNR) (Chemicals and Polymers) or NSNR (Organisms). [2019-12-05]
• A summary of feedback from the defining vulnerable populations consultation was published. [2019-12-05]

August

• A Summary of Flame Retardant Assessments and  Management Conducted under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 was published. [2019-08-28]
• The Final Screening Assessment for Aspergillus awamori strain ATCC 22342 (=Aspergillus niger strain ATCC 22342) and Aspergillus brasiliensis strain ATCC 9642 was published. A notice of intent to apply the Significant New Activity (SNAc) provisions of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to these substances was also published for a 60-day public comment period ending on October 23, 2019. [2019-08-24]
• An updated Chemicals Management Plan Stakeholder Advisory Council members list was published. [2019-08-14]

July

• The draft screening assessment and risk management scope for chlorocresol were published for a 60-day public comment period ending on September 25, 2019. [2019-07-27]
• A notice of intent to amend the Domestic Substances List to vary or rescind the requirements under the Significant New Activity (SNAc) provisions for 110 substances was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on September 25, 2019. [2019-07-27]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Dimethoxymethane was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on September 18, 2019. [2019-07-20]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Acetic Acid was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on September 18, 2019. [2019-07-20]
• Updates to certain two-year rolling work plans (2019-2021) for the third phase of the Chemicals Management Plan were published. [2019-07-19]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Phosphoric Acid Derivatives Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on September 11, 2019. [2019-07-13]
• A consultation document on an integrated strategy for the protection of Canadian workers from exposure to chemicals was published for a consultation period ending on August 30, 2019. [2019-07-11]
• The meeting record for the July 2018 Chemicals Management Plan Science Committee meeting has been published. A committee report on advancing consideration of endocrine-disrupting chemicals under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 was also published. [2019-07-09]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Macrocyclic Lactones and Ketones, Ionones and Cyclohexanone Group was published. [2019-07-06]
• The proposed Volatile Organic Compound Concentration Limits for Certain Products Regulations were published for a 75-day public comment period ending on September 19, 2019. [2019-07-06]

June

• The proposed Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products Regulations were published for a 75-day public comment period ending on September 12, 2019. [2019-06-29]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Zinc and its Compounds and the Risk Management Scope for Zinc and Soluble Zinc Compounds were published for a 60-day public comment period ending on August 28, 2019. [2019-06-29]
• The Final Screening Assessment for Chlorhexidine and its Salts was published. The Proposed Risk Management Approach for Chlorhexidine and its Salts was also published for a 60-day public comment period ending on August 28, 2019. [2019-06-29]
• The proposed order adding DP and DBDPE to Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on August 28, 2019. [2019-06-29]
• A final order adding cobalt and soluble cobalt compounds to Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999 was published. [2019-06-26]
• A final order adding BENPAT to Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999 was published. [2019-06-26]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Alkyl and Imidazolines Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on August 21, 2019. [2019-06-22]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Acetonitrile (Nitriles Group) was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on August 21, 2019. [2019-06-22]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Resins and Rosins Group and the Risk Management Scope for CTO were published for a 60-day public comment period ending on August 21, 2019. [2019-06-22]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Organic Peroxides Group was published. [2019-06-22]
• The proposed Regulations Amending the Ozone-depleting Substances and Halocarbon Alternatives Regulations (ODSAHR) were published. [2019-06-15]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Heterocycles Group was published. [2019-06-08]
• A new risk assessment fact sheet titled "Assessing exposure of Canadians and the environment to substances in products" was published. [2019-06-06]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Siloxanes Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on July 31, 2019. [2019-06-01]

May

• A voluntary information gathering questionnaire was distributed to certain stakeholders regarding 1 substance (2-butanone, oxime) in Batch 7 of the Challenge, and ethylbenzene. [2019-05-28]
• The Chemicals Management Plan Stakeholder Advisory Council summary report for the November 2018 meeting was published. [2019-05-22]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Copper and its compounds and the Draft Federal Environmental Quality Guidelines for Copper were published for a 60-day public comment period ending on July 17, 2019. [2019-05-18]
• The Final Screening Assessment for Seven Hydrocarbon-based substances was published. [2019-05-18]
• A final order adding five MDI substances to Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999 was published. [2019-05-15]
• Four final screening assessments and two final state of the science reports for certain organic flame retardant substances were published. [2019-05-11]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Gas Oils and Kerosenes was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on July 10, 2019. [2019-05-11]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Epoxy Resins Group was published. [2019-05-04]
• The Draft Federal Environment Quality Guidelines for Iron, Lead, Quinoline and Strontium were published for a 60 day public comment period ending on July 3, 2019. [2019-05-04]

April

• The Final Screening Assessment for Isophorone diisocyanate was published. [2019-04-27]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Fatty Amides Group was published. [2019-04-27]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Diazenedicarboxamide was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on June 19, 2019. [2019-04-20]
• The Regulations Repealing the Chlor-Alkali Mercury Release Regulations made under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 were published. [2019-04-17]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Triazines and Triazole Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on June 12, 2019. [2019-04-13]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Substances identified as being of low concern using the ecological risk classification of inorganic substances and three human health science approaches was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on June 12, 2019. [2019-04-13]
• The updated Science Approach Document for Substances with Low Human Health Hazard Potential was released. [2019-04-13]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Used and Re-refined Oils Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on June 5, 2019. [2019-04-06]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Phenol-Formaldehyde Resins Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on June 5, 2019. [2019-04-06]
• A Proposed Code of Practice for Certain Methylenediphenyl Diisocyanates in Low-Pressure Two-Component Spray Polyurethane Foam Products was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on June 5, 2019. [2019-04-06]
• A summary of the information received in response to the 2017 Inventory Update (chemicals and polymers) is available via the Government of Canada Open Data Portal. [2019-04-03]

March

• The Draft Screening Assessment for DTPMP was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on May 15, 2019. [2019-03-16]
• The eleventh issue of the Chemicals Management Plan Progress Report was published. [2019-03-14]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Arenes Group was published. [2019-03-09]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Carboxylic Acids Group was published. [2019-03-09]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Carboxylic Acid Anhydrides Group was published. [2019-03-09]
• A proposed order adding 2-ethylhexyl-2-ethylhexanoate to Schedule 1 of CEPA 1999 was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on May 1, 2019. [2019-03-02]

February

• Proposed Release Guidelines for Disperse Yellow 3 and 25 other azo disperse dyes in the textile sector were published. [2019-02-23]
• A Final Pollution Prevention Planning Notice in respect of TDIs was published. [2019-02-16]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Trimellitates Group was published. [2019-02-16]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Aliphatic Diesters Group was published. A notice of intent to apply the Significant New Activity (SNAc) provisions of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to hexanedioic acid, diisodecyl ester was also published for a 60-day public comment period ending on April 10, 2019. [2019-02-09]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Benzoates Group was published. [2019-02-09]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Alkyl Aryl Phosphites Group was published. [2019-02-02]
• The Final Screening Assessment for the Stilbenes Group was published. [2019-02-02]

January

• A Consultation Document on Proposed Amendments to the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 for PFOS, PFOA, LC-PFCAs, HBCD, PBDEs, DP and DBDPE was published for a consultation period ending on February 18, 2019. [2019-01-24]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Ketones Group and Risk Management Scope for MEK, MIBK and 2,4-PD were published for a 60-day public comment period ending on March 20, 2019. [2019-01-19]
• The Healthy Home social marketing campaign, a key CMP public outreach initiative led by Health Canada, has been launched! The objective of Healthy Home is to raise awareness among Canadians about the health risks from chemicals and pollutants that might be in and around their home and to encourage them to take measures to make their home and families safer and healthier. [2019-01-18]
• A consultation document on informed substitution within Canada's chemicals program was published for a consultation period ending on March 18, 2019. [2019-01-16]
• The results of the 2017-2018 Prioritization Exercise, a part of the Approach for the Identification of Risk Assessment Priorities, are now available. [2019-01-14]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Pigments and Dyes Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on March 6, 2019. [2019-01-05]