Reply to Comments Received in Submissions on the Proposed Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations

This section provides a summary of comments received grouped by themes and Environment Canada's response.

• Pre-Approved Facilities and Three-Year Permits
• Decoupling the Definition of Waste and Recyclables
• Delisting
• Definitions
• Content of Notice
• Conditions of Export and Import
• Movement Document
• Returns and Reroutements
• Confirmation of Disposal or Recycling
• Low-Risk Recyclables
• Waste-Export Reduction Plans
• Environmentally Sound Management
• Permits of Equivalent Level of Environmental Safety
• Public Access to Information and Decision Making
• Schedule 2 - Recycling Operations for Hazardous Recyclable Materials
• Schedule 3
• Schedule 4
• Schedule 5
• Schedule 6
• Persistent Organic Pollutants
• Vanadium Pentoxide
• Treated Wood
• Other General Comments
• Interprovincial Comments

The following is a list of references and their acronyms used in this document.

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, 1989

Basel Convention

Decision of Council Concerning the Control of Transboundary Movements of Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations, C(92)39/Final, 1992, as amended and replaced by C(2001)/107/Final

OECD Decision

Canada-United States Agreement Concerning the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes, 1986

Canada / U.S.A. Agreement

Export and Import of Hazardous Wastes Regulations

EIHWR

Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations

TDGR

Canada Gazette, Part I

CGI

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

CEPA 1999

United States Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. EPA