Final Assessments

 

• Final Ecological Screening Assessment Report on Long-chain (C₉-C₂₀) Perfluorocarboxylic Acids (PFCAs), their Salts, and their Precursors (PDF, 567 KB)
  
  
• Final Screening Assessment Report on Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), its Salts and its Precursors (PDF, 599 KB)
  
  
• Human Health Risk Assessment for Biodiesel Production, Distribution and Use in Canada - Executive Summary
  
  
• Publication of final decision after screening assessment of a substance -- hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) -- (subsection 77(6) and section 68 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999) (PDF, 1,165 KB)
  • Proposed Risk Management Approach Document on Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) (PDF, 216 KB)
  
  
  
• Publication of final decision after screening assessment of a substance -- Quinoline, CAS RN 91-22-5 -- specified on the Domestic Substances List (subsection 77(6) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999) (PDF, 486 KB)
  • Proposed Risk Management Approach Document on Quinoline (PDF, 254 KB)
  
  
  
• Publication of results of investigations and recommendations for a substance -- Aniline, CAS No. 62-53-3 -- specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999) (PDF, 254 KB)
  
  
• Publication of results of investigations and recommendations for the substance -- Decabromodiphenyl Ether -- specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999) (PDF, 749 KB)
  • Draft Human Health State of the Science Report on Decabromodiphenyl Ether (PDF, 266 KB)
  
  
  
• Publication of final decision on the assessment of a substance -- Ethylene glycol, CAS No. 107-21-1 -- specified on the Priority Substances List (subsection 77(6) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999) (PDF, 435 KB)
  
  
• Publication of final decision after assessment of Aluminum chloride, CAS No. 7446-70-0; Aluminum nitrate, CAS No. 13473-90-0, and Aluminum sulphate, CAS No. 10043-01-3 -- substances specified on the Priority Substances List (subsection 77(6) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999) (PDF, 887 KB)
  
  
• Publication of final decision after screening assessment of Phenol, 2-methyl-4,6-dinitro -- a substance specified on the Domestic Substances List (subsection 77(6) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999) (PDF, 378 KB)
  
  
• Publication of results of investigations and recommendations for Phenol, 2,2 ' -methylenebis[6-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methyl- -- a substance specified on the Domestic Substances List (paragraphs 68(b) and (c) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999) (PDF, 215 KB)
  
  
• Publication of results of investigations and recommendations for the substances organotins (monomethyltins, monobutyltins, monooctyltins, dimethyltins, dibutyltins, dioctyltins, fluorotriphenyltin, tetraphenyltin, tributyltins, and tetrabutyltins) - pursuant to paragraphs 68(b) and 68(c) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
  (2009/08/07 to 2009/10/07 - Public comment period)
  • Final Assessment (PDF, 267 KB)
  • Risk Management Approach (PDF, 153 KB)
  
  
  
• Publication of final decision on the screening assessment of six substances on the Domestic Substances List -- benzenamine, 2,6-dinitro-N,N-dipropyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)- (trifluralin); 1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine, 6-chloro-N-ethyl-N'-(1-methylethyl)- (atrazine); 1,3-benzenedicarbonitrile, 2,4,5,6-tetrachloro- (chlorothalonil); 1H-indene-1,3(2H)-dione, 2-[(4-chlorophenyl)phenylacetyl]- (chlorophacinone); benzene, 1,1'-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)bis[4-methoxy- (methoxychlor); and phenol, pentachloro- (pentachlorophenol) -- (subsection 77(6) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
  (2009/08/07 to 2009/10/07 - Public comment period)
  • Screening Assessment (PDF, 104 KB)
  
  
  
• Screening Assessment Report for the Screening Assessment of 145 PBiT Substances (PDF, 126 KB)

 

• As a follow up to the decision to take no further action, in 2011 a re-evaluation of the provincial and territorial preventative and control actions was undertaken. The following report measures these actions against several criteria and concludes that the provinces and territories continue to have in place effective risk management measures for UCOs.
  • Follow Up on the Final Decision on the Assessment of Releases of Used Crankcase Oils to the Environment (PDF, 201 KB) [April 2011]
  • Follow-up Report on a PSL1 Assessment (Waste/Used Crankcase Oils) for Which There Was Insufficient Information to Conclude Whether the Substance Constitutes a Danger to the Environment (PDF, 150 KB) - [August 2005]
    
    
• Ecological Screening Assessment Report on Perfluorooctane Sulfonate, Its Salts and Its Precursors that Contain the C₈F₁₇SO₂, C₈F₁₇SO₃ or C₈F₁₇SO₂N Moiety
  • Environment Canada Ecological Screening Assessment Report on PFOS (PDF, 774 KB)
  • PFOS Health Canada Screening Assessment Report (PDF, 199 KB)
  
  
  
• Ecological Screening Assessment Report on Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
  • Environment Canada Ecological Screening Assessment Report on PBDEs (PDF, 213 KB)
  • PBDE Health Canada Screening Assessment Report (PDF, 222 KB)
  
  
  
• Follow-up Report on a PSL1 Assessment (Chlorinated Paraffins) for Which Data Were Insufficient to Conclude Whether the Substances Were «Toxic» to the Environment and to Human Health (PDF, 357 KB)
  
  

Related Links:

• Priority Substance Assessment Program
  
  
• The assessment of a substance found on the Second Priority Substances List (PSL2), namely "Releases of Radionuclides from nuclear facilities (impact on non-human biota)"