Domestic substances list: amendment

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Amendments

1. The heading ''Substances Other Than Substances assigned a Confidential Substance Identity Number" before section 1^Footnote1 and sections 1 and 2 of the Domestic Substances List^Footnote2 are replaced by the following:

1. This List contains substances referred to in subsections 25(1) and 30(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and is made up of the following Parts:
1. Part I sets out substances that are chemicals or polymers, other than substances referred to in paragraph (b), identified by their Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Numbers;
2. Part II sets out substances that are chemicals or polymers that, in order to protect confidential information in accordance with section 20 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, are identified by their masked names, in accordance with the Masked Name Regulations, and by their Confidential Substance Identity Numbers assigned by the Department of the Environment;
3. Part III sets out substances that are biotechnology products, other than substances referred to in paragraph (d), that are identified
   • in the case of enzymes, by their International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Numbers,
   • in the case of organisms, by their specific substance names, and
   • in the case of other substances, by their Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Numbers; and
4. Part IV sets out substances that are biotechnology products that, in order to protect confidential information in accordance with section 20 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, are identified by their masked names, in accordance with the Masked Name Regulations, and by their Confidential Substance Identity Numbers assigned by the Department of the Environment

2. The heading to Part I of the List is replaced by the following:

Chemicals and Polymers, Other Than Those Assigned a Confidential Substance Identity Number

3. The notes^Footnote3 to Part I of the List are replaced by the following:

Notes

1. The letter "N'' after a substance identifier indicates that the prescribed information has been provided to the Minister in accordance with subsection 26(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and assessed by the Minister under section 28 of that Act.
2. The letter "T" after a substance identifier indicates that the prescribed information has been provided to the Minister in accordance with subsection 26(2) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

4. The heading to Part ll of the List is replaced by the following:

Chemicals and Polymers, Assigned a Confidential Substance Identity Number

5. The List is amended by adding the following after Part II:

Part III

Biotechnology Products, Other Than Those Assigned a Confidential Substance Identity Number

Enzymes

3.1.1.3
Triacylglycerol lipase

3.1.1.11
Pectinesterase

3.2.1.1
α-Amylase

3.2.1.2
β-Amylase

3.2.1.3
Glucan 1,4-α-glucosidase

3.2.1.4
Cellulase

3.2.1.8
Endo-1,4-β-xylanase

3.2.1.15
Polygalacturonase

3.2.1.23
β-Galactosidase

3.2.1.26
β-Fructofuranosidase

3.2.1.41
α-Dextrin endo-1,6-α-glucosidase

3.2.1.55
α-N-Arabinofuranosidase

3.2.1.67
Galacturan 1,4-α-galacturonidase

3.2.1.78
Mannan endo-1,4-β-mannosidase

3.4.21.4
Trypsin

3.4.21.62
Subtilisin

3.4.22.2
Papain

3.4.23.18
Aspergillopepsin I

3.4.23.23
Mucorpepsin

3.4.24.28
Bacillolysin

4.2.2.10
Pectin lyase

5.3.1.5
Xylose isomerase

Hemicellulase

This category consists of various enzymes, other than by-products or impurities, that are contained in a hemicellulase mixture. All hemicellulases contain multiple enzymes and the enzymes listed below are the principal components. Trace amounts of other enzymes may also be present.

• 3.2.1.8
• 3.2.1.55
• 3.2.1.89
• 3.2.1.24
• 3.2.1.67
• 3.2.1.90
• 3.2.1.25
• 3.2.1.72
• 3.2.1.99
• 3.2.1.32
• 3.2.1.78
• 3.2.1.37
• 3.2.1.88

Organisms

Arthrobacter globiformis
ATCC8010

Aspergillus niger
ATCC9642

Aspergillus oryzae
ATCC 11866

Bacillus cereus
ATCC 14579

Bacillus circulans
ATCC9500

Bacillus licheniformis
ATCC 12713

Bacillus licheniformis
ATCC55406

Bacillus megaterium
ATCC 14581

Bacillus polymyxa
ATCC842

Bacillus polymyxa
ATCC55407

Bacillus subtilis
ATCC6051A

Bacillus subtilis
ATCC55405

Bacillus thuringiensis
ATCC 13367

Candida utilis
ATCC9950

Chaetomium globosum
ATCC6205

Micrococcus luteus
ATCC4698

Pseudomonas aeruginosa
ATCC31480

Pseudomonas fluorescens
ATCC 13525

Pseudomonas fluorescens
ATCC 31483

Pseudomonas putida
ATCC 12633

Pseudomonasputida
ATCC31800

Trichoderma reesei
ATCC74252

Biotechnology Products, Other Than Enzymes and Organisms

No entry

Part IV

Biotechnology Products Assigned a Confidential Substance Identity Number

No entry

Coming Into Force

6. This Order comes into force on April 8, 1997.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for this Order appears at page 1235, following SOR/97-195.