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Anada S .Ational Under On #ANADAS THE3TOCKHOLM#ONVENTIONON0ERSISTENT/RGANIC0OLLUTANTS #ANADAS.ATIONAL)MPLEMENTATION0LANUNDER .ATIONAL)MPLEMENTATION0LAN UNDERTHE3TOCKHOLM#ONVENTION ON0ERSISTENT/RGANIC0OLLUTANTS -AY -AY Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Main entry under title: Canada’s National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Issued also in French under title: Plan national de mise en oeuvre du Canada au titre de la Convention de Stockholm sur les polluants organiques persistants Available also on the Internet ISBN 0-662-42780-7 Cat. no.: En84-39/2006E EPSM-718 1. Persistent pollutants--Government policy--Canada. 2. Organic compounds--Government policy--Canada. 3. Hazardous substances--Law and legislation--Canada. 4. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001). 5. Pollution prevention--Canada. 6. Environmental monitoring--Canada. I. Canada. Environment Canada. II. Title. HC120.E5C36 2006 363.738’46’0971 C2006-980039-1 Canada’s National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Published by: This publication is available at: Environment Canada 1) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants: www.pops.int/documents/implementation/nips/submissions/ Project manager: default.htm Greg Filyk, Environment Canada 2) Environment Canada, Clean Air Online website: www.ec.gc.ca/ Creative design and production: cleanair-airpur/default.asp?lang=En&n=8DDE4B39-1 Graphics Plus+ www.graphicsplus.ca 3) Copies of this publication may be obtained free of charge at: Environment Canada Multistakeholder consultation facilitators: Ann Hewitt, Anacapa Consulting Services, Inc. Transboundary Air Division th Phil Nicholson, J. Phillip Nicholson Policy and Management Place Vincent Massey – 11 Floor Consultants, Inc. 351 St. Joseph Boulevard Gatineau, Québec K1A 0H3 This publication should be cited as follows: Government of Canada. 2006. Canada’s National Implementation For general information or to provide comments, please Plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic contact the Environment Canada Inquiry Centre at: Pollutants. Ottawa. Available from Environment Canada. www.ec.gc.ca/inqry_e.html or send an email to: Cover photos: [email protected] © Corel Corporation, 1994 Photos are used with permission © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2006 #ANADAS .ATIONAL)MPLEMENTATION0LAN UNDERTHE3TOCKHOLM#ONVENTION ON0ERSISTENT/RGANIC0OLLUTANTS -AY Canada’s National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Project management: Greg Filyk, Environment Canada. Writing and editing: Part I: Greg Filyk and Ann Hewitt (Anacapa Consulting Services, Inc.) under the direction of Cheryl Heathwood, Environment Canada. Part II: Sarah Ternan, Ed Wituschek, Rosanna Esposito, Lindsay Pratt and Ken Smith, under the direction of Patrick Finlay, Environment Canada. Contributors: The preparation of this document took place over many months. Numerous individuals took time to provide input, review various drafts and provide comments and suggestions. In particular, thanks are extended to the following people for their efforts: Environment Canada: Cathy Banic, Robert Chénier, Ken De, Danie Dubé, Suzanne Easton, Tom Harner, Brenda Koekkoek, Josée Lanctot, Francine Laperrière, Diane Sullivan, Lyne Monastesse, David Niemi, Julie Carriere, Joe Wittwer. Canadian International Development Agency: Ellen Hagerman. Foreign Affairs Canada: Jean-Louis Wallace, Denis Langlois. Health Canada: Lars Juergensen, Shalini Gupta. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada: Russel Shearer, David Stone, Jason Stow. Industry Canada: Gary McGee. Justice Canada / Environment Canada: Anne Daniel. Special thanks go to representatives of Aboriginal communities, environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and industry groups who actively participated throughout the development of the National Implementation Plan and provided thoughtful input and recommendations: Aboriginal Representatives: Stephanie Meakin, Inuit Circumpolar Conference; Chris Paci, Arctic Athabaskan Council; Alan Penn, Grand Council of the Crees. Environmental NGOs: Fe de Leon, Canadian Environmental Law Association / Canadian Environmental Network. Industry: Gordon Lloyd, Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association. Consultation participants: Finally, thanks are extended to the many others who participated in multistakeholder and jurisdictional consultations and/or provided their expertise to this project: ii May 2006 Canada’s National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Aboriginal Representatives: Maggie Julian, Assembly of First Nations; Keith Maguire, Council of Yukon First Nations; Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuit Circumpolar Conference. Academic Representatives: Drew Loso, York University; Michelle Loso, Carleton University; Tanya Neima, Carleton University; Amy Seabrook, Dalhousie University. Environmental NGO Representatives: Delores Broten, Reach for Unbleached!; David Browne, Urban Ecology Centre; David Coon, Conservation Council of New Brunswick; Derek Coronado, Citizens Environment Alliance; Vijay Cuddeford, World Wildlife Fund; Rick Findlay, Pollution Probe; David Fletcher, Green Coalition; Michel Gaudet, The Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides; John Jackson, Great Lakes United; Gabrielle Kretzschmar, New Brunswick Partners in Agriculture; Andrea Moher, Canadian Environmental Law Association; Paul Muldoon, Canadian Environmental Law Association; Judy Parkman, R.O.A.R.; Anna Tilman, STORM Coalition; James W. White, Ecology Action Centre. Health NGO Representatives: Sandra Boswell, Allergy and Environmental Illness Group; Timothy Lambert, Canadian Public Health Association; Jim Orr, Canadian Institute of Child Health; Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg, Women’s Healthy Environments Network; Franca Ursitti, Ontario Public Health Association; Jean Zigby, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Industry Sector Representatives: Bruce Boyd, Canadian Steel Producers Association; Victoria Christie, Canadian Electricity Association; Denis Kemp, Noranda Inc./Falconbridge Limited; Judy Shaw, Syngenta Crop Protection Canada Inc.; David Short, Dow Canada; Alvin Bortnick, Canadian Steel Producers Association; Scott Campbell, Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Roger Cook, Forest Products Association of Canada; Martin Guy, Domtar Inc.; Amy Lo, Domtar Inc.; Brenda MacDonald, Nova Scotia Power Inc.; Peter MacLeod, Croplife Canada; Nancy McIntyre, Telus; Keith Murray, Alberta Forest Products Association; Bill Peel, ATCO Power Canada Ltd.; Lynne Ree, Canadian Steel Producers Association; Dean Thomson, Canadian Horticultural Council; Ken Tsang, Dow/Canadian Chemical Producers’ Association; George Venta, Cement Association of Canada. Provincial/Territorial Representatives: Randy Angle, Alberta Environment; Brent Baxter, Nova Scotia Environment and Labour; Lawrence Cheng, Alberta Environment; Bob Cornelius, Ontario Environment; Todd Fraser, Prince Edward Island Environment, Energy and Forestry; Peter Haring, Newfoundland and Labrador Environment and Conservation; Brian Levia, Yukon Department of Environment; John Mayor, Saskatchewan Environment; Randy Piercy, New Brunswick Environment; Guy Roy, Quebec Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks; Jean Van Dusen, Manitoba Conservation; Shannon Watt, British Columbia Environment; Graham Veale, Northwest Territories Environment and Natural Resources. Environment Canada Officials: Birgit Braune, Neil Burgess, Terry Bidleman, Diane Campbell, Philippe Chemouny, Tom Dann, Alain David, John Elliot, Nabila Elsaadi, Glen Fox, Noah Fuad, Sheila Gariepy, Alain Gosselin, Michael Hingston, Eric Hundert, Wilfred Jan, Markus Kellerhals, Frank Letchford, Jean-Francois Levasseur, Drew MacDonald, Christopher Marshall, Derek Muir, Martin Mullan, Josée Portugais, Shelly Roy, Kamuran Sadar, Pete Schwarzhoff, Jody Sunstrum, Joana Talafre, Josée Trudel, Richard Turle, Srinivasan Venkatesh, Chip Weseloh, Anita Wong. Health Canada Official: Kelly Butler. iii May 2006 Canada’s National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants LIST OF ACRONYMS AAC Arctic Athabaskan Council EAFs electric arc furnaces ACAP Arctic Council Action Plan on Pollution EPA Environmental Protection Agency (United States) ACIA Arctic Climate Impact Assessment FCM Federation of Canadian Municipalities AEPS Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy GAPS Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme GDP gross domestic product BAT best available techniques GEF Global Environment Facility BEP best environmental practices GHS Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals CACAR Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report HAPs hazardous air pollutants CAIPAP Canadian Arctic Indigenous Peoples Against POPs HCB hexachlorobenzene CCME Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment HCH hexachlorocyclohexane CCMS Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society IADN Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network CEAA Canadian Environmental Assessment Act ICC Inuit Circumpolar Conference CEC Commission for Environmental Cooperation IFCS Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety CEN Canadian Environmental Network IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development CEPA 1988 Canadian Environmental Protection Act INC Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee CEPA 1999 Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 IOMC Inter-Organization
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