Canada | Notice with respect to bisphenol A (BPA) and BPA structural analogues and functional alternatives

Notice with respect to bisphenol A (BPA) and BPA structural analogues and functional alternatives

Pursuant to paragraph 71(1)(b) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act’’), notice is hereby given that the Minister of the Environment requires, for the purpose of assessing whether the substances described in Schedule 1 to this notice are toxic or are capable of becoming toxic or for the purpose of assessing whether to control or the manner in which to control the listed substances, any person described in sections 2 and 3 of this notice to provide the information required in sections 5 to 11 that may be in their possession, or to which they would reasonably be expected to have access. This information is to be provided no later than March 16, 2022.

Responses to this notice shall be submitted to the Minister of the Environment using the online reporting system available through Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Single Window.

Pursuant to section 313 of the Act, any person who provides information in response to this notice may submit, with the information, a written request that the information or part of it be treated as confidential. Claims for confidentiality should only be made when the submitted information is confidential under Canadian law and the Act. Further details are available in Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada’s Approach to disclose confidential information and promote transparency in chemicals management.