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Bill C-298

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SUMMARY
This enactment requires the Minister of the Environment to add perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) to the Virtual Elimination List compiled under subsection 65(2) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 within nine months after the coming into force of this enactment. The Minister must also make regulations prescribing the quantity or concentration of that substance that may be released into the environment, either alone or in combination with any other substance, in order to achieve the virtual elimination of the substance.

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