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Bill C-298

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C-298
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament,
55-56 Elizabeth II, 2006-2007
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-298
An Act to add perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its salts to the Virtual Elimination List under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Reprinted as amended by the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at Report Stage and as reported to the House on May 14, 2007

NOTE

2nd Session, 39th Parliament

This bill was introduced during the First Session of the 39th Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the First Session. The number of the bill remains unchanged.
Ms. Minna

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SUMMARY
This enactment requires the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health to make, within nine months after the coming into force of this enactment, a regulation to add perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its salts to the Virtual Elimination List compiled under subsection 65(2) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

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1st Session, 39th Parliament,
55-56 Elizabeth II, 2006-2007
house of commons of canada
BILL C-298
An Act to add perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its salts to the Virtual Elimination List under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Perfluorooctane Sulfonate Virtual Elimination Act.
INTERPRETATION
Definition
2. In this Act, “Ministers” means the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health.
ADDITION TO THE LIST
Addition of perfluorooctane sulfonate and its salts
3. (1) The Ministers shall, within nine months after the coming into force of this Act, make a regulation to add perfluorooctane sulfonate and its salts to the Virtual Elimination List compiled under subsection 65(2) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
Exception — subsection 65(2)
(2) The Ministers are not required to specify in the regulation referred to in subsection (1) the level of quantification for perfluorooctane sulfonate or its salts, despite subsection 65(2) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
Exception — subsection 65(3)
(3) If the Ministers specify in the Virtual Elimination List the level of quantification for perfluorooctane sulfonate or its salts, the Ministers are not required to make the regulation described in subsection 65(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons