Companies that produce, import, or use PFAS chemicals may need to submit information to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) by January 29, 2025.
ECCC issued a notice under Section 71 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act for this mandatory survey notice for PFAS chemicals.
PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are a group of over 4,700 substances that encompass a broad range of chemistries and adverse environmental effects have been observed for well-studied PFAS. Examples of their use in the HVAC industry can include some refrigerants and some electrical components.
Manufacturers, importers, and users of PFAS products/materials will need to submit information, by completing submitting information in an Excel Reporting File on their use of PFAS chemicals by January 29, 2025.
Your organization is required to submit information if, during the calendar year if it:
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imported into Canada more than 100 kg of other certain PFAS listed in Part 2 or Part 3 of Schedule 1, whether alone or present in quantities equal to or exceeding 1 part per million (ppm) in a mixture or product, or in specified manufactured items that are listed at Section 2(2)(c) of the Notice, including various manufactured items intended to come into contact with humans and food products;1
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used a total quantity greater than 10 g of any PFAS, whether the substance was alone or at a concentration at or above 1 ppm in a mixture or in a product, or in the manufacture of a mixture, product, or manufactured item.
Key Exemptions – activity that the notice is not meant to capture:
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purchasing or receiving a reportable substance alone, in a mixture, in a product, or in a manufactured item that was already located in Canada
