Response to comments received following the publication after screening assessment of 545 low concern substances on the Domestic Substances List
A Notice was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 145, No. 25, Pages 1893-1910 dated June 18, 2011, inviting comments within 60 days after publication of the following report: Publication after screening assessment of 545 substances specified on the Domestic Substances List (subsection 77(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999). A comment was received from one industry association.
Comments and responses are summarized below.
| Comment | Response |
|---|---|
| Comment(s) received from updated Draft Publication (June 2011) | |
| The submission questioned why eight vanadium-based substances that are remaining priorities are not included in the rapid screening assessment | Two of the substances listed in the submission were subject to rapid screening and are found in the document; new information was received on both substances during Phase 1 of the Domestic Substances List (DSL) Inventory Update. Both substances no longer meet the scope of this rapid screening and will require further assessment. Six additional vanadium-based substances have not been included in this rapid screening as reported uses of these substances exceeded the volume trigger, which placed them outside of the scope of the assessment. |