Consultation Document: Proposed Risk Management for 2,4,6-TTBP under the Chemicals Management Plan

Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number (CAS RN):
732-26-3

Environment Canada

January 2011

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Summary

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Background
  • 2.1 Final Screening Assessment Report
• 3. Uses and Releases of 2,4,6-TTBP
  • 3.1 Current Uses
  • 3.2 Possible Alternatives
  • 3.3 Releases and Exposure Sources to the Environment
• 4. Existing Risk Management Actions
  • 4.1 Canada (federal, provinces and territories)
  • 4.2 International
• 5. Proposed Risk Management Actions for 2,4,6-TTBP
  • 5.1 Proposed Risk Management Approach
  • 5.2 Amendment to add Diesel Fuel to the Environmental Emergency Regulations
  • 5.3 Application of Significant New Activity provisions of CEPA 1999 to 2,4,6-TTBP
• 6. Request for input
• 7. Next Steps
• 8. References

Appendix A: Existing Risk Management Measures in Canada (federal, provincial and territorial)

• The Government of Canada is proposing to amend the Environmental Emergency Regulations to add diesel fuel, in which 2,4,6-TTBP can be used as an additive, to the list of substances covered by these Regulations; and
  
• The Government of Canada is proposing to apply the Significant New Activity (SNAc) provisions of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to 2,4,6-TTBP to enable the government to assess any new use that could result in releases to the environment.

Note: This summary is an abridged list of the instruments and tools proposed to risk manage this substance. Please see section 5 of this document for a complete explanation of proposed risk management actions.