6. Consent To Transit Within Canada

This section will provide the control regime for approving the transit of hazardous wastes or hazardous recyclable materials through Canada or its waters.

Environment Canada proposes to retain the same provisions as the current EIHWR :

• For the purposes of subsection 185(1) of the Act, where Canada is only a country of transit, a person may import and subsequently export a hazardous waste only if:
  
  
  1. the import or export of that hazardous waste is not prohibited under the laws of Canada;
  2. the carrier is insured in accordance with these regulations;
  3. the transit complies with all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws,
  4. copies of the manifest are submitted upon entry into and exit from Canada, and
  5. the conditions concerning the manifest in Part 5, above, are complied with.

In addition, this Part may contain new provisions clarifying requirements concerning transits through Canadian territorial waters, particularly with respect to tracking via manifest.

With the exception of submitting manifest copies for transits solely through territorial waters, the current provisions are effective.