January
15, 2005. Canada
Gazette. Part 1. Vo. 139, No. 3.
Notice with respect to certain perfluoroalkyl and fluoroalkyl
substances. Pursuant to paragraph 71(1)(b) of the Canadian
Environmental Protection Act, 1999, notice is hereby given
that the Minister of the Environment requires, for the purpose
of assessing whether the substances listed in Schedule 1 to
this notice are toxic or are capable of becoming toxic, or
for the purpose of assessing whether to control or the manner
in which to control the listed substances, any person described
in Schedule 2 to this notice who possesses or who may reasonably
be expected to have access to the information required in
Schedule 3 to this notice to provide that information no later
than April 28, 2005, at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
SCHEDULE
1 Substances
The substances included in the scope of this notice are those
that meet the following criteria: Perfluoroalkyl and fluoroalkyl
substances that contain the chemical fragment R-(CF2)n-R',
where n is greater than or equal to 3, R is any atom or molecular
moiety, R' is any atom or molecular moiety other than H, F
or Cl, and any F may be substituted with a perfluoroalkyl
group. (Excluding perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), its salts,
and its precursors that contain the C8F17SO2, C8F17SO3, or
C8F17SO2N group.)
(CF2)nC6H9FO2:
Poly(difluoromethylene), alpha-fluoro-omega-[2-[(2-methyl-1-oxo-2propenyl)oxy]ethyl]-
was
included in the following list:
2.
Fluoro acrylates
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