The Draft Screening Assessment for the Rapid Screening of Substances with Limited General Population Exposure was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on August 8, 2017. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/chemicals-management-plan/initiatives/rapid-screening-approach-chemicals-management-plan.html#s1

The Final Screening Assessment for Cobalt and Cobalt-containing Substances and the revised Federal Environmental Quality Guidelines for Cobalt were published. A Proposed Risk Management Approach Document for Cobalt and Soluble Cobalt-compounds was also published for a 60-day public comment period ending on July 26, 2017. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/substance-groupings-initiative/cobalt.html  

The proposed Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Volatile Organic Compounds (Petroleum Sector) pursuant to subsection 93(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on July 26,2017. http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2017/2017-05-27/html/reg2-eng.php

The proposed Approach to promote transparency in Chemicals Management Plan risk assessment activities was published for a public comment period ending on June 30, 2017. www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/chemicals-management-plan/initiatives/transparency-risk-assessment-activities.html  

The meeting record and committee report from the November 2016 meeting of the Chemicals Management Plan Science Committee are now available. www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/chemicals-management-plan/science-committee/meeting-records-reports.html

The draft screening assessment for the EDTA and its Salts Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on June 28, 2017. www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/chemicals-management-plan-3-substances/edta-salts-group.html

The draft screening assessment for Bacillus thuringiensis strain ATCC 13367 (Priority B micro-organism) was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on June 28, 2017. www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/micro-organisms/priority-b-medium-hazard.html

A Consultation Document on the proposed regulatory approach to prohibit asbestos and products containing asbestos was published for a 45 day public comment period ending on June 4, 2017. www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/chemicals-management-plan/initiatives/asbestos.html  

The Draft Screening Assessment for Phenacetin is now available on the Canada.ca (Chemicals Substances) website. Phenacetin, which falls under Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number 62-44-2, was published for review on April 18th, 2017. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/chemical-substances/chemicals-management-plan-3-substances/phenacetin.html

The Draft Screening Assessment for Phenacetin, which falls under Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number 62-44-2,  was released for a 60-day public comment period ending June 14, 2017.  The assessment was published on April 17th, 2017. http://www.ec.gc.ca/ese-ees/default.asp?lang=En&n=7B9F0029-1 Archived Canada Gazette Notice from 1999: http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2017/2017-04-15/html/notice-avis-eng.php#ne3