Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 149, Number 52: GOVERNMENT NOTICES

December 26, 2015

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Waiver of information requirements for living organisms (subsection 106(9) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)

Whereas any person who proposes to import or manufacture a living organism that is not on the Domestic Substances List must provide to the Minister of the Environment the information required under subsection 106(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999;

Whereas any person who proposes to use, manufacture or import for a significant new activity a living organism that is on the Domestic Substances List must provide to the Minister of the Environment the information required under subsection 106(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999;

Whereas any person who proposes to use for a significant new activity a living organism that is not on the Domestic Substances List must provide to the Minister of the Environment the information required under subsection 106(4) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999;

Whereas a person may, pursuant to subsection 106(8) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, request any of the requirements to provide information under subsection 106(1), (3) or (4) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to be waived; and

Whereas a waiver may be granted by the Minister of the Environment under subsection 106(8) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 if

Therefore, notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 106(9) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, that the Minister of the Environment waived the requirement to provide information in accordance with the following annex pursuant to subsection 106(8) of that Act.

KAREN L. DODDS
Assistant Deputy Minister
Science and Technology Branch

On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

ANNEX

Waiver of Information Requirements
(Subsection 106(9) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Person to whom a waiver is granted Information in relation to which a waiver is granted (see reference 1)
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Data from tests of antibiotic susceptibility (9)
AstraZeneca Canada Inc. Data from tests to determine the effects of the micro-organism on aquatic plant, invertebrate and vertebrate species likely to be exposed to it (3)
Data from tests to determine the effects of the micro-organism on terrestrial plant, invertebrate and vertebrate species likely to be exposed to it (3)
Data from tests of antibiotic susceptibility (3)
Novozymes Canada Data from tests of antibiotic susceptibility
Transgene SA Data from tests of antibiotic susceptibility
Data from tests to determine the effects of the micro-organism on aquatic plant, invertebrate and vertebrate species likely to be exposed to it
Data from tests to determine the effects of the micro-organism on terrestrial plant, invertebrate and vertebrate species likely to be exposed to it

Reference 1
The number in brackets indicates the number of times that the information requirement in the second column was waived for the company.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The decision to grant a waiver is made on a case-by-case basis by Environment Canada in consultation with Health Canada. On average, approximately 100 waivers are granted yearly for chemicals and polymers and organisms for an average of 500 notifications received.

For more information, please see the waivers Web page on the New Substances Web site at http://www.ec.gc.ca/subsnouvelles-newsubs/default.asp?lang=En&n=7F19FF4B-1.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Waiver of information requirements for substances
(subsection 81(9) of the
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)

Whereas any person who proposes to import or manufacture a substance that is not on the Domestic Substances List must provide to the Minister of the Environment the information required under subsection 81(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999;

Whereas any person who proposes to use, manufacture or import for a significant new activity a substance that is on the Domestic Substances List must provide to the Minister of the Environment the information required under subsection 81(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999;

Whereas any person who proposes to use for a significant new activity a substance that is not on the Domestic Substances List must provide to the Minister of the Environment the information required under subsection 81(4) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999;

Whereas a person may, pursuant to subsection 81(8) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, request any of the requirements to provide information under subsection 81(1), (3) or (4) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to be waived; and

Whereas a waiver may be granted by the Minister of the Environment under subsection 81(8) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 if

Therefore, notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 81(9) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, that the Minister of the Environment waived the requirement to provide information in accordance with the following annex pursuant to subsection 81(8) of that Act.

KAREN L. DODDS
Assistant Deputy Minister
Science and Technology Branch

On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

ANNEX

Waiver of Information Requirements
(Subsection 81(9) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
Person to whom a waiver is granted Information concerning a substance in relation to which a waiver is granted (see reference 2)
229897 Nova Scotia Company Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH (5)
Data from acute mammalian oral toxicity test
Data from a skin sensitization test
Data from an n vivo mammalian mutagenicity test
Data in respect of octanol/water partition coefficient (4)
AB Enzymes GmbH Data in respect of melting point
Data in respect of boiling point
Allnex Canada Inc. Data in respect of octanol/water partition coefficient (5)
Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH (5)
Chevron Chemical Co. LLC Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH
Data in respect of particle size
Data in respect of fat solubility
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Canada Inc. Data in respect of fat solubility
Data in respect of adsorption-desorption screening test
Clariant (Canada) Inc. Data in respect of boiling point (2)
Data in respect of vapour pressure (2)
Data in respect of dissociation constants (2)
Dempsey Corporation Data in respect of octanol/water partition coefficient (2)
Dominion Colour Corp. Data in respect of boiling point
Data in respect of vapour pressure
Data in respect of dissociation constants
Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH
DSM Coating Resins, Inc. Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH
E.I. du Pont Canada Company Data in respect of number average molecular weight
Data in respect of the maximum concentrations, expressed as a percentage, of all residual constituents having molecular weights of less than 500 daltons and of all residual constituents having molecular weights of less than 1 000 daltons
Data in respect of fat solubility
Data in respect of dissociation constants
Data in respect of melting point
Data in respect of boiling point
Data in respect of density
Data in respect of vapour pressure
E-One Moli Energy (Canada) Limited Data in respect of dissociation constants
Data in respect of adsorption-desorption screening test
Data in respect of octanol/water partition coefficient
Data in respect of water solubility
Data in respect of vapour pressure
Evonik Canada Inc. Data from an in vivo mammalian mutagenicity test
Gilead Alberta ULC Data in respect of vapour pressure
H.B. Fuller Canada Data in respect of water extractability
Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH
Data in respect of octanol/water partition coefficient
Halliburton Group Canada Inc. Data in respect of vapour pressure
Data in respect of water solubility
Data in respect of octanol/water partition coefficient
Henkel Canada Corporation Data in respect of water extractability (3)
Data in respect of octanol/water partition coefficient (3)
Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH (3)
Data from an acute toxicity test for the most sensitive species: fish, daphnia or algae (3)
Huntsman International LLC Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH
Data in respect of fat solubility
Data in respect of adsorption-desorption screening test
Data from an in vivo mammalian mutagenicity test
Infineum Canada Ltd. Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH
ISP Canada Corp. Data from a repeated-dose mammalian toxicity test
Data from an in vitro test for chromosomal aberrations
Data from an in vivo mammalian mutagenicity test
Data in respect of spectroscopy
Lubrizol Canada Ltd. Data in respect of octanol/water partition coefficient
Data in respect of adsorption-desorption screening test
Data in respect of fat solubility
Data in respect of dissociation constants
Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH
Matsumura Oil Research Corp. Data in respect of dissociation constants
M-I Drilling Fluids Co. Data in respect of dissociation constants
Data in respect of adsorption-desorption screening test
Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH
Data in respect of fat solubility
M-I L.L.C. Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH
PPG Canada Inc. Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH
Rockwater Energy Solutions Data in respect of density
Data in respect of vapour pressure
SiGNa Oilfield Canada, Inc. Data in respect of water solubility
Data from ready biodegradation test
Data in respect of octanol/water partition coefficient
Data from one acute fish, daphnia or algae toxicity test
Data from acute mammalian toxicity test
Data from an in vitro gene mutation test
Stepan Canada Inc. Data in respect of density
Data in respect of vapour pressure
Data in respect of hydrolysis as a function of pH Data from an in vivo mammalian mutagenicity test
Univar Canada Inc. Data in respect of octanol/water partition coefficient

Reference 2
The number in brackets indicates the number of times that the information requirement in the second column was waived for the company.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The decision to grant a waiver is made on a case-by-case basis by Environment Canada in consultation with Health Canada. On average, approximately 100 waivers are granted yearly for chemicals and polymers and organisms for an average of 500 notifications received.

For more information, please see the waivers Web page on the New Substances Web site at http://www.ec.gc.ca/subsnouvelles-newsubs/default.asp?lang=En&n=7F19FF4B-1.

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BANK OF CANADA

Statement of financial position as at November 30, 2015

(Millions of dollars) Unaudited
ASSETS
Cash and foreign deposits   5.8
Loans and receivables
Securities purchased under resale agreements 4,100.6  
Advances to members of the Canadian Payments Association  
Advances to governments  
Other receivables 3.6  
    4,104.2
Investments
Treasury bills of Canada 19,367.9  
Government of Canada bonds 76,124.4  
Other investments 390.4  
    95,882.7
Property and equipment   415.9
Intangible assets   38.0
Other assets   168.6
  100,615.4
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Bank notes in circulation   72,895.5
Deposits
Government of Canada 24,655.3  
Members of the Canadian Payments Association 532.2  
Other deposits 1,447.4  
    26,634.9
Other liabilities
Securities sold under repurchase agreements  
Other liabilities 601.7  
    601.7
    100,132.2
Equity
Share capital 5.0  
Statutory and special reserves 125.0  
Available-for-sale reserve 353.2  
    483.2
100,615.4

I declare that the foregoing return is correct according to the books of the Bank.

Ottawa, December 15, 2015

CARMEN VIERULA
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accountant

I declare that the foregoing return is to the best of my knowledge and belief correct, and shows truly and clearly the financial position of the Bank, as required by section 29 of the Bank of Canada Act.

Ottawa, December 15, 2015

STEPHEN S. POLOZ
Governor

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