Canadian Environmental Protection Act Significant New Activity Publications

Significant new activity orders and notices published under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, currently in force. The dataset organizes information by publication type and substance identifiers, including links to official Canada Gazette publications.

Use Cases

• Analyze publication type (order or notice) frequency and trends for regulatory oversight.
• Map substance identifiers or groups of substances to their applicable information requirements from Schedule 1 of the Domestic Substances List.
• Track links to relevant Canada Gazette publications for legal document verification.
• Identify confidential substances using their provided accession numbers and masked names for compliance checks.

Strengths

• Data is published under the legal authority of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
• Includes links to official Canada Gazette publications for source verification.
• Managed by Environment and Climate Change Canada and Health Canada, providing authoritative regulatory data.

Limitations

• The dataset does not provide row counts or column definitions, limiting analytical scope.
• Data is provided in multiple file formats (HTML, XLSX, PDF), requiring consolidation for analysis.
• Contains confidential substances with masked names, limiting complete substance identification.

Provenance

Source

Environment and Climate Change Canada | Environnement et Changement climatique Canada

Collection Method

Compiled from published significant new activity orders and notices under CEPA.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Canada