How is CEPA 1999 Used to Manage Hazardous Waste?
Under CEPA 1999, transboundary movements (imports, exports, or transits across provincial or territorial borders) of hazardous wastes or hazardous recyclable materials cannot take place unless the Minister is notified and a permit is issued. The prior informed consent of the countries of transit and destination are required. Shipments are also tracked from point of origin to destination. Notification information is made public in the Canada Gazette, Part I and on the CEPA Environmental Registry website. These provisions allow for the implementation of Canada’s obligations under three international agreements: • the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal; • the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Decision of the Council concerning the Control of Transboundary Movements of Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations C(2001)107/Final; and • the Canada-United States Agreement on the Transboundary Movement of Hazardo
