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Publication of the Proposed Renewal of the Federal Agenda for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from Consumer and Commercial Products
Environment Canada has published a discussion paper on the proposed renewal of the Federal Agenda for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from Consumer and Commercial Products. The discussion paper is posted on Environment Canada's VOCs in Consumer and Commercial Products web site.
Stakeholders are invited to forward their comments on the proposed renewal of the VOC Federal Agenda during a 30-day public consultation period, running now until July 11, 2010. All comments received will be reviewed and considered by Environment Canada. A final notice of a renewed Federal Agenda would be published thereafter as a Notice of Intent in the Canada Gazette, Part I.
The discussion paper outlines a number of possible initiatives for the Government of Canada to take in order to reduce VOC emissions from consumer and commercial products during the year 2010 to year 2020 period. The following seven categories of consumer and commercial products have been identified as the preferred next focus for the development of control and reduction measures by the Government of Canada:
Please note that the meeting minutes from the consultation on the proposed renewal of the VOC Federal Agenda held in Toronto on March 22nd and 23rd, 2010 will be posted on the VOCs in Consumer and Commercial Products web site shortly.
If you have any questions regarding the Federal Agenda for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from Consumer and Commercial Products, please do not hesitate to contact Guy Gagné at guy.gagne@ec.gc.ca or 819-994-5787.
