CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for Purposes of Enforcement (Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)P.C.2012-84020126
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Whereas, pursuant to subsection 332(1)a of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999b, the Minister of the Environment published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on July 2, 2011, a copy of the proposed Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for Purposes of Enforcement (Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999), substantially in the annexed form, and persons were given an opportunity to file comments with respect to the proposed Regulations or to file a notice of objection requesting that a board of review be established and stating the reasons for the objection;Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to section 286.1c of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999b, hereby makes the annexed Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for Purposes of Enforcement (Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999).S.C. 2004, c. 15, s. 31S.C. 1999, c. 33S.C. 2009, c. 14, s. 80The provisions set out in the schedule are designated for the purposes of paragraph 272(1)(h) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 80 of the Environmental Enforcement Act, chapter 14 of the Statutes of Canada, 2009, comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.[Note: Regulations in force June 22, 2012, see SI/2012-47.](Section 1)
Designated ProvisionsColumn 1Column 2ItemRegulationsProvisions1[Repealed, SOR/2014-75, s. 9]2[Repealed, SOR/2019-89, s. 1]3Asbestos Mines and Mills Release Regulationssubsection 3(1)4Secondary Lead Smelter Release Regulationssection 3section 45Contaminated Fuel Regulationssection 36Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent Chlorinated Dioxins and Furans Regulationssubsection 4(1)7Pulp and Paper Mill Defoamer and Wood Chip Regulationssection 48[Repealed, SOR/2016-96, s. 2]9[Repealed, SOR/2021-25, s. 84]10Benzene in Gasoline Regulationssection 3section 4subsection 13(5)subsections 16(1) and (7)subsection 17(1)11Ozone-depleting Substances and Halocarbon Alternatives Regulationssection 5section 7subsection 9(1)section 10section 12subsection 13(1)section 14section 15section 16section 17section 18subsection 19(1)section 21section 23section 25section 26section 27section 32section 33section 36section 39section 40section 41subsection 42(1)subsection 43(1)section 44section 47section 48section 49subsection 50(1)section 51section 52subsection 53(1)subsection 54(1)subsection 57(1)section 63section 64subsections 64.4(1) and (3)subsection 64.5(1)subsection 64.6(1)section 65subsections 65.02(1) and (2)subsection 65.03(1)subsection 65.04(1)subsection 65.08(1)12Gasoline and Gasoline Blend Dispensing Flow Rate Regulationssection 313Tributyltetradecylphosphonium Chloride Regulationssection 3section 414Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulationssection 3section 4section 5section 7section 1015Solvent Degreasing Regulationssubsection 3(1)16Federal Halocarbon Regulations, 2022subsection 3(1)section 4subsections 5(1) and (2)subsection 6(1)subsection 7(1)section 8section 9section 10subsection 12(1)section 1317[Repealed, SOR/2017-110, s. 39]18[Repealed, SOR/2025-36, s. 25]19[Repealed, SOR/2016-252, s. 26]20Storage Tank Systems For Petroleum Products And Allied Petroleum Products Regulationssection 2.1section 3section 5section 6section 7section 8subsection 9(1)subsection 10(1)section 11section 12subsections 14(1) to (5)subsection 15(1)subsection 36(2)subsection 37(2)section 38subsection 40(1)paragraph 44(3)(c)21[Repealed, SOR/2016-252, s. 26]22PCB Regulationssection 5section 6subsection 15.1(2)subsection 15.2(2)subsection 15.3(2)section 19subsection 20(1)subsections 21(1) and (3)section 24paragraphs 25(a) to (i) and (l) to (o)paragraph 27(b)23Chromium Electroplating, Chromium Anodizing and Reverse Etching Regulationssubsection 3(1)24Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Automotive Refinishing Products Regulationssubsections 3(1) and (2)subsection 4(1)25Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Architectural Coatings Regulationssubsection 3(1)subsection 4(1)subsection 5(1)subsection 9(1)26Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulationssubsection 3(1)subsection 6(5)paragraph 10(e)subsection 14(5)27Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012subsection 4(1)subsection 6(1)28Products Containing Mercury Regulationssubsections 3(1) and (2)section 3.129Microbeads in Toiletries Regulationssubsections 3(1) and (2)30Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector)subsection 5(1)section 6section 7section 8section 9section 10subsection 11(2)section 12section 14section 15paragraphs 19(1)(a), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h), subsection 19(2) and paragraphs 19(4)(b) and (c)section 20section 21section 22section 25subsection 26(1)section 27subsection 30(1) and (3)subsection 32(1)subsection 35(1)section 36subsections 37(1) and (2)section 38subsections 39(1) and (2)section 42section 43[Repealed, SOR/2025-280, s. 24][Repealed, SOR/2025-280, s. 24][Repealed, SOR/2025-280, s. 24][Repealed, SOR/2025-280, s. 24][Repealed, SOR/2025-280, s. 24][Repealed, SOR/2025-280, s. 24][Repealed, SOR/2025-280, s. 24]31Reduction in the Release of Volatile Organic Compounds Regulations (Petroleum Sector)paragraphs 3(2)(a), (b), (c) and (e)section 1132Prohibition of Asbestos and Products Containing Asbestos Regulationsparagraphs 4(a), (b) or (c)paragraphs 5(a) or (b)subsections 6(1) or (2)33Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricitysubsections 4(1) and (2)34Volatile Organic Compound Concentration Limits for Certain Products Regulationssubsections 3(1) and (2)35Export of Substances on the Export Control List Regulationssection 5.136Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products Regulationssection 537Prohibition of the Manufacture and Importation of Wheel Weights Containing Lead Regulationssubsection 3(1)38Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulationssubsections 3(1) and (2)section 4subsection 5(1)subsections 6(1) and (2)39Certain Products Containing Toxic Substances Regulationssection 14subsection 15(1)section 18section 19section 22section 2341Landfill Methane Regulationssubsection 7(1)subsections 8(1) and (2)subsections 11(1) and (2)subsections 14(1) and (2)subsection 16(1)subsections 18(1) and (2)44Reduction in the Release of Volatile Organic Compounds (Storage and Loading of Volatile Petroleum Liquids) Regulationssubsections 33(1) and (2)section 35section 36section 38section 39section 40section 41section 42subsection 43(3)section 46section 49section 50section 52section 53subsection 54(1)subsection 56(1)section 57section 58section 59section 60subsection 61(1)section 62section 63subsection 64(1)subsections 65(2) and (3)subsection 66(1)section 67section 68section 69subsection 70(1)section 71section 72subsection 73(1)subsection 74(2)subsection 75(1)section 76section 77section 78section 79subsections 86(1) and (2)subsection 90(1)subsection 91(1)section 93subsection 94(1)subsection 95(1)section 96subsections 100(1), (3) and (4)section 101subsection 103(1)section 104section 105
SOR/2014-75, s. 9; SOR/2016-96, s. 2; SOR/2016-138, s. 1; SOR/2016-252, s. 26; SOR/2017-110, ss. 38 to 41; SOR/2017-111, s. 6; SOR/2017-217, s. 1; SOR/2018-66, s. 57; SOR/2018-196, ss. 26, 27; SOR/2018-262, s. 1SOR/2019-89, s. 1SOR/2020-231, s. 46SOR/2021-25, s. 84SOR/2021-268, s. 28SOR/2022-89, s. 1SOR/2022-110, s. 27SOR/2022-138, s. 12SOR/2023-15, s. 12SOR/2024-109, s. 13SOR/2025-36, s. 25SOR/2025-36, s. 26SOR/2025-88, s. 137SOR/2025-273, s. 18SOR/2025-279, s. 29SOR/2025-280, s. 24AMENDMENTS NOT IN FORCE
— SOR/2024-263, s. 49The schedule to the Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for Purposes of Enforcement (Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)1 is amended by adding the following in numerical order:SOR/2012-134
Column 1Column 2ItemRegulationsProvisions42Clean Electricity Regulationssubsection 9(1)subsection 29(4)subsections 38(3) and (6)
— SOR/2025-270, s. 14Item 27 of the schedule to the Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for Purposes of Enforcement (Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)1 is replaced by the following:SOR/2012-134
Column 1Column 2ItemRegulationsProvisions27Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2025subsection 5(1)
— SOR/2025-280, ss. 24(1) to (4) and (6)The portion of item 30 of the schedule to the Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for Purposes of Enforcement (Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)2 in column 2 is amended by adding the following after paragraph (d):SOR/2012-134
Column 2ItemProvisions30subsections 8.1(1) and (4)subsections 8.11(1) and (3)subsections 8.12(1) and (4)section 8.13subsections 8.15(1) to (4) and (7)
Paragraphs 30(e) to (q) of the schedule to the Regulations are repealed.Paragraphs 30(r) to (u) of the schedule to the Regulations are repealed.Paragraphs 30(v) to (z) of the schedule to the Regulations are repealed.The portion of item 30 of the schedule to the Regulations in column 2 is amended by adding the following after paragraph (z):
Column 2ItemProvisions30section 47subsections 49(1) and (3)subsections 51(1) to (3)section 52section 53subsections 53.1(1) and (4)subsection 53.2(1)
SOR/2025-2732025-12-12SOR/2025-2792025-12-12SOR/2025-2802025-12-12SOR/2024-1092025-06-19SOR/2025-882025-03-07SOR/2025-362025-02-26SOR/2023-152024-02-03SOR/2022-892023-01-07SOR/2018-66, s. 572023-01-01SOR/2021-2682023-01-01