Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 159, Number 30: GOVERNMENT NOTICES

July 26, 2025

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Ministerial Condition No. 21984

Ministerial condition
(Paragraph 84(1)(a) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)

Whereas the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health (the ministers) have assessed information pertaining to the substance non-functionalized agglomerated multi-walled carbon nanotubes having the following characteristics: (a) at least 95% of the substance is composed of elemental carbon; (b) the typical individual nanotubes measure small-gauge in length after dispersion; (c) the typical outer diameter of the individual nanotubes measures small-gauge; and (d) with a surface area from 150 m²/g to 300 m²/g, Confidential Substance Identity Number 19779-7;

And whereas the ministers suspect that the substance is toxic or capable of becoming toxic within the meaning of section 64 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (the Act),

The Minister of the Environment, pursuant to paragraph 84(1)(a) of the Act, hereby permits the manufacture or import of the substance subject to the conditions of the following annex.

Marc D’Iorio
Assistant Deputy Minister
Science and Technology Branch
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

ANNEX

Conditions
(Paragraph 84(1)(a) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)

1. The following definitions apply in these ministerial conditions:

“notifier”

means the person who has, on March 6, 2025, provided to the Minister of the Environment the prescribed information concerning the substance, in accordance with subsection 81(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999;

“substance”

means non-functionalized agglomerated multi-walled carbon nanotubes having the following characteristics: (a) at least 95% of the substance is composed of elemental carbon; (b) the typical individual nanotubes measure small-gauge in length after dispersion; (c) the typical outer diameter of the individual nanotubes measures small-gauge; and (d) with a surface area from 150 m²/g to 300 m²/g, Confidential Substance Identity Number 19779-7.

2. The notifier may manufacture or import the substance subject to the present ministerial conditions.

Restrictions

3. (1) The notifier shall not import or manufacture the substance for use in a consumer product, to which the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act applies, that can generate any form of respiratory particles through spray, aerosol, or mist applications.

(2) The notifier shall not import the substance as a component of a consumer product, to which the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act applies, that can generate any form of respiratory particles through direct spray, aerosol, or mist applications.

(3) The notifier shall not import or manufacture the substance for use in a coating product, to which the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act applies, that contains the substance at a concentration greater than 0.01% by weight.

(4) The notifier shall not import the substance as a component of a coating product, to which the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act applies, that contains the substance at a concentration greater than 0.01% by weight.

(5) The notifier shall not import or manufacture the substance for use in a structural building material that contains the substance at a concentration greater than 0.06% by weight.

(6) The notifier shall not import the substance as a component of a structural building material that contains the substance at a concentration greater than 0.06% by weight.

4. The notifier shall transfer the physical possession or control of the substance only to a person who agrees to use it in accordance with section 3.

Environmental release

5. Where any release to the environment of the substance or waste containing it occurs, the notifier shall immediately take all measures necessary to prevent any further release, and to limit the dispersion of any release. Furthermore, the notifier shall, as soon as possible in the circumstances, notify an enforcement officer or the person providing the 24-hour emergency telephone service for the province or territory where the release occurs referred to in the Schedule to the Release and Environmental Emergency Notification Regulations.

Other requirements

6. The notifier shall, prior to transferring the physical possession or control of the substance or waste to any person

• (a) inform the person, in writing, of the terms of the present ministerial conditions; and
• (b) obtain, prior to the first transfer of the substance or waste, written confirmation from this person that they were informed of the terms of the present ministerial conditions and agree to comply with the present ministerial conditions.

Record-keeping requirements

7. (1) The notifier shall maintain electronic or paper records, with any documentation supporting the validity of the information contained in these records, indicating

• (a) the use of the substance;
• (b) the quantity of the substance that the notifier manufactures, imports, purchases, distributes, sells and uses;
• (c) the name and address of each person to whom the notifier transfers the physical possession or control of the substance;
• (d) the name and address of each person in Canada who disposed of the substance or waste, the method used to do so and the quantities of the substance or waste shipped to that person; and
• (e) the written confirmation referred to in paragraph 6(b).

(2) When the notifier learns of a change to the address referred to in paragraph (1)(c), the notifier must update the electronic or paper records mentioned in subsection (1) accordingly within 30 days after learning of the change.

(3) The notifier shall create the electronic or paper records mentioned in subsection (1) no later than 30 days after the date the information or documents become available.

(4) The notifier shall maintain the electronic or paper records mentioned in subsection (1)

• (a) in English, French, or both languages; and
• (b) at the notifier’s principal place of business in Canada, or at the principal place of business in Canada of their representative, for a period of at least five years after they are made.

(5) Any records mentioned in subsection (1) that are kept electronically must be in an electronically readable format.

Coming into force

8. The present ministerial conditions come into force on July 10, 2025.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

SPECIES AT RISK ACT

Description of Spotted Owl caurina subspecies critical habitat in the Widgeon Valley National Wildlife Area

The Spotted Owl caurina subspecies (Strix occidentalis caurina) is listed as endangered on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act. In Canada, the Spotted Owl caurina subspecies is typically found in mixed-coniferous old-growth forests in southwestern British Columbia.

The amended recovery strategy for the Spotted Owl caurina subspecies identifies the critical habitat for the species in a number of areas, including within a federally protected area.

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to subsection 58(3) of the Species at Risk Act, subsection 58(1) of that Act will apply, 90 days after this publication, to the critical habitat of the Spotted Owl caurina subspecies identified in the amended recovery strategy for that species — that is included on the Species at Risk Public Registry — that is found within the Widgeon Valley National Wildlife Area described in Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Area Regulations made pursuant to the Canada Wildlife Act.

July 26, 2025

Sarah Wren
Director
Species at Risk Act Implementation
Canadian Wildlife Service

INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CANADA

RADIOCOMMUNICATION ACT

Notice No. SMSE-005-25 — Publication of RSS-193, Issue 1

Notice is hereby given that Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has published the following document:

• RSS-193, Issue 1, Flexible Use Broadband Equipment Operating in the Band 27.5-28.35 GHz, which sets out certification requirements for flexible use broadband equipment, used in fixed and/or mobile services, operating in the frequency band 27.5-28.35 GHz.

This document is now official and available on the Published documents page of the Spectrum management and telecommunications website .

Submitting comments

Comments and suggestions for improving this Radio Standards Specification may be submitted online using the Standard Change Request form .

July 11, 2025

Wen Kwan
Director General
Engineering, Planning and Standards Branch