Top of PageWhy are you using the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA 1999) to reduce the impact of road salts?
The science assessment of road salts was conducted under CEPA 1999. It concluded that road salts that contain inorganic chloride salts with or without ferrocyanide salts are entering the environment in such large amounts that they pose a risk to fish, lake and stream ecosystems, plants, animals and birds. For that reason, Environment Canada must develop measures to reduce these impacts. Therefore, it is using CEPA 1999, which provides a full range of options from voluntary actions to regulations, for managing the risks posed by such substances. In the case of road salts, Environment Canada worked with stakeholders to develop a Code of Practice.
