Products Containing Mercury Regulations

Marginal note:Application

4 An application for a permit must be submitted to the Minister in accordance with section 13 and must contain the following information and documents:

• (a) respecting the applicant,

  • (i) their name, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and, if any, fax number and email address, and

  • (ii) if applicable, the name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and, if any, fax number and email address of their duly authorized representative;

• (b) respecting the product,

  • (i) its common or generic name and its trade name, if any,

  • (ii) the total quantity of mercury contained in the product, expressed in milligrams,

  • (iii) the estimated quantity to be manufactured or imported by the applicant in a calendar year, and

  • (iv) an identification and description of each known use;

• (c) evidence that, at the time of the application, there is no technically or economically feasible alternative to or substitute for the product that

  • (i) achieves a similar result as would be achieved by using the product containing mercury, and

  • (ii) has a less harmful effect on the environment or on human health than the product containing mercury;

• (d) a copy of a plan that identifies and describes the measures that the applicant will take to minimize or eliminate any harmful effect that the mercury contained in the product has or may have on the environment and human health, including measures to ensure that the mercury is handled safely and is not released into the environment during normal use of the product and at the end of its useful life;

• (e) a statement that the plan is to be implemented within 30 days after the day on which the permit is issued; and

• (f) the civic and postal addresses of the location where the information and supporting documents are kept.