Spring 2018 Regulatory Update: Hazardous Products Regulations, Bill 30, WHMIS 2015

Spring 2018 Regulatory Update

Amendment to Hazardous Products Regulations; WHMIS 2015 phase 1 deadline; and Bill 30 help

Amendment to Hazardous Products Regulation

Amendment to the HPR on the use of prescribed concentration ranges to protect CBI were published today in the Canada Gazette. It is effective immediately. The amendment, which was initially proposed and published in the Canada Gazette , Part I on October 21, 2017, allows for the use of prescribed concentration ranges to protect the trade secret concentrations and concentration ranges of materials or substances in hazardous products. One change was made to the amendment proposed in October, which is to allow the combination of only 2 prescribed consecutive concentration ranges set out in paragraphs 4.5(3)(a) and (g) of the HPR. Further, acknowledging that many claims for exemption relating exclusively to ingredient concentrations or concentration ranges have already been filed under WHMIS 2015, Health Canada will contact impacted claimants over the coming months to discuss options for those claims. Read the full text of the Canada Gazette here on page 180 - 201.

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WHMIS 2015

Phase 1 deadline June 1, 2018

Manufacturers and suppliers now must take steps in reclassifying products, relabeling, and creating Safety Data Sheets or SDSs to replace MSDSs. The deadline for this transition is June 1, 2018. Chemscape has authoring services to help and a page with information and WHMIS 2015 resources including a transition timeline chart. We also provide an e-learning WHMIS course .

Bill 30: Free Training for your

Joint Workplace Safety Committees

Reminder Chemscape clients have a library of free safety training in our system to access and help with education for your Joint Workplace Safety Committees.

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