Greetings,

Please find attached an invitation to submit comments on the draft decision
documents for dioxins & furans and HCB. These documents are available on
our web site (www.cec.org\resources and publications\Regional Action Plans\).

If you would like hard copies, the appendices associated with these
documents, or if you request further information, please contact mara Kerry
at mkerry@ccemtl.org or by phone (514) 350-4362.

Regards,

Jorge Ocana
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
393 St-Jacques O. Suite 200
Montreal, PQ
Canada
H2Y 1N9
Tel: (514)350-4300
Fax: (514)350-4314

To IPEN colleagues in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico: I'm forwarding the following invitation to submit comments on the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) draft decision documents for dioxins & furans and hexachlorobenzene. As you may know, the CEC is already pursuing Regional Action Plans on DDT, PCBs, chlordane, and other persistent pollutants through its Sound Management of Chemicals Initiative. These documents represent the decision to add dioxins/furans and HCB to the list.

Please note that the link to the documents on the CEC website is formatted incorrectly -- it should be 
http://www.cec.org/english/resources/publications/project/rap.cfm?format=2&dest=reso


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Karen Perry
Associate Director, Environment & Health Program Physicians for Social Responsibility
1101 14th Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 898-0150 x249 (202) 898-0172 (fax) Visit PSR's Web site at http://www.psr.org!
From: "Jorge Ocana" <jocana@ccemtl.org>
Subject: Invitation to comment on documents
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:45:23 -0400


To: Potential reviewers of draft “Decision Documents” for dioxins and furans and for hexachlorobenzene. 

From: Mara Kerry

Subject: Invitation to forward comments regarding decision documents for dioxins and furans and for hexachlorobenzene.

CC. Andy Hamilton, Substance Selection Task Force

At its eighth regular meeting in May 1999 the North American Working Group (the Working Group) on the Sound Management of Chemicals approved the release of two Draft Decision Documents for public review and comment. One document is on dioxins and furans and the other is on hexachlorobenzene. The Substance Selection Task Force, which prepared these documents on behalf of the Working Group, has recommended that North American Regional Action Plans (NARAPs) be prepared for these candidate substances.

The Council of the (North American) Commission for Environmental Cooperation has subsequently directed the Working Group, through Council Resolution 99-01, to develop a NARAP for dioxins and furans, and for hexachlorobenzene, taking into account comments received during the period for public review and comment.

The documents each contain an outline of the process that was followed in assessing these candidate substances, together with a summary of the Task Force’s evaluation. The documents also contain a summary of the major implementation considerations that were addressed by the Task Force as well as its recommendations as to the scope of future action planning. 

We invite your comments on one or both of the discussion documents for dioxins and furans and for hexachlorobenzene. In particular, we would welcome your suggestions relating to the scope and content of the NARAP that is to be developed. Comments received from stakeholders will be provided to all members of the Substance Selection Task Force as well as to the group or groups set up to take the lead in developing this NARAP. We encourage you to bring these documents to the attention of others who may wish to comment on them or on the NARAP that is to be developed. 

Please forward your comments to me (Mara Kerry) via e-mail mkerry@ccemtl.org or fax: (514) 350-4314. You can also reach me by phone at (514) 350-4362. 

Sincerely, 
Mara Kerry
Program Coordinator: Sound Management of Chemicals

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