NGO comments to new requirements for reporting releases of criteria air contaminants and speciated volatile organic compounds to the National Pollutant Release Inventory

CELA and various NGOs submitted comments and recommendations to the following consultation document released for public comments: Changes to the National Pollutant Release Inventory substance list for 2022, related to the Chemicals Management Plan Consultation document, March 2021. Our comments and recommendations below follow up on initial comments provided as early engagement through the work of the NPRI Multi-Stakeholder Work Group.

Co-authored by: Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), Ecology Action Centre, Citizens’ Network on Waste Management, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Mining Watch Canada, Watershed Sentinel Educational Society (WSES)