| Montreal, 5/09/2006 – The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) issued a public Request for Information in connection with the development of a factual record for the SEM-04-007 (Quebec Automobiles) submission.
The Quebec Automobiles submission was filed with the Secretariat by the Québec Association Against Air Pollution (Association québécoise de lutte contre la pollution atmosphérique—AQLPA) on 1 November 2004. The AQLPA alleges that Canada, and specifically Québec, is failing to effectively enforce sections 96.1 and 96.2 of Québec's Regulation respecting the quality of the atmosphere (Règlement sur la qualité de l'atmosphère—RQA), as well as sections 19.1, 20 and 51 of Québec's Environment Quality Act (Loi sur la qualité de l'environnement—LQE) in connection with emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from post-1985 light vehicle models. Under these provisions, removing or modifying a catalytic converter from a vehicle constitutes an infraction punishable by a fine and/or a prison term. On 14 June 2006, the CEC Council instructed the Secretariat to develop a factual record concerning the history of sections 96.1 and 96.2 of the RQA and sections 19.1 and 51 of the LQE, up to the time of their enactment, and measures taken by Québec to enforce those provisions. Relevant information should be submitted to the Secretariat before 30 November 2006.
For more information, please visit the CEC's Citizen Submissions on Enforcement Matters page. |
