Mr. Chairman, I don't think you have to worry about Mr. Reed hesitating to jump in.
I can give you an update of the status of the PSL. As I think you know, the ministers over the course of the 1990s assembled two PSL lists, PSL1 and PSL2. PSL1 contained 44 substances, some of which were individual chemicals and some of which were broad effluent streams. I'll give you a quick status on this.
All but two of those assessments are completed. Twenty-six out of 44 have been found to meet the criteria in section 64. They're toxic under the act. All 26 of those have been added to schedule 1. Twenty-five of those are managed by instruments under CEPA, and one, which is one of the phthalates, has been managed by the Minister of Health.
One has been proposed toxic, so the assessment is completed. The first notification has gone out suggesting that the substance is toxic and that it be added. That process isn't complete. That's used crankcase oil.
Thirteen of the substances are not toxic, did not meet section 64. Two of them were found to in fact not be in use and are therefore subject to the new substances notification regulations. In other words, the departments didn't conclude one way or the other. They didn't need to; the stuff's not out there. If it ever comes in it will be subject to the reverse onus provisions in the new substances regime.
Two of the assessments are in the process of being updated and revised. In terms of monitoring those substances, 23 of the 26 declared toxic are currently being monitored under the NPRI. Eleven of the 13 declared not toxic are also being monitored under the NPRI.
PSL2 had 27 substances. Nineteen of those have been found to meet section 64 criteria; they're toxic. Seventeen have been added to schedule 1. One, radionuclides, is being managed by another federal agency, the Nuclear Safety Commission. It's a much better place to manage that substance.
Road salts were not added to schedule 1 but are nonetheless being managed by a memorandum of understanding. I'm not sure exactly who it's with; I can get you that detail. Seventeen of the 19 are being monitored by the NPRI. Six of the substances have been found to not meet the criteria in schedule 1. Two of the assessments have been suspended pending further research.
So of the 71 substances, all but four of the assessments have been completed, and where appropriate, management regimes have been put in place.