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No - under the
1990 PCB Waste Export Regulation,1992 Export and
Import of Hazardous Wastes Regulations (SOR/92-637)
and the 1989 Basel Convention on the Control of
Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and
Their Disposal (Canada ratified in 1992).
Last incident was in 1989 - failed attempt to export
to United Kingdom (Ponypool, Wales). Blocked by
Greenpeace and Liverpool dockworkers.
Case of interest: 1990 PCB Waste Export Regulations
allowed for a bilateral agreement between US and
Canada to allow US government PCB waste to be
returned from Canada for disposal in US. Under
the EPA, the US had maintained a closed border
to the imports of PCB waste.
In December 1994, US EPA proposed to amend its
PCB regulations to allow limited PCB waste import/export.
Without notification to Canada, the US granted
SD Myers of Ohio permission to import Canadian
PCB wastes effective November 15, 1995.
Canada made an Interim Order under CEPA to amend
the PCB Waste Export Regulations to stop PCB waste
shipments to the US and attempted to act legally,
upon the Basel Convention.
This was not successful. In 1995, Canada's 15
month ban on the export of PCBs led to being successfully
sued for $20 million in lost profits by the American
PCB waste disposal company, SD Myers, on the basis
of having violated the Minimum Standard of Treatment
provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) Chapter 11. After this case, the US again
closed its borders to the import/export of PCBs.
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