Summary of EPA Meeting with

Environment Canada

June 13, 2007

On Wednesday, June 13, 2007, representatives from the Office of Solid
Waste (OSW) met with Environment Canada to discuss the Definition of
Solid Waste (DSW) Rulemaking as part of two-day Canada-U.S. Bilateral
Meeting on the transboundary movement of waste. 

After a brief overview of the DSW 2007 proposal, EPA answered questions
from Environment Canada (EC) on how the proposal manages exports. EPA
explained that excluded hazardous secondary materials must have notice
and consent prior to exporting, similar to the existing export
provisions for cathode ray tubes. EC also asked how EPA rationalized the
proposal with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) 2001 decision regarding the transboundary movement of wastes. To
this, EPA noted that the OECD decision allows member countries to define
wastes differently within their domestic regulations. Since hazardous
secondary materials excluded under the proposal are not solid wastes,
they are also not hazardous wastes and thus not subject to domestic OECD
requirements. EPA assured EC that exports, although excluded in the
U.S., would still be subject to all regulations of the importing country
upon reaching the border.  For example, excluded hazardous secondary
materials would not need a manifest within the U.S. but could be subject
to manifesting at the Canadian border if required by Canadian
regulations.

Bob Dellinger		Environmental Protection Agency

Betsy Devlin		Environmental Protection Agency

Frank Mcalister		Environmental Protection Agency

Rick Picardi		Environmental Protection Agency

Tracy Atagi		Environmental Protection Agency

Laura Coughlan		Environmental Protection Agency

Marilyn Goode		Environmental Protection Agency

Amanda Geldard	Environmental Protection Agency

Cynthia Merse		Environmental Protection Agency

Elle Kanipe		Environmental Protection Agency

Carolyne Blain		Environment Canada

Joe Wittwer		Environment Canada

Martin Sirois		Environment Canada

Nabila Elsaadi		Environment Canada

