Distribution: General
C/C.01/07/RES/06/Final
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
28 June, 2007
Closure of the North American Regional Action Plan on polychlorinated biphenyls
THE COUNCIL:
RECALLING Council Resolution 95-05 on the Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC), and the direction of the Council for the development of a North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs);
ACKNOWLEDGING national efforts of the Parties in eliminating the deliberate production and use of PCBs and the continued decline of the use of equipment containing high concentrations of PCBs;
FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGING the collaborative efforts contributed by the experts of the trilateral PCB Implementation Task Force; and
NOTING therefore that the primary mandate prescribed under Council Resolution 95-05 respecting PCBs has been fulfilled;
HEREBY:
ACCEPTS the Task Force Final Evaluation Report: North American Regional Action Plan (NARAP) on PCBs;
ENCOURAGES the SMOC Working Group, through the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Standing Committee, to continue sharing and coordinating inventory and technical information on PCBs to ensure that the long-term objectives of the NARAP on PCBs continue to be met; and
REQUESTS the SMOC Working Group to present a report, by 2010 to the Council, on domestic implementation of PCB NARAP action items and an analysis of domestic PCB inventory/domestic annual report information.
APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL:
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David McGovern
Government of Canada
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Enrique Lendo Fuentes
Government of the United Mexican States
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Judith E. Ayres
Government of the United States of America
Closure of the North American Regional Action Plan on polychlorinated biphenyls