In terms of public participation with regard to assessment and developing the instrument by which to proceed, I think sometimes the public gets involved a little too late, after the fact. It's good to be involved right at the beginning of the process, starting in. A lot of learning has to be done, and a lot of assistance given, but again, as a public representative, it seems to me that the resources, or the will to act in certain ways, are not there.
You have to look at a whole set of instruments. First, what kind of instrument will you use--a regulatory instrument, a pollution prevention instrument, an equivalency agreement? What kind of instrument is appropriate? That decision has to be looked at first.
For some of the substances, it's not too clear whether, when the decision is made, it's political or resource-dependent. In many of these instances in which a number of us felt that regulatory action was definitely necessary--I've alluded to the case of base metal smelters--this was not the one that was pursued, although it may happen later on.
What is happening is that these consultations are going on, and it's important that we are there for this. But somehow the follow-through isn't there, or a decision already seems to be made that this instrument will go. So I'm not sure--