Release and Environmental Emergency Notification Regulations

Release and Environmental Emergency Notification Regulations Whereas, pursuant to subsection 332(1)a of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999b, the Minister of the Environment published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on December 19, 2009, a copy of the proposed Release and Environmental Emergency Notification Regulations, substantially in the annexed form, and persons were given an opportunity to file comments with respect to the proposed Regulations or to file a notice of objection requesting that a board of review be established and stating the reasons for the objection; Whereas, pursuant to subsection 200(1) of that Act, the National Advisory Committee has been given an opportunity to provide its advice under section 6c of that Act; And whereas, in accordance with subsection 209(3) of that Act, the Minister of the Environment has, before recommending the proposed Regulations, offered to consult with the governments of territories to which the proposed Regulations apply and with the members of the National Advisory Committee who are representatives of aboriginal governments that have jurisdiction over aboriginal land to which the proposed Regulations apply; Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to paragraph 97(a), subsection 200(1) and paragraph 209(1)(d) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999b, hereby makes the annexed Release and Environmental Emergency Notification Regulations. S.C. 2004, c. 15, s. 31 S.C. 1999, c. 33 S.C. 2002, c. 7, s. 124 For the purposes of paragraphs 95(1)(a), 169(1)(a), 179(1)(a), 201(1)(a) and 212(1)(a) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the following persons are designated: those providing 24-hour emergency telephone service provided by the office set out in column 2 of the schedule for the province, set out in column 1, where the occurrence of the release of a substance, the likelihood of such a release, or the occurrence of the environmental emergency takes place; or the pollution prevention officer referred to in paragraph 5(8)(a) or subsection 5(9) of the Pollutant Discharge Reporting Regulations, 1995. Any person required by paragraph 95(1)(a), 169(1)(a), 179(1)(a), 201(1)(a) or 212(1)(a) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to provide notification of the occurrence of a release of a substance, the likelihood of such a release, or the occurrence of an environmental emergency shall, as soon as possible in the circumstances, notify in all cases other than those mentioned in paragraph (b), an enforcement officer or a person referred to in paragraph (1)(a) at the applicable telephone number set out in column 3 of the schedule; or in the case of the master of a vessel, the owner of a vessel or the operator of an oil handling facility to whom the Pollutant Discharge Reporting Regulations, 1995 apply, an enforcement officer or the person referred to in paragraph (1)(b). These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered. Spills Action Centre Ontario Ministry of the Environment Environmental Protection Operations Directorate – Quebec Environment Canada Maritimes Regional Office Canadian Coast Guard Fisheries and Oceans Canada Manitoba Department of Conservation British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment Alberta Ministry of Environment Newfoundland and Labrador Regional Office Yukon Department of Environment Department of Environment and Natural Resources Government of the Northwest Territories Telephone number accessible only within the respective province.