CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999Release and Environmental Emergency Notification RegulationsP.C.2011-45420113
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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. 31S.C. 1999, c. 33S.C. 2002, c. 7, s. 124For 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; orthe 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, notifyin 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; orin 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.(Section 1)
NOTIFICATION OF RELEASE OR ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY
Column 1Column 2Column 3ItemProvinceOfficeTelephone number1OntarioSpills Action CentreOntario Ministry of the Environment416-325-3000 or 1-800-268-6060*2QuebecEnvironmental Protection Operations Directorate – QuebecEnvironment Canada514-283-2333 or 1-866-283-2333*3Nova ScotiaMaritimes Regional OfficeCanadian Coast GuardFisheries and Oceans Canada902-426-6030 or 1-800-565-1633*4New BrunswickMaritimes Regional OfficeCanadian Coast GuardFisheries and Oceans Canada902-426-6030 or 1-800-565-1633*5ManitobaManitoba Department of Conservation204-944-48886British ColumbiaBritish Columbia Provincial Emergency ProgramMinistry of Public Safety and Solicitor General1-800-663-34567Prince Edward IslandMaritimes Regional OfficeCanadian Coast GuardFisheries and Oceans Canada902-426-6030 or 1-800-565-1633*8SaskatchewanSaskatchewan Ministry of Environment1-800-667-75259AlbertaAlberta Ministry of Environment780-422-4505 or 1-800-222-6514*10Newfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador Regional OfficeCanadian Coast GuardFisheries and Oceans Canada709-772-2083 or 1-800-563-9089*11YukonYukon Department of Environment867-667-724412Northwest TerritoriesDepartment of Environment and Natural ResourcesGovernment of the Northwest Territories867-920-813013NunavutDepartment of Environment and Natural ResourcesGovernment of the Northwest Territories867-920-8130
Telephone number accessible only within the respective province.