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Environmental Emergency Regulations, 2019 (SOR/2019-51)

Regulations are current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2019-08-24. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE 3(Section 5)Information to Be Submitted in the Notice Regarding the Preparation of an Environmental Emergency Plan

  • 1 The following information respecting the facility:

    • (a) its name;

    • (b) its civic address or, if it does not have a civic address, a description of its location;

    • (c) the latitude and longitude of the main entrance of the facility, expressed in decimal degrees to five decimal places; and

    • (d) the name, position title, email address, telephone number and fax number of the responsible person and those of the primary and alternate contact persons.

    • 2 (1) If the environmental emergency plan is based on an existing plan, a statement as to whether the existing plan was

      • (a) prepared on a voluntary basis;

      • (b) prepared for another government; or

      • (c) prepared under another Act of Parliament.

    • (2) If the existing plan was prepared for another government or prepared under another Act of Parliament, the name of the government or the Act of Parliament.

  • 3 The following information respecting the involvement of local authorities or groups:

    • (a) the names of the local authorities and local community or interest groups that have been involved in the environmental emergency plan’s development, if any; and

    • (b) a statement as to whether or not the plan or its relevant parts were made available to the appropriate local authorities, such as fire and police departments, that are likely to be involved in an emergency response and the names of those local authorities.

  • 4 The following information respecting the substance in respect of which the environmental emergency plan is prepared:

    • (a) its name, CAS registry number and, if applicable, UN number;

    • (b) the nature of the operations at the facility that involve the substance;

    • (c) the date on which the preparation of the environmental emergency plan was completed;

    • (d) the distance, expressed in kilometres, from the facility to the furthest point that would likely be affected in the event of an environmental emergency referred to in paragraph 4(2)(e) of the Regulations and the method used to determine that distance; and

    • (e) if applicable, the distance, expressed in kilometres, from the facility to the furthest point that would likely be affected in the event of an environmental emergency referred to in paragraph 4(2)(f) of the Regulations and the method used to determine that distance.

  • 5 If applicable, a description of the area surrounding the facility that may be affected by an environmental emergency referred to in paragraph 4(2)(f) of the Regulations, including any hospitals, schools, residential, commercial or industrial buildings and any highways, public transit infrastructure, parks, forests, wildlife habitats, water sources or water bodies.

 

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