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Bill 198, Cootes Paradise Water Accountability Act, 2020

Shaw, Sandy

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 30 of the Ontario Water Resources Act currently requires the Ministry to be notified when polluting material is discharged or escapes. The Bill amends this

section to require the Ministry to in turn notify the public of the discharge or escape in accordance with the regulations.

Bill 198 2020

An Act to amend the Ontario Water Resources Act with respect to public reporting on the discharge or escape of polluting material

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 30 of the Ontario Water Resources Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Ministry to notify public

(3) Upon being notified of a discharge or escape under subsection (2), the Ministry shall forthwith notify the public of the discharge or escape, as the case may be, in accordance with the regulations.

2 Subsection 75 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

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c) prescribing, for the purposes of subsection 30 (3), the manner in which the Ministry is required to notify the public of a discharge or escape and the information respecting the discharge or escape to be made public;

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4 The

short title of this Act is the Cootes Paradise Water Accountability Act, 2020 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

July 20, 2020

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

July 20, 2020

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 198

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Ontario Water Resources Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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