Environmental Protection Amendment Act, 2008 O'Toole, John — Bill 36 (39th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 36, 39-1

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Bill 36, Environmental Protection Amendment Act, 2008

O'Toole, John

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Bill 36 2008

An Act to

regulate the spreading and storage of sewage sludge and biosolids

Note:

This Act amends the Environmental Protection Act. For the legislative history

of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed

Legislative History on www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The Environmental

Protection Act is amended by adding the following section:

Spreading and storage of sewage sludge

27.1

(1) No

person shall spread or store sewage sludge, other biosolids or products derived

from sewage sludge or other biosolids unless the Director has issued a

certificate of approval or provisional certificate of approval and the

spreading or storage is done in accordance with the conditions, if any, set out

in the certificate.

Conditions

(2) The Director may specify in a certificate issued

pursuant to subsection (1) that the certificate is subject to the condition

that a person specified in the certificate carry out the tests, maintain the

standards, keep the records and submit the reports that the Director sees fit.

Definition

(3) In this section,

"biosolids"

includes paper sludge and paper fibre biosolids.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on the day it

receives Royal Assent.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Environmental Protection Amendment Act, 2008 .

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Environmental Protection Act to

require that a person obtain a certificate of approval from the Director before

spreading or storing sewage sludge, other biosolids and products derived from

them. A certificate of approval may be subject to the testing, recording and

reporting requirements that the Director sees fit.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

March 18, 2008

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 18, 2008

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :

Royal Assent.

Acts affected - Bill 36

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

Environmental Protection Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 36, 39-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s1 bill 36 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	24be2635a6053dff2d94aba8fbac7b19095a4c67

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