Bill 19 (Legislature 17, Session 3)

L17 S3 5285

Alberta — Bills

1974 Bill 19 ========================================~~~~~\\I Third Session, 17th Legislature, 23 Elizab~w II 'j I ---~ 1:JILt THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 19 The Clean Water Amendment Act, 1974 MR. CHAMBERS First Reading Second Reading ,,"',. Third Reading ............. , .......... , Printed by L. S. WALL, Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 19 Mr. Chambers BILL 19 1974 THE CLEAN WATER AMENDMENT ACT, 1974 (Assented to , 1974) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Clean Water Act is hereby amended.

Section 3, subsection (1) is amended (

a) by striking out clauses (g), (

h) and (

i) and by substituting the following clauses: (

g) prescribing the method lOr type of method or instrument for measuring or determining (

i) the concentration of any water con taminant, (ii) the calculated water contaminant stand ard of any water contaminant, (iii) the concentration of any water con taminant discharged to any surface water or watercourse frlom any water facility, (iv) the amount of any water contaminant dis charged to any surfaoe water or water course from any water facili'ty, by reference to any text, periodical, paper or any other publication or in any other manner; (

h) prescribing the measurement of the rate of release of any water contaminant, by refer ence to any text, periodical, paper or any other publication or in any other manner; (

i) prescribing the point aJt which any measure ment pursuant to the regulations is to take place in, on or outside any water facility in any surface water or watercourse, by reference to any text, periodical, paper or any other publication or in any other manner; (

b) by adding the following clause after clause (j): (

k) appointing any person to act as an analyst with respect to any analysis or description of any ingredient, quality, quantity or tempera ture of any material whether solid, liquid ,or gaseous for the purpose of or in connection with this Act or the regulations.

Explanatory Notes I. This Bill will amend

chapter 17 of the St~tutes of Alberta, 1971.

Section 3, subsection 0), clauses (g), (

h) and (

i) presently read: 3.

(1) The Minister may make regulations (

g) prescribing the method or type of method or instrument for measuring (

i) the level of density of any water co,ntaminant, (ii) the calculated water contaminant standard of any water con taminan t, (iii) the concentration of any water contamina:nt diseharged to any limrface water or watercourse from any water facility, (iv) the amount of any water contaminant discharged to any surface water or watercourse from any water facility; (

h) prescribing the method or type of method or instrument for measuring the rate of release of any water contaminant; (

i) prescribing the point at which amy measurement pursuant to the regulations is to take place in, o,n or outside any water facility in any surface water or watercourse;

3. The following

section is added after

section 4.6: 4.7

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by regulation, designate (

a) the Provincial Board of Health established under The Public Health Act, or (

b) one or more local boards of health established under The Public Health Act, or both of them, as having the same power, duties and authority as (

c) the Director of Standards and Approvals under sections 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 8 and under the regulations made pursuant to

section 10, or (

d) the Direc,tor of Pollution Control under sections 4.6, 6 and 8 and under the regulations lnade pursuant to

section 10, or both of them, in respect of swimming pools or any type or class thereof.

(2) Where a regulation is made under subsection (1), unless the regulation provides otherwise, (

a) a reference to the Director of Standards and Ap provals in sections 4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 8 shall be deemed to refer, in addition to the Director of Standards and Approvals, to the Provincial Board of Health or the local boards of health specified in the regulations, (

b) a reference to the Director of Pollution Control in sections 4.6, 6, 7 and 8 shall be deemed to refer, in addition to the Director of Pollution Control, to the Provincial Board of Health or the local boards of health specified in the regulations, and (

c) a reference to the Division of Standards and Ap provals or the Division of Pollution Control in sec tion 8 shall be deemed to refer, in addition to those Divisions, as the case requires, to the Provincial Board of Health or the local boards of health specified in the regulations. 4. The following

section is added after

section 9.1: 9.2 A prosecution under this Act or the regulations may be commenced within two years of the commission of the alleged offence but not afterward.

Section 10 is amended by striking out clause 1.2 and by substituting the following clause: 1.2 prescribing different types of permits and licences the length of time for which they are issued and 2

3. New. Permits delegation to the Provincial Board of Health or local boards of health of certain functions of Ithe Director of Standards and Approvals and Director otE Pollution Control. 4. New.

Section 10 commences as follows: 10. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations 2

permitting the Director of Standards and Ap provals to issue permits and licences for a shorter period of time than prescribed in the regulations; 6. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 3 Title: 1974 (17th, 3rd) Bill 19, The Clean Water Amendment Act, 1974

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