Bill 247 (Legislature 22, Session 1)

L22 S1 2893

Alberta — Bills

1989 BILL 247 Fkst Session, 22nd Legislature, 38 Elizabedi II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 247

AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE PRODUCTS BY GOVERNMENT MR. McINNIS First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Thkd Reading Royal Assent

Bill 247 Mr. Mclnnis BILL 247 1989

AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE PRODUCTS BY GOVERNMENT (Assented to , 1989) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Department of Public Works, Supply and Services Act is amended by this Act. 2 The following is added after

section 8: 8.1 The Minister shall conduct research into: (

a) die avaUabiUty of recycled products for use by the govemment and others in Alberta; (

b) the potential for further production of supplies from past consumption waste materials; and (

c) die preparation of guides for govemment departments of the govemment and others on how they can maximize the use of recycled products. 3

Section 9 is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

(2.1) The Minister may make loans by way of advances to manufacturers or suppUers against deUvery of recycled products for die use of departments where such loans are requked, in the opinion of the Minister to secure supplies or to cause thek manufacture providing money has been appropriated to the purpose by die Legislature

Explanatory Notes 1 This Act wUl amend

chapter D-25.5 of the Revised Statues of Alberta, 1980. 2 New

section requires the Minister to research recycling opportunities. 3 New subsection promotes for loans to assist in manufacture or supply of recycled products.

(4) The Minister shall promote the use of environmentally sensitive products by aU departments by: (

a) acquiring and providmg to each department suppUes which contain the highest possible content of past consumption waste to the fullest extent that such recycled products are available, mcluding but not Umited to: (

i) paper and paper products, (

U) motor oil and derivatives, (Ui) steel and steel products, (iv) aluminum and aluminum products, (

v) plastics and plastic products, (vi) constmction and other building materials; (

b) ensuring that no paper or paper products are purchased which originate with pulp mills diat do not fuUy meet the strictest current Alberta standard for effluent m respect of chlorinated organic compounds; (

c) ensuring that no department uses any product containing chloroflourocarbons or made through a process using chloroflourocarbons, unless the department can show: (

i) that diere is no altemative product available, and (

U) it is not possible to carry out its mandate widiout the product. 5 The Clean Air Act is amended in

section 4(6) by adding the following after clause (a.l): (a.2) requke a company extracting natural resources to utilize a specified minimum amount of post-consumer waste in its production process.

4 New subsection provides for promotion of use of recycled products. 5 This

section wiU amend

Chapter C-12 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1980, by adding a power to order re-cycling of post-consumer waste.

Section 4(6) presendy reads:

(6) The Director of Standards and Approvals may (

a) issue a licence subject to the terms and conditions he prescribes, including, but not limited to, terms and coruiitions prescribing the concentrations, weights or rates of emission referred to in

section 2(1), and (

b) specify requirements as to the manner in which the plant, stnu:ture or thing is to be operated, but the terms, conditions or requirements must not be less stringent than those imposed by the regulations.

6 The Clean Water Act is amended in

section 4(6) by adding the following after clause (a.l): (a.2) requke a company extracting natural resources to utilize a specified minimum amount of post-consumer waste in its production process. 7 This Act comes into force on Proclamation.

6 This

section wUl amend

chapter C-13 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1980 by adding a power to order recycling of post-consumer waste.

Section 4(6) presentiy reads:

(6) The Director of Standards and Approvals may (

a) issue a licence subject to the terms and conditions he prescribes, including, but not limited to, terms or conditions prescribing the contaminants, concentrations, temperatures, amounts or rates of discharge referred to in

section 3(1), and (

b) specify requirements as to the manner in which the water facility is to be operated, but the terms, coruiitions or requirements must not be less stringent than those imposed by the regulations. 7 Coming into force. Title: 1989 (22nd, 1st) Bill 247,

An Act to Promote the Use of Environmentally Sensitive Products by Government

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L22 S1 2893
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L22 S1 2893
Language	en
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