Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2004 O'Toole, John — Bill 125 (38th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 125, 38-1

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Bill 125, Environmental Protection Amendment Act 2004

O'Toole, John

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Bill 125 2004

An Act to regulate the

spreading and storage of

sewage sludge and biosolids

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, 2004 .

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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

October 14, 2004

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

October 14, 2004

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

Acts Affected: 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

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Document details

Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 125, 38-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p38 s1 bill 125 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	692ea0145d2065dc27bbb87c4c09e4fae97c7698

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