First

Session, 46th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2008

BILL 15

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CITY OF MOUNT PEARL ACT,

THE CITY OF ST. JOHN'S ACT AND THE MUNICIPALITIES

ACT, 1999

Received and Read the First Time ...................................................................................................

Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

Committee ............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading .....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE

DAVE DENINE

Minister of Municipal Affairs

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the City of St. John's Act , the City of St. John's Act , and the Municipalities Act, 1999 to allow the

City of St. John's , the City of Mount Pearl and other municipalities to make regulations

to control and manage the discharge of prohibited materials into the sanitary

sewer and storm water sewer systems. The Bill would also provide that the more stringent

of, the regulations made under those Acts or the Environmental Control Water and Sewage Regulations, 2003 , made under

the Water Resources Act, will apply.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CITY OF MOUNT PEARL ACT, THE CITY OF ST.

JOHN'S ACT AND THE MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1999

Analysis

CITY

OF MOUNT PEARL ACT

S.187 Amdt.

Regulations

CITY

OF ST. JOHN 'S ACT

S.172 Amdt.

Sewage control

MUNICIPALITIES

ACT, 1999

S.414 Amdt

Council regulations

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

CITY OF MOUNT PEARL ACT

RSNL1990 cC-16

as amended

1. (1) Subsection 187(1) of the City of Mount Pearl Act is amended by deleting

the word "and" at the end of paragraph (i), by deleting the period at

the end of paragraph (

j) and substituting a semi-colon and the word

"and", and by adding immediately after paragraph (

j) the following:

(

k) for the control and management , at source, of the discharge of

prohibited materials into the sanitary sewer and storm water sewer systems

including regulations

(

i) protecting the integrity of the sewage

collection system, pumping stations and the treatment facility,

(ii) ensuring municipal wastewater meets provincial

effluent criteria,

(iii) providing for the sampling, inspection and

monitoring of the discharge of materials to the sanitary sewer and storm water sewer

systems, and

(iv) establishing Codes of Practice for designated

sector operations.

(2) Section 187 of the Act is amended by adding

immediately after subsection (1) the following:

(1.1) Regulations made under paragraph (

k) shall

provide that the more stringent requirements of the regulations made under that

paragraph and the Environmental Control

Water and Sewage Regulations, 2003 , made under the Water Resources Act , shall apply.

CITY OF ST. JOHN 'S ACT

RSNL1990 cC-17

as amended

Section 172 of the City of St. John's Act is amended by renumbering it as subsection

172(1) and by adding immediately after that subsection the following:

(2) The council shall have the power to control

and manage, at source, the discharge of prohibited materials into the sanitary

sewer and storm water sewer systems including the power to

(

a) protect the integrity of the sewage collection

system, pumping stations and the treatment facility,

(

b) ensure municipal wastewater meets provincial effluent

criteria,

(

c) provide for the sampling, inspection and

monitoring of the discharge of materials to the sanitary sewer and storm water sewer

systems, and

(

d) establish Codes of Practice for designated

sector operations.

(3) Regulations or by-laws made with respect to

the powers set out in subsection (2) shall provide that the more stringent

requirements of the by-laws or regulations made with respect to that subsection

and the Environmental Control Water and

Sewage Regulations, 200 3, made under the Water Resources Act , shall apply.

MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1999

SNL1999 cM-24

as amended

3. (1) Subsection 414(2) of the Municipalities Act, 1999 is amended by

adding immediately after paragraph (

a) the following:

(a.1) respecting the control and management, at

source, of the discharge of prohibited materials into the sanitary sewer and

storm water sewer systems including regulations

(

i) protecting the integrity of the sewage

collection system, pumping stations and the treatment facility,

(ii) ensuring municipal wastewater meets provincial

effluent criteria,

(iii) providing for the sampling, inspection and

monitoring of the discharge of materials to the sanitary sewer and storm water sewer

systems, and

(iv) establishing Codes of Practice for designated

sector operations;

(2) Section 414 of the Act is amended by adding immediately

after subsection (2) the following:

(2.1) Regulations made under paragraph (2)(a.1) shall

provide that the more stringent requirements of the regulations made under that

paragraph and the Environmental Control

Water and Sewage Regulations, 2003 , made under the Water Resources Act , shall apply.

Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer