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Bill 63, Cootes Paradise Water Accountability Act, 2021

Shaw, Sandy

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

Section

30 of the Ontario Water Resources Act currently

requires the Ministry to be notified when polluting material is discharged or

escapes. The Bill amends this

section to require the Ministry to in turn notify

the public of the discharge or escape in accordance with the regulations.

Bill 63 2021

Act to amend the Ontario Water Resources Act with respect to public reporting

on the discharge or escape of polluting material

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section 30 of the Ontario Water Resources Act is

amended by adding the following subsection:

Ministry

to notify public

(3) Upon

being notified of a discharge or escape under subsection (2), the Ministry

shall forthwith notify the public of the discharge or escape, as the case may

be, in accordance with the regulations.

Subsection 75 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(

c) prescribing,

for the purposes of subsection 30 (3), the manner in which the Ministry is

required to notify the public of a discharge or escape and the information

respecting the discharge or escape to be made public;

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Cootes Paradise Water

Accountability Act, 2021 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

December 1, 2021

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

December 1, 2021

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 63

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

Ontario Water Resources Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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