Emergency situations
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(1) The Director may take an action described in subsection (2) if, (a)  an emergency is declared under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act and the nature of the emergency is such that it could adversely affect the operation of a subsystem resulting in a drinking water health hazard or a significant risk to human health or the natural environment; (b)  one or more orders made under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act in a situation described in clause (a) are continued in successor legislation and remain in place; or (c)  an emergency has not been declared under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, but the Director is of the opinion that a situation exists or is impending which could result in a drinking water health hazard or a significant risk to human health or the natural environment, and one or more of the following circumstances exist: (i)  a provincial officer has issued or is considering issuing an order under section 105 or 106 of the Act in respect of an existing or imminent drinking water health hazard, (ii)  the Minister has issued or is considering issuing an order under section 108 of the Act in respect of an imminent drinking water health hazard, (iii)  a Director has issued or is considering issuing an order under section 109 of the Act in respect of an imminent drinking water health hazard, (iv)  a Director has issued or is considering issuing a notice of emergency response under section 110 of the Act, or (v)  a provincial officer or Director has issued or is considering issuing an order under the Ontario Water Resources Act or Environmental Protection Act in respect of an existing or imminent emergency related to a sewage works. O. Reg. 819/21, s. 3. (2) The following are the actions that the Director may take for the purposes of subsection (1): 1.  Extending the expiry date of an operator’s certificate or water quality analyst’s certificate issued, reissued or renewed under sections 7 to 20. 2.  Determining the expiry date of a certificate extended under paragraph 1, which may be any date that is 12 months or less from the expiry date set out on the certificate when most recently issued. 3.  Despite subsections 7 (7) and 16 (7), renewing an operator’s certificate or water quality analyst’s certificate under subsection 7 (6) or 16 (6) until an expiry date set out in the certificate, which may be any date that is less than 12 months after it is renewed. 4.  Despite subsections 29 (6) and 31 (6), renewing an operator’s certificate or water quality analyst’s certificate without the operator or water quality analyst having met the requirement to complete the mandatory training course approved by the Director, subject to the condition that the operator or water quality analyst complete the mandatory training course within 12 months of the day the certificate is renewed. 5.  Despite subparagraphs 1 ii and 2 i of subsection 11 (1) and subparagraphs 1 ii and 2 i of section 18, reissuing an operator’s certificate or water quality analyst’s certificate without the operator or water quality analyst having met the requirement to complete the mandatory training course approved by the Director, subject to the condition that the operator or water quality analyst complete the mandatory training course within 12 months of the day the certificate is re-issued. 6.  Despite subsections 9 (11) and (16), but subject to subsection (3), renewing an operator-in-training’s certificate if the operator-in-training has met the requirements of subsection 1 (1) of Schedule 2 but has been unable to obtain at least one year of experience as an operator-in-training in a municipal residential subsystem before the certificate expires, and i.  the operator has not met the requirement of paragraph 3 of section 4 of Schedule 2, and ii.  the operator-in-training’s certificate has not been previously renewed. O. Reg. 819/21, s. 3. (3) Where the Director has renewed a certificate under paragraph 6 of subsection (2), (a)  the requirement of paragraph 3 of section 4 of Schedule 2 must be completed by the operator-in-training within 12 months of the day the certificate is renewed; and (b)  the Director may not renew that certificate again under subsection 9 (11). O. Reg. 819/21, s. 3. (4) The owner or operating authority of a subsystem, or an operator, may request that the Director take an action or actions described in subsection (2) in respect of a subsystem. O. Reg. 819/21, s. 3. (5) A request made under this section must be made in a manner and form approved by the Director and contain the information required by the Director. O. Reg. 819/21, s. 3. (6) The Director may require the requester to notify any affected owner, operating authority, or operator of the request described in subsection (5), and to provide written confirmation of the notification having occurred. O. Reg. 819/21, s. 3. (7) The actions taken by the Director in accordance with this section may apply for part or all of the duration of the situation described in subsection (1) and its aftermath. O. Reg. 819/21, s. 3.