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Application
  1. (1) Persons who are or were members of the class of persons described in subsection 3 (1) of Ontario Regulation 222/07 (Environmental Penalties) made under the Act are a prescribed class of persons for the purposes of section 91.1 of the Act.  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 1 (1). (2) This Regulation applies only to the class of persons prescribed under subsection (1).  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 1 (2). (3) Despite subsection (1), if all environmental compliance approvals and permits required under the Act and all approvals and permits required under the Ontario Water Resources Act for the operation of a plant are revoked for the reason that the plant will no longer be involved in the activities for which they were required, this Regulation does not apply to the person who owns or operates the plant, on and after the day on which the last such environmental compliance approval, approval or permit is revoked.  O. Reg. 260/11, s. 1.
Definition
 2. In this Regulation, “plant” means an industrial facility and the real property, waste disposal sites and wastewater treatment facilities associated with it.  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 2.
Spill prevention and contingency plans
 3. (1) Every person to whom this Regulation applies shall ensure that, by the date described in subsection (3), spill prevention and contingency plans are developed and implemented for each plant referred to in subsection 3 (1) of Ontario Regulation 222/07 (Environmental Penalties) made under the Act, that the person owns or operates.  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 3 (1). (2) Spill prevention and contingency plans must include, (a)  the information listed in section 4; (b)  plans required by clause 91.1 (a) of the Act to prevent or reduce the risk of spills of pollutants; and (c)  plans required by clause 91.1 (b) of the Act to prevent, eliminate or ameliorate any adverse effects that result or may result from spills of pollutants.  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 3 (2). (3) The date by which spill prevention and contingency plans must be developed and implemented for a plant described in subsection (1) is, (a)  September 1, 2008, if the plant is in operation on that date; or (b)  the first date the plant is in operation, if that date is after September 1, 2008.  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 3 (3).
Plan retained at the plant
 7. Every person to whom this Regulation applies shall ensure that copies of the most recent spill prevention and contingency plans are retained at the plant.  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 7.
Environmental emergency plan
 8. If a person to whom this Regulation applies has developed plans that wholly or partially address the matters listed in sections 4, 5 and 6 on a voluntary basis or for another government or under another Act of Ontario or Canada or under a by-law, and the plans wholly or partially meet the requirements listed in sections 4, 5 and 6, the person may use the plans for the purposes of meeting those requirements if they amend them, where necessary, to meet all of those requirements.  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 8.
Review of plan after spill
 9. (1) If a spill at or related to the operations of a plant occurs for which notification is required under section 92 of the Act, the person who owns or operates the plant shall, (a)  review the plans as a whole to determine whether they would be adequate for preventing or responding to the spill if it were to recur; and (b)  if no steps were specified for the spill under subparagraph 8 ii of subsection 5 (1), or if steps that were identified under that subparagraph were not implemented by the time of the review under clause (a), review the risk assessment and identification of steps that were done for the purposes of paragraphs 7 and 8 of subsection 5 (1).  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 9 (1). (2) If, after reviewing the plans under subsection (1), the person determines that the plans would be inadequate for preventing or responding to the spill if it were to recur, the person shall revise them and the manner in which they are implemented to ensure that the plant’s response to the spill is effective in preventing, eliminating or ameliorating any adverse effects that may result from a spill.  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 9 (2).
Annual review of plan
 10. (1) Every person to whom this Regulation applies shall do the following, or, if the person is a corporation, an officer or director of the corporation shall do the following: 1.  Ensure that the spill prevention and contingency plans are reviewed each year and revised as necessary to ensure compliance with this Regulation. 2.  Ensure that the risk assessment and identification of steps required under paragraphs 7 and 8 of subsection 5 (1) are reviewed each year and revised as necessary. 3.  Ensure that a portion of the operations of the plant are tested each year to determine whether, if a spill at or related to the operations of the plant occurs, the plant’s response to the spill, i.  would comply with the plans described in section 6, and ii.  would be effective to prevent, eliminate or ameliorate any adverse effects that may result from the spill. 4.  Ensure that each portion of the operations of the plant is tested under paragraph 3 at least once during a five-year period. 5.  Ensure that the tests under paragraph 3 include, at least once every two years, a live exercise where every person involved in the planned response to a spill practises their response and every operation involved is physically tested. 6.  If the tests in paragraph 3 or 5 identify any inadequacies in the plans or in their implementation, revise the plans and the manner in which they are implemented to ensure that the plant’s response to a spill is effective in preventing, eliminating or ameliorating any adverse effects that may result from the spill. 7.  For each year after 2008, make a written statement that, i.  indicates the date on which the steps described in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 occurred, and ii.  indicates whether, in the person’s opinion, on January 1 of the year, A.  the information contained in the spill prevention and contingency plans is accurate, B.  the plans required under section 5 and the implementation of them would be adequate to prevent or reduce the risk of spills that may occur at the plant or relate to the operations of the plant, and C.  the plans required under section 6 and the implementation of them would be adequate to prevent, eliminate or ameliorate any adverse effects that may result from a spill.  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 10 (1). (2) The person who makes the statement mentioned in paragraph 7 of subsection (1) shall ensure that a copy of the statement is retained at the plant for five years.  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 10 (2).
Summary
 11. Every person to whom this Regulation applies shall, on request, provide a written summary of the plans and of any updates made to the plans to, (a)  a municipal emergency control group established under section 12 of Ontario Regulation 380/04 (Standards) made under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act; (b)  a municipal by-law inspector; (c)  the local fire department; (d)  the local police department; (e)  a medical officer of health, as defined in section 1 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act; and (f)  an Environment Canada Environmental Emergencies Officer.  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 11.
Summary
 12. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).  O. Reg. 224/07, s. 12.
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