Cessation of discharges
  13. (1) Plasco Trail Road Inc. shall ensure that the steps set out in subsection (2) are taken if, (a) the concentration of nitrogen oxides in a discharge from the Plasco demonstration project into the air exceeds the maximum limit set out for nitrogen oxides in Schedule 1 for more than one hour; (b) the concentration of mercury, cadmium or lead in a discharge from the Plasco demonstration project into the air exceeds the maximum limit set out for that contaminant in Schedule 1; (c) the concentration of hydrochloric acid, sulphur dioxide or organic matter in a discharge from the Plasco demonstration project into the air exceeds the operational limit set out for that contaminant in Schedule 2 for more than one hour; (d) the concentration of particulate matter in a discharge from the Plasco demonstration project into the air exceeds the operational limit set out for that contaminant in Schedule 2; or (e) the concentration of dioxins and furans in a discharge from the Plasco demonstration project into the air exceeds the operational limit set out for that contaminant in Schedule 2.  O. Reg. 254/06, s. 13 (1). (2) The steps referred to in subsection (1) are: 1. Immediately stop all discharges from the Plasco demonstration project into the air. 2. Immediately give the District Manager of the Ministry’s Ottawa District Office or a person designated by the District Manager oral or written notice that the limit has been exceeded. 3. Immediately begin an investigation to determine the cause of the limit being exceeded. 4. Within 24 hours after the obligation to ensure that the steps set out in this subsection are taken begins to apply, give to the District Manager of the Ministry’s Ottawa District Office notice in writing that the limit has been exceeded, if written notice was not given under paragraph 2. 5. Prepare a report on the cause of the limit being exceeded that contains the following: i. The date and time that the limit was exceeded. ii. The date and time that Plasco Trail Road Inc. became aware that the limit had been exceeded. iii. The contaminant for which the limit was exceeded and the concentration of the contaminant that exceeded the limit. iv. Detailed results of the investigation referred to in paragraph 3. v. A list of corrective actions to be taken to prevent the limit from being exceeded in the future, and a schedule for taking those actions. 6. Give the report prepared under paragraph 5 to a professional engineer who is not an employee of Plasco Trail Road Inc. for peer review and arrange for the professional engineer to prepare a peer review report. 7. Review the peer review report prepared under paragraph 5 and, if appropriate, prepare a revised report on the cause of the limit being exceeded that contains the matters listed in paragraph 5. 8. Give the District Manager of the Ministry’s Ottawa District Office the reports prepared under paragraphs 5 and 6 and, if a revised report is prepared under paragraph 7, the revised report.  O. Reg. 254/06, s. 13 (2). (3) If subsection (1) applies, Plasco Trail Road Inc. shall, subject to any certificates of approval or provisional certificates of approval that apply to the Plasco demonstration project, ensure that, (a) discharges from the demonstration project into the air do not resume until, (i) all the corrective actions listed in the revised report prepared under paragraph 7 of subsection (2) have been taken or, if no revised report was prepared under that paragraph, all the corrective actions listed in the report prepared under paragraph 5 of subsection (2) have been taken, and (ii) a schedule for stack testing has been given to the District Manager of the Ministry’s Ottawa District Office for the contaminant for which the limit was exceeded, if that contaminant is listed in section 11; and (b) within 24 hours after discharges from the demonstration project into the air resume, stack testing is initiated for the contaminant for which the limit was exceeded, if that contaminant is listed in section 11.  O. Reg. 254/06, s. 13 (3).