O. Reg. 384/21: GENERAL - WASTE MANAGEMENT

 

ontario regulation 384/21

made under the

Environmental Protection Act

Made: May 27, 2021
Filed: May 31, 2021
Published on e-Laws: May 31, 2021
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 19, 2021

Amending Reg. 347 of R.R.O. 1990

(GENERAL — WASTE MANAGEMENT)

1. Section 29.6 of Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:

Waste from Covid-19 Antigen Point-of-Care Testing

29.6 (1) In this section,

“COVID-19 antigen point-of-care testing” means testing that employs a COVID-19 medical device authorized by the Minister of Health (Canada) for point-of-care use and that employs antigen testing technology;

“COVID-19 testing waste” means hazardous waste generated by COVID-19 antigen point-of-care testing and includes any hazardous waste from unused tests;

“local COVID-19 testing waste transfer facility” means a waste disposal site,

(a)  at which COVID-19 testing waste is collected, handled, stored and transferred, and

(b)  at which no COVID-19 testing waste is treated, processed, deposited or disposed of.

(2) The following provisions do not apply in respect of subject waste that is COVID-19 testing waste destined for disposal at a waste disposal site in Ontario:

1.  Sections 17.2, 18, 19 and 21 to 23.

2.  Subsections 27 (3) to (7).

(3) Section 16 does not apply in respect of a waste management system if,

(a)  the only waste management done by the system in respect of COVID-19 testing waste is the collection, handling, transportation, storage or transfer of the waste; and

(b)  the COVID-19 testing waste is destined for disposal at a waste disposal site in Ontario.

(4) Subsection 27 (1) of the Act does not apply in respect of a waste management system or a waste disposal site if,

(a)  the only waste management done by the system or at the site in respect of COVID-19 testing waste is the collection, handling, transportation, storage or transfer of the waste; and

(b)  the COVID-19 testing waste is destined for disposal at a waste disposal site in Ontario.

(5) Section 40 of the Act does not apply in respect of the deposit of, or causing, permitting or arranging for the deposit of, COVID-19 testing waste at a local COVID-19 testing waste transfer facility if the COVID-19 testing waste is destined for disposal at a waste disposal site in Ontario.

(6) Section 41 of the Act does not apply in respect of the use of, or causing, permitting or arranging for the use of, any facilities or equipment for the storage, handling, collection, transfer or transportation of COVID-19 testing waste destined for disposal at a waste disposal site in Ontario.

Commencement

2. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.