ontario regulation 66/08

made under the

environmental protection act

Made: March 19, 2008
Filed: March 31, 2008
Published on e-Laws: April 1, 2008
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: April 19, 2008

Amending O. Reg. 153/04

(Records of Site Condition — Part XV.1 of the Act)

1. (1) Clauses 5 (2) (a) and (b) of Ontario Regulation 153/04 are revoked and the following substituted:

(a) the person holds a licence, limited licence or temporary licence under the Professional Engineers Act;

(b) the person holds a certificate of registration under the Professional Geoscientists Act, 2000 and is a practising member, temporary member or limited member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario;

(2) Subsection 5 (5) of the Regulation is revoked.

2. Section 5 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Qualified persons, other than risk assessment

5. (1) A person referred to in subsection (2) meets the qualifications to be a qualified person for the purposes of,

(a) conducting or supervising a phase one environmental site assessment;

(b) conducting or supervising a phase two environmental site assessment; and

(c) completing the certifications that must be completed by a qualified person in a record of site condition in respect of a property.

(2) A person meets the qualifications to be a qualified person for the purposes of subsection (1) if,

(a) the person holds a licence, limited licence or temporary licence under the Professional Engineers Act; or

(b) the person holds a certificate of registration under the Professional Geoscientists Act, 2000 and is a practising member, temporary member or limited member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario.

3. Part III of the Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Additional purpose of Registry

7.1 For the purpose of paragraph 3 of subsection 168.3 (2) of the Act, the Registry has the purpose of facilitating public access to information respecting qualified persons.

4. (1) Subsection 1 (1) and section 3 come into force on April 1, 2008.

(2) Subsection 1 (2) and this section come into force on the day this Regulation is filed.

(3) Section 2 comes into force on October 1, 2009.