Technical guidelines for the Environmental Emergency Regulations, 2019.: En4-386/2020E-PDF

"The Technical Guidelines for the Environmental Emergency Regulations, 2019 (the Guidelines) are intended for the use of any person who owns or has the charge, management or control of a substance listed in Schedule 1 of the Environmental Emergency Regulations, 2019 (the E2 Regulations). These Guidelines are designed to help regulatees better understand the E2 Regulations and ensure that their facilities are compliant with its requirements. The document will provide clarification and guidance on: who the regulations apply to; calculating on-site substance quantities and container capacity; benefits of environmental emergency planning; who is required to prepare an environmental emergency plan; how to prepare an environmental emergency plan; what to include in your environmental emergency plan; simulating scenarios identified in the environmental emergency plan; notification requirements to the Government of Canada about the charge, management or control of a substance subject to these regulations; how chemical substances are evaluated for environmental emergency hazards; failure to comply with the regulations"--Purpose of the technical guidelines, page 9.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada, issuing body.
Title Technical guidelines for the Environmental Emergency Regulations, 2019.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Earlier edition Technical guidelines for the environmental emergency regulations, 2019.
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Directives techniques pour le Règlement sur les urgences environnementales (2019).
"This version … was published in December 2020."
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information Gatineau QC : Environment and Climate Change Canada = Environnement et changement climatique Canada, 2020.
©2020
Description 1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour)
ISBN 9780660362397
Catalogue number
  • En4-386/2020E-PDF
Edition Version 2.0.
Subject terms Hazardous substances -- Canada -- Management.
Environmental disasters -- Canada -- Prevention.
Emergency management -- Canada.
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