ontario regulation 280/07

made under the

environmental protection act

Made: June 6, 2007
Filed: June 27, 2007
Published on e-Laws: June 27, 2007
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 14, 2007


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

(General — Waste Management)

1. Subsection 1 (1) of Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding the following definition:

“lubricating oil” means petroleum-derived or synthetic crankcase oil, engine oil, hydraulic fluid, transmission fluid, gear oil, heat transfer fluid, or other oil or fluid used for lubricating machinery or equipment;

2. Subsection 2 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

16. Used lubricating oil.

3. Section 28.3 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3.1) A waste-derived fuel site described in subsection 28.6 (1) that is exempt under subsection (2) ceases to be exempt if,

(a) the site is altered by the replacement of the combustion unit;

(b) the site is altered by an increase in the capacity of the combustion unit or the incorporation of an additional combustion unit; or

(c) the site is enlarged or extended.

4. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

28.6 (1) No person shall use, operate, establish, alter, enlarge or extend a waste-derived fuel site, or cause or permit the use, operation, establishment, alteration, enlargement or extension of a waste-derived fuel site, if the site includes a combustion unit that is used principally for heating the interior of a building or other enclosed space for the comfort of occupants or for the provision of a suitable temperature for materials, including plant or animal life, in the building or enclosed space.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a waste-derived fuel site that is located in the Territorial District of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Rainy River, Sudbury, Thunder Bay or Timiskaming.

(3) Before June 1, 2009, subsection (1) does not apply to a waste-derived fuel site that is in operation on the day this section comes into force, if, on the day this section comes into force,

(a) the combustion unit is operating under a certificate of approval that authorizes acceptance and combustion of waste and that was issued under section 9 of the Act before January 11, 2007;

(b) the site is used in agriculture; or

(c) pursuant to subsection 28.3 (2), the site is exempt from section 27 of the Act in respect of its use and operation.

(4) Subsection (3) ceases to apply to a waste-derived fuel site if,

(a) the site is altered by the replacement of the combustion unit;

(b) the site is altered by an increase in the capacity of the combustion unit or the incorporation of an additional combustion unit; or

(c) the site is enlarged or extended.

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