Used Oil Handling Regulations (P.E.I. Reg. EC425/92).

Subject

Waste & hazardous substances

Keyword

Waste disposal Hazardous waste Authorization/permit Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties Enforcement/compliance Waste management

Geographical area

Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic

Abstract

The present Regulations enact section 25 of the Environmental Protection Act. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to the handling of used oil. Section 2 establishes that no person shall: a) contaminate used oil with any substance that has a flash-point less than 38 degrees centigrade or a substance listed in column I of Schedule A; b) dispose of used oil at a solid waste management facility; c) place used oil in a container intended for pick up to go to a solid waste management facility; d) dispose of contaminated used oil at a return facility; e) offer for sale, sell, transfer possession or dispose of contaminated used oil without the approval by the Department; f) in any manner, dispose of used oil to any sanitary or storm sewer or to any fixture, catch basin or drain leading to a sanitary or storm sewer; or g) apply or otherwise dispose of used oil on public or private land for any purpose, including dust suppression. The text – consisting of 9 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following matters: used oil analysis, samples, results, disposal, licenses, grant of license, conditions, revocation, violation, offence, records, requirements for return facilities and penalties.

Full text

English

Website

www.gov.pe.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Environmental Protection Act (R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. E-9).

Legislation | Canada | 1988 (2015)

Keyword: Framework law, Basic legislation, Coastal zone management, Pollution control, Waste management, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Inspection, Monitoring, Waste disposal, Authorization/permit, Well sinking/boreholes, Freshwater pollution, Groundwater, Water supply

Source: FAO, FAOLEX