His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to paragraph 38(9)(a) of the Fisheries Act a, hereby makes the annexed Deposit Out of the Normal Course of Events Notification Regulations. R.S., c. F-14
For the purpose of subsection 38(4) of the Fisheries Act, the following persons are prescribed:
those providing 24-hour emergency telephone service provided by the office set out in column 2 of the schedule for the province, set out in column 1, where the occurrence of the deposit of a deleterious substance out of the normal course of events or the serious and imminent danger of such a deposit takes place; or
the pollution prevention officer referred to in paragraph 5(8)(a) or subsection 5(9) of the Pollutant Discharge Reporting Regulations, 1995.
Any person required by subsection 38(4) of the Fisheries Act to report the occurrence of a deposit of a deleterious substance out of the normal course of events or the serious and imminent danger of such a deposit shall without delay notify
in all cases other than those mentioned in paragraph (b), an inspector or a person referred to in paragraph (1)(a) at the applicable telephone number set out in column 3 of the schedule; or
in the case of the master of a vessel, the owner of a vessel or the operator of an oil handling facility to whom the Pollutant Discharge Reporting Regulations, 1995 apply, an inspector or the person referred to in paragraph (1)(b).
These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.
Notification of Deposit Out of the Normal Course of Events Item Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Province Office Telephone number 1 Ontario Spills Action Centre 416-325-3000 or 1-800-268-6060*Ontario Ministry of the Environment 2 Quebec Environmental Protection Operations Directorate – Quebec 514-283-2333 or 1-866-283-2333*Environment Canada 3 Nova Scotia Maritimes Regional Office 902-426-6030 or 1-800-565-1633*Canadian Coast Guard Fisheries and Oceans Canada 4 New Brunswick Maritimes Regional Office 902-426-6030 or 1-800-565-1633*Canadian Coast Guard Fisheries and Oceans Canada 5 Manitoba Manitoba Department of Conservation 204-944-4888 6 British Columbia British Columbia Provincial Emergency Program 1-800-663-3456 Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General 7 Prince Edward Island Maritimes Regional Office 902-426-6030 or 1-800-565-1633*Canadian Coast Guard Fisheries and Oceans Canada 8 Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment 1-800-667-7525 9 Alberta Alberta Ministry of Environment 780-422-4505 or 1-800-222-6514*10 Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador Regional Office 709-772-2083 or 1-800-563-9089*Canadian Coast Guard Fisheries and Oceans Canada 11 Yukon Yukon Department of Environment 867-667-7244 12 Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Natural Resources 867-920-8130 Government of the Northwest Territories 13 Nunavut Department of Environment and Natural Resources 867-920-8130 Government of the Northwest Territories Telephone number accessible only within the respective province.