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2 These Regulations apply to any person that uses a solution containing a hexavalent chromium compound for chromium electroplating, chromium anodizing or reverse etching in a tank located at a facility where 50 kg or more of chromium trioxide (CrO₃) is used per calendar year.

• 15 (1) Subject to subsection (2), these Regulations come into force 30 days after the day on which they are registered.

• (2) The definitions chromium anodizing , chromium electroplating , representative operating conditions , reverse etching and tank in section 1 come into force on the day on which these Regulations are registered.

• 14 (1) The owner or operator of chromium electroplating, chromium anodizing or reverse etching equipment must keep all records, reports, inspection and maintenance plans, floor plans depicting the location of tanks and, if applicable, the location of control devices and fans, test results and other information required by these Regulations at the facility where that equipment is located or, on notification to the Minister, at any other place in Canada where the documents can be inspected for a period of at least five years beginning on the date of their creation.

• 13 (1) Any notice or report submitted to the Minister under these Regulations must be dated and signed

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12 For the purposes of paragraph 95(1)(a) of the Act, where there occurs or is a likelihood of a release into the environment of a hexavalent chromium compound in contravention of these Regulations, the written report must contain the following information:

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