Marginal note:Simulation exercise

• 7 (1) A responsible person must conduct simulation exercises in relation to each environmental emergency plan that is prepared under subsection 4(1) as follows:

  • (a) each year, beginning on the day on which the plan is brought into effect, a simulation exercise in respect of one substance from each of the hazard categories referred to in column 5 of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 1, using an environmental emergency identified under paragraph 4(2)(d) as the emergency being simulated; and

  • (b) every five years, beginning on the day on which the plan is brought into effect, a full-scale simulation exercise in respect of any one substance, using an environmental emergency referred to in paragraph 4(2)(e) or (f) as the emergency being simulated.

• Marginal note:Cycle for simulation exercises

  (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), a simulation exercise conducted in respect of a substance belonging to a given hazard category must simulate a different environmental emergency for each subsequent simulation exercise until all of the environmental emergencies identified under paragraph 4(2)(d) for each of the substances belonging to that hazard category have been simulated, after which the environmental emergencies must be cycled through again.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (3) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply in respect of a year during which a full-scale simulation exercise is conducted under paragraph (1)(b).

Marginal note:Definitions

• 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  simulation exercise

  simulation exercise  means an exercise simulating the response to an environmental emergency involving the release of a substance. (exercice de simulation)

  full-scale simulation exercise

  full-scale simulation exercise  means an action-based simulation exercise requiring the deployment of personnel, resources and equipment. (exercice général de simulation)

Marginal note:Record of simulation exercise

8 After each simulation exercise is conducted in relation to the environmental emergency plan, a responsible person must prepare a record that contains the date, a summary and the results of the simulation exercise and any modifications to be made to the plan as a result of the simulation exercise.

Marginal note:Notice — simulation exercises conducted

9 A responsible person must, within five years after the day on which the environmental emergency plan is brought into effect under section 6, submit a notice to the Minister containing the information referred to in Schedule 5 concerning the simulation exercises conducted in relation to an environmental emergency plan.