These are excerpts from the Environmental Protection Act
1.
prescribe that, where discharged to the environment,
(a) endangers the health, safety or welfare of persons,
(b) interferes or is very likely to interfere with normal enjoyment of life or property,
(c) endangers the health of animal life, or
(d) causes or is very likely to cause damage to vegetation or to property;
“Discharge” contains, but not so as to limit the significance, any pumping, pouring, throwing, dumping, emitting, burning,
spraying, spreading, leaking, spilling, or escaping;
“Environment” signifies the elements of the Earth and contains (a) air, water and land,
(b) all layers of the air,
(c) all organic and inorganic matter and living organisms, and
(d) the interacting natural systems that include components referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c).
“Inspector” means a person appointed under subsection 3(2) and includes the Chief Environmental Protection Officer.
2.2 The Minister may
(a) establish, operate and maintain stations to monitor the quality of the surroundings in the Territories;
(b) conduct research studies, seminars and training programs relating to contaminants and to the
preservation, protection or enhancement of the environment;
(c) develop, co-ordinate and administer policies, standards, guidelines and codes of practice about the
preservation, protection or enhancement of the environment;
(d) collect, distribute and publish information relating to contaminants and to the preservation, protection or
enhancement of the surroundings:
3. (1) The Minister shall appoint a Chief Environmental Protection Officer who shall administer and enforce this Act and
regulations.
(2) The Chief Environmental Protection Officer may appoint inspectors and shall specify in the consultation the forces
that may be exercised and the duties that may be performed by the contractor under this Act and regulations.
5. (1) Subject to subsection (3), no individual shall discharge or allow the discharge of a contaminant to the
environment.
(3) Subsection (1) doesn’t apply where the person who discharged the contaminant or permitted the discharge of the
contaminant determines that
(a) the discharge is authorized by this Act or the regulations or from an order issued under this Act or regulations;
(b) that the contaminant was used solely for domestic purposes and has been discharged from inside a dwelling house;
(c) that the contaminant was discharged by the exhaust of a vehicle;
(d) the discharge of the contaminant resulted from the burning of leaves, foliage, wood, plants or stubble for domestic or
agricultural functions;
(e) the discharge of the contaminant caused by burning for land clearing or land grading;
(f) the discharge of the contaminant resulted by a fire set by a public official for habitat management of silviculture
functions;
(g) that the contaminant was discharged for the purposes of combating a forest fire;
(h) that the contaminant is a dirt particle or grit discharged from the course of agriculture or horticulture; or
(I) that the contaminant is a pesticide classified and classified as “domestic” under the Pest Control Products Regulations
(Canada).
(4) The exceptions set out in subsection (3) don’t apply where a person discharges a contaminant that the inspector has
reasonable grounds to believe is not ordinarily connected with a discharge from the excepted action.
5.1. Where a discharge of a contaminant into the environment in contravention of the Act or regulations or the
provisions of a permit or permit issued under this Act or the law occurs or a reasonable likelihood of such a
discharge exists, every individual causing or contributing to the discharge or raising the chance of such a discharge, and
the owner or the individual in charge, control or management of the contaminant until its discharge or likely discharge, shall
instantly:
(a) subject to some regulations, report that the discharge or likely discharge to the individual or office designated by the
regulations;
(b) take all reasonable measures consistent with public safety to block the discharge, repair any damage
resulting from the discharge and prevent or remove any danger to life, health, property or the environment that results or may
be reasonably expected to result from the discharge or likely discharge; and
(c) make a reasonable attempt to notify every member of the public who may be adversely affected by the discharge or
likely discharge.
6. (1) Where an inspector believes on reasonable grounds that a discharge of a contaminant in contravention of the Act
or regulations or a provision of a permit or permit issued under this Act or regulations has occurred or will be
happening, the contractor may issue an order requiring any individual causing or contributing to the discharge or the owner or the
individual in charge, control or management of the contaminant to block the discharge from the date named in the purchase. (1) Notwithstanding section 6, in which a person discharges or allows the discharge of a contaminant to the
surroundings, an inspector may order that person to repair or fix any harm or harm to the environment that leads to
the discharge.
(2) Where a person fails or fails to repair or fix any harm or harm to the environment in accordance with an arrangement
made under subsection (1) or in which immediate remedial steps are expected to protect the environment, the Chief
Environmental Protection Officer may cause to be completed the steps that he or she considers necessary to repair or
remedy an injury or harm to the environment that results from any discharge.
APPENDIX 2 — MODIFIED BURN BARREL DESIGN AND SPECIFICATIONS
A modified burn barrel is typically assembled by a 45 gallon metallic gas or petroleum drum. The modifications result in larger
heat generation and retention, greater mixing of the waste with incoming air and longer holding time inside the barrel.
Collectively, these modifications result in more complete combustion of the waste than does start burning on the floor or
in a pit.
