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2014-26 - Clean Water Act

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2014-26
under the
Clean Water Act
(O.C. 2014-66)
Filed March 28, 2014
1Section 2 of New Brunswick Regulation 93-203 under the Clean Water Act is amended in the definition “regulated water supply system” by striking out “municipality” and substituting “municipality, rural community”.
2Section 7 of the Regulation is amended
(a) in paragraph (1)(a) by striking out “of Health”;
(b) in subsection (2) by striking out “of Health”.
3The Regulation is amended by adding after section 7 the following :
7.1(1)A sampling plan shall be approved by the Minister in accordance with minimum standards established by the Minister, including minimum standards with respect to the approval of sample parameters, frequency and location, and set out in a standard operating procedures document.
7.1(2)Before the Minister approves a sampling plan under subsection (1), the standard operating procedures document shall be submitted to and approved by the Minster of Health.
4Section 8 of the Regulation is amended
(a) in subsection (1)
(i) in the portion preceding paragraph (a) by striking out “of Health”;
(ii) by repealing paragraph (d);
(iii) by repealing paragraph (e);
(b) by adding after subsection (1) the following:
8(1.1)The information referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) shall be prepared and published from time to time by the Department of Health.
(c) in subsection (2) by striking out “of Health”;
(d) in subsection (3) by striking out “of Health”;
(e) in subsection (4) by striking out “of Health”;
(f) in subsection (5) by striking out “Minister of Health” and substituting “Minister or the Minister of Health”;
(g) in subsection (6) by striking out “Minister of Health” and substituting “Minister or the Minister of Health”;
(h) in subsection (7) by striking out “of Health”.
5The Regulation is amended by adding after section 10 the following :
Transitional
10.1(1)An owner or operator of a regulated water supply system who has had a sampling plan approved by the Minister of Health before the coming into force of this section shall have a new sampling plan approved by the Minister of Environment and Local Government in accordance with this Regulation.
10.1(2)A sampling plan approved by the Minister of Health under section 8 of this Regulation before the coming into force of this section shall remain in force until July 1, 2014, or until a new sampling plan referred to in subsection (1) is approved by the Minister of Environment and Local Government, whichever occurs first.