Instead of legislating after the Bhopal accident, Canada choose to innovate by adopting a consultative approach. In 1987, Environment Canada set up the Major Industrial Accidents Council of Canada (MIACC), a non profit organization financed by the federal and provincial governments and industry.
MIACC was a process rather than a structure. Governments, industries, responders, trade unions, NGOs, etc. have shared their expertise. It has worked as a partnership for the development of standards, guidance documents, etc. in prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
MIACC ceased to exist in 1999. Although, MIACC disappearance is unfortunate, it is not dramatic. A culture of partnership, of working together towards common objectives, is now well in place and influences the development of regulations.
Natural disasters and the 911 terrorist attack on New York triggered the publication of regulations.
The legislative process started in 2001 with the Province of Quebec adopting a new Civil Protection Act for the protection of persons and property against disasters.
Year 2003 saw major developments in the regulation of emergencies—changes that are likely to have significant influences on how companies operate in Canada. Surprisingly, however, these changes have received little attention in the media, and many companies may not be aware of their implications.
This paper will review these developments, and will examine what has already taken place. Topics include:
• The federal regulation of environmental emergencies under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act;
• Extension of the Criminal Code of Canada to allow criminal charges and possibly heavy penalties for senior officials and corporations, including an explicit legal duty to protect workers from harm;
• Quebec Civil Protection Act designed to identify and manage risks;
• Ontario‘s stepwise regulation of municipal emergency preparedness with the intended goal of NFPA 1600 compliance by 2007, and the implications for the process industries;
• Potential regulation at the municipal level.
Keywords: Canada; Regulatory framework; Major hazards 相似文献
Summary Since IARC classified ELF magnetic field as Possibly Carcinogenic to Human the fear from 50/60 Hz magnetic field exposure
had been increased to the state of public “panic”. Subsequently, environment quality preservation organizations increased
their pressure on their government to adopt the “precautionary principle” and to reduce the allowable ELF Magnetic Field exposure
to much lower values than are recommended by ICNIRP-1998. As an example the present Environmental Ministry in Israel recommendation
is to lower the ELF Field exposure to 10 mG averaged over 24 h.
As a result of this stringent exposure guideline imposed by the government, electrical engineers who are involved in the deployment
and installation of large and medium electrical utilities, such as overhead power lines, transformers, UPS systems, electrical
public transportation, switching stations, etc., are much more aware to the need to employ special measures and methods for
reducing the magnetic fields that might be emitted from such utilities.
There are few computer codes that are capable of analyzing with great accuracy magnetic and electric fields surrounding single
phase and three phase electrical utilities in a 3-D system. The best presentations of the analysis results are by equi-value
contours depicting electric and magnetic fields. This graphical presentation is a powerful design tool that enables better
deployment and installation design aided to reduce the magnetic field emissions from high-power electrical utilities.
This paper describes the various types of graphical presentations available for ELF field contours, the dependent and independent
variants and parameters, magnetic field animation for optimization of power line installation and routing, and finally an
example that demonstrates the usefulness of the graphical presentation tools. 相似文献