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O. Reg. 392/00: DESIGNATED SUBSTANCE - VINYL CHLORIDE
filed June 26, 2000 under Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1
Skip to contentONTARIO REGULATION 392/00
made under the
occupational health and safety act
Made: June 21, 2000
Filed: June 26, 2000
Amending Reg. 846 of R.R.O. 1990
(Designated Substance — Vinyl Chloride)
1. (1) Subsection 4 (1) of Regulation 846 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by striking out “shall not exceed two parts vinyl chloride per million parts of air by volume or 5.2 milligrams vinyl chloride per cubic metre of air” and substituting “shall not exceed 1 part vinyl chloride per million parts of air by volume”.
(2) Subsection 4 (2) of the Regulation is revoked.
(3) Subsection 4 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “subsections (1) and (2)” and substituting “subsection (1)”.
2. (1) Subsection 5 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “subsection 4 (1) or (2)” and substituting “subsection 4 (1)”.
(2) Subsection 5 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “dated the 11th day of January, 1982” and substituting “dated June 30, 2000”.
3. Section 11 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
11. The procedures for monitoring, sampling and determining the concentrations of airborne vinyl chloride in the atmosphere of a workplace and a worker’s exposure to airborne vinyl chloride shall be in accordance with standard methods for workplace air sampling and analysis.
4. Paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Regulation is amended by striking out “as set out in the Code mentioned in section 11” and substituting “in accordance with standard methods for workplace air sampling and analysis”.
5. This Regulation comes into force on September 30, 2000.