O. Reg. 389/00: DESIGNATED SUBSTANCE - LEAD

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ONTARIO REGULATION 389/00

made under the

occupational health and safety act

Made: June 21, 2000
Filed: June 26, 2000

Amending Reg. 843 of R.R.O. 1990

(Designated Substance — Lead)

1. (1) Subsection 4 (1) of Regulation 843 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by striking out “shall not exceed 0.15 milligrams lead per cubic metre of air” and substituting “shall not exceed 0.05 milligrams lead per cubic metre of air”.

(2) Subsection 4 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

(2) In complying with subsection (1), the employer shall ensure that the maximum concentration of exposure to airborne tetraethyl lead shall not exceed 0.30 milligrams lead per cubic metre of air and the exposure of a worker to such maximum concentration,

. . . . .

2. Subsection 5 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “dated the 16th day of April, 1981” 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 lead in the atmosphere of a workplace and a worker’s exposure to airborne lead shall be in accordance with standard methods for workplace air sampling and analysis.

4. Subsection 13 (3) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(3) The concentration of lead in a worker’s blood or urine shall be determined in accordance with standard methods for biological monitoring.

5. 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”.

6. This Regulation comes into force on September 30, 2000.

 

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