ISA Hamilton Section - Annual General Meeting
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New Ontario Toxics Reduction Act & Planner Certification

The Toxics Reduction Act came into effect on January 1, 2010.  It will require approximately 2000 Ontario manufacturers, and some mining companies, to undertake toxic substance accounting, planning, and reporting, if reporting requirements are satisfied.  The plan and report must be certified by the highest ranking official at the facility who has management responsibilities.  Additional draft regulations are being planned, including the requirement for certified planners (who would also certify the plan and report).  Phil’s presentation will provide a practical overview of Ontario’s Toxic Reduction Act and the proposed training and licensure model.  He will discuss some success stories from Massachusetts industries, potential opportunities for Ontario manufacturers, and guidance on reporting.  

Phil Girard is the V.P. of the Air & Noise Group of Pinchin Environmental and is licensed with Professional Engineers Ontario as a consulting engineer. For the past 25 years Phil and his team have been working with Ontario industry to help them achieve compliance. Each year Phil delivers seminars and training on air and noise compliance and pollution abatement and for the past few years he has been travelling around the province providing odour and olfactometry training to the Ministry of the Environment. 
In anticipation of Ontario’s pending toxics reduction legislation, Phil attended the University of Massachusetts last fall and became trained and certified as a Toxics Use Reduction Planner. 
Pinchin Environmental Ltd. is part of the Pinchin Group of Companies with over 450 staff in 32 offices across the country.  The company was established in 1981 by Dr. Don Pinchin. They provide consulting and engineering services in a variety of environmental and safety focused facets.

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