Bill 182 explained in plain English
Radon Awareness and Prevention Act, 2011
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Radon Awareness and Prevention Act, 2011 establishes an Ontario Radon Registry, mandates public education and testing for radon in homes and workplaces, and amends the Building Code to require new constructions to minimize radon entry.
This bill, called the Radon Awareness and Prevention Act, 2011, aims to increase public awareness of radon, establish an Ontario Radon Registry, and reduce radon levels in homes and workplaces. It requires the Minister to educate the public about radon risks and encourage homeowners to test their homes and take action if levels are high. The bill also mandates radon testing and mitigation in provincially owned dwellings and enclosed workplaces. Additionally, it amends the Building Code Act, 1992, to allow for regulations requiring new homes to be built in ways that minimize radon entry and facilitate its removal. The Minister must also review these building code requirements within five years of the Act coming into force.
- Establishes the Ontario Radon Registry to collect information on radon levels.
- Requires radon measurement specialists and laboratories to report radon test results to the Ontario Radon Registry.
- Mandates the Minister to conduct public education programs about radon risks and mitigation.
- Encourages homeowners to test their homes for radon and take corrective action if levels exceed 200 Bq/m3.
- Requires the Minister to ensure radon levels are measured and, if necessary, reduced in all provincially owned dwellings.
- Requires owners of enclosed workplaces to ensure radon levels are measured and, if necessary, reduced.
- Amends the Building Code Act, 1992, to allow for regulations that require new dwellings to be constructed to minimize radon entry and facilitate its removal.
- Requires the Minister to review building code requirements related to radon prevention within five years of the Act coming into force.
- Establishes offences and penalties for contravening the Act or its regulations, with fines up to $25,000 for individuals and $500,000 for corporations.
- The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing (or designated minister)
- Radon measurement specialists
- Laboratories that analyze radon samples
- Homeowners
- Occupiers of provincially owned dwellings
- Owners of enclosed workplaces
- Workers in enclosed workplaces
- The Crown in right of Ontario
- Radon measurement specialists and laboratories must provide specified information to the Ontario Radon Registry.
- Homeowners are encouraged to measure radon levels and take action if levels exceed 200 Bq/m3.
- The Minister must ensure radon levels are measured and, if necessary, reduced in provincially owned dwellings (subject to occupier authorization).
- Owners of enclosed workplaces must ensure radon levels are measured and, if necessary, reduced.
- New dwellings must be constructed in a manner that minimizes radon entry and facilitates its removal.
- The Minister must review building code requirements related to radon prevention within five years.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Radon levels in provincially owned dwellings must be measured by December 31, 2021.
- Radon levels in enclosed workplaces must be measured by December 31, 2016.
- Action to reduce high radon levels in workplaces must be taken within two years of receiving the results.
- The Minister must review building code requirements related to radon prevention within five years of the Act coming into force.
- Individuals contravening the Act or regulations may be subject to a fine of up to $25,000 or imprisonment for up to 12 months, or both.
- Corporations contravening the Act or regulations may be subject to a fine of up to $500,000.
- The specific qualifications for radon measurement specialists will be set out in regulations.
- The specific information to be provided to the Registry, beyond that listed, will be prescribed by regulations.
- The frequency of radon level measurements in provincially owned dwellings and workplaces will be prescribed by regulations.
- Specific radon levels triggering required action may be specified by regulations.
- The application of radon measurement and reduction requirements to provincially owned dwellings is subject to the occupier's authorization.
Amends the Building Code Act, 1992, to provide authority for regulations that require new dwellings to be constructed in a manner and using materials that minimize radon entry and facilitate post-construction radon removal.
Source: Section 9(1)
Amends Section 34 of the Building Code Act, 1992, to add a requirement that buildings used as dwellings must be constructed in a way that minimizes radon entry and facilitates its removal.
Source: Section 9(1)
Enacts the Radon Awareness and Prevention Act, 2011, which establishes the Ontario Radon Registry, mandates public education, and sets requirements for radon testing and mitigation in homes and workplaces.
Source: Preamble
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