Ontario. Hazardous Contaminants Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Hazardous Contaminants Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Hazardous Contaminants Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Hazardous Contaminants and Standards Branch

    • Hazardous Contaminants Coordination Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1982-1994

    History

    The Hazardous Contaminants and Standards Branch was created out of the Air Resources Branch in the Environmental Planning Division of the Ministry of the Environment in 1982, on the recommendation of a report entitled "Meeting the Environmental Challenges of the 1980s".

    In 1986 it was transferred to the Intergovernmental Relations and Strategic Planning Division and renamed the Hazardous Contaminants Coordination Branch.

    In 1992 the branch was yet again renamed the Hazardous Contaminants Branch and was moved to the Environmental Sciences and Standards Division. It continued there under the new Ministry of Environment and Energy in 1994 when its functions were transferred to the new Standards Development Branch of that Ministry.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Hazardous Contaminants Branch assessed the significance of hazardous contanimants and coordinated Ministry activities for their control, established standards for the protection of public health and the environment, developed and prioritized environmental standards, and identified the potential environmental effects of contaminants.

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    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA65

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1972-1993) controls Ontario. Hazardous Contaminants Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1982-1993

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Environment and Energy (1993-1997)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA67

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Environment and Energy controls Ontario. Hazardous Contaminants Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1993-1994

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Air Resources Branch (1974-1994)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1459

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Air Resources Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Hazardous Contaminants Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2278

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        Contents of RG 12-56

        Government phone directories, 1980-1994.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Levi