Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Emergency Response Coordination Office

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Emergency Response Coordination Office

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Emergency Response Coordination Office

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1983-1984

      History

      The Emergency Response Coordination Office was created in 1983 under the Intergovernmental Relations and Strategic Planning Division of the Ministry of the Environment.

      By 1985 the office had ceased to exist although the Intergovernmental Relations and Strategic Projects Division was still responsible for coordinating and developing resolutions for environmental problems that were shared with other national and international jurisdictions.

      Maintaining and updating the province's contingency plan becamse the responsibilty of the Regional Operations Division.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Emergency Response Coordination Office promoted organization and planning by industries, the municipalities and federal and provincial agencies to control and cope with pollution caused by emergency spills of contaminants. The Ministry's Regional Operations Division was responsible for the compliance and delivery of the plans.

      The office maintained and updated the province's contingency plan for spills of oil and other hazardous materials.

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      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. Ministry of the Environment. Emergency Response Coordination Office

      Dates of relationship

      1983-1984

      Description of relationship

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      Authority record identifier

      CA2357

      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

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, 1983, 1985; KWIC index, 1984; Ministry of the Environment annual report, 1982/1983, 1983/1984

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Borutskie