Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Spills Action Centre

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Spills Action Centre

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Spills Action Centre

    Other form(s) of name

    • SAC

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1986-

    History

    The Spills Action Centre (SAC) was created in 1986 under the Regional Operations Division of the Ministry of the Environment. From 1993 to 1997, the SAC reported to the Regional Operations Division of the amalgamated Ministry of Environment and Energy. In 1997, it reported back to the Ministry of the Environment when the Ministry of Environment and Energy was divided to form the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology.

    The Regional Operations Division later evolved into the Operations Division where SAC continues to reside.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Spills Action Centre (SAC), staffed on a 24-hour basis, receives province-wide reports of spills and coordinates appropriate response actions. The centre also receives adverse drinking water notifications and pollution hotline calls in addition to reports of occurences for a number of other ministries and agencies.

    SAC is responsible for coordinating ministry support under provincial emergency plans and for maintaining the ministry's emergency plan for spill-related emergencies. The office also provides guidance pertaining to Ontario's Spill Legislation - Part X of the Environmental Protection Act.

    Address

    Part X of the Environmental Protection Act

    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. Ministry of the Environment. Spills Action Centre

    Dates of relationship

    1986-1993

    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. Ministry of the Environment. Spills Action Centre

    Dates of relationship

    1993-1997

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1997-2002) (1997-2002)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA97

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1997-2002) controls Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Spills Action Centre

    Dates of relationship

    1997-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2159

    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

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, 1986; KWIC Index, 2006; INFO-GO Telephone Directory, 2009

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Sadinsky