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The letter specifically speaks to the implementation of a Path 2 Risk Safety Management Plan as an “Alternate Rule” to the existing Operating Engineers Regulation O. Reg 219/01. These proposed changes by the TSSA will undermine the safe operation of generating facilities in Ontario

Alberta to become the next target for PSM followers to implement CSA Z767 as a national standard

We don’t need to look far back in history to understand the failures that self-regulation models bring to communities

A Path 2 RSMP would be a threat to public safety in Ontario

The Inter-provincial Power Engineering Curriculum Committee (IPECC) meets once a year in various locations across Canada to discuss issues related to the inter-provincial curriculum. Participants in this Committee include training providers of all Power Engineering programs, chief provincial examiners, and interested industry representatives. These meetings provide a forum for industry to provide feedback to educational institutes and training providers on issues related to practicing Power Engineers. With input from all stakeholders, this committee will propose changes which are deemed necessary to enhance the training and skills of Power Engineers at all levels of competency. Changes or proposals made at these meetings are taken to the Standardization of Power Engineer Examinations Committee (SOPEEC) meeting for discussion and approval. SOPEEC presents these proposals to the Association of Chief Inspectors (ACI) for final approval and implementation.

The OEAC would like to formally express to the Minister our opposition regarding the development and implementation of a PATH 2 - Risk Safety Management Plan as an “Alternate Rule” to the existing Operating Engineers Regulation O. Reg 219/01 and request an immediate moratorium be placed on PATH 2 development

Implementation of the Alternate Rules rollout will be staggered. The in-force date for Alternate Rules is planned for July 1, 2020. Draft Path 2 Guidelines and other documentation will be available in early June 2020. Path 2 submissions will be accepted starting July 1, 2020. Path 1 will be available to plants in October 2020. Revised certification requirements for Operating Engineers come into force in January 2021.

"Nothing short of a miracle," no one was seriously injured after a digester boiler at a pulp mill exploded in Jay, Maine April 15, 2020