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Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (SOR/2002-222)

Regulations are current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2021-06-10. Previous Versions

AMENDMENTS NOT IN FORCE

  • — SOR/2021-125, s. 1

      • 1 (1) The definition acutely lethal in subsection 1(1) of the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent RegulationsFootnote 1 is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (b), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after paragraph (c):

        • (d) more than 50% of the Acartia tonsa subjected to it for a period of 48 hours, when tested in accordance with the acute lethality test set out in section 14.4. (létalité aiguë)

      • (2) Subsection 1(1) of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

        Reference Method STB 1/RM/60

        Reference Method STB 1/RM/60 means Biological Test Method: Reference Method for Determining Acute Lethality Using Acartia tonsa, published in June 2019 by the Department of the Environment, as amended from time to time. (méthode de référence DGST 1/RM/60)

  • — SOR/2021-125, s. 2

    • 2 Subsection 14(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

        • 14 (1) Subject to section 15, the owner or operator of a mine shall collect, once a month, a grab sample of effluent from each final discharge point and determine whether the effluent is acutely lethal by conducting acute lethality tests on aliquots of each effluent sample in accordance with sections 14.1 to 14.4.

  • — SOR/2021-125, s. 4

    • 4 The Regulations are amended by adding the following after section 14.3:

      Acute Lethality Test — Acartia tonsa
      • 14.4 If the salinity value of the effluent is greater than four parts per thousand and the effluent is deposited into marine waters, the owner or operator of a mine shall, in addition to conducting the acute lethality test set out in either section 14.1 or 14.2, determine whether the effluent is acutely lethal by conducting an acute lethality test in accordance with the procedures set out in section 5 or 6 of Reference Method STB 1/RM/60.

  • — SOR/2021-125, s. 5

    • 5 Section 18 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • 18 The owner or operator of a mine shall record without delay the data referred to in section 9.1 of Reference Method EPS 1/RM/10, section 8.1 of Reference Method EPS 1/RM/13, section 8.1 of Reference Method EPS 1/RM/14 and section 9.1 of Reference Method STB 1/RM/60 for each acute lethality test.

  • — SOR/2021-125, s. 6

    • 6 Subsection 21(2) of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

      • (a.1) for each acute lethality test that is conducted under section 14.4,

        • (i) the date and time when the effluent sample was collected,

        • (ii) the location of the final discharge point from which the sample was collected, and

        • (iii) the percentage mortality in 100% effluent test concentration;

  • — SOR/2021-125, s. 7

      • 7 (1) The portion of section 22 of the Regulations before paragraph (c) is replaced by the following:

        • 22 The owner or operator of a mine shall submit to the Minister of the Environment, not later than March 31 in each year, a report that shall include

          • (a) the identifying information set out in Part 1 of Schedule 6;

          • (b) the effluent monitoring results for the previous calendar year for each final discharge point, including

            • (i) for test results respecting the prescribed deleterious substances and the pH, the information set out in Part 2 of Schedule 6, and

            • (ii) for each acute lethality test,

              • (A) the date when the sample was collected,

              • (B) the location of the final discharge point from which the sample was collected, and

              • (C) the percentage mortality in 100% effluent test concentration; and

      • (2) Subparagraph 22(c)(ii) of the French version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

        • (ii) si les résultats des essais de détermination de la létalité aiguë montrent qu’un échantillon d’effluent présente une létalité aiguë, les mesures correctives projetées ou mises en oeuvre.

  • — SOR/2021-125, s. 8

    • 8 Paragraph 27(c) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • (c) records relating to the data referred to in section 9.1 of Reference Method EPS 1/RM/10, section 8.1 of Reference Method EPS 1/RM/13, section 8.1 of Reference Method EPS 1/RM/14 and section 9.1 of Reference Method STB 1/RM/60;

  • — SOR/2021-125, s. 10

    • 10 Subsection 31.1(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

        • 31.1 (1) If an unauthorized deposit of a deleterious substance occurs, the owner or operator of a mine shall, without delay, collect a grab sample of effluent at the place where the deposit occurred and determine whether the effluent is acutely lethal by conducting tests on aliquots of each effluent sample in accordance with sections 14.1 to 14.4.

  • — SOR/2021-125, s. 13

    • 13 Part 3 of Schedule 6 to the Regulations is repealed.

  • — SOR/2021-125, s. 14

    • 14 The French version of the Regulations is amended by replacing “portion aliquote” and “portions aliquotes” with “aliquote” and “aliquotes”, respectively, in the following provisions:

      • (a) subparagraphs 15(1)(a)(i) and (b)(i); and

      • (b) subsections 4(3), 5(3) and 6(1) of Schedule 5.


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