1. These Regulations may be cited as the Chlor-Alkali Mercury Liquid Effluent Regulations.

• 2. (1) In these Regulations,

  “Act”

  “Act” means the Fisheries Act; (Loi)

  “composite sample”

  “composite sample” means a sample obtained in accordance with section 7; (échantillon composite)

  “day”

  “day” means any period of 24 consecutive hours; (jour)

  “deposit”

  “deposit” means to deposit or permit the deposit into water frequented by fish; (rejeter)

  “effluent”

  “effluent” means any water or waters discharged from a plant, storm water, run-off and seepage from land used for the deposit of wastewater and sludges associated with the operation of a plant, but does not include

  • (a) storm water that is protected from contamination by mercury that originates from the plant, where the average concentration of mercury in at least 3 samples of the storm water, taken at intervals of 15 minutes, does not exceed 0.5 µg/L, or

  • (b) wastewater from the plant that, prior to being deposited, is treated at a site outside a plant for the purpose of removing mercury from it, in such a manner that the quantity of mercury remaining in that wastewater after treatment, when added to the quantity of mercury deposited directly, does not exceed the deposit authorized under section 5; (effluent)

  “mercury”

  “mercury” means elemental mercury and all chemical forms thereof; (mercure)

  “Minister”

  “Minister”[Repealed, SOR/95-427, s. 1]

  “owner”

  “owner” of a plant means the owner or operator or his authorized representative; (propriétaire)

  “plant”

  “plant” means facilities designed or operated for the production of chlorine and alkali metal hydroxide by means of any industrial process involving the electrolysis of an alkali metal chloride brine using a mercury cell, and any ancillary equipment that is used for the further concentration of the alkali metal hydroxide produced by the mercury cell and includes all properties used for the operation of those facilities; (fabrique)

  “rated capacity”

  “rated capacity” means the maximum daily design capacity of a plant as specified by the manufacturer; (rythme de production théorique)

  “reference production rate”

  “reference production rate” means the quantity of chlorine, expressed in tonnes per day, determined to be the reference production rate of that plant in accordance with section 8; (rythme de production)

  “storm water”

  “storm water” means, subject to subsection (2), water run-off resulting from precipitation of any kind that falls on a plant or that passes over or through a plant and includes groundwater from within a plant that may reach waters frequented by fish. (eaux pluviales)

• (2) and (3) [Repealed, SOR/95-427, s. 1]