Secondary Lead Smelter Release Regulations (SOR/91-155)

2 In these Regulations,

ambient air

ambient air means the atmosphere surrounding the earth but does not include the atmosphere within a structure or within any underground space; (air ambiant)

dry

dry means a condition that does not include uncombined water vapour; (à sec)

lead alloy

lead alloy means an alloy of lead that contains forty per cent or more of lead by weight; (alliage de plomb)

normal cubic metre

normal cubic metre or norm. m³ means, in respect of a gas, the quantity of gas occupying a volume of one cubic metre at 25°C and at a pressure of 760 mm of mercury; (mètre cube normal or m³ norm)

particulate matter

particulate matter means particulate matter containing lead or lead in combination with any other substance; (particules)

reverberatory furnace

reverberatory furnace includes a stationary, rotating or rocking and tilting furnace; (four à réverbère)

secondary lead smelter

secondary lead smelter means any plant or factory in which lead-bearing scrap or lead-bearing materials, other than lead-bearing concentrates derived from a mining operation, are processed by metallurgical or chemical process into refined lead, lead alloys or lead oxide; (fonderie de plomb de seconde fusion)

undiluted

undiluted means a condition that does not include air or other gases in excess of the quantity necessary for processing requirements at a secondary lead smelter. (non dilué)