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Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations

Version of section 22 from 2018-06-01 to 2021-11-30:


 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 in the form set out in Schedule 6, that shall include the following:

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

  • (b) the effluent monitoring results for the previous calendar year, including

    • (i) test results respecting each final discharge point, and

    • (ii) the results of acute lethality tests; and

  • (c) the following information regarding non-compliance:

    • (i) if the results of any effluent monitoring tests indicate that the maximum authorized concentrations set out in Schedule 4 were exceeded or that the pH of the effluent is less than 6.0 or greater than 9.5, the causes of that non-compliance and the remedial measures that are planned or that have been implemented, and

    • (ii) if the results of any acute lethality tests indicate that an effluent sample was determined to be acutely lethal, the remedial measures that are planned or that have been implemented.

  • SOR/2006-239, s. 11
  • SOR/2018-99, s. 21

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