Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations

31 A report required by subsection 38(7) of the Act in respect of the unauthorized deposit of a deleterious substance shall contain the following information:

• (a) the name, description and concentration of the deleterious substance deposited;

• (b) the estimated quantity of the deposit and how the estimate was achieved;

• (c) the day on which, and hour at which, the deposit occurred;

• (d) the quantity of the deleterious substance that was deposited at a place other than through a final discharge point and the identification of that place, including the location by latitude and longitude and, if applicable, the civic address;

• (e) the quantity of the deleterious substance that was deposited through a final discharge point and the identification of that discharge point;

• (f) the name of the receiving body of water, if there is a name, and the location by latitude and longitude where the deleterious substance entered the receiving body of water;

• (g) the results of the acute lethality tests conducted under subsection 31.1(1) or a statement indicating that acute lethality tests were not conducted but that notification was given under subsection 31.1(2);

• (h) the circumstances of the deposit, the measures that were taken to mitigate the effects of the deposit and, if the emergency response plan was implemented, details concerning its implementation; and

• (i) the measures that were taken, or that are intended to be taken, to prevent any similar occurrence of an unauthorized deposit.