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Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33)

Act current to 2024-10-02 and last amended on 2023-06-22. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE 5(Subsections 122(1) and 135(2) and section 216)Waste or Other Matter

  • 1 Dredged material.

  • 2 Fish waste and other organic matter resulting from industrial fish processing operations.

  • 3 Ships, aircraft, platforms or other structures from which all material that can create floating debris or other marine pollution has been removed to the maximum extent possible if, in the case of disposal, those substances would not pose a serious obstacle to fishing or navigation after being disposed of.

  • 4 Inert, inorganic geological matter.

  • 5 Uncontaminated organic matter of natural origin.

  • 6 Bulky substances that are primarily composed of iron, steel, concrete or other similar matter that does not have a significant adverse effect, other than a physical effect, on the sea or the seabed, if those substances

    • (a) are in locations at which the disposal or incineration at sea is the only practicable manner of disposing of or thermally destroying the substances; and

    • (b) in the case of disposal, would not pose a serious obstacle to fishing or navigation after being disposed of.

 

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