Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations

22 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.