Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations (SOR/2021-25)
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Regulations are current to 2024-10-14 and last amended on 2021-10-31. Previous Versions
PART 2Movement Within Canada (continued)
Movement Document
Marginal note:Part A
80 (1) Before a shipment that contains hazardous waste or hazardous recyclable material is shipped by a consignor, the consignor must ensure that Part A of the movement document is completed as follows:
(a) the hazardous waste or hazardous recyclable material must be categorized into separate types by reference to all of the information set out in subparagraphs 1(g)(i) and (ii) of Schedule 4;
(b) each type of hazardous waste or hazardous recyclable material for which all of that information is the same must be recorded as a line entry;
(c) the information set out in paragraph 1(g) of Schedule 4 must be included in each line entry;
(d) the remaining information set out in item 1 of Schedule 4 and a certification that the information provided is accurate and complete must be included; and
(e) the individual who provides the information and certification must date and sign Part A.
Marginal note:Part A to provincial authorities
(2) Within three working days after the day on which the shipment is shipped, the consignor must ensure that Part A of the movement document is provided, in the form and manner specified by the Minister, to the authorities of the provinces from which the shipment is shipped and to which it is or is to be delivered, if those authorities ask for it.
Marginal note:Part B
(3) Each authorized carrier must
(a) complete Part B of the movement document — with Part A completed in accordance with subsection (1) — by including the information set out in item 2 of Schedule 4 and a certification that the information provided is accurate and complete; and
(b) ensure that the individual who provides the information and certification dates and signs Part B.
Marginal note:Part C
(4) Within three working days after the day on which the shipment is delivered to the site, the consignee must ensure that
(a) Part C of the movement document — with Part A completed in accordance with subsection (1) — is completed by including the information set out in item 3 of Schedule 4 and a certification that the information provided is accurate and complete;
(b) the individual who provides the information and certification dates and signs Part C; and
(c) Part B of the movement document completed by each authorized carrier and Part C of the movement document are provided to the consignor.
Marginal note:Parts B and C — provincial authorities
(5) The consignee must ensure that Part B completed by each authorized carrier and Part C of the movement document are provided to the authorities of the provinces from which the shipment is shipped and to which it is delivered, if those authorities ask for it.
Marginal note:Delivery to site
(6) For the purposes of subsection (4), delivery of a shipment to the site occurs when the shipment arrives at the site, regardless of when hazardous waste or hazardous recyclable material that is contained in the shipment is accepted by the consignee.
Record Retention
Marginal note:Consignor
81 (1) The consignor must keep all documents that are necessary to demonstrate their compliance with this Part at their principal place of business in Canada for a period of five years after the day on which the shipment is shipped.
Marginal note:Consignee
(2) The consignee must keep all documents that are necessary to demonstrate their compliance with this Part at their principal place of business in Canada for a period of five years after the day on which the shipment is delivered to the site.
Marginal note:Authorized carrier
(3) Each authorized carrier must keep all documents that are necessary to demonstrate that the movement of the shipment complies with this Part at their principal place of business in Canada for a period of five years after the day on which they took possession of the shipment.
Marginal note:Delivery to site
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), delivery of a shipment to the site occurs when the shipment arrives at the site, regardless of when hazardous waste or hazardous recyclable material that is contained in the shipment is accepted by the consignee.
PART 3Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provision, Repeals and Coming into Force
Consequential Amendments
Cargo, Fumigation and Tackle Regulations
82 [Amendments]
PCB Regulations
83 [Amendments]
Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for Purposes of Enforcement (Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)
84 [Amendments]
Export of Substances on the Export Control List Regulations
85 [Amendments]
86 [Amendments]
87 [Amendments]
88 [Amendments]
Environmental Violations Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations
89 [Amendments]
90 [Amendments]
91 [Amendments]
92 [Amendments]
Physical Activities Regulations
93 [Amendments]
Transitional Provision
Marginal note:Previous notices and permits
94 If a notice is submitted to the Minister as an application for a permit under the Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations, or a permit is issued in connection with such a notice, those Regulations, as they read immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, apply to the notice or the permit and to the movement, and the disposal or recycling, of hazardous waste or hazardous recyclable material under the permit.
Repeals
95 The following Regulations are repealed:
(a) the PCB Waste Export Regulations, 1996Footnote 7;
Return to footnote 7SOR/97-109
(b) the Interprovincial Movement of Hazardous Waste RegulationsFootnote 8; and
Return to footnote 8SOR/2002-301
(c) the Export and Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material RegulationsFootnote 9.
Return to footnote 9SOR/2005-149
Coming into Force
Marginal note:October 31, 2021
96 These Regulations come into force on October 31, 2021.
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