Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations

4 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the owner or operator of a mine may deposit, or permit the deposit of, an effluent that contains a deleterious substance in any water or place referred to in subsection 36(3) of the Act if a transitional authorization permits the deposit or if

• (a) the concentration of the deleterious substance in the effluent does not exceed the authorized limits set out in Schedule 4;

• (b) the pH of the effluent is equal to or greater than 6.0 but is not greater than 9.5; and

• (c) the deleterious substance is not an acutely lethal effluent.

(2) The authority in subsection (1) is conditional

• (a) in the case of a transitional authorization that permits the deposit, on the owner or operator complying with section 36; and

• (b) in the other case, on the owner or operator complying with sections 6 to 27.