Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations

Marginal note:Required information

35 An application for a temporary authorization to deposit effluent that contains un-ionized ammonia in respect of a wastewater system must contain the following information:

• (a) the owner’s and the operator’s name, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and, if any, email address and fax number;

• (b) the name, title, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and, if any, email address and fax number, of a contact person;

• (c) if any, the wastewater system’s name and civic address;

• (d) the latitude and longitude of the final discharge point expressed in decimal degrees in accordance with subsection 18(3);

• (e) in relation to the determination of the acute lethality of the effluent

  • (i) if that determination is the one referred to in paragraph 34(1)(a),

    • (A) the result of that determination, including, for each sample on which that determination was based, the information referred to in section 8.1 of Reference Method EPS 1/RM/13 and section 3 of the Procedure for pH Stabilization EPS 1/RM/50, and

    • (B) information establishing that, when that determination was made, any acute lethality of the effluent was primarily because of the concentration of the un-ionized ammonia in the effluent, or

  • (ii) if that determination is the one referred to in paragraph 34(1)(b), the concentration of un-ionized ammonia in each of the samples referred to in subsection 34(2);

• (f) information that establishes that, at the time the application was made, the concentration of un-ionized ammonia in the water, determined in accordance with subsection 34(3), at any point that is 100 m downstream from the point of entry where effluent is deposited in that water via the final discharge point was less than or equal to 0.016 mg/L, expressed as nitrogen (N); and

• (g) a statement signed and dated by the owner or operator or their authorized representative that certifies that the information provided in the application is true, accurate and complete

  • (i) in the case of information that was prepared by the owner or operator, to the best of the owner’s or operator’s information and belief, and

  • (ii) in the case of information that was prepared by other persons with sufficient knowledge to evaluate that information, to the best of the owner’s or operator’s information and belief, based on representations made to them by those persons.