Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations

30 (1) Biological monitoring studies shall be conducted and an interpretive report shall be submitted to the authorization officer, in accordance with sections 3 to 12 of Schedule IV.1, within three years, after

• (a) the day on which a mill or an off-site treatment facility first becomes subject to these Regulations, which day shall not precede the coming into force of this section;

• (b) the day on which a mill or an off-site treatment facility again becomes subject to these Regulations, after having not been subject to them for at least three consecutive years, which day shall not precede the coming into force of this section;

• (c) April 1, 2004, if, on the coming into force of this section, the owner or operator of a mill or an off-site treatment facility was subject to the requirements of sections 28 to 32, 34 and 35 of these Regulations, as they read before that day and the owner or operator was required to submit an interpretive report no later than April 1, 2004; or

• (d) the day on which the owner or operator of a mill or an off-site treatment facility is required to submit an interpretive report in accordance with section 31.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), subsequent biological monitoring studies shall be conducted and interpretive reports shall be submitted to the authorization officer within three years after the day on which the most recent interpretive report was required to be submitted.

(3) The time limit for conducting subsequent biological monitoring studies and submitting an interpretive report is six years after the day on which the most recent report was required to be submitted, if the two most recent interpretive reports showed no effect on the fish population, on fish tissue and on the benthic invertebrate community as those expressions are defined in section 1 of Schedule IV.1.