1. These Regulations may be cited as the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Regulations.

2. In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act; (Loi)

“arctic waters”

“arctic waters” has the meaning assigned to that expression in section 3 of the Act. (eaux arctiques)

“program”

“program”[Revoked, SOR/79-406, s. 1]

3. In this Part,

“domestic waste”

“domestic waste” means any waste other than industrial waste; (déchets ménagers)

“industrial operation”

“industrial operation” means any undertaking carried on for commercial purposes and includes any process of industry, manufacture, trade or business, or exploring for, developing or exploiting any natural resource; (opération industrielle)

“industrial waste”

“industrial waste” means any waste produced by or arising from an industrial operation; (déchets industriels)

“operator”

“operator” means any person described in paragraph 6(1)(a) or (b) of the Act; (exploitant)

“pollution prevention officer”

“pollution prevention officer” means a person designated as a pollution prevention officer pursuant to section 14 of the Act; (fonctionnaire chargé de la prévention de la pollution)

“sewage operation”

“sewage operation” means any undertaking for the collection, storage, transmission, treatment or disposal of domestic waste or industrial waste. (travaux d’égout)

4. This Part applies to the deposit of waste in the arctic waters or in any place on the mainland or islands of the Canadian arctic under any conditions where such waste or any other waste that results from the deposit of such waste may enter the arctic waters but does not apply to the deposit of waste by a ship.

5. Any person may deposit or permit the deposit of domestic waste if the domestic waste is of a type and in a quantity and is deposited under conditions authorized by or under the Public Health Ordinance of the Northwest Territories or the Public Health Ordinance of the Yukon Territory, whichever is applicable.