Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent Chlorinated Dioxins and Furans Regulations (SOR/92-267)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-20

Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent Chlorinated Dioxins and Furans Regulations

SOR/92-267

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Registration 1992-05-07

Regulations Respecting the Release of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-Para-Dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans in Effluents from Pulp and Paper Mills

P.C. 1992-959 1992-05-07

Whereas pursuant to subsection 48(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection ActFootnote *, the Minister of the Environment published in the Canada GazettePart I on December 14, 1991 a copy of the proposed Regulations respecting the release of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in effluents from pulp and paper mills, and amending the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule I to the Canadian Environmental Protection ActFootnote *, substantially in the form annexed hereto;

And Whereas, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, pursuant to subsection 34(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection ActFootnote *, the annexed Regulations do not regulate an aspect of any substance that is regulated by or under any other Act of Parliament;

Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, pursuant to section 34Footnote ** of the Canadian Environmental Protection ActFootnote *, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of National Health and Welfare and after the federal-provincial advisory committee has been given an opportunity to provide its advice under section 6 of the ActFootnote *, is pleased hereby to make the annexed Regulations respecting the release of polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in effluents from pulp and paper mills, and amending the List of Toxic Substances in Schedule I to the Canadian Environmental Protection ActFootnote *.

SHORT TITLE

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent Chlorinated Dioxins and Furans Regulations.

INTERPRETATION

2. In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999; (Loi)

“chlorine bleaching plant”

“chlorine bleaching plant” means a plant in a mill where pulp is bleached by chlorine or chlorine dioxide; (usine de blanchiment au chlore)

“effluent flowrate”

“effluent flowrate” means the quantity of an effluent produced by a mill in one day, measured in cubic metres; (débit)

“final effluent”

“final effluent” means any water that contains intermediate effluent that is released from a mill and discharged directly into the environment or into an off-site treatment system; (effluent terminal)

“intermediate effluent”

“intermediate effluent” means any water that is released during any of the processes in a chlorine bleaching plant; (effluent intermédiaire)

“measurable concentration of 2,3,7,8-TCDD”

“measurable concentration of 2,3,7,8-TCDD” means a concentration of 2,3,7,8-TCDD that is greater than the level of quantification as defined in the Reference Method; (concentration mesurable de 2,3,7,8-TCDD)

“measurable concentration of 2,3,7,8-TCDF”

“measurable concentration of 2,3,7,8-TCDF” means a concentration of 2,3,7,8-TCDF that is greater than the level of quantification as defined in the Reference Method and that, when multiplied by 0.1, exceeds 5 ppq; (concentration mesurable de 2,3,7,8-TCDF)

“mill”

“mill” means a factory that contains a chlorine bleaching plant and that produces pulp or paper products, and any effluent treatment plant that is owned by the owner of that factory; (fabrique)

“off-site treatment system”

“off-site treatment system” means an effluent treatment plant, other than a mill, that treats final effluent from a mill; (installation extérieure de traitement)

“operator”

“operator” means the person in charge of the operation of a mill; (exploitant)

“paper products”

“paper products” includes paper, coated paper, paperboard, hardboard, boxboard, linerboard, insulating board, building board, corrugated medium, tissue or moulded cellulose product but does not include a regenerated cellulose product; (produits du papier)

“ppq”

“ppq” means parts per quadrillion, being parts per 1015 parts; (ppq)

“Reference Method”

“Reference Method” means the Reference Method for the Determination of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDDs) and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents, published by the Department of the Environment, Report EPS 1/RM/19, 1992, as amended from time to time; (méthode de référence)

“2,3,7,8-substituted PCDDs”

“2,3,7,8-substituted PCDDs” means any polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxin that has the molecular formula C12H8-nC1n02, in which “n” is not less than 4 and not more than 8 and chlorine atoms are located at the 2,3,7,8 positions on the molecule; (PCDD chlorées aux positions 2,3,7 et 8)

“2,3,7,8-substituted PCDFs”

“2,3,7,8-substituted PCDFs” means any polychlorinated dibenzofuran that has the molecular formula C12H8-nCln0, in which “n” is not less than 4 and not more than 8 and chlorine atoms are located at the 2,3,7,8 positions on the molecule; (PCDF chlorés aux positions 2,3,7 et 8)

“total PCDDs”

“total PCDDs” means the sum of the concentrations of all polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxin congeners that have the molecular formula C12H8-nCln02, in which “n” is not less than 4 and not more than 8; (PCDD totales)

“total PCDFs”

“total PCDFs” means the sum of the concentrations of all polychlorinated dibenzofuran congeners that have the molecular formula C12H8-nC1n0, in which “n” is not less than 4 and not more than 8; (PCDF totaux)

“2,3,7,8-TCDD”

“2,3,7,8-TCDD” means 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin; (2,3,7,8-TCDD)

“2,3,7,8-TCDF”

“2,3,7,8-TCDF” means 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran. (2,3,7,8-TCDF)

  • SOR/2000-102, s. 9.