Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations

27 The owner or operator of a mine shall keep all records, books of account or other documents required by these Regulations at the mine for a period of not less than five years, beginning on the day on which they are made, including

• (a) records relating to all final discharge points, including any changes to those records;

• (b) records relating to effluent monitoring equipment, including the calibration of that equipment;

• (c) records relating to the data referred to in section 9.1 of Reference Method EPS 1/RM/10, section 8.1 of Reference Method EPS 1/RM/13 and section 8.1 of Reference Method EPS 1/RM/14;

• (d) compensation plans;

• (e) emergency response plans, including each update to the plan;

• (f) reports on any unauthorized deposits;

• (g) reports or other documents prepared and data collected for the purposes of environmental effects monitoring studies; and

• (h) records and reports of measurements with respect to the pH, temperature and concentration of any deleterious substance prescribed in section 3.