Mackenzie Valley Federal Areas Waters Regulations

5 (1) A person may use water and deposit waste without a licence if the proposed use or deposit

• (a) has no potential for significant adverse environmental effects;

• (b) would not interfere with existing rights of other water users or waste depositors; and

• (c) satisfies the criteria set out

  • (i) in respect of an industrial undertaking, in column II of Schedule IV;

  • (ii) in respect of a mining and milling undertaking, column II of Schedule V;

  • (iii) in respect of a municipal undertaking, in column II of Schedule VI;

  • (iv) in respect of a power undertaking, in column II of Schedule VII; and

  • (v) in respect of an agricultural, conservation, recreational or miscellaneous undertaking, in column II of Schedule VIII.

(2) An individual may, without a licence, deposit waste that is sewage from a residential building, in accordance with the General Sanitation Regulations of the Northwest Territories.

(3) A vessel, as defined in section 2 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, may deposit waste without a licence if the deposit of that waste is not prohibited under Part 9 of that Act.