Meat and Poultry Products Plant Liquid Effluent Regulations (C.R.C., c. 818)

Analytical and Other Test Methods

• 9 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 6(c), the concentration in milligrams per litre of a substance described in an item of Schedule III, in each composite sample, shall be determined using

  • (a) the test method set out in Column I and modified in Column II of that item; or

  • (b) any other method, approved in writing by the Minister, the results of which can be confirmed by the method referred to in paragraph (a).

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph 6(c), procedures pertaining to sampling, preservation and storage of samples and prevention of interference relating to the test methods referred to in paragraph (1)(a), as outlined in the general sections of the publication Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 14th Edition (1975), published jointly by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation, shall be adhered to.

• (3) For the purposes of paragraph 6(c), the pH of a composite sample shall be determined using

  • (a) the test method prescribed by section 424 of the publication referred to in subsection (2); or

  • (b) any other method, approved in writing by the Minister, the results of which can be confirmed by the method referred to in paragraph (a).

• (4) For the purposes of paragraph 6(f), the acute lethality test shall be conducted using

  • (a) the procedure for the 96-hour acute lethality static test described in Schedule IV; or

  • (b) any other method, approved in writing by the Minister, the results of which can be confirmed by the method referred to in paragraph (a).

Flow Measurement

• 10 (1) Subject to subsection (2), for the purpose of paragraph 6(d), the flow of each type of effluent deposited by a plant shall be measured and recorded continuously.

• (2) In the case of

  • (a) a red meat integrated plant producing less than 500 tonnes of finished product annually,

  • (b) a poultry integrated plant producing less than 2 500 tonnes of finished product annually, or

  • (c) a processing plant producing less than 500 tonnes of finished product annually,

  the flow of effluent may be determined by measuring the total quantity of water taken in daily by the plant or the total quantity of effluent deposited daily by the plant if the effluent is deposited as a single flow.

Calculation of Actual Deposit

• 11 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 6(e), the actual daily deposit per unit of production of each deleterious substance prescribed by section 4 shall be determined using the data obtained under subsection 9(1) and section 10 and shall be expressed

  • (a) in the case of integrated plants or processing plants, in terms of kilograms per tonne of finished product per day; and

  • (b) in the case of rendering plants, in terms of kilograms per tonne of raw material per day.

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph 6(e), the average daily deposit per unit of production during an equivalent month of each deleterious substance prescribed by section 4 shall be determined by calculating the average of the results obtained under subsection (1) and shall be expressed in the terms set out in that subsection.

Reporting and Records

• 12 (1) The owner of a plant shall, within 30 days after the end of each equivalent month, sign, date and forward to the Minister a report, in such form as the Minister may in writing approve, showing for that equivalent month

  • (a) the actual daily deposit of deleterious substances deposited by the plant on each day that samples were taken, determined and expressed in accordance with subsection 11(1);

  • (b) the average daily deposit of deleterious substances deposited by the plant, determined and expressed in accordance with subsection 11(2);

  • (c) the pH of composite samples, determined in accordance with subsection 9(3);

  • (d) the production of the plant expressed in terms of tonnes of finished product for integrated and processing plants and in terms of tonnes of raw material for rendering plants;

  • (e) the number of operating days;

  • (f) the total daily flow, in litres, of each type of effluent discharged on each day that samples were taken;

  • (g) the concentration of ammonia nitrogen for each composite sample analysed in the manner prescribed by subsection 9(1); and

  • (h) the following details of any acute lethality test conducted in accordance with subsection 9(4), namely,

    • (i) the date and time period of the composite sample collection,

    • (ii) details on refrigeration, transportation and storage of the sample,

    • (iii) the date and time the test commenced,

    • (iv) the number of dead fish observed in the test and control vessels for the exposure times outlined in the test procedure used,

    • (v) the per cent mortality of fish exposed to the toxicity test sample and to the control water at the completion of the test, and

    • (vi) any other information that the Minister may require.

• (2) The owner of a new plant shall, before he deposits any deleterious substance prescribed by section 4, and the owner of an expanded plant shall, within 30 days of becoming subject to these Regulations, sign, date and forward to the Minister a declaration, in such form as the Minister may in writing approve,

  • (a) showing whether the plant is an integrated plant, processing plant or rendering plant;

  • (b) showing whether the plant will process red meat or poultry or both;

  • (c) showing the projected annual production of the plant; and

  • (d) declaring equivalent months for the remainder of the calendar year.

• (3) The owner of a plant shall, within 30 days after the end of each calendar year, sign, date and forward to the Minister a declaration in such form as the Minister may in writing approve, showing the actual production of the plant for the previous year, in terms of tonnes of finished product for integrated and processing plants and tonnes of raw material for rendering plants and declaring equivalent months for the forthcoming year.

Permitted Variation in Additional Conditions

13 Where the owner of a plant establishes to the satisfaction of the Minister that for scientific and technical reasons a scheme of sampling and analysis, measurement or reporting referred to in sections 7, 9, 10 and 12 other than at the regular time interval frequencies required by section 8 is sufficient to enable the Minister to determine whether the owner is complying with the limits of authorized deposits prescribed by section 5, the Minister may, in writing, permit the owner to

• (a) take and analyse samples of each effluent in accordance with the scheme on a regular basis specified in the permit,

• (b) measure the volume of each effluent in accordance with the scheme on a regular basis specified in the permit, or

• (c) report to the Minister in accordance with the scheme on a regular basis specified in the permit

and sections 7 to 10 and 12 do not apply to the owner if he complies with the scheme on the regular basis specified in the permit.