Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations

31.1 (1) If an unauthorized deposit of a deleterious substance occurs, the owner or operator of a mine shall, without delay, collect a grab sample of effluent at the place where the deposit occurred and determine whether the effluent is acutely lethal by conducting tests on aliquots of each effluent sample in accordance with sections 14.1 to 14.4.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the owner or operator of a mine is not required to conduct the tests if they notify an inspector, fishery officer or authority prescribed by any regulations made under the Act without delay, that the deposit is an acutely lethal effluent.