Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations

Marginal note:Content of plan

• 78 (1) The plan referred to in subsection 188(1) of the Act must contain

  • (a) for each type of hazardous waste to which the plan applies,

    • (i) the applicable UN number set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations or, if no UN number applies to it under those Regulations, the abbreviation “n/a”,

    • (ii) the applicable class set out in column 3 of Schedule 1 to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations, and

    • (iii) the following codes:

      • (A) the applicable codes set out in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 11,

      • (B) the disposal code set out in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 for the applicable operation set out in column 2 of that Part to be performed at the receiving facility,

      • (C) the letter L when the hazardous waste is a liquid, the letter P when it is a sludge, the letter S when it is a solid and the letter G when it is a gas, followed in each case by the applicable code set out in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 11,

      • (D) the applicable codes set out in column 1 of Part 3 of Schedule 11,

      • (E) the applicable codes set out in column 1 of Part 4 of Schedule 11,

      • (F) the applicable code set out in column 1 of Part 5 of Schedule 11,

      • (G) the applicable codes set out in Annex I or II to the Convention, as it read on May 5, 1992, as amended from time to time, to the extent that the amendments are binding on Canada,

      • (H) the applicable code, if any, set out in List A of Annex VIII to the Convention, as it read on May 5, 1992, as amended from time to time, to the extent that the amendments are binding on Canada,

      • (I) in the case of hazardous waste that is set out in column 2 of Schedule 6 or 12 or column 3 of Schedule 8 or that contains a substance that is set out in column 3 of Schedule 7, the applicable codes, if any, set out in column 1 of the applicable Schedule,

      • (J) in the case of hazardous waste that produces a leachate that contains one or more environmentally hazardous constituents, the applicable codes, if any, set out in column 1 of Schedule 2 for each environmentally hazardous constituent, and

      • (K) the applicable code, if any, set out in column 1 of Schedule 5 for every persistent organic pollutant that is contained in the hazardous waste;

  • (b) if the exporter generates the hazardous waste referred to in the plan, the name and description of the process that generates the hazardous waste and of the activity in which that process is used;

  • (c) the origin of the hazardous waste if the exporter does not generate it;

  • (d) the quantity of hazardous waste exported at the start of the implementation of the plan and the quantity of export reduction to be achieved at each stage of the plan;

  • (e) a description of how the exporter will reduce or phase out exports of the hazardous waste referred to in the plan;

  • (f) the options considered for reducing or phasing out exports of the hazardous waste referred to in the plan, including options for disposing of it in Canada;

  • (g) the stages of the plan and a schedule for completing each stage; and

  • (h) for each stage of the plan, an estimate of the quantity, in kilograms or litres, of goods produced that generate the hazardous waste referred to in the plan and a description of the impact of any changes to the quantity produced on the reduction or phasing out of exports of that hazardous waste.

• Marginal note:Retention of plan

  (2) A person who submits a plan to the Minister must keep a copy of the plan at their principal place of business in Canada for a period of five years after the day on which the last stage of the plan is completed.