Code of Practice for the Discharge of Produced Water from Coalbed Gas Operations (B.C.Reg. 156/2005).

The present Code of practice enacts the Environmental Management Act. The Code lays down provisions relating to the discharge of produced water from coalbed gas operations. For the purpose of the present Regulation "produced water" means water extracted from a coal seam or a formation contiguous to a coal seam that: a) originates from within the coal seam or contiguous formations, b) is pumped out in advance of and in aid of the release of gas from the coal seam, and c) is produced in the course of a coal-bed gas exploration and production industry operation. Section 2 establishes that produced water may be discharged under this code only to: a) a perennial stream, b) a seasonal stream, or c) the ground by percolation through the ground. The text consists of 14 sections divided into 3 Parts as follows: Interpretation and application (1); Discharge of produced water (2); Monitoring, record-keeping and reporting (3).Three Schedules are enclosed.