Waste Discharge Regulation (B.C. Reg. 320/2004).

The present Regulation enacts the Environmental Management Act. The Regulation establishes that only certain or prescribed industries, trades, businesses, activities or operations require an authorization to introduce waste into the environment. These industries,etc. are listed in Schedule 1 and 2 of the present Regulation. Industries, trades, businesses, activities and operations listed in Schedule 1 require an authorization, which could be in the form of a permit, an approval, a regulation, an operational certificate, an order or a waste management plan, to introduce waste into the environment. Introductions of waste into the environment from industries,etc.listed in Schedule 2 are eligible to be authorized by a minister’s code of practice. However, it should be noted that high risk operations will still require permits or will be governed by codes of practice or regulations that will apply industry wide. Only the lowest risk operations will not require a waste discharge authorization.The text consists of 11 sections and 3 Schedules.