Table of Contents - Hazardous Waste Regulation

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B.C. Reg. 63/88
O.C. 268/88

Deposited February 18, 1988
effective April 1, 1988

This consolidation is current to August 11, 2026.

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Environmental Management Act

Hazardous Waste Regulation

[Last amended July 1, 2026 by B.C. Reg. 101/2026]

Contents
Part 1 — Interpretation and Application
	1	Interpretation
	1.1	Repealed
	2	General
Part 2 — Minimum Siting Standards for All Hazardous Waste Facilities
	3	Siting standards
Part 3 — Operational Requirements for All Hazardous Waste Facilities
	4	Plans
	5	Waste information
	6	Waste record
	7	Weather protection
	8	Access security
	9	Prevention of fire, explosion and accidental reactions
	10	Spill protection and reporting
	11	Contingency plan
	12	Emergency systems testing
	13	Personnel training
	14	Closure
Part 4 — Additional Requirements
	Division 1 — Recycle Facilities
	15	Operational requirements
	Division 2 — Storage Facilities
	16	Operational requirements
	17	Performance standards
	17.1	Additional requirements for storage of PCB wastes
	Division 3 — Requirements For Treatment Facilities
	18	Operational requirements
	19	Performance standards
	Division 4 — Requirements for Incinerators and Thermal Facilities
	20	Operational requirements
	21	Performance standards
	Division 5 — Mobile Facilities
	22	Siting requirements
	23	Operational requirements
	24	Performance standards
	Division 6 — Secure Landfills
	24.1	Permit requirement
	25	Siting requirements
	26	Operational requirements
	27	Performance standards
	Division 7 — Waste Piles, Surface Impoundments and Land Treatment Facilities
	28	Siting requirements for waste piles, surface impoundments and land treatment facilities
	29	Operational requirements for waste piles, surface impoundments and land treatment facilities
	30	Performance standards for waste piles
	31	Performance standards for surface impoundments
	32	Performance standards for land treatment
	Division 8 — Disposal in a Secure Building
	33	Siting requirements
	34	Operational requirements
	35	Performance standards
Part 5 — Prohibited Management Practices
	36	Mixing and dilution
	37	Underground injection
	38	Floating facilities
	39	Prohibition
Part 6 — Management of Specific Hazardous Wastes
	Division 1 — General
	39.01	Definition for this Part
	39.1	Non-application of other Parts
	Division 2 — General Rules for E-Waste
	39.11	E-waste
	39.2	General requirements for e-waste
	39.21	Contingency plans for e-waste
	39.3	Record of shipments of e-waste
	Division 3 — Waste Lightbulbs Containing Mercury
	39.31	Applicable provisions to waste lightbulbs containing mercury
	39.4	Facilities accepting waste lightbulbs containing mercury
	Division 4 — Appliances Containing Refrigerants
	39.5	Appliances containing refrigerants
	Division 5 — Lead-Acid Batteries
	39.6	Waste lead-acid batteries that are refurbished and suitable for reuse
	39.7	Producer-operated facilities refurbishing lead-acid batteries
	39.8	Management of waste lead-acid batteries
	Division 6 — Pharmaceutical Waste
	39.9	Pharmaceutical Waste
	Division 7 — Other Specific Hazardous Waste
	40	Management of waste asbestos
	41	Waste oil
	41.1	Hydrocarbon contaminated soil
	42	Pest control product wastes and containers
	42.1	Waste paint
Part 6.1 — Operational Requirements for Facilities for Moderate Risk Waste and Other Waste
	Division 1 — General
	42.11	Non-application of other Parts
	42.12	Collection prohibitions
	42.13	Contingency plans
	42.14	Requirements for contingency plans and operational plans
	Division 2 — General Rules for Return Collection Facilities
	42.2	Collection and storage of moderate risk waste — return collection facilities
	42.3	Establishment requirements — return collection facilities
	42.4	Operating requirements and specifications — return collection facilities
	42.41	Management requirements for return collection facilities
	42.42	Operational plans — return collection facilities
	42.5	Consolidation of wastes
	42.51	Exemption — licence to transport
	42.52	Exemption — manifest
	42.53	Ignitable or reactive waste
	42.54	Unlabelled or unknown waste
	Division 3 — Return to Retail Return Collection Facilities
	42.6	Application of provisions
	Division 4 — Temporary Collection Events
	42.7	Temporary collection events authorized
	42.71	Application of provisions
	42.72	Operation of temporary collection events
	42.73	Temporary collection events
	42.74	Temporary collection events may be prohibited
	Division 5 — Consolidation Site Facilities
	42.8	Consolidation site facilities authorized
	42.81	Application of provisions
	42.82	Storage requirements — consolidation site facilities
	Division 6 — Generating and Accepting Moderate Risk Wastes
	42.9	Generators
Part 7 — Administrative Requirements
	43	Registration of hazardous waste
	43.1	Requirements for establishment and operation — consolidation site facilities
	43.2	Transitional registration requirements
	44	Provincial identification number
	45	Licence to transport
	45.1	Classification of hazardous waste
	46	Manifest requirements
	47	Loads from multiple consignors
	47.1	Multiple carrier shipments
	47.2	Shipments of multiple different wastes
	48	Storage of hazardous waste
	49	Analytical methods
Part 8 — Containers for Hazardous Waste
	50	Storage and transportation
Part 9 — Specific Exemptions
	51	Application for change in requirements
	52	Hazardous wastes from accidental spills or abandonment
	53	Delisting
Part 10
	54	Repealed
Schedule 1
Schedule 1.1
Schedule 1.2
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
Schedule 4
Schedule 5
Schedule 6
Schedule 7
Schedule 8