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

Deposited February 18, 1988
effective April 1, 1988

This archived regulation consolidation is current to December 3, 2004 and includes changes enacted and in force by that date. For the most current information, click here.

 Environmental Management Act

HAZARDOUS WASTE REGULATION

[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 464/2004, October 22, 2004]

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Repealed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 — Short Term Storage Facilities

16 

Operational requirements

17 

Performance standards

17.1 

Additional requirements for short term 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 — Long Term Storage Facility

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

39.1 

Non-application of other Parts

40 

Management of waste asbestos

41 

Waste oil

41.1 

Hydrocarbon contaminated soil

42 

Pest control product wastes and containers

42.1 

Waste paint

42.2 

Collection and storage of household hazardous waste

42.3 

Requirements for establishment and operation of a return collection facility

42.4 

Operating requirements for a return collection facility

Part 7 — Administrative Requirements

43 

Registration of hazardous waste

44 

Consignor identification number

45 

Transport licence

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 — Transitional Provision
  54  Transition — hazardous waste storage permits

Schedule 1 — Dioxin Toxicity Equivalency Factors

Schedule 1.1 — PAH Toxicity Equivalency Factors

Schedule 1.2 — Effluent Standards for Hazardous Waste Facilities

Schedule 2 — Emission Standards for Thermal Treatment Facilities

Schedule 3 — Waste Prohibited from Disposal in a Secure Landfill or a Long Term Storage Facility

Schedule 4 — Analytical Methods

Part 1 — Repealed

Part 2 — Modified Leachate Extraction Procedure

  (1)  Sampling
  (2)  Equipment
  (3)  Reagents
  (4)  Separation procedure
  (5)  Extraction procedure
  (6)  Structural integrity procedure
  Part 3 — Free Liquid Test Procedure

(1) 

Sampling

(2) 

Equipment

(3) 

Separation procedure

Table 1 — Leachate Quality Standards

Schedule 5

Form 1A — Initial Generator Registration

Form 1B — Generator Registration Update

Form 2 — Application for a Licence to Transport Hazardous Waste etc.

Form 3 — Manifest Supplement — Multiple Consignors

Form 4 — Application for a Change in Requirements of the Hazardous Waste Regulation

Form 5 — Manifest Supplement — Multiple Carriers

Form 6 — Manifest Supplement — Multiple Different Wastes

Schedule 6

Table 1 — Generator Registration and Storage Permit Quantities

Schedule 7 — Wastes
Schedule 8 — Manifest

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