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Volume 45, No. 13

B.C. Reg. 188/2002

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 16, 2002

B.C. Reg. 188/2002, deposited July 5, 2002, pursuant to the WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT [section 57]. Order in Council 582/2002, approved and ordered July 4, 2002.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that effective December 31, 2002, the Pulp Mill and Pulp and Paper Mill Liquid Effluent Control Regulation, B.C. Reg. 470/90, is amended as set out in the

Schedule attached to this order. — J. MURRAY,

Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection ; G. CAMPBELL, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

section 2 of the Pulp Mill and Pulp and Paper Mill Liquid Effluent Control Regulation, B.C. Reg. 470/90, is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

(1) A permittee that operates a bleached kraft pulp mill that uses chlorine or chlorine compounds to bleach the pulp shall not discharge effluent into the environment if the amount of AOX in the effluent exceeds the lesser of

(

a) a monthly average of 0.6 kg of AOX/ADt of pulp produced in the bleach plant, or

(

b) the maximum AOX discharge rate, expressed in kg/ADt, authorized by a permit issued under

section 10 of the Act.

(1.1) A permittee that operates a bleached sulphite pulp mill or pulp and paper mill that uses chlorine or chlorine compounds to bleach the pulp shall not discharge effluent into the environment if the amount of AOX in the effluent exceeds the lesser of

(

a) a monthly average of 1.0 kg of AOX/ADt of pulp produced in the bleach plant, or

(

b) the maximum AOX discharge rate, expressed in kg/ADt, authorized by a permit issued under

section 10 of the Act. ,

(

b) in subsection (3) by striking out "subsections (4) and (7)" and substituting "subsection (4)", and

(

c) by repealing subsections (7) to (9).

section 5 (1) (

c) is repealed and the following substituted:

(

c) for a pulp mill that bleaches pulp with chlorine or a chlorine compound, once a week for AOX; .

3 Sections 8 and 8.1 are repealed.

section 9 (2) is amended by striking out "or makes a false report under

section 8 (1)".

5 The following

section is added:

Fees

10 For the purpose of calculating the annual fee under the Waste Management Permit Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 299/92, the maximum authorized discharge rate and concentration is the following:

(

a) for a bleached kraft pulp mill, the lesser of

(i) 0.6 kg of AOX/ADt, or

(ii) the maximum AOX discharge rate, expressed in kg/ADt, authorized by a permit issued under

section 10 of the Act;

(

b) for a bleached sulphite pulp mill, the lesser of

(i) 1.0 kg of AOX/ADt, or

(ii) the maximum AOX discharge rate, expressed in kg/ADt, authorized by a permit issued under

section 10 of the Act.

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