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Volume 59, No. 10

132/2016

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

June 14, 2016

B.C. Reg. 132/2016 , deposited June 9, 2016, under the ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT [sections 14, 21, 138 and 139]. Order in Council 348/2016, approved and ordered June

9, 2016.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) the Organic Matter Recycling Regulation, B.C. Reg. 18/2002, is amended as

set out in

section 1 of the attached Schedule, and

(

b) the Permit Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 299/92, is amended as set out in

section

2 of the attached Schedule.

— M. POLAK, Minister of Environment ; S. CADIEUX, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

1 The Organic Matter Recycling Regulation, B.C. Reg. 18/2002, is amended by adding

the following sections:

Permit required

3.1 (1)

Section 2 (2) applies to a discharger in relation to a composting facility that

processes food waste or biosolids and has a design production capacity of 5 000 tonnes

or more of compost per year only if the discharger holds a permit for the composting

facility, unless the discharger holds an approval or operational certificate for that

composting facility.

(2) Despite

section 3 (2) (

a) and (b), a discharger required under this

section

the permit.

Transition – permit requirement under

section 3.1

(1) A discharger that is required under

section 3.1 (1) to hold a permit in relation

to a composting facility that is operating on the date this

section comes into force

must apply to a director for a permit within 60 days after that date.

(2) If a discharger described in subsection (1) fails to apply for a permit within

the 60 day period referred to in that subsection,

section 2 (2) does not apply to

the discharger until the application is submitted to the director.

(3) The director may specify a time by which a discharger that submits an application

under subsection (1) must,

(

a) under

section 3 of the Public Notification Regulation, provide information

respecting the application,

(

b) under

section 4 (1), (2) or (3) of the Public Notification Regulation, give

notice of the application,

(

c) under

section 5 (4) of the Public Notification Regulation, post the application

on a billboard,

(

d) under

section 6 (3) of the Public Notification Regulation, publish the application,

(

e) under

section 6 (5) of the Public Notification Regulation, post the application

in a post office.

(4) Section 2 (2) does not apply to a discharger described in subsection (1) until

the requirement is met if the discharger fails to

(

a) meet a requirement referred to in subsection (3) by the time specified by

the director, or

(

b) meet a requirement under the Public Notification Regulation by the time specified

in that regulation.

(5) A discharger to which subsection (1) applies is exempt from

section 3.1 (1)

until the date the director makes a decision in relation to the discharger’s application

under subsection (1) (

a) of this section.

Section 3 (5) of the Permit Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 299/92, is repealed and

the following substituted:

(5) The fee for each permit under subsection (1) is the base fee for the permit

type, as specified in Column 2 of

Schedule A opposite the permit type in Column 1,

if the permit

(

a) authorizes a discharge under one of the following regulations:

(

i) the Antisapstain Chemical Waste Control Regulation;

(ii) the Placer Mining Waste Control Regulation, or

(

b) is required under

section 3.1 (1) of the Organic Matter Recycling Regulation.

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