Alberta Regulation 263/2003

Student Financial Assistance Act

Student Loan Act

Students Finance Act

STUDENT LOAN LIMITS (NEW ACT, 2003) AMENDMENT ORDER

Filed: August 18, 2003

Made by the Minister of Learning (M.O. 064/2003) on July 3, 2003 pursuant

to sections 17(1) and 27(2) of

Schedule 1 of the Student Financial

Assistance Regulation.

1 The Loan Limits Order (AR 309/2002) is amended by this Order.

2 The following is added above "Student Loan Act":

Student Financial Assistance Act

3 The Title is amended by adding "STUDENT" before "LOAN".

4 The following heading is added before

section 1:

PART 1

Section 1 is amended by adding "(AR 298/2000)" after "Regulation".

Section 1(

c) is amended

(

a) by striking out

Law 50 000

Medicine 70 000

and substituting

Law 70 000

Medicine 95 000

(

b) by striking out "Masters 50 000" and substituting

Masters (except MBA) 50 000

Masters of Business Administration 60 000

Section 2(1) is amended

(

a) by adding "(AR 298/2000)" after "Regulation";

(

b) in clause (

a) by striking out "$16 500 in an academic year or

$8250" and substituting "$16 950 in an academic year or $8475";

(

c) in clause (

b) by striking out "$11 000 in an academic year or

$5500" and substituting "$11 300 in an academic year or $5650".

Section 2(2) is amended

(

a) in clause (

a) by striking out "$19 500 in an academic year or

$9750" and substituting "$20 100 in an academic year or $10 050";

(

b) in clause (

b) by striking out "$13 000 in an academic year or

$6500" and substituting "$13 400 in an academic year or $6700".

9 The following is added after

section 2:

PART 2

Maximum borrowing limits

3 The borrowing limits established under

section 17(1)(

b) of the

Student Financial Assistance Act for the purposes of

section 17(2) of that

Act are those set out in

section 1(

a) to (c).

Annual loan limits

4 The maximum amounts established under

section 17(1)(

a) of the

Student Financial Assistance Act that students may receive in any one

academic year in the form of loans are those set out in

section 2.

PART 3

GENERAL

Review

5 This Order must be reviewed before the 5th anniversary of the

enactment of the Student Loan Limits (New Act, 2003) Amendment Order and

afterwards at least every 5 years commencing from the previous review.

Coming into force

6 This Regulation comes into force on the commencement of

section

17 of the Student Financial Assistance Act.

Alberta Regulation 264/2003

Municipal Government Act

MACKENZIE REGIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT

COMMISSION REGULATION

Filed: August 19, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 380/2003) on August 19,

2003 pursuant to

section 602.02 of the Municipal Government Act.

Table of Contents

Establishment 1

Members 2

Services 3

Operating deficits 4

Sale of property 5

Profit and surplus 6

Conditions 7

Establishment

1 A regional services commission known as the Mackenzie Regional Waste

Management Commission is established.

Members

2 The following municipalities are members of the Commission:

(

a) The Municipal District of Mackenzie No. 23;

(

b) Town of High Level;

(

c) Town of Rainbow Lake.

Services

3 The Commission is authorized to provide solid waste management

services.

Operating deficits

4 The Commission may not assume operating deficits that are shown on the

books of any of the member municipalities.

Sale of property

5(1) The Commission may not, without the approval of the Minister, sell

any of its land, buildings or personal property the purchase of which has

been funded wholly or partly by grants from the Government of Alberta.

(2) The Minister may not approve a sale under subsection (1) unless the

Minister is satisfied

(

a) as to the repayment of grants from the Government of Alberta

and outstanding debt associated with that portion of the land, buildings

and personal property to be sold,

(

b) that the sale would not have a significant adverse effect on

the services the Commission provides, and

(

c) that the sale will be properly reflected in the rates

subsequently charged to the customers of the Commission.

Profit and surplus

6 Unless otherwise approved by the Minister, the Commission must not

(

a) operate for the purpose of making a profit, or

(

b) distribute any of its surplus to its member municipalities.

Conditions

7 The Minister may make an approval under

section 5 or 6 subject to any

terms or conditions that the Minister considers appropriate.

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Alberta Regulation 265/2003

Forests Act

TIMBER MANAGEMENT (ORIENTED STRAND BOARD)

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 19, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 382/2003) on August 19,

2003 pursuant to

section 4 of the Forests Act.

1 The Timber Management Regulation (AR 60/73) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 2 is amended by repealing clause 14.1.

Section 85 is amended

(

a) by adding the following after subsection (4):

(4.1) If the Minister is satisfied that deciduous timber harvested

under the authority of a coniferous timber permit is incidental to the

harvesting operations, the timber dues for the deciduous timber harvested

from the area are the base rate.

(4.2) If the Minister is satisfied that a percentage of timber in an

area is endangered by acts of nature or by development that is not

authorized by or under the Act, the timber dues for that percentage of

timber harvested from the area are the base rate.

(4.3) If the Minister is satisfied that the distance by road using a

reasonable route from the location where the timber is harvested to the

mill in which the timber is made into oriented strand board is 150

kilometres or greater, the timber dues for that timber are 50% of the rate

specified in

Schedule 4.

(

b) by repealing subsection (5) and substituting the following:

(5) The timber dues for a small stem log that, after being scaled in

accordance with the Scaling Regulation (AR 195/2002), has an average gross

volume per metre of length that is less than or equal to 0.024 cubic metres

are the base rate.

(6) The exceptions to the general rate of timber dues set out in

subsections (2) to (5) apply only if the timber is recorded and identified

separately to the satisfaction of the Minister.

Section 96(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) The timber dues under a forest management agreement, timber

licence or commercial timber permit for timber that is used or will likely

be used to make oriented strand board, other than a commercial timber

permit sold by lump sum bid, are due and owing on the last day of the

quarter of the year in which the dues determination activity for that

disposition occurs.

Schedule 4 is repealed and the following is substituted:

SCHEDULE 4

General Rate of Timber Dues

Timber Used to Make Oriented Strand Board

1 The timber dues for timber scaled or delivered to a mill, whichever

occurs first, in a quarter of the year are the rate set out in column 2 of

the following table that is opposite the price range in column 1, which is

the average monthly price during the same payment period for 1000 square

feet (referred to as MSF) of 7/16" oriented strand board (referred to as

OSB) as calculated under item 2 of this Schedule.

Table

COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2

OSB Price Range Timber Dues

$ per MSF 7/16" $ per cubic

metre of

roundwood

0.00 - 329.99 0.53

330.00 - 354.99 1.13

355.00 - 379.99 2.02

380.00 - 404.99 3.81

405.00 - 429.99 7.38

430.00 - 454.99 10.96

455.00 - 479.99 14.53

480.00 - 504.99 18.11

505.00 - 529.99 21.68

530.00 - 554.99 25.26

555.00 - 579.99 28.83

580.00 - 604.99 34.79

605.00 - 629.99 40.75

630.00 - 654.99 46.70

655.00 - 679.99 52.66

680.00 - 704.99 58.62

705.00 - 729.99 64.58

730.00 - 754.99 70.54

755.00 - 779.99 76.50

2 The average monthly price for MSF of 7/16" OSB in a quarter of the year

is calculated by

(

a) determining for each month in the quarter of the year the

average net F.O.B. mill price for MSF of 7/16" OSB for western Canadian

mills as shown in the publication titled Random Lengths, published by

Random Lengths Publications Inc.,

(

b) converting each monthly average price into Canadian dollars

using the exchange rate prescribed by the Minister for each month, and

(

c) calculating the average of those converted prices for those 3

months in the quarter of the year.

6 This Regulation comes into force on November 1, 2003.

Alberta Regulation 266/2003

Forests Act

TIMBER MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 19, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 383/2003) on August 19,

2003 pursuant to

section 4 of the Forests Act.

1 The Timber Management Regulation (AR 60/73) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 81(8) is amended by striking out "Minster" and substituting

"Minister".

Section 87 is amended by adding the following after subsection (6):

(7) If the Minister is satisfied that deciduous timber harvested

under the authority of a coniferous timber permit is incidental to the

harvesting operations, the timber dues for the deciduous timber harvested

from the area are the base rate.

Section 89 is amended

(

a) by adding the following after subsection (2.1):

(2.2) If the Minister is satisfied that the distance by road using

the most direct route from the location where the timber is harvested to

the mill in which the timber is made into veneer is 150 kilometres or

greater, the timber dues for that timber are 50% of the rate calculated

under item 1 of

Schedule 6.

(

b) in subsection (3) by striking out "and (2.1)" and substituting

", (2.1) and (2.2)".

Section 89.2(8) is amended by striking out "Minster" and substituting

"Minister".

Section 100(

i) is amended by striking out "insure" and substituting

"ensure".

Section 101(1) is amended by striking out "insuring" and substituting

"ensuring".

Section 116 is repealed.

Section 117 is repealed and the following is substituted:

117(1) Where timber or primary timber products are to be

transported, the shipper or vendor shall, before the timber or primary

timber products are transported on a public highway, accurately complete a

Form TM 9 or a similar form approved by a forest officer for each load that

is to be transported, and give to the carrier 2 copies of the completed

form.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a Form TM 9 is not required with

respect to the transporting of

(

a) roundwood that is not more than 2.2 metres in

length and that was harvested from privately owned land for personal use

and not for resale,

(

b) trees that are transplants or are to be used as

Christmas trees and were harvested from privately owned land for personal

use and not for resale, or

(

c) primary timber products that are the subject of a

Forest Products Tag or TM 66 tag issued under

section 67.

(3) Where a person buys timber or primary timber products from a

bona fide retailer of timber or primary timber products, a bill of sale or

invoice may be accepted in substitution for Form TM

Section 117.1 is repealed and the following is substituted:

117.1 Unless authorized by a forest officer, a person shall not

haul on a public highway a load of trees or logs where the load consists of

a combination of

(

a) trees or logs that were harvested from public land, and

(

b) trees or logs that were harvested from privately owned

land.

11 Sections 117.2 and 117.3 are repealed.

Section 118(1)(

c) is amended by adding "that is being delivered to a

mill that does not have a weigh scale" after "timber".

Section 142.5(4) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no reforestation levy is payable

on a local timber permit for

(

a) a tree that is not merchantable as defined by the

harvesting ground rules that apply to that permit,

(

b) the portion of a log that is above the top diameter

of the utilization standard for the log,

(

c) roundwood timber products that

(

i) exceed 2.4 metres but do not exceed 3

metres in length and have a peeled top diameter that does not exceed 7

centimetres, or

(ii) do not exceed 2.4 metres in length and

have a peeled top diameter that does not exceed 9 centimetres,

(

d) tamarack,

(

e) Christmas trees,

(

f) transplant trees, or

(

g) timber classified by the Minister as dead,

diseased, damaged or endangered or timber cleared for industrial use or on

land scheduled for agricultural development.

14 The following is added after

section 174:

175 For the purposes of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed

for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be

repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this

Regulation expires on April 30, 2008.

Schedule 2 is amended

(

a) by striking out "116,";

(

b) by striking out

"117.2 Not

less than $100 nor more than $200 for each offence.

117, 117.3(1)(

a) or (

b) Not less than $200 nor more than $500

for each offence.

117.3(1)(

c) or (

d) Not less than $100

nor more than $200 for each offence.

117.3(2) Not less

than $200 nor more than $500 for each offence."

and substituting

"117, 117.1 Not less than $200

nor more than $500 for each offence".

Schedule 3 is amended in clause (

a) by adding "and" at the end of

subclause (ii), by repealing "and" at the end of subclause (iii) and by

repealing subclause (iv).

Schedule 6 is amended by repealing

section 4.

18 This Regulation comes into force on October 1, 2003.

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Alberta Regulation 267/2003

Hospitals Act

HOSPITALIZATION BENEFITS AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 19, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 386/2003) on August 19,

2003 pursuant to

section 43 of the Hospitals Act.

1 The Hospitalization Benefits Regulation (AR 244/90) is amended by this

Regulation.

2 The following is added after

section 5(1):

(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a resident of Alberta who is

admitted to an auxiliary hospital as an in-patient for the purpose of

receiving palliative care or sub-acute care services shall not be required

to pay an accommodation charge.

(1.2) The exemption in subsection (1.1) ceases to apply if the

patient is assessed as no longer requiring palliative care or sub-acute

care services.

3 This Regulation comes into force on August 1, 2003.

Alberta Regulation 268/2003

Traffic Safety Act

URBAN AREA PRIMARY HIGHWAY SPEED LIMIT REGULATION

Filed: August 19, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 394/2003) on August 19,

2003 pursuant to

section 191 of the Traffic Safety Act.

Minister may prescribe speed limit

1(1) In the case of a primary highway or portion of a primary highway that

is located within an urban area, the Minister may prescribe a speed limit

that is higher or lower than 50 kilometres per hour.

(2) Where a speed limit is prescribed under section (1) it shall, for the

purposes of the Traffic Safety Act and its regulations, be deemed to be of

the same force and effect as if it had been prescribed under

section 108 of

the Act.

Repeal

2 This

section is repealed in accordance with

section 191(2) of the

Traffic Safety Act.

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Alberta Regulation 269/2003

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT

(MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 19, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 395/2003) on August 19,

2003 pursuant to sections 38, 86, 122 and 239 of the Environmental

Protection and Enhancement Act.

1 The Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Miscellaneous) Regulation

(AR 118/93) is amended by this Regulation.

2 The following is added after

section 8:

Codes of practice

8.1(1) The following codes of practice are adopted pursuant to

section 38 of the Act and form part of this Regulation:

(

a) the Code of Practice for Waterworks Systems Using

High Quality Groundwater, published by the Department, as amended or

replaced from time to time;

(

b) the Code of Practice for Waterworks Systems

Consisting Solely of a Water Distribution System, published by the

Department, as amended or replaced from time to time.

(2) A person who carries on an activity referred to in Column A of

the

Schedule shall comply with the corresponding code of practice referred

to in Column B of the

Schedule in the carrying on of that activity.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a waterworks system that is

operating on the date this

section comes into force until the date

specified by the Director in a notice in writing to the registration holder

advising the registration holder that the code of practice or part of the

code of practice is to apply.

(4) The notice referred to in subsection (3) must specify

(

a) that all or part of the code of practice is to

apply and if only

part is to apply, which part, and

(

b) the date on which all or part of the code of

practice is to apply.

(5) A person who receives a notice under subsection (3) shall comply

with the notice in accordance with its terms.

(6) Where subsection (2) does not apply to a waterworks system as a

result of the operation of subsection (3), the registration holder shall

comply with the conditions specified in the most recent approval for the

waterworks system issued under the Act, until the date specified in the

notice referred to in subsection (3).

Transitional - codes of practice

8.2 Where before the coming into force of the Activities

Designation Regulation a person held an approval in respect of an activity

listed in

Schedule 2, Division 5 of that Regulation,

(

a) that approval is deemed to be a registration for

the purposes of the Act, and

(

b) the deemed registration has no expiry date.

Section 9 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Offences

9 A person who contravenes

(

a) section 8.1(2), (5) or (6) of this Regulation,

(

b) section 2, 3, 4(1), (2) or (4), 5(1), (3) or (4),

6(1) or (3), 7(1) or (3), 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 or 17(1), (2), (3) or

(5) of the Potable Water Regulation, or

(

c) section 2 or 5(1), (2) or (5) of the Wastewater and

Storm Drainage (Ministerial) Regulation,

is guilty of an offence and is liable

(

d) in the case of an individual, to a fine of not more

than $50 000, or

(

e) in the case of a corporation, to a fine of not more

than $500

Section 10 is amended by striking out "section 9(1)" and substituting

"section 9".

Section 10.1 is repealed.

6 The following is added after

section 11:

SCHEDULE

Column A

Column B

Construction, operation or reclamation of a waterworks system identified in

clause (

a) or (

c) of

Schedule 2, Division 5 of the Activities Designation

Regulation

Code of Practice for Waterworks Systems Using High Quality Groundwater

Construction, operation or reclamation of a waterworks system identified in

clause (

b) or (

d) of

Schedule 2, Division 5 of the Activities Designation

Regulation, except a water distribution system serving a development that

is located on land that is included in a condominium plan registered under

the Land Titles Act, where the development is located in and receives its

potable water from a city, town, specialized municipality, village, summer

village, hamlet or settlement area as defined in the Metis Settlements Act

Code of Practice for a Waterworks System Consisting Solely of a Water

Distribution System

7 This Regulation comes into force on October 1, 2003.

Alberta Regulation 270/2003

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act

SUBSTANCE RELEASE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 19, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 396/2003) on August 19,

2003 pursuant to sections 38 and 122 of the Environmental Protection and

Enhancement Act.

1 The Substance Release Regulation (AR 124/93) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 14.1 is amended by striking out "Code" and substituting "code

of practice".

3 The

Schedule is repealed and the following

Schedule is substituted:

SCHEDULE

Column A

Column B

asphalt paving plant

Code of Practice for Asphalt Paving Plants

concrete producing plant

Code of Practice for Concrete Producing Plants

compressor and pumping stations

sweet gas processing plant

Code of Practice for Compressors, Pumping Stations and Sweet Gas Processing

Plants

foundry

Code of Practice for Foundries

hydrostatic testing

Code of Practice for Discharge of Hydrostatic Test Water from Hydrostatic

Testing of Petroleum Liquid and Natural Gas Pipelines

hydrologic tracing analysis

Code of Practice for Hydrologic Tracing Analysis Studies

tanker truck washing facility

Code of Practice for Tanker Truck Washing Facilities

4 This Regulation comes into force on October 1, 2003.

Alberta Regulation 271/2003

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act

PESTICIDE SALES, HANDLING, USE AND APPLICATION

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 19, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 397/2003) on August 19,

2003 pursuant to sections 86 and 166 of the Environmental Protection and

Enhancement Act.

1 The Pesticide Sales, Handling, Use and Application Regulation (AR

24/97) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 1 is amended

(

a) by repealing clause (

q) and substituting the following:

(q) "dispenser" means a person 18 years of age or older

who holds a dispenser certificate recognized by the Director or has other

qualifications recognized by the Director;

(

b) in clause (

u) by striking out ", but does not include

groceries";

(

c) by repealing clause (aa)(

i) and substituting the following:

(

i) a Ministerial Order dated May 7, 1985 and made

pursuant to

section 10 of the Public Lands Act (RSA 1980 cP-30), as that

Order is amended from time to time, or

(

d) by repealing clause (cc) and substituting the following:

(cc) "grocery store" means a store that sells primarily

food, including but not limited to

(

i) fresh or frozen meat,

(ii) fresh or frozen produce,

(iii) fresh dairy products, and

(iv) baked goods;

(

e) in clause (ee) by striking out " , but does not include the

exchange of agricultural production services among commercial

agriculturalists";

(

f) in clause (ll) by adding the following after subclause (viii):

(ix) a man-made water hazard that is located on a golf

course and has no outflow of water beyond the golf course boundary;

Section 3 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Exemption for research and testing

3 A researcher who is conducting research or testing in accordance

with the Pest Control Products Act (Canada) is exempt from

(

a) section 163 of the Act,

(

b) this Regulation, except sections 2 and 5, and

(

c) the Pesticide (Ministerial) Regulation (AR 43/97),

except

section

Section 8 is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):

(4) No person shall divert water from a river, stream, lake, natural

watercourse or other natural water body for the purposes of pesticide

application unless

(

a) the person is an exempted agricultural user under

section 19 of the Water Act, or

(

b) the person is diverting water such that

(

i) no more than 50 cubic metres of water

is drawn from any location site in a calendar year,

(ii) the water source is not in an area

where there is administration of the priority of water licences and

registrations under the Water Act, and

(iii) the diversion of water will not result

in a significant adverse effect on the aquatic environment.

Section 13(

b) is amended by striking out "a training course" and

substituting "training".

Section 17 is amended by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the

following:

(2) A registrant or registrant's agent must forward to the Director

within 30 days of the date of a written request from the Director

(

a) a list of all persons in Alberta to whom the

registrant supplies any pesticides listed in

Schedule 1, 2, 3 or 4, and

(

b) the names and total quantity of pesticides sold.

Section 20(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) No person shall sell at retail a pesticide listed in

Schedule 1

or 2 to any person unless that person

(

a) holds the appropriate pesticide service

registration,

(

b) is an applicator,

(

c) is a commercial agriculturalist, or

(

d) is a person purchasing a pesticide for acreage or

hobby greenhouse use where the pesticide is authorized for acreage or hobby

greenhouse use as defined by the latest edition of the Environmental Code

of Practice for Pesticides published by the Department.

Section 23(1) is repealed.

Section 25 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Display or sell

25 No person shall display or sell

(

a) a pesticide listed in

Schedule 1, 2 or 3 in a

grocery store;

(

b) a pesticide listed in

Schedule 4 in a grocery store

where the display or sale of the pesticide has caused, is causing or may

cause an adverse effect.

Section 29 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Disposal of other containers or grain

29(1) A person disposing of

(

a) paper, glass, cardboard material or a bag that

contained a pesticide listed in

Schedule 1 or 2 or that held a container

that contained such a pesticide,

(

b) a container that contained a pesticide listed in

Schedule 3 or 4, or

(

c) seed or grain that has been treated or mixed with a

pesticide,

must do so in accordance with the Waste Control Regulation (AR

192/96) unless otherwise authorized by the Director.

(2) Subsection (1)(

a) does not limit recycling of cardboard material

that held a container that contained a pesticide listed in

Schedule 1 or 2

if there is no pesticide contamination on the cardboard material.

Section 32(2) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(2) No person shall dispose of pesticide concentrate except in

accordance with the Waste Control Regulation (AR 192/96).

(3) Where a pesticide concentrate is not specified in the Waste

Control Regulation (AR 192/96), the pesticide concentrate must be disposed

in a manner that will not cause an adverse effect.

Section 33(

b) is amended by adding "13(2)," after "12," and by

striking out "or 19" and substituting ", 19 or 20(2)".

13 The following is added after

section 36:

Review

Review

37 In compliance with the ongoing regulatory review initiative,

this Regulation must be reviewed on or before July 31, 2008 and not less

frequently than every 5 years after that date.

Alberta Regulation 272/2003

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act

WASTE CONTROL AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 19, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 398/2003) on August 19,

2003 pursuant to sections 175 and 187 of the Environmental Protection and

Enhancement Act.

1 The Waste Control Regulation (AR 192/96) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 1 is amended

(

a) in clause (

s) by striking out "(SOR/85-77)" and substituting

"(SOR/2001-286)";

(

b) by repealing clauses (cc) and (dd) and substituting the

following:

(cc) "oilfield waste" means an unwanted substance or

mixture of substances that results from the construction, operation,

abandonment or reclamation of a facility, well site or pipeline within the

meaning of the Oil and Gas Conservation Act and the regulations under that

Act but does not include an unwanted substance or mixture of substances

from such a source that is received for storage, treatment, disposal or

recycling at a facility authorized for that activity pursuant to the

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act;

(dd) "oilfield waste management facility" means a

facility that is approved under the Oil and Gas Conservation Act and the

regulations under that Act to process, treat, dispose of, store or recycle

oilfield waste;

(

c) by repealing clause (gg) and substituting the following:

(gg) "recyclable" means a substance or mixture of

substances that is intended to be recycled;

(

d) by repealing clause (ll) and substituting the following:

(ll) "waste" means any solid or liquid material or

product or combination of them that is intended to be treated or disposed

of or that is intended to be stored and then treated or disposed of, but

does not include recyclables;

Section 17 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Application

17(1)

Section 169 of the Act does not apply to a person consigning

for shipment less than 205 litres, or less than 205 kilograms, of hazardous

recyclables.

(2) Section 169(

b) of the Act does not apply to a hazardous

recyclable that is being consigned for shipment to an oilfield waste

management facility.

4 This Regulation comes into force on October 1, 2003.

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Alberta Regulation 273/2003

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act

WASTEWATER AND STORM DRAINAGE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 19, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 399/2003) on August 19,

2003 pursuant to sections 86, 122 and 239 of the Environmental Protection

and Enhancement Act.

1 The Wastewater and Storm Drainage Regulation (AR 119/93) is amended by

this Regulation.

Section 1 is amended

(

a) by repealing clause (d.1) and substituting the following:

(d.1) "industrial development" means any development on

the site of a plant;

(

b) by repealing clause (

g) and substituting the following:

(g) "municipal development" means any development that

consists of 2 or more lots, but does not include a city, town, specialized

municipality, village, summer village, hamlet, settlement area as defined

in the Metis Settlements Act, privately owned development or industrial

development;

(

c) by repealing clause (

h) and substituting the following:

(h) "owner" of a wastewater system or storm drainage

system means

(

i) the local authority of a city, town,

specialized municipality, village, summer village or settlement area as

defined in the Metis Settlements Act in which the wastewater system or

storm drainage system is located;

(ii) for a hamlet

(

A) a cooperative, as defined

in the Cooperatives Act, formed by the individual lot owners served by the

hamlet's wastewater system or storm drainage system, or

(

B) if no cooperative exists,

the local authority of the municipal district, improvement district,

specialized municipality or special area in which the hamlet's wastewater

system or storm drainage system is located;

(iii) for a municipal development,

(

A) the local authority of the

municipal district, improvement district, specialized municipality or

special area in which the municipal development's wastewater system or

storm drainage system is located,

(

B) the owner of a private

utility, or

(

C) where neither paragraph (

A) nor (

B) applies, the collection of individual lot owners located in the

municipal development that is served by the wastewater system or storm

drainage system;

(iv) for a privately owned development, the

owner of the privately owned development;

(

v) for a wastewater system or storm

drainage system owned by a regional services commission, the regional

services commission that owns the wastewater system or storm drainage

system;

(vi) for a wastewater system or storm

drainage system that is a private utility, the owner of the private

utility;

(vii) for an industrial development, the

owner of the industrial development in which the wastewater system or storm

drainage system is located;

(

d) in clause (i)

(

i) by adding the following after subclause (iii):

(iii.1) the approval holder

or registration holder, as the case may be, for the wastewater system or

storm drainage system,

(ii) in subclause (iv) by striking out "or (iii)" and

substituting ", (iii) or (iii.1)";

(iii) in subclause (

v) by adding ", (iii.1)" after

"(iii)";

(

e) by repealing clause (

k) and substituting the following:

(k) "privately owned development" means a recreational

development, school, mobile home park, restaurant, motel, community hall,

work camp, holiday trailer park, campsite, picnic site, information centre

or other similar development, including such a development owned or

operated by the Government, that is on a parcel of land that is not

subdivided, but does not include a single family dwelling or a farmstead;

(

f) by adding the following after clause (l):

(l.01) "professional engineer" means a professional

engineer or registered professional technologist (engineering) under the

Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Act;

(

g) in clause (

o) by striking out "means storm" and substituting

"means" and by striking out "new town" and substituting "specialized

municipality";

(

h) by adding the following after clause (s):

(s.1) "wastewater lagoon" means a wastewater treatment

plant that consists of one or more designed and constructed surface

impoundments used for biological and physical treatment of wastewater, but

does not include such a plant that uses mechanical aeration;

(

i) by repealing clause (

t) and substituting the following:

(t) "wastewater treatment plant" means any structure,

thing or process used for physical, chemical, biological or radiological

treatment of wastewater, and includes a structure, thing or process used

for

(

i) wastewater storage,

(ii) treated wastewater use and disposal,

and

(iii) sludge treatment, storage and disposal;

Section 2 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Application

2(1) This Regulation only applies to a wastewater system or storm

drainage system as designated in

(

a) Schedule 1, Division 2,

Part 7, or

(

b) Schedule 2, Division 2,

of the Activities Designation Regulation, including replacements,

extensions, additions and modifications referred to in the Notes in those

provisions.

Section 3 is amended by striking out "ensure that this Regulation is

complied with" and substituting "comply with this Regulation".

5 The following is added after

section 3:

Adoption of codes of practice

3.1(1) The following codes of practice are adopted pursuant to

section 38 of the Act and form part of this Regulation:

(

a) the Code of Practice for Wastewater Systems Using a

Wastewater Lagoon, published by the Department, as amended or replaced from

time to time;

(

b) the Code of Practice for Wastewater Systems

Consisting Solely of a Wastewater Collection System, published by the

Department, as amended or replaced from time to time.

Duty to comply with codes

3.2(1) A person who carries on any activity referred to in Column A

of the

Schedule shall comply with the corresponding code of practice

referred to in Column B of the

Schedule in the carrying on of that

activity.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a wastewater system that is

operating on the date this

section comes into force until the date

specified by the Director in a notice in writing to the registration holder

advising the registration holder that the code of practice or part of the

code of practice is to apply.

(3) The notice referred to in subsection (2) must specify

(

a) that all or part of the code of practice is to

apply and if only

part is to apply, which part, and

(

b) the date on which all or part of the code of

practice is to apply.

(4) Where subsection (1) does not apply to a wastewater system as a

result of the operation of subsection (2), the registration holder shall

comply with the conditions specified in the most recent approval for the

wastewater system issued under the Act, until the date specified in the

notice referred to in subsection (2).

(5) A person who receives a notice under subsection (2) shall comply

with the notice in accordance with its terms.

Section 4 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Substance release requirements

4 A wastewater system and a storm drainage system must each be

(

a) designed,

(

b) operated, and

(

c) maintained

to achieve under all normal and foreseeable operating conditions all

substance release requirements as specified in this Regulation, an approval

or the applicable code of practice.

Section 5 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by adding "each" after "must";

(

b) in subsection (1)(

a) by adding ", as amended or replaced from

time to time" after "Department";

(

c) by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) The design of any wastewater system or storm drainage system

or any portion of it must be stamped and signed by a professional engineer.

8 The following is added after

section 5:

Construction to design standards

5.1 A wastewater system and a storm drainage system must each be

constructed according to the applicable design standard referred to in

section

Section 6 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Extension and replacement of collection systems

6(1) Prior to commencing an extension of a wastewater collection

system or storm drainage collection system or a replacement of a portion of

a wastewater collection system or storm drainage collection system, the

approval holder or registration holder, as the case may be, in respect of

the wastewater system or storm drainage system shall inform the Director in

writing of the intention to undertake the extension or replacement.

(2) The information under subsection (1) must contain at least the

following, as applicable:

(

a) the approval number or the registration number for

the wastewater system or storm drainage system as issued under the Act;

(

b) the location of the proposed extension or

replacement;

(

c) written confirmation, stamped and signed by a

professional engineer, that the increased flow associated with the

extension or replacement is within the design capacity of the existing

wastewater collection system or storm drainage collection system;

(

d) written confirmation, stamped and signed by a

professional engineer, that the increased flow associated with the

extension or replacement is within the design capacity of the wastewater

system or storm drainage system providing treatment of the collected

wastewater or storm drainage;

(

e) a statement of whether or not the design of the

extension or replacement meets the standards in the Standards and

Guidelines for Municipal Waterworks, Wastewater and Storm Drainage Systems,

published by the Department, as amended or replaced from time to time;

(

f) any other information required by the Director.

(3) No person shall commence

(

a) an extension of a wastewater collection system or

storm drainage collection system, or

(

b) a replacement of a portion of the wastewater

collection system or storm drainage collection system,

if the design does not comply with the design standards set out in

the Standards and Guidelines for Municipal Waterworks, Wastewater and Storm

Drainage Systems, published by the Department, as amended or replaced from

time to time, unless that person has obtained the written authorization of

the Director.

(4) On request, the approval holder or registration holder, as the

case may be, in respect of the wastewater system or storm drainage system

shall immediately provide to the Director or an inspector any engineering

drawings, specifications or other information regarding any aspect of the

extension or replacement to which this

section applies.

Storm drainage treatment facilities

6.1(1) No person shall commence construction of an additional storm

drainage treatment facility or a modification of a storm drainage treatment

facility except in accordance with a written authorization from the

Director.

(2) The application for written authorization under subsection

(1) must contain the following as applicable:

(

a) the approval number or the registration number for

the storm drainage system as issued under the Act;

(

b) the location of the proposed storm drainage

treatment facility;

(

c) engineering drawings of the addition or

modification, stamped and signed by a professional engineer;

(

d) a description of the project including

(

i) the location of the immediate and

ultimate system discharge points from the proposed storm drainage treatment

facility, and

(ii) the nature and extent of treatment of

the storm drainage before discharge to the environment;

(

e) predevelopment storm drainage flow and post

development storm drainage flow from the area served by the proposed storm

drainage treatment facility;

(

f) design hydraulic capacity of the proposed storm

drainage treatment facility;

(

g) written confirmation, stamped and signed by a

professional engineer that the increased flow associated with the proposed

storm drainage treatment facility is within the design capacity of the

existing storm drainage system;

(

h) any other information required by the Director.

(3) On request, the approval holder or registration holder shall

immediately provide to the Director or an inspector any engineering

drawings, specifications or other information regarding any aspect of an

addition or modification to which this

section applies.

Snow disposal

6.2(1) No person shall, at the same location for a period exceeding

one year, dispose of snow that has been removed from a city, town,

specialized municipality, hamlet, settlement area as defined in the Metis

Settlements Act, municipal development or privately owned development

unless the Director has been informed in writing of the intention to

dispose of snow at that location.

(2) The information under subsection (1) must include at least

(

a) a description of the location of the snow disposal

site, and

(

b) a comparison of the design of the snow disposal

site with the design guidelines in the Snow Disposal Guidelines for the

Province of Alberta, published by the Department, as amended from time to

time.

Section 7(1) is amended by adding "or is authorized in writing by the

Director" after "approval".

Section 7.1 is repealed.

12 Sections 8, 9 and 9.1 are repealed and the following is substituted:

Land application of sludge

8(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall apply sludge to land

except in accordance with the written authorization of the Director.

(2) Subsections (1) and (3) to (7) do not apply where an approval

provides for the proposed application of sludge or where the proposed

application of sludge is governed by a code of practice.

(3) A sludge application project must be developed in accordance

with

(

a) the Guidelines for the Application of Municipal

Wastewater Sludges to Agricultural Lands, published by the Department, as

amended or replaced from time to time, and

(

b) the Standards and Guidelines for Municipal

Waterworks, Wastewater and Storm Drainage Systems, published by the

Department, as amended or replaced from time to time.

(4) An application for authorization for a sludge application

project must contain at least the following information:

(

a) the approval number issued under the Act for the

wastewater system from which the sludge will be taken;

(

b) the location of the land on which the sludge is to

be applied;

(

c) the proposed sludge application rate and how that

rate was derived;

(

d) written consent to the proposed project from

(

i) all owners of land on which sludge is

to be applied, and

(ii) the local authorities of all

municipalities in which sludge is to be applied;

(

e) any other information required by the Director.

(5) The person responsible for the wastewater system shall prepare a

report within 2 months following completion of the sludge application

project.

(6) The report referred to in subsection (5) shall contain

(

a) the location of land on which sludge was applied,

(

b) the actual sludge and lime application rate for

each application site, and

(

c) a record of any public concerns respecting the

sludge application project.

(7) The person responsible for the wastewater system shall retain a

report referred to in subsection (5) for 5 years from its creation.

Wastewater irrigation

9(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall use treated

wastewater for irrigation except in accordance with the written

authorization of the Director.

(2) Subsections (1) and (3) to (7) do not apply where an approval

provides for the proposed irrigation or where the proposed irrigation is

governed by a code of practice.

(3) A treated wastewater irrigation project must be developed in

accordance with:

(

a) the Guidelines for Municipal Wastewater Irrigation,

published by the Department, as amended or replaced from time to time, and

(

b) the Standards and Guidelines for Municipal

Waterworks, Wastewater and Storm Drainage Systems, published by the

Department, as amended or replaced from time to time.

(4) An application for authorization for a wastewater irrigation

project must contain at least the following information:

(

a) the approval number issued under the Act for the

wastewater system from which the treated wastewater will be taken;

(

b) the location of the land on which the proposed

irrigation is to take place;

(

c) the proposed treated wastewater irrigation rate and

how that rate was derived;

(

d) the proposed method of irrigation;

(

e) written consent to the proposed project from

(

i) all owners of land on which the

proposed irrigation is to take place, and

(ii) the local authorities of all

municipalities in which the proposed irrigation is to take place;

(

f) any other information required by the Director.

(5) The person responsible for the wastewater system shall prepare a

report within 2 months following completion of the treated wastewater

irrigation project.

(6) The report referred to in subsection (5) shall contain

(

a) the location of land on which the irrigation took

place,

(

b) the actual treated wastewater irrigation rate for

each irrigation site, and

(

c) a record of any public concerns respecting the

wastewater irrigation project.

(7) The person responsible for the wastewater system shall retain a

report referred to in subsection (5) for 5 years from its creation.

Re-use

9.1(1) No person shall use treated wastewater in a manner or for a

purpose other than

(

a) for irrigation to which

section 9 applies, or

(

b) a manner or purpose that is provided for in an

approval or is governed by a code of practice

except in accordance with the written authorization of the Director.

(2) An application for an authorization under subsection (1) must

contain at least the following information:

(

a) a description of the nature of the proposed use of

treated wastewater,

(

b) information regarding all potential adverse effects

of the project, and

(

c) any other information required by the Director.

Section 10 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Offence

10 A person who contravenes

section 3, 3.2(1), (4) or (5), 4, 5(1),

(1.1) or (3), 5.1, 6(1), (3) or (4), 6.1(1) or (3), 6.2(1), 7(1), 8(1),

(3), (5), (6) or (7), 9(1), (3), (5), (6) or (7) or 9.1(1) is guilty of an

offence and liable

(

a) in the case of an individual, to a fine of not more

than $50 000, or

(

b) in the case of a corporation, to a fine of not more

than $500 000.

14 The following is added after

section 12:

SCHEDULE

Column A

Column B

Construction, operation or reclamation of a wastewater system that is

described in clause (

d) of Division 2 of

Schedule 2 in the Activities

Designation Regulation.

Code of Practice for Wastewater Systems Using a Wastewater Lagoon

Construction, operation or reclamation of a wastewater system described in

clause (

e) of Division 2 of

Schedule 2 in the Activities Designation

Regulation, except a wastewater collection system serving a development

that is located on land that is included in a condominium plan registered

under the Land Titles Act, where the development is located in and the

wastewater collection is provided by a city, town, specialized

municipality, village, summer village, hamlet or settlement area as defined

in the Metis Settlements Act

Code of Practice for Wastewater Systems Consisting Solely of a Wastewater

Collection System

15 This Regulation comes into force on October 1, 2003.

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Alberta Regulation 274/2003

Persons with Developmental Disabilities

Community Governance Act

GOVERNANCE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: August 19, 2003

Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 400/2003) on August 19,

2003 pursuant to

section 23 of the Persons with Developmental Disabilities

Community Governance Act.

1 The Governance Regulation (AR 208/97) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 2 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Term of office

2(1) A Board member may be initially appointed for up to 3 years,

and subsequent reappointments may be for up to 3 years, but, subject to

subsection (2), a Board member may not serve for more than 6 consecutive

years.

(2) If the Minister considers it in the interest of the Board to do

so, a Board member may serve for up to 9 consecutive years.

(3) A member of a Board continues to hold office after the expiry of

the member's term of office until the member is reappointed or a successor

is appointed.

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Alberta Regulation 275/2003

Forest and Prairie Protection Act

FOREST PROTECTION (PAYMENT FOR SERVICES, VEHICLES

AND EQUIPMENT) REGULATION

Filed: August 22, 2003

Made by the Minister of Sustainable Resource Development (M.O. 35/03) on

August 12, 2003 pursuant to

section 42 of the Forest and Prairie Protection

Act.

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "Act" means the Forest and Prairie Protection Act;

(b) "Department" means the department under the Minister determined

under

section 16 of the Government Organization Act as the Minister

responsible for the Act.

Remuneration and rates for services, vehicles and equipment

2(1) The remuneration to be paid for services provided in wildfire

suppression and other forest protection operations is to be determined in

accordance with

Schedule 1.

(2) The rates to be paid for the use of vehicles and equipment in wildfire

suppression and other forest protection operations are to be determined in

accordance with

Schedule 2.

(3) The remuneration and the rates referred to in subsections (1) and

(2) are to be calculated from the date this Regulation comes into force.

Repeal

3 The Forest Protection (Payment for Services, Vehicles and Equipment)

Regulation (AR 150/2001) is repealed.

Expiry

4 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in

its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires

on June 30, 2013.

Schedule 1

Remuneration for Services

1 In this Schedule,

(a) "certified person" means a person who has the training and

experience necessary to be certified under the FPD Wildfire Certification

Program;

(b) "qualified person" means a person who meets the requirements to

be qualified under the FPD Wildfire Certification Program;

(c) "trainee" means a person who does not meet the requirements to

be qualified under the FPD Wildfire Certification Program but meets the

minimum requirements necessary to carry out a position until training or

experience, or both, have been acquired;

(d) "uncertified person" means a person who does not have the

training and experience necessary to be certified under the FPD Wildfire

Certification Program but meets the minimum requirements necessary to carry

out a position until training or experience, or both, have been acquired.

2 The remuneration payable to persons holding the positions set out in

Column 1 of the following table is to be determined in accordance with the

rates set out in Column 2 of the following table:

TABLE

Column 1 Column 2

Category Hourly Rate

of Service Certified Uncertified

Provided Person or Person

Qualified or Trainee

Person

(1) Command Section*

Wildfire Information Officer $ 17.39 n/a

(2) Operations Section*

(

a) Sustained Action Member Type 3 $10.17 $ 8.97

(

b) Sustained Action Member Type 2 12.57 11.37

(

c) Helitack Member Type 1 14.95 13.76

(

d) Sustained Action Sub-leader Type 2 13.76 12.57

(

e) Helitack Sub-Leader Type 1 16.15 14.95

(

f) Sustained Action Leader Type 3 12.57 11.37

(

g) Sustained Action Leader Type 2 14.95 13.76

(

h) Helitack Leader Type 1 17.35 16.15

(

i) Strike Team Leader 18.29 17.09

(

j) Sector Leader 18.55 17.35

(

k) Operations

Section Chief 2 18.81 17.61

(

l) Dozer Boss 16.27 15.07

(

m) Heavy Equipment Group Supervisor 17.46 16.27

(

n) Aerial Observer 17.35 16.15

(

o) Helibase Manager 14.00 12.81

(

p) Mixing Crew Member 10.98 9.78

(3) Planning Section*

(

a) Planning

Section Chief 2 $18.55 $17.35

(

b) Time Unit Leader 15.82 14.63

(

c) Situation Unit Leader 15.82 14.63

(

d) Resource Unit Leader 14.02 12.83

(

e) Demobilization Unit Leader 14.02 12.83

(

f) Documentation Unit Leader 14.02 12.83

(4) Logistics Section*

(

a) Cook's Helper $ 8.56 n/a

(

b) Cook 1 12.81 $11.61

(

c) Cook 2 10.77 9.57

(

d) Facility Unit Leader 14.00 12.81

(

e) Base or Camp Manager 12.57 11.37

(

f) Mechanic - licensed 16.29 n/a

(

g) Mechanic non-licensed n/a 11.55

(

h) Stevedore 8.56 7.36

(

i) Stevedore Foreman 10.47 8.97

(

j) Supply Unit Leader 15.79 14.61

(

k) Logistics

Section Chief 2 18.55 17.35

(

l) Ground Support Unit Leader 14.00 12.81

(

m) Driver 10.98 n/a

(

n) Fire Administrative Support 12.57 10.47

(

o) Course Training Rate 6.43 6.43

(

p) Heavy Equipment Manager 14.00 12.81

(

q) Receiving and Distribution Manager 14.00 12.81

(

r) Ordering Manager 14.00 12.81

(

s) Equipment Recovery Manager 14.00 12.81

(

t) Radio Operator 1 13.48 12.30

(

u) Radio Operator 2 12.30 11.39

*All out-of-service Incident Command System (ICS) Type I Overhead

positions are to be paid at the rate of $20.82 per hour or paid according

to a personal services contract. Positions include the following:

 Operations

Section Chief 1,

 Planning

Section Chief 1,

 Logistics

Section Chief 1,

 Operations Branch Director,

 Air Operations Branch Director.

The Incident Commander position must be filled by in-service staff.

3 Remuneration for overtime hours is to be calculated in accordance with

the Employment Standards Code and the Employment Standards Regulation (AR

14/97).

4 Holiday remuneration is to be calculated at the rate of 4% on all

regular hours worked, and is not calculated on overtime hours.

Schedule 2

Rates for the Use of Vehicles

and Equipment

1 The rates prescribed in this

Schedule include amounts to be paid for

the provision of fuel and remuneration for the operator, unless otherwise

specified.

2(1) The rates to be paid for the hire of passenger cars and trucks are to

be determined in accordance with the following:

(

a) passenger cars (all makes) $48/day;

(

b) light trucks and vans (all makes):

(

i) up to and including 3/4 ton,

2-wheel drive $114/day;

(ii) up to and including 3/4 ton,

4-wheel drive $162/day;

(iii) 6 to 8 passenger van $37/hr;

(iv) 9 to 12 passenger van $43/hr;

(v) 13 to 15 passenger van $53/hr;

(

c) quads (all makes) $128/day;

(

d) trucks 1 ton and over (all makes):

(i) 1 ton or more but less than 2 tons $53/hr;

(ii) 2 tons or more but less than 3 tons $58/hr;

(iii) 3 tons or more $69/hr.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if vehicles are hired from a

commercial rental business, the rental rate of that business is the rate to

be paid.

3(1) The rates to be paid in respect of skidders are to be determined in

accordance with the Alberta Road Builders and Heavy Construction

Association Equipment Rental Rates Guide.

(2) The hourly rate is to be determined in accordance with the following:

(

a) equipment servicing and the use of the service vehicle is to be

part of the hourly rate;

(

b) if the skidder or nodwell hired is equipped with a water tank

and pump and hose, the rate is to be increased in accordance with this

Regulation;

(

c) if the operator does not supply the fuel, the rate is to be

decreased by 10%.

4 The rates to be paid in respect of tracked vehicles including nodwells

are to be determined in accordance with the following:

Equipment Hourly Rate

(

a) Bombardier

(

i) Bombi $ 68.00

(ii) Model J-5 (tractor) 72.00

(iii) Model S-6 (3-4 tons) 72.00

(iv) Model N-5 (3-4 tons) 72.00

(

v) Muskeg Carrier (3-4 tons) 82.50

(vi) Safari (3-4 tons) 82.50

(vii) Terrain Master (7 1/4 tons) 95.00

(

b) Flextrack Nodwell RN or FN Models

(i) 10, 1/2 ton $ 64.00

(ii) 15, 1/4 ton 74.00

(iii) 20, 1 ton 80.00

(iv) 30, 1 1/2 tons 83.00

(v) 60, 3 tons 87.00

(vi) 75, 3 3/4 tons 95.00

(vii) 110, 6 tons 97.50

(viii) 160, 8 tons 97.50

(ix) 240, 12 tons 116.50

(x) 400, 20 tons 170.00

(xi) 600, 35 tons 201.50

(

c) Foremost

(

i) Surego, 1/2 ton $ 68.00

(ii) S200, 2 tons 79.50

(iii) 6T, 6 tons (4 track drive) 95.00

(iv) 8T, 8 tons (4 track drive) 106.00

(v) 12T, 12 tons (4 track drive) 122.00

(

d) Artco/Hillbrand/Flotation Tire Unit

(

i) Model H $ 83.00

(ii) Model J 96.00

(iii) Model K or L, 4x4 98.00

(iv) Model K or L, 6x6 124.00

(

v) F.M.C. Steel Track Model 210CA $215.00

5 The rates to be paid in respect of miscellaneous firefighting equipment

are to be determined in accordance with the following:

(1) Portable Fire Pumps (all types)

(

a) Pumps with 50 mm (2") or larger discharge

ports, rate per hour $ 4.75

(

b) Pumps with 38 mm (1 1/2") discharge ports,

rate per hour $ 4.25

(

c) Pumps with 25 mm (1") or smaller discharge

ports, rate per hour $ 3.75

 The above rates apply only if the Department supplies gasoline and

oil.

 If the owner or operator supplies gasoline and oil, the rates are

increased by $1.00 per hour.

(2) Power Saws (all types)

(

a) Saws with engine size of 54 to 57 cc, rate per

hour $4.50

(

b) Saws with engine size over 57 cc, rate per

hour $5.50

 The above rates apply only if the Department supplies gasoline and

oil.

 If the owner or operator supplies gasoline and oil, the rates are

increased by $1.00 per hour.

(3) Fire Hose

For each 30-metre length of lined discharge fire hose supplied by the owner

or operator, the rate to be paid is $0.20 per length per hour.

(4) Skidder and Nodwell Tanks

The rate to be paid in respect of water tanks for skidders and nodwells is

to be calculated at a rate of $0.006 per litre per hour.

 Add applicable rate per day for portable fire pump if tank is so

equipped or pump is required.

 Add applicable rate per day for pump fuel and oil if supplied by

owner or operator.

 Add applicable rate if hose is supplied by owner or operator.

(5) Stationary Tanks (tanks only) without a truck or pump

Imperial Gallons Litres Daily Rate

100 455 $ 6.25

200 910 8.50

300 1364 10.50

301-999 1365-4549 13.75

1000 4550 22.25

2000 9090 34.00

3000 13 638 36.00

4000 18 180 38.00

5000 22 730 42.50

6000 27 280 53.00

7000 31 820 58.25

8000 36 370 63.50

9000 40 914 69.00

10 000 45 460 74.25

 Add applicable rate per day for portable fire pump if tank is so

equipped or pump is required.

 Add applicable rate per day for pump fuel and oil if supplied by

owner or operator.

 Add applicable rate if hose is supplied by owner or operator.

(6) Special Units

Municipal fire truck complete with

5-person crew $375.00/hr

Rescue Unit 132.50/hr

Tanker 132.50/hr

These rates apply unless the municipality has a published rate or the rates

are covered in an existing Fire Control Agreement.

6(1) The rates to be paid for the hire of a school bus or coach are to be

determined on a per kilometre or hourly basis in accordance with the

following:

School Bus Rate Coach Rate

$ per km $ per hr $ per km $ per hr

12-25 passenger bus $1.05 $53.00 $1.22 $63.50

26-39 passenger bus 1.15 58.50 1.32 69.00

40 + passenger bus 1.38 69.00 1.59 79.50

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if a school bus or coach is hired from

a commercial rental business, the rental rate of that business is the rate

to be paid.

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Alberta Regulation 276/2003

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act

ACTIVITIES DESIGNATION REGULATION

Filed: August 25, 2003

Made by the Minister of Environment (M.O. 48/2003) on August 20, 2003

pursuant to

section 85 of the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act.

Table of Contents

Interpretation 1

Definitions - approval activities 2

Definitions - registration activities 3

Definitions - notice activities 4

Designation of activities 5

Combined authorizations 6

Notice 7

Transitional - approvals 8

Transitional - permits 9

Transitional - waste management 10

Transitional -

Schedule 2, Division 2 activities 11

Transitional -

Schedule 2, Division 4 activities 12

Transitional -

Schedule 3 activities 13

Repeal 14

Review 15

Coming into force 16

Schedules

Interpretation

1(1) In this Regulation, "Act" means the Environmental Protection and

Enhancement Act.

(2) Where a term that is defined in the Act is used in this Regulation, it

has that defined meaning for the purposes of this Regulation except where

this Regulation gives it a different meaning.

Definitions - approval activities

2(1) The following

definitions apply for the purposes of Division 1 of

Schedule 1:

(a) "buried valley" means a valley containing coarse-grained

fluvial or glacial fluvial deposits covered by glacial fill;

(b) "combustion unit" means industrial furnaces, boilers and

process heaters;

(c) "compost facility" means a waste management facility where

waste, not including hazardous waste, is decomposed through a controlled

bio-oxidation process that results in a stable humus-like material, but

does not include a residential composter or a compost facility that

receives only sludge as defined in the Wastewater and Storm Drainage

Regulation (AR 119/93);

(d) "dispose", when used with reference to the disposal of waste at

a landfill, means the intentional placement of waste on or in land as its

final resting place;

(e) "empty container" means a container that contains less than 2.5

centimetres of the original contents or less than 3% of the original

contents, whichever is the lesser amount;

(f) "hazardous recyclable" means hazardous recyclable within the

meaning of the Waste Control Regulation (AR 192/96);

(g) "hazardous waste" has the meaning given to it in the Waste

Control Regulation (AR 192/96);

(h) "land treatment" means the controlled application of a

substance on the soil surface and incorporation of the substance into the

upper soil zone in such a manner that physical, chemical or biological

degradation of the substance takes place, but does not include land

treatment of sludge as defined in the Wastewater and Storm Drainage

Regulation (AR 119/93);

(i) "landfill" means a waste management facility at which waste is

disposed of by placing it on or in land, but does not include a land

treatment facility, a surface impoundment, a salt cavern or a disposal

well;

(j) "oil production site" means the field production facilities for

recovering oil or oil sands by drilling or other in-situ methods, including

any injection or pumping facilities and any associated infrastructure,

where

(

i) the site is located within the area illustrated in

the Guide For Oil Production Sites, published by the Department, as amended

or replaced from time to time, and

(ii) an environmental impact assessment report is

required in respect of the proposed activity or was required under the Land

Surface Conservation and Reclamation Act;

(k) "oilfield waste" means an unwanted substance or mixture of

substances that results from the construction, operation, abandonment or

reclamation of a facility, well site or pipeline as defined in the Oil and

Gas Conservation Act and the regulations under that Act, but does not

include an unwanted substance or mixture of substances from such a source

that is received for storage, treatment, disposal or recycling at a

facility authorized for that activity pursuant to the Environmental

Protection and Enhancement Act;

(l) "oilfield waste management facility" means a facility that is

approved under the Oil and Gas Conservation Act and the regulations under

that Act to process, treat, dispose of, store or recycle oilfield waste;

(m) "processing" when used with reference to hazardous recyclables

includes, but is not limited to,

(

i) the incorporation of hazardous recyclables into a

product without pretreating them, and

(ii) processing by means of physical, chemical, thermal

or biological processes;

(n) "prohibited debris" means any inflammable waste that, when

burned, may result in the release to the atmosphere of dense smoke,

offensive odours or toxic substances and includes but is not limited to

(

i) animal manure,

(ii) pathological waste,

(iii) non-wooden material,

(iv) waste material from building or construction sites,

excluding wooden materials that do not contain wood preservatives,

(

v) combustible material in automobile bodies,

(vi) tires,

(vii) rubber or plastic, or anything containing or coated

with rubber or plastic or similar substances, except rubber or plastic

attached to shredded scrap steel,

(viii) solid waste from sawmills or planing mills

with an annual production in excess of 9500 cubic metres of lumber,

(ix) used oil,

(

x) wood or wood products containing substances for the

purpose of preserving wood;

(o) "recyclable" means a substance or mixture of substances that is

intended to be recycled;

(p) "residential composter" means a composter that

(

i) is located at a residence,

(ii) is used to decompose manure, food scraps or

vegetative matter resulting from gardening, horticulture, landscaping or

land clearing, and

(iii) uses a controlled bio-oxidation process that

results in a stable humus-like material;

(q) "soil containing hydrocarbon" means soil that contains refined

petroleum hydrocarbon products that are used or could be used as fuel or

lubricants, but does not include soil that contains benzene, toluene, ethyl

benzene or xylene, or any combination of any of them, as the sole

contaminant;

(r) "space heater" means an oil fired heater used for heating the

interior of a structure;

(s) "surface impoundment" means a facility that consists of an

excavation or diked area that is formed primarily of earthen materials and

is used for the storage of waste;

(t) "waste" means any solid or liquid material or product or

combination of them that is intended to be treated or disposed of or that

is intended to be stored and then treated or disposed of, but does not

include recyclables.

(2) The following

definitions apply for the purposes of Division 2 of

Schedule 1:

(a) "biotechnology products manufacturing plant" means a plant that

produces products using the application of science and engineering in the

direct or indirect use of living organisms or parts or products of living

organisms in their natural or modified form, but does not include a

facility that engages solely in research;

(b) "brine processing plant" means a plant that produces or

processes brine products, including common table salt;

(c) "brine storage pond" means a pond that is used for the storage

of water that contains more than 5000 milligrams per litre of chlorides;

(d) "building products manufacturing plant" means a plant that

manufactures asphalt shingles, gypsum wallboard, bricks or tiles;

(e) "bulk petroleum storage facility" means a facility that has the

capacity to store 10 000 cubic metres or more of petroleum products;

(f) "cement plant" means a plant that manufactures Portland cement;

(g) "chemical manufacturing plant" means a plant that manufactures

organic or inorganic chemicals, but does not include an oil refinery, a

sugar refinery, a gas processing plant, a petrochemical manufacturing

plant, a food processing plant or a plant that only blends or packages

chemicals;

(h) "chemical storage facility" means a facility that has a storage

capacity for organic or inorganic chemicals of 5000 cubic metres or more;

(i) "coke or carbon manufacturing plant" means a plant that

produces or processes coke or carbon products;

(j) "crude bitumen" means a naturally occurring viscous mixture,

mainly of hydrocarbons heavier than pentane, that may contain sulphur

compounds and that, in its naturally occurring viscous state, will not flow

to a well;

(k) "crude oil" means a mixture mainly of pentanes and heavier

hydrocarbons that

(

i) is recovered or is recoverable at a well from an

underground reservoir, and

(ii) is liquid at the conditions under which its volume

is measured or estimated,

and includes all other hydrocarbon mixtures so recovered or

recoverable except raw gas condensate or crude bitumen;

(l) "distillery" means a plant for

(

i) the extraction of alcoholic liquors for commercial

purposes, or

(ii) the production of fuel grade ethanol

that has a design production capacity of greater than 1 000 000

litres per year of 100% alcohol or the equivalent;

(m) "domestic wastewater" means wastewater that is the composite of

liquid and water-carried wastes associated with the use of water for

drinking, cooking, cleaning, washing, hygiene, sanitation or other domestic

purposes, together with any infiltration and inflow wastewater, that is

released into a wastewater collection system;

(n) "electrical and electronic components plant" means a plant that

manufactures electrical and electronic components including but not limited

to semiconductors, electronic crystals or luminescent materials, and that

(

i) releases industrial wastewater to the environment

other than to a wastewater treatment plant,

(ii) has an industrial wastewater release greater than

0.05 cubic metres per second, or

(iii) emits volatile organic compounds in an amount

greater than 10 tonnes per year;

(o) "electroplating plant" means a plant that carries out metal

electroplating, anodizing or galvanizing processes and releases industrial

wastewater to the environment other than to a wastewater treatment plant;

(p) "enhanced recovery in-situ oil sands or heavy oil processing

plant" means a plant that processes or recovers heavy oil or crude bitumen

by thermal or solvent in-situ recovery methods, but does not include any

production facilities that are connected by pipeline to the plant;

(q) "explosives manufacturing plant" means a plant that

manufactures dynamite, nitroglycerin, ammonium nitrate, cyclotrimethylene

trinitramine (RDX), cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine (HMX) or

trinitrotoluene (TNT), but does not include

(

i) blending and mixing facilities located on sites,

including mine sites, where explosives are being used, or

(ii) fertilizer manufacturing plants;

(r) "fertilizer manufacturing plant" means a plant that

manufactures a substance or a mixture of substances that contains one or

more compounds of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium or other plant food and

is sold or represented for use as a plant nutrient;

(s) "fertilizer storage facility" means a facility that has the

capacity to store fertilizer in quantities of

(i) 1000 tonnes or more of anhydrous ammonia,

(ii) 10 000 tonnes or more of granular or prilled

ammonium phosphate or ammonium nitrate or urea fertilizer products, or

(iii) 5000 cubic metres or more of liquid fertilizer;

(t) "forage drying facility" means a plant that removes water, in a

gaseous or liquid state, from forage crops including but not limited to

alfalfa, brome, timothy, clovers, fescues or any combination of those

crops, but does not include a facility that does not conduct fossil fuelled

thermal drying prior to the cube or pellet formation stage;

(u) "foundry" means a facility that produces metal products through

thermal melting and casting or moulding of metals, including reclaimed

metals, and that has a nominal melting rate of greater than 5 tonnes per

hour of metal;

(v) "glass manufacturing plant" means a plant that manufactures

glass or glass products by using a fossil fuelled furnace or an electric

furnace and that is designed to produce more than 5 tonnes of glass or

glass products per day;

(w) "hamlet" means an unincorporated community that has been

designated as a hamlet in accordance with the Municipal Government Act;

(x) "hydrostatic testing" means hydrostatic testing of vessels,

impoundments or pipes that generate greater than 1000 cubic metres of

water, but does not include hydrostatic testing of petroleum liquid

pipelines or gas pipelines;

(y) "industrial development" means any development on the site of a

plant;

(z) "industrial runoff" means surface water resulting from

precipitation that falls on a plant;

(aa) "industrial wastewater" means the composite of liquid wastes

and water-carried wastes, any portion of which results directly from an

industrial process carried on at a plant;

(bb) "in-situ surface water treatment" means the in-situ application

of a substance other than a pesticide to surface water, except in a dugout,

for restoration, enhancement or other purposes;

(cc) "insulation manufacturing plant" means a plant that

manufactures thermal insulation products;

(dd) "iron and steel mill" means a facility that manufactures iron

and steel through the use of heating or thermal melting other than welding,

but does not include a facility that fabricates secondary products from

iron or steel;

(ee) "lead smelter" means a plant that processes lead bearing ores,

concentrates or reclaimed lead into lead products and uses thermal reaction

or thermal melting processes;

(ff) "lime plant" means a plant that manufactures lime or other

calcium carbonate derivatives as a saleable product;

(gg) "liquid fertilizer" means a mixture of fertilizer materials,

including fillers or additives, that is dissolved or suspended in a liquid;

(hh) "malting plant" means a plant that produces barley malt;

(ii) "meat plant" means a plant that

(

i) processes into saleable products

(

A) fish, molluscs or crustaceans, or

(

B) carcasses or primal cuts of meat,

(ii) annually produces more than

(A) 1500 tonnes live weight of red meat,

(B) 1300 tonnes live weight of poultry, or

(C) 130 tonnes of fish, and

(iii) releases industrial wastewater into the

environment,

and includes an abattoir and a mobile butcher operation;

(jj) "metal manufacturing plant" means a plant, other than a

foundry, that produces metals;

(kk) "methane" means, in addition to its normal scientific meaning,

a gaseous mixture composed mainly of methane and which may contain ethane,

nitrogen, helium or carbon dioxide;

(ll) "milk products plant" means a plant that

(

i) processes more than 5000 cubic metres per year of

raw milk to produce a milk product, including but not limited to cheese,

milk powder, butter milk powder, and whey powder, and

(ii) releases industrial wastewater into the

environment;

(mm) "municipal development" means any development that consists of

2 or more lots, but does not include a city, town, specialized

municipality, village, summer village, hamlet, settlement area as defined

in the Metis Settlements Act, privately owned development or industrial

development;

(nn) "oil" means condensate or crude oil, or a constituent of raw

gas, condensate or crude oil that is recovered in processing and that is

liquid at the conditions under which its volume is measured or estimated;

(oo) "oil refinery" means a plant for manufacturing hydrocarbon

products from oil, heavy oil, crude bitumen or synthetic crude oil;

(pp) "oil sands processing plant" means a plant for

(

i) the recovery from oil sands of crude bitumen, sand

and other substances, or

(ii) the extraction from crude bitumen of crude oil,

natural gas and other substances;

(qq) "oil seed processing plant" means a plant for the commercial

production of edible oil products;

(rr) "paper product" means paper, coated paper, paperboard,

hardboard, boxboard, linerboard, insulating board, building board,

corrugating medium, tissue, moulded cellulose product and any other product

directly derived from pulp, but does not include viscose, rayon, cellophane

or any other cellulose derivative;

(ss) "pesticide manufacturing plant" means a plant that manufactures

pesticides;

(tt) "petrochemical manufacturing plant" means a plant that

manufactures organic chemical substances produced from petroleum-based

materials, but does not include an oil refinery, a gas processing plant or

a plant that only blends or packages petrochemicals;

(uu) "plant" means all buildings, structures, process equipment,

pipelines, vessels, storage and material handling facilities, roadways and

other installations, used in and for any activity listed in

section 2 of

the

Schedule of Activities in the Act, including the land, other than

undeveloped land, that is used for the purposes of the activity;

(vv) "power plant" means a plant that produces steam or thermal

electrical power and has a rated production output of greater than one

megawatt under peak load, but does not include a production facility for

space heating;

(ww) "private utility" means a wastewater system or storm drainage

system that is owned and operated by a person other than a local authority,

municipal development, industrial development or privately owned

development, but does not include a system that services only a single

family dwelling or a farmstead;

(xx) "privately owned development" means a recreational development,

school, mobile home park, restaurant, motel, community hall, work camp,

holiday trailer park, campsite, picnic site, information centre or other

similar development, including such a development owned or operated by the

Government that is on a parcel of land that is not subdivided, but does not

include

(

i) a single family dwelling, or

(ii) a farmstead;

(yy) "pulp" means processed cellulose fibres that are derived from

wood, other plant material or recycled paper products;

(zz) "pulp manufacturing plant" means a plant that manufactures pulp

products;

(aaa) "pulp and paper manufacturing plant" means a plant that

manufactures pulp and paper products;

(bbb) "rail car washing facility" means a commercial facility for the

interior cleaning of rail cars;

(ccc) "raw gas" means a mixture

(

i) that contains methane, and may also contain other

paraffinic hydrocarbons, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide,

helium and minor impurities,

(ii) that is recovered or is recoverable at a well from

an underground reservoir, and

(iii) that is gaseous at the conditions under which its

volume is measured or estimated;

(ddd) "red meat" means any meat other than poultry or fish or

molluscs or crustaceans;

(eee) "rendering plant" means a plant that renders meat or animal or

poultry products with or without oil refining;

(fff) "sewer" means any system of pipes, drains, pumping works,

equipment, structures and other things used for the collection,

transportation or disposal of storm drainage or wastewater, but does not

include any building drain, plumbing or building sewer;

(ggg) "sludge" means the accumulated wet or dry solids that are

separated from wastewater during treatment, including the precipitate

resulting from the chemical or biological treatment of wastewater;

(hhh) "sour gas processing plant" means a plant that processes raw

gas and separates and removes sulphur compounds from the raw gas stream;

(iii) "storm drainage" means drainage, including industrial runoff,

resulting from precipitation;

(jjj) "storm drainage collection system" means any system of sewers,

valves, fittings, pumping stations and appurtenances that is used to

collect storm drainage, up to and including the service connection;

(kkk) "sugar refinery" means a plant that receives sugar beets or

other naturally occurring plants and processes them into marketable sugar

products for human consumption and other by-products that can be used for

animal consumption;

(lll) "sulphur manufacturing or processing plant" means a plant that

manufactures or processes compounds containing elemental sulphur in

quantities greater than 1.0 tonne per day;

(mmm) "sulphur storage facility" means a facility that has a storage

capacity for sulphur of greater than 100 tonnes;

(nnn) "sweet gas processing plant" means a plant that

(

i) processes raw gas,

(ii) does not separate any sulphur compounds from the

raw gas stream, and

(iii) releases industrial wastewater to the environment

other than by evaporation, by injection into an approved deep well

facility, or by directing the industrial wastewater to a wastewater

treatment plant;

(ooo) "synthetic crude oil" means a mixture, mainly of pentanes and

heavier hydrocarbons, that may contain sulphur compounds, that is derived

from crude bitumen and that is liquid at the conditions under which its

volume is measured or estimated, and includes all other hydrocarbon

mixtures derived from crude bitumen;

(ppp) "tannery" means any plant that receives more than 2000 animal

hides or skins per month and processes those hides into leather or leather

products;

(qqq) "vegetable plant" means a plant that

(

i) processes more than 7500 tonnes per year of

vegetables by slicing, cooking, dehydrating or freezing in preparation for

sale and distribution, and

(ii) releases industrial wastewater into the

environment;

(rrr) "wastewater" means domestic wastewater and may include

industrial wastewater;

(sss) "wastewater collection system" means a system of sewers,

valves, fittings, pumping stations and appurtenances that is used to

collect wastewater, up to and including the service connection;

(ttt) "wastewater lagoon" means a wastewater treatment plant that

consists of one or more designed and constructed surface impoundments used

for biological and physical treatment of wastewater, but does not include

such a plant where it uses mechanical aeration;

(uuu) "wastewater treatment plant" means any structure, thing or

process used for physical, chemical, biological or radiological treatment

of wastewater, and includes a structure, thing or process used for

(

i) wastewater storage,

(ii) treated wastewater use and disposal, and

(iii) sludge treatment, storage and disposal;

(vvv) "wood processing plant" means a plant that produces

(

i) lumber at an annual capacity greater than 20

million foot board measures, or

(ii) plywood, oriented strand board, particle board or

other panel board products made from organic material at an annual capacity

greater than the equivalent of 30 million square feet of 3/8 inch panel;

(www) "wood treatment plant" means a plant that preserves or protects

wood or wood products through the use of wood treatment chemicals.

(3) The following

definitions apply for the purposes of Division 3 of

Schedule 1:

(a) "borrow excavation" means an excavation in the surface made

solely for the purpose of removing, opening up or proving borrow material

for

(

i) the construction of the sub-base for a specific

roadway project, or

(ii) the construction of a dam, canal, dyke, structure

or erosion protection works associated with a provincial water management

infrastructure project

and includes any associated infrastructure connected with the

borrow excavation;

(b) "coal", in addition to its ordinary meaning, includes

manufactured chars, cokes and any manufactured solid coal product that is

used or useful as a reductant or energy source or for conversion into a

reductant or energy source;

(c) "coal processing plant" means a coal processing plant as

defined in the Coal Conservation Act and any associated infrastructure

connected with the coal processing plant;

(d) "crude bitumen" means a naturally occurring viscous mixture,

mainly of hydrocarbons heavier than pentane, that may contain sulphur

compounds and that, in its naturally occurring viscous state, will not flow

to a well;

(e) "Green Area" means that part of Alberta shown outlined and

coloured green on the map annexed to

(

i) Ministerial Order 71/85 dated May 7, 1985 and made

pursuant to the Public Lands Act, as that order is amended from time to

time, or

(ii) any order made in substitution for the order

referred to in subclause (i), as amended from time to time;

(f) "infrastructure" means any works, buildings, structures,

facilities, equipment, apparatus, mechanism, instrument or machinery

belonging to or used in connection with a mine, oil production site,

pipeline, quarry, pit, peat operation, coal processing plant or

transmission line, and includes any storage site or facility, disposal site

or facility, access road, haul road, railway or telecommunication line;

(g) "oil production site" means the field production facilities for

recovering oil or oil sands by drilling or other in-situ methods, including

any injection or pumping facilities and any associated infrastructure,

where

(

i) the site is located within the area illustrated in

the Guide For Oil Production Sites, published by the Department, as amended

or replaced from time to time, and

(ii) an environmental impact assessment report is

required in respect of the proposed activity or was required under the Land

Surface Conservation and Reclamation Act;

(h) "peat operation" means any opening or excavation in, or working

of, the surface or subsurface of the ground for the purpose of working,

recovering, opening up or proving any peat or peaty substance and in

respect of which an environmental impact assessment report is required, and

includes any associated infrastructure connected with the peat operation;

(i) "pipeline" means a pipeline as defined in the Act and any

infrastructure in connection with that pipeline, but does not include the

following:

(

i) a pipeline or part of a pipeline located in a city,

town, specialized municipality, village, summer village, hamlet or

settlement area as defined in the Metis Settlements Act;

(ii) a pipeline or part of a pipeline located in a plant

site at which an activity that requires an approval under this Regulation

is carried on;

(iii) a pipeline with a length in kilometres times

outside diameter in millimetres resulting in an index number of less than

2690;

(iv) a pipeline regulated pursuant to the National

Energy Board Act (Canada);

(

v) a pipeline that is a rural gas utility as defined

in the Gas Protection Act;

(vi) a pipeline that is part of a waterworks system,

wastewater system or storm drainage system that has a length in kilometres

times outside diameter in millimetres resulting in an index number of less

than 2690;

(vii) a pipeline that is ploughed in;

(viii) a pipeline that is used solely for the

purposes of an agricultural operation and is located wholly on land that is

used for the purposes of an agricultural operation;

(ix) a pipeline that is abandoned in the ground;

(

x) a pipeline located in the Green Area;

(j) "pit" means an opening or excavation in or working of the

surface or subsurface for the purpose of removing any sand, gravel, clay or

marl, where the area of the pit and any associated infrastructure,

including stockpiles, connected with the pit is greater than or equal to 5

hectares (12.5 acres), but does not include

(

i) a mine, quarry or borrow excavation,

(ii) a pit on public land,

(iii) a pit, or a portion of a pit, where the surface or

subsurface of the land has not been disturbed by pit operations since

August 15, 1978, or

(iv) a pit, or a portion of a pit, on which a waste

management facility is operating or operated pursuant to a valid approval

or registration under the Act;

(k) "public land" means land of the Crown in right of Alberta to

which the Public Lands Act applies;

(l) "quarry" means an opening or excavation in, or working of, the

surface or subsurface for the purpose of working, recovering, opening up or

proving

(

i) any mineral other than coal, a coal bearing

substance, oil sands or an oil sands bearing substance, or

(ii) ammonite shell,

and in respect of which an environmental impact assessment

report is required, and includes any associated infrastructure connected

with the quarry;

(m) "transmission line" means a transmission line as defined in the

Act, and any infrastructure in connection with that transmission line, with

a voltage of 130 kilovolts or more and in respect of which an environmental

impact assessment report is required.

(4) The following

definitions apply for the purposes of Division 5 of

Schedule 1:

(a) "hamlet" means an unincorporated community that has been

designated as a hamlet in accordance with the Municipal Government Act;

(b) "high quality groundwater" means groundwater that

(

i) does not require treatment to comply with the

applicable physical, chemical and radiological Maximum Acceptable

Concentration or Interim Maximum Acceptable Concentration, except for

fluoride, specified in the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality,

published by Health Canada, as amended or replaced from time to time, for

the parameters listed in the Standards and Guidelines for Municipal

Waterworks, Wastewater and Storm Drainage Systems, published by the

Department, as amended or replaced from time to time,

(ii) contains a concentration of naturally occurring

fluoride of less than or equal to 2.4 milligrams per litre, and

(iii) is not under the direct influence of surface water;

(c) "industrial development" means any development on the site of a

plant referred to in

section 2 of the

Schedule of Activities in the Act;

(d) "municipal development" means a development that consists of 2

or more lots, but does not include a city, town, specialized municipality,

village, summer village, hamlet, settlement area as defined in the Metis

Settlements Act, privately owned development or industrial development;

(e) "private utility" means a waterworks system that is owned and

operated by a person other than a local authority, municipal development,

industrial development or privately owned development, but does not include

a system that services only a single family dwelling or a farmstead;

(f) "privately owned development" means a recreational development,

school, mobile home park, restaurant, motel, community hall, work camp,

holiday trailer park, campsite, picnic site, information centre or other

similar development, including such a development owned or operated by the

Government, that is on a parcel of land that is not subdivided, but does

not include

(

i) a single family dwelling, or

(ii) a farmstead;

(g) "water treatment plant" means the physical components of the

waterworks system that are used to produce potable water, and includes

components associated with the management of any wastes generated during

treatment;

(h) "watering point" means a waterworks system that provides

potable water in bulk to the public;

(i) "waterworks system" means any system providing potable water to

a city, town, specialized municipality, village, summer village, hamlet,

settlement area as defined in the Metis Settlements Act, municipal

development, industrial development, privately owned development or private

utility, and includes any or all of the following components:

(

i) water wells connected to water supply lines,

surface water intakes or infiltration galleries that constitute the water

supply;

(ii) water supply lines;

(iii) on-stream and off-stream water storage facilities;

(iv) water pumphouses;

(

v) water treatment plants;

(vi) potable water transmission mains;

(vii) potable water storage facilities;

(viii) potable water pumping facilities;

(ix) water distribution systems;

(

x) watering points.

Definitions - registration activities

3(1) The following

definitions apply for the purposes of Division 1 of

Schedule 2:

(a) "alternate fuel" means a liquid capable of being pumped that is

derived from waste that may contain, without limitation, any of the

following:

(

i) oils that include automotive lubricating oil,

compressor oil, fuel oil, gear oil or hydraulic oil;

(ii) fuels that include diesel, naphtha, gasoline or

kerosene;

(iii) condensate that contains less than 0.2 ppm of

hydrogen sulphide;

(iv) antifreeze;

(

v) glycols;

(vi) refined or synthetic based oil, fuel or alcohol;

(vii) non-halogenated solvents that contain less than 0.2

ppm of hydrogen sulphide;

(viii) a mixture of the substances listed in

subclauses (

i) to (vii);

(b) "combustion unit" means an industrial furnace, a boiler or a

process heater;

(c) "compost facility" means a waste management facility where

waste, not including hazardous waste, is decomposed through a controlled

bio-oxidation process that results in a stable humus-like material, but

does not include a residential composter or a compost facility that

receives only sludge as defined in the Wastewater and Storm Drainage

Regulation (AR 119/93);

(d) "land treatment" means the controlled application of a

substance on the soil surface and incorporation of the substance into the

upper soil zone in such a manner that physical, chemical or biological

degradation of the substance takes place, but does not include land

treatment of sludge as defined in the Wastewater and Storm Drainage

Regulation (AR 119/93);

(e) "landfill" means a waste management facility at which waste is

disposed of by placing it on or in land, but does not include a land

treatment facility, a surface impoundment, a salt cavern or a disposal

well;

(f) "petroleum based oil" means petroleum based oil that includes

polyalphaolefins and diesters synthetic oils, but does not include

(

i) any other synthetic oils,

(ii) metal working oils,

(iii) fire resistant fluids,

(iv) brake fluids,

(

v) emulsions of water and any other organic solvent,

(vi) halogenated compounds,

(vii) solvents containing greater than 0.2 ppm of

hydrogen sulphide, or

(viii) oil or fluid containing toxic substances;

(g) "residential composter" means a composter that

(

i) is located at a residence,

(ii) is used to decompose manure, food scraps or

vegetative matter resulting from gardening, horticulture, landscaping or

land clearing, and

(iii) uses a controlled bio-oxidation process that

results in a stable humus-like material;

(h) "small incinerator" means a device that is used to destroy

waste by burning and includes

(

i) a fixed incinerator that treats not more than 10

tonnes of waste per month, and

(ii) a mobile incinerator that treats waste that

contains

(

A) halogenated organic compounds in an

amount of not more than 1000 milligrams per kilogram of waste,

(

B) lead in an amount of not more than 100

milligrams per kilogram of waste, or

(

C) mercury in an amount of not more than

20 milligrams per kilogram of waste;

(i) "soil containing hydrocarbon" means soil that contains refined

petroleum hydrocarbon products that are used or could be used as fuel or

lubricants, but does not include soil that contains benzene, toluene, ethyl

benzene or xylene, or any combination of any of them, as the sole

contaminant;

(j) "space heater" means an oil fired heater used for heating the

interior of a structure;

(k) "surface impoundment" means a facility that consists of an

excavation or diked area that is formed primarily of earthen materials and

is used for the storage of hazardous waste;

(l) "used oil" means a petroleum based oil that has been used

primarily as lubricating oil in, without limitation, combustion engines,

turbines, transmissions, gear boxes and hydraulic equipment.

(2) The following

definitions apply for the purposes of Division 2 of

Schedule 2:

(a) "asphalt paving plant" means a plant that manufactures asphalt

through the mixing of aggregate and asphalt oil or recycled asphalt

material, but does not include hot in-place recycling equipment;

(b) "compressor and pumping station" means a facility for the

movement of a fluid by means of compression and pumping of the fluid and

that has a total oxides of nitrogen emission rate of greater than 16

kilograms per hour;

(c) "concrete producing plant" means a stationary plant that

manufactures concrete and has a designed production rate of at least 120

tonnes of concrete per hour or 50 cubic meters of concrete per hour;

(d) "domestic wastewater" means the wastewater that is the

composite of liquid and water-carried wastes associated with the use of

water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, washing, hygiene, sanitation or

other domestic purposes, together with any infiltration and inflow

wastewater, that is released into a wastewater collection system;

(e) "foundry" means a plant that

(

i) produces metal products through thermal melting and

casting or moulding of metals, including reclaimed metals, and

(ii) has a nominal melting rate of not more than 5

tonnes per hour of metal;

(f) "hydrologic tracing analysis study" means a study in which

dissolved or suspended material such as salts, radioisotopes or fluorescent

dyes are used to determine the path or rate of movement and dispersion of a

substance;

(g) "hydrostatic testing" means hydrostatic testing of petroleum

liquid pipelines or gas pipelines;

(h) "industrial development" means any development on the site of a

plant;

(i) "industrial runoff" means surface water resulting from

precipitation that falls on a plant;

(j) "industrial wastewater" means the composite of liquid wastes

and water-carried wastes, any portion of which results directly from an

industrial process carried on at a plant;

(k) "municipal development" means any development that consists of

2 or more lots, but does not include a city, town, specialized

municipality, village, summer village, hamlet, settlement area as defined

in the Metis Settlements Act, privately owned development or industrial

development;

(l) "plant" means all buildings, structures, process equipment,

pipelines, vessels, storage and material handling facilities, roadways and

other installations, used in and for any activity listed in

section 2 of

the

Schedule of Activities in the Act, including the land, other than

undeveloped land, that is used for the purposes of the activity;

(m) "private utility" means a wastewater system or storm drainage

system that is owned and operated by a person other than a local authority,

municipal development, industrial development or privately owned

development, but does not include a system that services only a single

family dwelling or a farmstead;

(n) "privately owned development" means a recreational development,

school, mobile home park, restaurant, motel, community hall, work camp,

holiday trailer park, campsite, picnic site, information centre or other

similar development, including such a development owned or operated by the

Government that is on a parcel of land that is not subdivided, but does not

include

(

i) a single family dwelling, or

(ii) a farmstead;

(o) "sewer" means any system of pipes, drains, pumping works,

equipment, structures and other things used for the collection,

transportation or disposal of storm drainage or wastewater, but does not

include any building drain, plumbing or building sewer;

(p) "sludge" means the accumulated wet or dry solids that are

separated from wastewater during treatment, including the precipitate

resulting from the chemical or biological treatment of wastewater;

(q) "storm drainage" means drainage, including industrial runoff,

resulting from precipitation;

(r) "storm drainage collection system" means any system of sewers,

valves, fittings, pumping stations and appurtenances that is used to

collect storm drainage, up to and including the service connection;

(s) "sweet gas processing plant" means a plant that processes raw

gas and

(

i) does not separate any sulphur compounds from the

raw gas stream,

(ii) emits more than 16 kilograms per hour of oxides of

nitrogen, and

(iii) does not release industrial wastewater to the

environment other than by evaporation, by injection into an approved deep

well facility, or by directing the industrial wastewater to a wastewater

treatment plant;

(t) "tanker truck washing facility" means a commercial facility for

cleaning the interior of the tanks of tanker trucks;

(u) "wastewater" means domestic wastewater and may include

industrial wastewater;

(v) "wastewater collection system" means a system of sewers,

valves, fittings, pumping stations and appurtenances that is used to

collect wastewater, up to and including the service connection;

(w) "wastewater lagoon" means a wastewater treatment plant that

consists of one or more designed and constructed surface impoundments used

for biological and physical treatment of wastewater, but does not include

such a plant where it uses mechanical aeration;

(x) "wastewater treatment plant" means any structure, thing or

process used for physical, chemical, biological or radiological treatment

of wastewater, and includes a structure, thing or process used for

(

i) wastewater storage,

(ii) treated wastewater use and disposal, and

(iii) sludge treatment, storage and disposal.

(3) In Division 3 of

Schedule 2, "exploration operation" means any

investigation, work or act to determine the presence of coal or oil sands

by test drilling, excavation or other means that results in surface

disturbance or that may cause an adverse effect, but excludes any

exploration that is the subject of a permit, license or approval under the

Exploration Regulation (AR 214/98).

(4) The following

definitions apply for the purposes of Division 5 of

Schedule 2:

(a) "hamlet" means an unincorporated community that has been

designated as a hamlet in accordance with the Municipal Government Act;

(b) "high quality groundwater" means groundwater that

(

i) does not require treatment to comply with the

applicable physical, chemical and radiological Maximum Acceptable

Concentration or Interim Maximum Acceptable Concentration, except for

fluoride, specified in the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality,

published by Health Canada, as amended or replaced from time to time, for

the parameters listed in the Standards and Guidelines for Municipal

Waterworks, Wastewater and Storm Drainage Systems, published by the

Department, as amended or replaced from time to time,

(ii) contains a concentration of naturally occurring

fluoride of less than or equal to 2.4 milligrams per litre, and

(iii) is not under the direct influence of surface water;

(c) "industrial development" means any development on the site of a

plant referred to in

section 2 of the

Schedule of Activities in the Act;

(d) "municipal development" means a development that consists of 2

or more lots but does not include a city, town, specialized municipality,

village, summer village, hamlet, settlement area as defined in the Metis

Settlements Act, privately owned development or industrial development;

(e) "private utility" means a waterworks system that is owned and

operated by a person other than a local authority, municipal development,

industrial development or privately owned development, but does not include

a system that services only a single family dwelling or a farmstead;

(f) "privately owned development" means a recreational development,

school, mobile home park, restaurant, motel, community hall, work camp,

holiday trailer park, campsite, picnic site, information centre or other

similar development, including such a development owned or operated by the

Government, that is on a parcel of land that is not subdivided, but does

not include

(

i) a single family dwelling, or

(ii) a farmstead;

(g) "watering point" means a waterworks system that provides

potable water in bulk to the public;

(h) "waterworks system" means any system providing potable water to

a city, town, specialized municipality, village, summer village, hamlet,

settlement area as defined in the Metis Settlements Act, municipal

development, industrial development, privately owned development or private

utility, and includes any or all of the following components:

(

i) water wells connected to water supply lines,

surface water intakes or infiltration galleries that constitute the water

supply;

(ii) water supply lines;

(iii) on-stream and off-stream water storage facilities;

(iv) water pumphouses;

(

v) water treatment plants;

(vi) potable water transmission mains;

(vii) potable water storage facilities;

(viii) potable water pumping facilities;

(ix) water distribution systems;

(

x) watering points.

Definitions - notice activities

4 The following

definitions apply for the purposes of

Schedule 3:

(a) "Class II compost facility" means a waste management facility

where only vegetative matter or manure is decomposed through a controlled

bio-oxidation process that results in a stable humus-like material, but

does not include a residential composter or a compost facility that

receives only sludge as defined in the Wastewater and Storm Drainage

Regulation (AR 119/93);

(b) "residential composter" means a composter that

(

i) is located at a residence,

(ii) is used to decompose manure, food scraps or

vegetative matter resulting from gardening, horticulture, landscaping or

land clearing, and

(iii) uses a controlled bio-oxidation process that

results in a stable humus-like material;

(c) "storage site" means a waste management facility where waste,

other than hazardous waste, is

(

i) stored,

(ii) sorted, compacted, shredded, ground or processed,

(iii) collected and held for removal to another waste

management facility.

Designation of activities

5(1) The activities listed in

Schedule 1 are designated as activities in

respect of which an approval is required.

(2) The activities listed in

Schedule 2 are designated as activities in

respect of which a registration is required.

(3) The activities listed in

Schedule 3 are designated as activities in

respect of which notice to the Director under

Part 3 of the Act must be

given.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3), an activity undertaken at an

oilfield waste management facility as defined in

section 2(1)(

l) does not

require an approval, a registration or the provision of notice under

Part 3

of the Act.

Combined authorizations

6(1) Where an operation or undertaking consists of or includes more than

one activity listed in

Schedule 1, the applicant may submit one or more

applications to the Director relating to those activities and the Director

may issue one or more approvals authorizing those activities.

(2) Where an operation or undertaking consists of or includes more than

one activity listed in

Schedule 2, the applicant may submit one or more

applications to the Director relating to those activities and the Director

may issue one or more registrations authorizing those activities.

(3) Where an operation or undertaking consists of or includes

(

a) at least one activity listed in

Schedule 1, and

(

b) at least one activity listed in

Schedule 2,

the applicant may submit one or more applications to the Director relating

to those activities and the Director may issue one or more approvals

authorizing those activities.

Notice

7 A notice for the purposes of

Part 3 of the Act must be in a form

acceptable to the Director and must contain the following information:

(

a) name and address of the person responsible for the activity;

(

b) location and description of the activity;

(

c) proposed dates for construction commencement, construction

completion and commencement of operation of the activity;

(

d) any other information required by the Director in respect of

the activity.

Transitional - approvals

8 A deemed approval that was continued under

section 4 of the Activities

Designation Regulation (AR 110/93) and

section 8 of the Activities

Designation Regulation (AR 211/96) expires

(

a) in the case of an approval referred to in

section 4(14) of the

Activities Designation Regulation (AR 110/93), in accordance with

section

243(6) of the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, SA 1992

cE-13.3, or

(

b) in any other case, on the date on which the licence, permit or

approval would have expired had the Activities Designation Regulation (AR

110/93) not been made.

Transitional - permits

9(1) Where before the coming into force of the Activities Designation

Regulation (AR 211/96) a person held a permit to operate that was issued

under the Public Health Act and was in respect of

(

a) an activity listed in

Schedule 1, Division 1 of this

Regulation, that permit is deemed to be an approval for the purposes of the

Act, or

(

b) an activity listed in

Schedule 2, Division 1 of this

Regulation, that permit is deemed to be a registration for the purposes of

the Act.

(2) Unless cancelled sooner, a deemed approval under subsection (1)(

a) expires

(

a) on the expiry date specified in the permit, if the permit

contained an expiry date and the expiry date was on or before September 12,

2006, or

(

b) on September 12, 2006, if the permit contained no expiry date

or the expiry date was after September 12, 2006.

Transitional - waste management

10(1) A permit to operate that is referred to in

section 243.1 of the

Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, SA 1992 cE-13.3 and that was

in respect of

(

a) an activity listed in

Schedule 1, Division 1 of this Regulation

is deemed to be an approval for the purposes of the Environmental

Protection and Enhancement Act, RSA 2000 cE-12, or

(

b) an activity listed in

Schedule 2, Division 1 of this Regulation

is deemed to be a registration for the purposes of the Environmental

Protection and Enhancement Act, RSA 2000 cE-12.

(2) Unless cancelled sooner, a deemed approval under subsection (1)(

a) expires

(

a) on the expiry date specified in the permit, if the permit

contained an expiry date and the expiry date was on or before September 12,

2006, or

(

b) on September 12, 2006, if the permit contained no expiry date

or the expiry date was after September 12, 2006.

Transitional -

Schedule 2, Division 2 activities

11(1) Where before the coming into force of the Activities Designation

Regulation (AR 211/96) a person held an approval that was in respect of an

activity listed in clause (a), (

b) or (

c) of Division 2 of

Schedule 2 of

this Regulation,

(

a) that approval is deemed to be a registration for the purposes

of the Act,

(

b) the holder of that approval must apply under the Act for a

registration in respect of that activity within the time prescribed by the

Director, and

(

c) the approval expires on the date on which it would have expired

had the Activities Designation Regulation (AR 211/96) not come into force,

unless it is sooner cancelled or is replaced by a registration obtained

pursuant to subsection (2).

(2) Where before the coming into force of this Regulation a person held an

approval that was in respect of an activity listed in clause (d), (

e) or

(

f) of Division 2 of

Schedule 2 of this Regulation,

(

a) that approval is deemed to be a registration for the purposes

of the Act, and

(

b) the deemed registration has no expiry date.

Transitional -

Schedule 2, Division 4 activities

12 Where before the coming into force of the Activities Designation

Regulation (AR 211/96) a person held an approval that was in respect of an

activity listed in

Schedule 2, Division 4 of this Regulation, that approval

(

a) is deemed to be a registration for the purposes of the Act, and

(

b) expires on the date on which it would have expired had the

Activities Designation Regulation (AR 211/96) not come into force, unless

it is sooner cancelled.

Transitional -

Schedule 3 activities

13 Where before the coming into force of the Activities Designation

Regulation (AR 211/96) a person held a permit to operate that was issued

under the Public Health Act and was in respect of an activity listed in

Schedule 3 of this Regulation, that permit is deemed to be notice for the

purposes of the Act.

Repeal

14 The Activities Designation Regulation (AR 211/96) is repealed.

Review

15 In compliance with the ongoing regulatory review initiative, this

Regulation must be reviewed on or before September 30, 2011 and not less

frequently than every 10 years after that date.

Coming into force

16 This Regulation comes into force on October 1, 2003.

Schedule 1

Division 1

Waste Management

(

a) the construction, operation or reclamation of a fixed facility

where more than 10 tonnes per month of waste is treated by physical,

chemical, thermal or biological processes, but does not include

(

i) an analytical laboratory, or

(ii) a facility that engages in research;

(

b) the operation of a mobile incinerator that treats waste that

contains

(

i) more than 1000 mg of halogenated organic compounds

per kilogram of waste,

(ii) more than 100 mg of lead per kilogram of waste, or

(iii) more than 10 mg of mercury per kilogram of waste;

(

c) the construction, operation or reclamation of a facility for

the collection and blending of hydrocarbons and organics to produce fuel

that is derived from waste where more than 10 tonnes of waste per month is

used for those purposes;

(

d) the construction, operation or reclamation of a facility where

more than 10 tonnes per month of fuel that is derived from waste is burned

in a combustion unit or a space heater, if the fuel is from a source other

than a facility described in clause (c);

(

e) the construction, operation or reclamation of a facility that

is engaged in the storage of hazardous recyclables and at which

(

i) a hazardous recyclable is stored for a continuous

period of more than 365 days, or

(ii) more than 10 tonnes of hazardous recyclables is

stored at any one time;

(

f) the construction, operation or reclamation of a facility that

is engaged in the storage of hazardous waste and at which

(

i) a hazardous waste is stored for a continuous period

of more than 365 days, or

(ii) more than 10 tonnes of hazardous waste is stored at

any one time;

(

g) notwithstanding clause (f), the construction, operation or

reclamation of a facility where hazardous waste is stored and some or all

of the hazardous waste is produced by a person other than the owner of the

facility;

(

h) the construction, operation or reclamation of a fixed facility

for processing hazardous recyclables, except a facility for processing

(

i) spent process and lube oil filters for volume

reduction and liquid removal by compaction or draining, or

(ii) hazardous recyclables in an amount of less than 10

tonnes per month;

(

i) the construction, operation or reclamation of a landfill where

(

i) hazardous waste is disposed of,

(ii) more than 10 000 tonnes per year of waste is

disposed of, or

(iii) the landfill is located in a ravine, gully or

coulee or over a buried valley;

(

j) the construction, operation or reclamation of a facility for

cleaning empty containers where the nominal capacity of the facility is

greater than 10 000 litres per day of combined container volume;

(

k) the burning of prohibited debris by means of an open fire;

(

l) the construction, operation or reclamation of a compost

facility that accepts more than 20 000 tonnes of waste per year for

composting.

NOTE: The exemption provided in clause (

a) in respect of a facility

that engages in research does not apply to the facility's carrying out of a

technology demonstration to determine the suitability of a waste treatment

process prior to its commercial application if

(

a) the technology used in the treatment process has

not been used in Alberta before,

(

b) the operating period, excluding construction,

set-up time and decommissioning but including down time, exceeds 3 months,

(

c) the total amount of waste that is processed during

the operating period exceeds 500 tonnes.

Division 2

Substance Release

Part 1: Agriculture

(

a) the construction, operation or reclamation of a forage drying

facility;

Part 2: Chemical

(

b) the construction, operation or reclamation of

(

i) a chemical manufacturing plant;

(ii) a chemical storage facility;

(iii) a sulphur manufacturing or processing plant;

(iv) a sulphur storage facility;

(

v) a fertilizer manufacturing plant;

(vi) a fertilizer storage facility;

(vii) an explosives manufacturing plant;

(viii) a pesticide manufacturing plant;

(ix) a petrochemical manufacturing plant;

(

x) a coke or carbon manufacturing plant;

(xi) a brine processing plant;

Part 3: Construction

(

c) the construction, operation or reclamation of

(

i) a building products manufacturing plant;

(ii) an insulation manufacturing plant;

(iii) a cement plant;

Part 4: Food or Animal By-Products

(

d) the construction, operation or reclamation of

(

i) a rendering plant;

(ii) a meat plant;

(iii) a tannery;

(iv) a sugar refinery;

(

v) a vegetable plant;

(vi) a distillery;

(vii) an oil seed processing plant;

(viii) a malting plant;

(ix) a milk products plant;

Part 5: Metals

(

e) the construction, operation or reclamation of

(

i) an electroplating plant;

(ii) a foundry;

(iii) a lead smelter;

(iv) a metal manufacturing plant;

(

v) an iron and steel mill;

Part 6: Mineral Processing

(

f) the construction, operation or reclamation of

(

i) a glass manufacturing plant;

(ii) a lime plant;

Part 7: Wastewater

(

g) the construction, operation or reclamation of a wastewater

system that uses a wastewater treatment plant other than a wastewater

lagoon, and

(

i) that

(

A) serves a city, town, specialized

municipality, village, summer village, hamlet, settlement area as defined

in the Metis Settlements Act, industrial development, municipal development

or privately owned development,

(

B) is owned by a regional services

commission, or

(

C) is a private utility, and

(ii) that

(

A) discharges wastewater off the site of

the development, or

(

B) is designed to treat more than 25 cubic

metres of wastewater per day;

NOTE: Clause (

g) does not apply to

(

i) the extension of the wastewater collection system

forming part of a wastewater system,

(ii) replacement of a portion of the wastewater

collection system forming part of a wastewater system,

(iii) irrigation using treated wastewater from a

wastewater system, or

(iv) application of sludge from a wastewater system to

land,

where the wastewater system is approved or registered under the Act.

Part 8: Oil and Gas

(

h) the construction, operation or reclamation of

(

i) an oil refinery;

(ii) an oil sands processing plant;

(iii) an enhanced recovery in-situ oil sands or heavy oil

processing plant;

(iv) a sour gas processing plant;

(

v) a sweet gas processing plant;

(vi) a bulk petroleum storage facility;

(vii) a brine storage pond;

Part 9: Power Plants

(

i) the construction, operation or reclamation of a power plant;

Part 10: Services

(

j) the operation of a rail car washing facility;

(

k) hydrostatic testing;

(

l) in-situ surface water treatment;

Part 11: Wood Products

(

m) the construction, operation or reclamation of

(

i) a wood processing plant;

(ii) a wood treatment plant;

(iii) a pulp and paper manufacturing plant;

(iv) a pulp manufacturing plant;

Part 12: Biotechnology

(

n) the construction, operation or reclamation of a biotechnology

products manufacturing plant;

Part 13: Manufacturing

(

o) the construction, operation or reclamation of an electrical and

electronic components plant.

Division 3

Conservation and Reclamation

(

a) the construction, operation or reclamation of a mine;

(

b) the construction, operation or reclamation of an oil production

site;

(

c) the construction or reclamation of a pipeline;

(

d) the construction, operation or reclamation of a transmission

line;

(

e) the construction, operation or reclamation of a quarry;

(

f) the construction, operation or reclamation of a peat operation;

(

g) the construction, operation or reclamation of a coal processing

plant;

(

h) the construction, operation or reclamation of a pit.

Division 4

Miscellaneous

(

a) subject to the Pesticide (Ministerial) Regulation (AR 127/93),

the application of pesticides in, on or within 30