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Volume 54, No. 1

B.C. Reg. 1/2011

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

January 25, 2011

B.C. Reg. 1/2011, deposited January 13, 2011, pursuant to the ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT [Sections 138 and 139]. Order in Council 3/2011, approved and ordered January 12, 2011.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

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a) the Rebate of Waste Management Fees Regulation, B.C. Reg. 267/2000, is repealed,

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b) the Ootsa Lake Beehive Burner Regulation, B.C. Reg. 142/2001, is repealed, and

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c) the Wood Residue Burner and Incinerator Regulation, B.C. Reg. 519/95, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— M. COELL, Minister of Environment ; N. YAMAMOTO, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 1 of the Wood Residue Burner and Incinerator Regulation, B.C. Reg. 519/95, is amended by repealing the

definitions of "major modification" , "opacity" , "PM 10 " , "treatment works" and "wood residue incinerator" .

Section 2 is repealed and the following substituted:

Beehive burners and unmodified silo burners

(1) A person must not use a burner facility to dispose of wood residue, unless the person is authorized under subsection (2) or (6).

(4) Subject to subsection (5),

(

a) a burner facility operator who holds a permit identified in

Schedule 1, and

(

b) a burner facility operator who does not hold a permit identified in

Schedule 1 but who, on December 31, 1995, had a valid permit authorizing the operation of the burner facility

may apply to a director to use a burner facility to dispose of wood residue on the grounds that there is no alternative means of disposing of wood residue because of an emergency, labour dispute or work stoppage.

(5) A burner facility operator referred to in subsection (4) (

a) may apply under that subsection only after December 31, 2016, and a burner facility operator referred to in subsection (4) (

b) may apply under that subsection only before January 1, 2017.

(6) On receiving an application under subsection (4), a director may authorize the applicant's use of a burner facility, if the director is satisfied that the grounds on which the application is made have been established.

(7) The director may grant an authorization under subsection (6)

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a) for a period not exceeding 60 days, or

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b) with the approval of the minister, for a period not exceeding 120 days,

but the authorization terminates when the emergency, labour dispute or work stoppage ends.

(8) Despite the fees regulation, the fee payable per tonne of discharged total particulate

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a) by a burner facility operator referred to in subsection (4) (

a) is $24.21, and

(

b) by a burner facility operator referred to in subsection (4) (

b) is $208.

(9) For the purposes of subsection (8), the fee must be calculated using the discharge as authorized in the permit or approval.

Section 3 is repealed.

4 Schedules 1, 2 and 3 are repealed and the following substituted:

Schedule 1

Authorized Burner Facilities

[section 2 (2)]

Permit

Number

Location

Chasm

Lillooet

Malakwa

Vavenby

100 Mile House

Dog Creek Road

Williams Lake

Anahim Lake

Springhouse

Burns Lake

Ootsa Lake

Palling

Terrace

Mile 294 Alaska Highway

Bella Coola

Lytton

Malakwa

Chetwynd

Clear Lake Prince George

Blackwater Road

Fort St James

Fort St. James — 7 km NE

Isle Pierre

Lejac

Tête Jaune Cache

Vanderhoof Hwy 16E

Engen-Near Vanderhoof

Fort St. James

Mackenzie Industrial Site #2

Fort St. James

Bear Lake

Enderby

Savona

Elko

Crescent Valley

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