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Volume 66, No. 12

177/2023

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 18, 2023

B.C. Reg. 177/2023 , deposited July 10, 2023, under the ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT [sections 138 (3) and 139]. Order in Council 428/2023, approved and ordered July 10, 2023.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective September 1, 2023, the Petroleum Storage and Distribution Facilities Storm Water Regulation, B.C. Reg. 168/94, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— G. HEYMAN, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy ; A. KANG, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 1 of the Petroleum Storage and Distribution Facilities Storm Water Regulation, B.C. Reg. 168/94, is amended by adding the following definition:

"total extractable hydrocarbons" means the sum of petroleum hydrocarbons 10‑19 and 19‑32 in water; .

Section 3 (1) is amended by striking out " 15 mg/litre " and substituting " 15 mg/L ".

Schedule 2 is repealed and the following substituted:

Schedule 2

Determination of

Total Extractable Hydrocarbons

Sampling protocol

1 For the purposes of obtaining an effluent sample for the determination of total extractable hydrocarbons, the sampling protocol is as specified by the first of the following that applies:

(

a) the director, by specifying the protocol on a publicly accessible website maintained by or on behalf of the director;

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b) the British Columbia Field Sampling Manual, 2013, as published by the ministry of the minister and as amended from time to time.

Analytical method

2 For the purposes of analysis of an effluent sample for the determination of total extractable hydrocarbons, the analytical method is as specified by the first of the following that applies:

(

a) the director, by specifying the method on a publicly accessible website maintained by or on behalf of the director;

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b) the British Columbia Environmental Laboratory Manual, 2020, as published by the ministry of the minister and as amended from time to time.

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