| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #Q001 | prohibition | unknown | mandatory | Prohibition on Deposit of Deleterious Substances | aquatic life, wastewater | Subsection 36(3) is the key pollution prevention provision. It prohibits the deposit of all deleterious substances: into water frequented by fish, or to any place, under any conditions, where it may enter water frequented by fish | high | |
| #Q002 | operational | operational | mandatory | Prevention of Deleterious Deposits | aquatic life, wastewater | Everyone in Canada must ensure that their activities are managed to prevent the deposit of deleterious substances into waters frequented by fish. | high | |
| #Q003 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Immediate Notification of Unauthorized Deposit | aquatic life, wastewater | In case of an unauthorized deposit which is likely to be detrimental to fish or fish habitat or of an imminent danger of such an occurrence, the person responsible for the deposit must: immediately notify an inspector, a fishery officer, a fishery guardian or an authority prescribed by a regulation | In case of an unauthorized deposit which is likely to be detrimental to fish or fish habitat or of an imminent danger of such an occurrence | high |
| #Q004 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Emergency Reporting Call | aquatic life, wastewater | In the event of an environmental emergency or deposit, the person responsible and/or anyone discovering the emergency is to call the 24-hour telephone number for the region in which the event occurred | In the event of an environmental emergency or deposit | high |
| #Q005 | corrective_action | operational | mandatory | Mitigation of Unauthorized Deposit Impacts | aquatic life, wastewater | In case of an unauthorized deposit which is likely to be detrimental to fish or fish habitat or of an imminent danger of such an occurrence, the person responsible for the deposit must: take all reasonable measures to mitigate impacts and prevent further damage | In case of an unauthorized deposit which is likely to be detrimental to fish or fish habitat or of an imminent danger of such an occurrence | high |
| #Q006 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Written Report for Unauthorized Deposit | aquatic life, wastewater | In case of an unauthorized deposit which is likely to be detrimental to fish or fish habitat or of an imminent danger of such an occurrence, the person responsible for the deposit must: submit a written report as soon as possible after the occurrence or learning of the danger of an occurrence to an inspector, fishery officer, fishery guardian or an authority identified in a regulation such as the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations and the Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations | In case of an unauthorized deposit which is likely to be detrimental to fish or fish habitat or of an imminent danger of such an occurrence | high |
No quantitative requirements.
| Req ID | Category | Name | Context | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #D001 | CESI | Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators | high | |
| #D002 | deposit | any action that results in a deleterious substance making its way into waters frequented by fish, including: discharging, spraying, releasing, spilling, leaking, seeping, pouring, emitting, emptying, throwing, dumping, placing | high | |
| #D003 | deleterious substance | any substance that, if added to any water would degrade or alter the water quality such that it could directly or indirectly harm fish, fish habitat, or the use of fish by humans. | high | |
| #D004 | water frequented by fish | means Canadian fisheries waters, which includes all: waters in the Canadian fishing zones, waters in the territorial seas of Canada, internal waters (waters within Canada’s landmass), including waterways such as: rivers, lakes, creeks, canals, other such water bodies | high | |
| #D005 | fish | includes finfish as well as a range of other organisms that live in water. The definition of fish also comprises all stages of the life cycle of fish (e.g. from the egg to adult) and includes all parts of fish, such as shellfish, crustaceans, and marine animals. | high | |
| #D006 | Fisheries Act | federal legislation, dating back to 1868, which aims to manage and protect Canada's fisheries resources | high | |
| #D007 | ECCC | Environment and Climate Change Canada | high | |
| #D008 | EPS 1/RM/13 | Biological Test Method: Reference Method for Determining Acute Lethality of Effluent to Rainbow Trout | high | |
| #D009 | EPS1/RM/10 | Biological Test Method: Acute Lethality Test Using Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) | high | |
| #D010 | internal waters | waters within Canada’s landmass | high | |
| #D011 | chemical characterizations | use lab-based testing to identify individual deleterious substances within a sample of the deposit | high | |
| #D012 | toxicity tests | are used to determine the potential effects of a mixture of substances in an effluent | high | |
| #D013 | sublethal tests | measure whether an effluent affects parameters such as the growth or reproduction of the test species | high | |
| #D014 | deleterious effects | impacts, for example, on growth, respiration, reproduction, larval survival, or normal development | high | |
| #D015 | CEPA | Canadian Environmental Protection Act | high | |
| #D016 | m3 | cubic metres | high | |
| #D017 | ECCC | Environment and Climate Change Canada | high |