| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #Q001 | administrative | unknown | guidance | Guideline Implementation Consultation | aquatic life, agricultural water, other | Users are advised to consult the Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines introductory text, factsheet, and/or protocols for specific information and implementation guidance pertaining to each environmental quality guideline. | high | |
| #Q002 | design | operational | mandatory | Effluent Monitoring Facility Installation | wastewater | The owner of a plant shall, for each type of effluent deposited by the plant, install and maintain facilities, including sampling connections and flow measuring devices, of such type as the Minister may in writing approve for sampling and analysing effluents for the purpose of enabling the Minister to determine whether the owner is complying with the limits of authorized deposits prescribed by section 5; | Applies for each type of effluent deposited by the plant. | high |
| #Q003 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Compliance with Standard Methods for Sampling and Storage | wastewater | For the purposes of paragraph 6(c), procedures pertaining to sampling, preservation and storage of samples and prevention of interference relating to the test methods referred to in paragraph (1)(a), as outlined in the general sections of the publication Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 14th Edition (1975), published jointly by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation, shall be adhered to. | Applies to composite samples analyzed under section 9. | high |
| #Q004 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Monthly Effluent Reporting | wastewater | The owner of a plant shall, within 30 days after the end of each equivalent month, sign, date and forward to the Minister a report, in such form as the Minister may in writing approve, showing for that equivalent month [actual daily deposits, average daily deposits, pH, production, operating days, daily flow, and ammonia nitrogen]. | Within 30 days after the end of each equivalent month. | high |
| #Q005 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Prohibition of Test Sample Chemical Adjustment | aquatic life | there shall be no direct adjustment of the pH or other chemical characteristics of the test sample; | Applies to the conduct of the 96-hour acute lethality static test using rainbow trout. | high |
| #Q006 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Annual Production Declaration | wastewater | The owner of a plant shall, within 30 days after the end of each calendar year, sign, date and forward to the Minister a declaration in such form as the Minister may in writing approve, showing the actual production of the plant for the previous year, in terms of tonnes of finished product for integrated and processing plants and tonnes of raw material for rendering plants and declaring equivalent months for the forthcoming year. | Within 30 days after the end of each calendar year. | high |
| #Q007 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Composite Sampling Methodology | wastewater | A composite sample shall be obtained by collecting effluent discharged from a plant during an operating day (a) continually during a sampling period of 24 hours at a rate in proportion to the flow rate of the effluent discharged; or (b) in such a manner that equal volumes of effluent are delivered into a receptacle at equal intervals not longer than one hour during a sampling period of 24 hours. | Standard operating days for all plants unless sub-sections 7(2) or 7(3) apply. | high |
| #Q008 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Continuous Flow Measurement | wastewater | Subject to subsection (2), for the purpose of paragraph 6(d), the flow of each type of effluent deposited by a plant shall be measured and recorded continuously. | Applies unless specific plant production sizes allow alternative measurement under 10(2). | high |
| #Q009 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Initial Plant Status Declaration | wastewater | The owner of a new plant shall, before he deposits any deleterious substance prescribed by section 4, and the owner of an expanded plant shall, within 30 days of becoming subject to these Regulations, sign, date and forward to the Minister a declaration, in such form as the Minister may in writing approve, showing whether the plant is an integrated plant, processing plant or rendering plant; showing whether the plant will process red meat or poultry or both; showing the projected annual production of the plant; and declaring equivalent months for the remainder of the calendar year. | Applies to new plants before deposit or expanded plants within 30 days of being subject to regulations. | high |
| #Q010 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Lethality Test Sample Preservation | aquatic life | when transportation or storage of a composite sample is necessary, special precautions shall be used to minimize degradation as follows: (i) the sample shall be kept in sealed containers which are completely filled to the exclusion of all air, (ii) if it is necessary for the sample to be stored more than 60 hours between collection and testing, the sample shall be brought to a temperature range of 1° to 6 °C as soon as possible after collection and maintained at this temperature range until just prior to being tested, and (iii) acute lethality testing shall commence as soon as possible but in no case shall it commence later than four days after sampling. | When transportation or storage of a composite sample for acute lethality testing is necessary. | high |
| #Q011 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Mandatory Composite Sampling Duty | wastewater | The owner of a plant shall, for each type of effluent deposited by the plant... take a composite sample on the regular basis prescribed by section 8; | high | |
| #Q012 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Mandatory Acute Lethality Testing Duty | aquatic life | The owner of a plant shall, for each type of effluent deposited by the plant... conduct the acute lethality test on a composite sample from a plant referred to in Column I of Schedule II at the frequency set out opposite that plant in Column II thereof. | Applies to plants listed in Schedule II. | high |
| #Q013 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Prohibition of Throwing Deleterious Substances Overboard | aquatic life | No one shall (a) throw overboard ballast, coal ashes, stones or other prejudicial or deleterious substances in any river, harbour or roadstead, or in any water where fishing is carried on; | Applies in any river, harbour, roadstead, or water where fishing is carried on. | high |
| #Q014 | prohibition | aesthetic | mandatory | Prohibition of Depositing Fish or Marine Animal Remains on Shore | aquatic life, other | No one shall (b) leave or deposit or cause to be thrown, left or deposited, on the shore, beach or bank of any water or on the beach between high and low water mark, remains or offal of fish or of marine animals; | Applies to shores, beaches, or banks of any water. | high |
| #Q015 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Prohibition of Leaving Decaying Fish in Fishing Apparatus | aquatic life | No one shall (c) leave decayed or decaying fish in any net or other fishing apparatus. | high | |
| #Q016 | prohibition | health | mandatory | General Prohibition of Depositing Deleterious Substances | aquatic life | Subject to subsection (4), no person shall deposit or permit the deposit of a deleterious substance of any type in water frequented by fish or in any place under any conditions where the deleterious substance or any other deleterious substance that results from the deposit of the deleterious substance may enter any such water. | Applies to water frequented by fish or places where substances may enter such water. | high |
| #Q017 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Mandatory Monitoring and Reporting under Ministerial Direction | wastewater, aquatic life | A person authorized to deposit a deleterious substance by or under regulations made under subsection (5) or (5.2) shall, when directed by the Minister... conduct any sampling, analyses, tests, measurements or monitoring, install or operate any equipment or comply with any procedures, and report any information, that is required by the Minister in order to determine whether the person is depositing the deleterious substance in the manner authorized. | Applies when directed by the Minister to a person authorized to deposit substances under regulation. | high |
| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Limit Type | Limit Value | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #R001 | physical | operational | mandatory | pH Range | wastewater | requirement | 6.0 - 9.0 pH units | pH of each composite sample of effluent | Prior to authorized deposit | high |
| #R002 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - BOD (Red Meat Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 1.0 kg/tonne of finished product | Red Meat Integrated Plant actual daily deposit | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R003 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - BOD (Red Meat Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.5 kg/tonne of finished product | Red Meat Integrated Plant average daily deposit during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R004 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Storm Water Exclusion BOD Threshold | wastewater | requirement | <= 50 mg/L | Average concentration of biochemical oxygen demanding matter in at least 3 samples of storm water | Taken at intervals of 15 minutes | high |
| #R005 | physical | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Test Dissolved Oxygen | wastewater | requirement | >= 8 mg/l | Minimum dissolved oxygen level maintained during test | Aeration or oxygenation minimized to reduce stripping of volatile compounds | high |
| #R006 | physical | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Test Temperature | wastewater | requirement | 15 ± 1 Celsius | Temperature at which the test is conducted | high | |
| #R007 | physical | operational | mandatory | Test Sample Storage Temperature | wastewater | requirement | 1 - 6 Celsius | Sample brought to and maintained at this range if stored more than 60 hours | Necessary storage between collection and testing | high |
| #R008 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - Total Suspended Matter (Red Meat Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 1.2 kg/tonne of finished product | Red Meat Integrated Plant actual daily deposit of total suspended matter | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R009 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - Total Suspended Matter (Red Meat Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.6 kg/tonne of finished product | Red Meat Integrated Plant average daily deposit of total suspended matter during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R010 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - Grease (Red Meat Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 1.6 kg/tonne of finished product | Red Meat Integrated Plant actual daily deposit of grease | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R011 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - Grease (Red Meat Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.8 kg/tonne of finished product | Red Meat Integrated Plant average daily deposit of grease during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R012 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - BOD (Processing Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.7 kg/tonne of finished product | Processing Plant actual daily deposit of BOD | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R013 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - BOD (Processing Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.35 kg/tonne of finished product | Processing Plant average daily deposit of BOD during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R014 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - TSM (Processing Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.5 kg/tonne of finished product | Processing Plant actual daily deposit of total suspended matter | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R015 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - TSM (Processing Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.25 kg/tonne of finished product | Processing Plant average daily deposit of total suspended matter during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R016 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - Grease (Processing Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.8 kg/tonne of finished product | Processing Plant actual daily deposit of grease | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R017 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - Grease (Processing Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.4 kg/tonne of finished product | Processing Plant average daily deposit of grease during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R018 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - BOD (Poultry Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 1.4 kg/tonne of finished product | Poultry Integrated Plant actual daily deposit of BOD | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R019 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - BOD (Poultry Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.7 kg/tonne of finished product | Poultry Integrated Plant average daily deposit of BOD during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R020 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - TSM (Poultry Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 1.0 kg/tonne of finished product | Poultry Integrated Plant actual daily deposit of total suspended matter | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R021 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - TSM (Poultry Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.5 kg/tonne of finished product | Poultry Integrated Plant average daily deposit of total suspended matter during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R022 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - Grease (Poultry Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 1.0 kg/tonne of finished product | Poultry Integrated Plant actual daily deposit of grease | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R023 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - Grease (Poultry Integrated Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.5 kg/tonne of finished product | Poultry Integrated Plant average daily deposit of grease during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R024 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - BOD (Rendering Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.4 kg/tonne of raw material | Rendering Plant actual daily deposit of BOD | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R025 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - BOD (Rendering Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.2 kg/tonne of raw material | Rendering Plant average daily deposit of BOD during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R026 | microbiological | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Control Mortality Limit | wastewater | requirement | <= 10 per cent | Maximum death rate of control fish for a valid test | Exposure over 96 hours | high |
| #R027 | physical | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Sample Volume Ratio | wastewater | requirement | >= 1.5 litres per gram of fish | Minimum volume of fresh test sample per 96-hour test | high | |
| #R028 | design | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Minimum Water Depth | wastewater | requirement | >= 10 cm | Minimum water depth in any test vessel | high | |
| #R029 | physical | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Fish Weight Range | wastewater | requirement | 0.5 - 10 grams | Weight range for individual fish used in the test | Weight of largest fish not more than twice the smallest | high |
| #R030 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - Total Suspended Matter (Rendering Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.4 kg/tonne of raw material | Rendering Plant actual daily deposit of total suspended matter | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R031 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - Total Suspended Matter (Rendering Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.2 kg/tonne of raw material | Rendering Plant average daily deposit of total suspended matter during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R032 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Actual Daily Deposit - Grease (Rendering Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.3 kg/tonne of raw material | Rendering Plant actual daily deposit of grease | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(1) | high |
| #R033 | chemical | operational | mandatory | Authorized Average Daily Deposit - Grease (Rendering Plant) | wastewater | requirement | <= 0.15 kg/tonne of raw material | Rendering Plant average daily deposit of grease during an equivalent month | Determined in accordance with subsection 11(2) | high |
| #R034 | physical | operational | mandatory | Treated Wastewater Exclusion pH Limit | wastewater | requirement | 6.0 - 9.0 pH units | pH of wastewater treated at a site outside a plant to be excluded from 'effluent' definition | Determined in accordance with subsection 9(3) | high |
| #R035 | physical | operational | mandatory | Maximum Aeration Time Before Lethality Test | wastewater | requirement | <= 2 hours | Aeration or oxygenation of the test sample prior to the commencement of the test | Required to maintain minimum dissolved oxygen level | high |
| #R036 | physical | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Test Sample Storage Refrigeration Threshold | wastewater | requirement | > 60 hours | Storage duration trigger requiring sample cooling to 1-6 °C | Necessary storage between collection and testing | high |
| #R037 | physical | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Test Commencement Deadline | wastewater | requirement | <= 4 days | Maximum allowable time between sampling and commencement of acute lethality testing | high | |
| #R038 | operational | operational | mandatory | Minimum Composite Sample Volumes | wastewater | requirement | >= 4 equal volumes | For red meat/poultry/processing plants under production thresholds | Delivered into a receptacle at equal intervals | high |
| #R039 | operational | operational | mandatory | Minimum Composite Sampling Duration | wastewater | requirement | >= 4 hours | Sampling period during which slaughtering or processing is performed | For plants under specific production thresholds | high |
| #R040 | operational | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Test Subject Count | wastewater | requirement | >= 10 fish | Number of fish exposed to a representative portion of the composite sample | An equal number shall be exposed as control fish | high |
| #R041 | operational | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Test Duration | wastewater | requirement | 96 hours | Exposure period for fish in the lethality test | Identical conditions for test and control groups | high |
| #R042 | operational | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Fish Weight Variance Ratio | wastewater | requirement | <= 2 ratio | Weight of the largest fish compared to the smallest | Individual fish must weigh between 0.5 and 10 grams | high |
| #R043 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Monthly Reporting Deadline | wastewater | requirement | <= 30 days | Timeframe to forward report to the Minister after the end of each equivalent month | Must include all sampling results and flow data | high |
| #R044 | operational | operational | mandatory | Expanded Plant Production Threshold | wastewater | requirement | > 2.5 times average annual amount | Definition of an expanded plant based on production increases compared to historical averages | Applies to cases where production exceeds 2.5 times the 1971-1975 or start-to-1977 average | high |
| #R045 | operational | operational | mandatory | Standard Composite Sample Duration | wastewater | requirement | 24 hours | Duration of effluent collection for a standard composite sample | During an operating day | high |
| #R046 | operational | operational | mandatory | Standard Composite Sample Interval | wastewater | requirement | <= 1 hour | Maximum interval between delivery of equal volumes into a receptacle for a composite sample | During a 24-hour sampling period | high |
| #R047 | operational | operational | mandatory | Sampling Frequency - Low Volume Plants | wastewater | requirement | 1 per equivalent month | Sampling frequency for small integrated/processing plants | Red meat/processing < 500 tonnes, poultry < 2 500 tonnes annually | high |
| #R048 | operational | operational | mandatory | Sampling Frequency - Standard Volume Plants | wastewater | requirement | 1 per week | Sampling frequency for medium integrated plants and all rendering plants | Includes red meat 500-10,000 tonnes and poultry 2,500-7,000 tonnes annually | high |
| #R049 | operational | operational | mandatory | Sampling Frequency - High Volume Plants | wastewater | requirement | 2 per week | Sampling frequency for large integrated plants | Red meat > 10,000 tonnes, poultry > 7,000 tonnes annually | high |
| #R050 | operational | reporting | mandatory | New or Expanded Plant Declaration Deadline | wastewater | requirement | 30 days | Deadline to forward a declaration for an expanded plant | Within 30 days of becoming subject to the Regulations | high |
| #R051 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Annual Production Declaration Deadline | wastewater | requirement | 30 days | Deadline for annual declaration of actual production and future equivalent months | After the end of each calendar year | high |
| #R052 | operational | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Testing Frequency - Low Volume Plants | wastewater | requirement | 1 per calendar year | Sampling frequency for small integrated/processing plants for toxicity testing | Red meat/processing < 500 tonnes, poultry < 2 500 tonnes annually | high |
| #R053 | operational | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Testing Frequency - Standard Rendering/Integrated | wastewater | requirement | 1 per 13 week period | Toxicity testing frequency for high volume or rendering plants | Intervals greater than one calendar month | high |
| #R054 | operational | operational | mandatory | Equivalent Month Duration Range | wastewater | requirement | 4 - 6 weeks | Duration of a period declared as an equivalent month for compliance purposes | high | |
| #R055 | operational | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Testing Frequency - Mid-Volume Plants | wastewater | requirement | 2 per calendar year | Sampling frequency for acute lethality testing in mid-sized facilities | At intervals greater than four calendar months; applies to Red Meat (500-10,000 t), Processing (>500 t), and Poultry (2,500-7,000 t) | high |
| #R056 | operational | operational | mandatory | Acute Lethality Observation Intervals | wastewater | requirement | 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8, 24, 48, 72, 96 hours | Specific intervals at which the number of dead fish must be recorded during the 96-hour test | Recorded for both treatment and control vessels | high |
| Req ID | Category | Name | Context | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #D001 | major modification | A major modification is one that requires a change in the licensing basis for the facility or activity. | high | |
| #D002 | action level | An action level is defined as a specific dose of radiation or other parameter that, if reached, may indicate a loss of control of part of a licensee’s radiation protection program or environmental protection program, and triggers a requirement for specific action to be taken. | high | |
| #D003 | interim period | The interim period is the time from when adaptive management is triggered through to completion of commissioning of the new treatment system or other control measures. | high | |
| #D004 | Exemption Quantity (EQ) | As specified in the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations | high | |
| #D005 | Unconditional Clearance Levels (UCLs) | As specified in the Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations | high | |
| #D006 | Practice-specific CCLs | Established by the CNSC for a specific industrial facility/activity | high | |
| #D007 | BATEA | the term BATEA is used when referring to both nuclear and hazardous substances [representing best available technology and techniques economically achievable] | high | |
| #D008 | ALARA | the term ALARA is used when referring solely to nuclear substances [representing as low as reasonably achievable] | high | |
| #D009 | licensed limit | A licensed limit is part of the licensing basis and, if exceeded, represents a loss of control of part of the licensee’s program(s) or control measure(s). | high | |
| #D010 | licensed release limits | Licensed release limits are a subset of licensed limits, that are specific to releases to the environment, and are part of the licensing basis. | high | |
| #D011 | environmental release targets (ERTs) | evaluation criteria used as the basis of the design of the treatment technologies and techniques being appraised as part of the BATEA assessment. | high | |
| #D012 | Adaptive management | Adaptive management involves, among other things, the implementation of new or modified mitigation measures over the life of a project to address unanticipated environmental effects. | high | |
| #D013 | Generic CCLs | As specified in table A.1 of this appendix | high | |
| #D014 | Exclusion | Exclusion is for sources/exposures where it is impossible to exert control over them. | high | |
| #D015 | Exemption | Exemption is for sources/exposures where control is potentially feasible, but it is considered unnecessary or unwarranted, and a decision is made a priori to exempt it from regulatory control | high | |
| #D016 | Clearance | Clearance can be thought of as exemption from within where it serves as permission for the materials developed or arising from a regulated activity to exit the regulatory system with no further regulatory requirements or oversight | high | |
| #D017 | Authorization for discharge | allows the release (that is, discharge to the environment) of the substance while continuing to maintain regulatory control and oversight of the release through the maintenance of additional regulatory requirements | high | |
| #D018 | maximum predicted design release characteristics (MPDRCs) | the proposed location of the points of release, the proposed maximum quantities and concentrations, and the anticipated volume and flow rate of nuclear and hazardous substances expected to be released to the environment, including their physical, chemical and radiological characteristics. | high | |
| #D019 | Public dose constraints | estimates of public dose, less than the regulatory public dose limit, that are either established or approved by the CNSC for use in the optimization process. | high | |
| #D020 | residual release | the remaining release of a nuclear or hazardous substance, after accounting for all treatment and mitigation through the application of BATEA. | high | |
| #D021 | EMS | environmental management system | high | |
| #D022 | PSR | periodic safety review | high | |
| #D023 | WTP | wastewater treatment plant | high | |
| #D024 | POI | point-of-impingement | high | |
| #D025 | upper value of normal operation | based on the predicted or current operating conditions, and is typically determined using either: a prospective approach for a new facility or activity, based on the approved design and other relevant information; a retrospective approach for an existing facility or activity, using all available performance data (including historical data) | high | |
| #D026 | ERA | environmental risk assessment | high | |
| #D027 | IPPP | interim pollution prevention plan | high | |
| #D028 | SAT | site acceptance testing | high | |
| #D029 | FAT | factory acceptance testing | high | |
| #D030 | SOPs | standard operating procedures | high | |
| #D031 | OHS | occupational health and safety | high | |
| #D032 | dilution zone | spatial extent of the initial mixing zone | high | |
| #D033 | shall | used to express requirements to be satisfied by the licensee or licence applicant. | high | |
| #D034 | must | used to express requirements to be satisfied by the licensee or licence applicant. | high | |
| #D035 | should | used to express guidance or that which is advised. | high | |
| #D036 | may | used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of this regulatory document. | high | |
| #D037 | can | used to express possibility or capability. | high | |
| #D038 | NSCA | Nuclear Safety and Control Act | high | |
| #D039 | CCLs | conditional clearance levels | high | |
| #D040 | IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency | high | |
| #D041 | QA/QC | quality assurance and quality control | high | |
| #D042 | NSRDR | Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations | high | |
| #D043 | GNSCR | General Nuclear and Safety Control Regulations | high | |
| #D044 | CNSC | Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | high | |
| #D045 | CCME | Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment | high | |
| #D046 | Fd | Dilution factor | high | |
| #D047 | CERT | effluent concentration corresponding to the environmental release target | high |