| #Q001 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Requirement to Operate Under Aquaculture Licence | aquatic life, other | The deleterious substance must be deposited in the operation of the aquaculture facility and the facility must be operated under an aquaculture licence. | | high |
| #Q002 | administrative | health | mandatory | Drug Prescription Requirement | aquatic life, other | (a) if by or under an Act of Parliament the drug may only be sold under a prescription, it must be prescribed by a person who is duly authorized to practise veterinary medicine (i) under the laws of the province in which the aquaculture facility is located, or (ii) under the laws of any province, if the aquaculture facility is not located in a province; | In the case of a deposit of a drug | high |
| #Q003 | operational | operational | mandatory | Minimization of Accidental Drug Deposit | aquatic life, other | (b) the owner or operator of the facility must take measures to minimize the risk of an accidental deposit of the drug; | In the case of a deposit of a drug | high |
| #Q004 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Consideration of Drug Alternatives | aquatic life, other | (c) if the drug is deposited to control a pest as defined in the Pest Control Products Act, the owner or operator must consider, before depositing the drug, whether there are alternatives to the deposit of that drug and make a record of that consideration. | If the drug is deposited to control a pest | high |
| #Q005 | operational | operational | mandatory | Compliance with Pest Control Products Act | aquatic life, other | (a) if the pest control product is registered, the owner or operator of the aquaculture facility must use it in compliance with any conditions specified under the Pest Control Products Act, including any conditions relating to the place where it may be used and the quantity and concentration that may be used; | In the case of a deposit of a pest control product | high |
| #Q006 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Consideration of Pesticide Alternatives | aquatic life, other | (c) the owner or the operator must consider, before depositing the pest control product, whether there are alternatives to the deposit of that pest control product and make a record of that consideration; | In the case of a deposit of a pest control product | high |
| #Q007 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notification of Pesticide Deposit | aquatic life, other | (d) the owner or the operator must notify the Minister, at least 72 hours before the deposit, of the product name of the pest control product and the time, date and geographic coordinates of the deposit. | In the case of a deposit of a pest control product | high |
| #Q008 | operational | operational | mandatory | Measures to Reduce Detriment to Fish Habitat | aquatic life, other | 7.(1) The owner or the operator of the aquaculture facility must, in depositing a deleterious substance referred to in paragraph 2(a) or (b), take reasonable measures to minimize detriment to fish and fish habitat outside of the facility, having regard to (a) the cost and effectiveness of the available measures; (b) the degree and nature of the detriment that may result from the deposit; and (c) the physical characteristics of the facility and the type of aquaculture that is engaged in. | In depositing a deleterious substance referred to in paragraph 2(a) or (b) [drugs or pest control products] | high |
| #Q009 | operational | operational | mandatory | Measures to Minimize Deposit of Feces and Feed | aquatic life, other | (2) In the case of an aquaculture facility that cultivates finfish and that is operated under an aquaculture licence that permits a standing biomass of more than 2.5 t or an annual production of more than 5 t, the owner or operator of the facility must take reasonable measures to minimize the deposit of fish feces and unconsumed feed, having regard to the factors set out in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c). | Facility that cultivates finfish with standing biomass > 2.5 t or annual production > 5 t | high |
| #Q010 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Submission of Information Before Depositing | aquatic life, other | 8.(1) In the case of an aquaculture facility located in tidal waters for the cultivation of finfish that commences operations after the day on which these Regulations come into force, the owner or operator of the facility must submit the following information to the Minister at least 300 days before making a first deposit of a deleterious substance in the operation of the facility: (a) the predicted contours of the footprint of the biochemical oxygen demanding matter... (b) a survey conducted in accordance with the Monitoring Standard... (c) the bathymetry of the seabed... and (d) in the case of a facility located over a soft bottom, the additional information that is specified in the Monitoring Standard concerning the seabed... | New facility located in tidal waters for cultivation of finfish (exceptions apply for small sites under 8(4)) | high |
| #Q011 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Submission of Studies for Expansion Applications | aquatic life, other | 9. If the owner or operator of an aquaculture facility located in tidal waters that cultivates finfish makes an application under federal or provincial law that, if approved, would authorize any activity that is likely to increase the predicted contours of the footprint of the biochemical oxygen demanding matter deposited by the facility, the owner or operator must conduct the studies necessary to obtain the information referred to in paragraphs 8(1)(a) to (d) and submit the information to the Minister within 30 days after the day on which the application was made. | Application to increase footprint of BOD matter | high |
| #Q012 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Benthic Substrate Sampling Requirement | aquatic life, other | 10.(1) In the case of an aquaculture facility that is located over a soft bottom and cultivates finfish in tidal waters in or adjacent to Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland and Labrador, the owner or operator of the facility (a) must take samples of the benthic substrate in the manner and at the times and locations specified in the Monitoring Standard and determine the concentration of free sulfide in the samples in accordance with that Standard; | Soft bottom facility cultivating finfish in tidal waters in specified provinces | high |
| #Q013 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Prohibition on Restocking (Free Sulfide) | aquatic life, other | (c) must not restock the facility if the concentrations of free sulfide exceed the applicable concentration limits set out in paragraph (b). | If free sulfide concentrations exceed limits | high |
| #Q014 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Alternative Visual Monitoring Requirement | aquatic life, other | (2) The owner or operator of an aquaculture facility must conduct visual monitoring in accordance with section 11 instead of the sampling described in subsection (1) if the owner or operator cannot obtain, from each of the locations specified in the Monitoring Standard, benthic substrate samples that (a) contain substrate to a depth of at least 5 cm; and (b) have a volume of at least 15 ml and undisturbed sediment-water interface. | When acceptable benthic substrate samples cannot be obtained | high |
| #Q015 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Prohibition on Restocking (Visual Monitoring) | aquatic life, other | (b) must not, if the facility is located in tidal waters in or adjacent to Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland and Labrador, restock the facility if the visual monitoring shows the presence of Beggiatoa species or similar bacteria, marine worms or barren substrate in more than 70% of the locations specified in the Monitoring Standard; and c) must not, if the facility is located in tidal waters in or adjacent to British Columbia, restock the facility if visual monitoring shows that Beggiatoa species or similar bacteria or marine worms cover (i) 10% or more of any four segments... or (ii) 10% or more of the two contiguous segments... | If visual monitoring thresholds are exceeded | high |
| #Q016 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notification of Minister for Threshold Exceedance | aquatic life, other | (3) The owner or operator must notify the Minister within 14 days after the day on which the samples of the substrate were taken or the visual monitoring conducted, as the case may be. | If concentration limits for free sulfide or visual monitoring parameters are exceeded | high |
| #Q017 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notification of Fish Morbidity or Mortality | aquatic life, other | 13.(1) If fish morbidity or mortality outside the aquaculture facility is observed from any part of the facility within 96 hours after the deposit of any drug or pest control product referred to in paragraph 2(a) or (b), the owner or operator of the facility must immediately notify a fishery officer of (a) the name of the facility and its operator; (b) the geographic coordinates of the fish observed; (c) the estimated number and, if known, species of the fish observed; and (d) the product name of the drug or pest control product deposited and the date of the deposit. | If fish morbidity or mortality is observed outside the facility within 96 hours of depositing drug or pest control product | high |
| #Q018 | corrective_action | operational | mandatory | Compliance with Minister's Direction on Deposit Ceasation | aquatic life, other | (2) If the owner or operator of an aquaculture facility is directed by the Minister to undertake measures under subsection 36(6) of the Act, and the Minister advises the owner or operator that the direction is related to the notification made by them under subsection (1), the owner or the operator must cease depositing the drug or pest control product referred to in subsection (1) until they have complied with the Minister’s directions. | If directed by the Minister following a morbidity/mortality notification | high |
| #Q019 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Submission of Annual Report | aquatic life, other | 14. The owner or operator of an aquaculture facility must submit an annual report to the Minister, and retain a copy of it, in accordance with section 16. | | high |
| #Q020 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Content and Due Date of Annual Report | aquatic life, other | 16.(1) An annual report must be submitted in a form acceptable to the Minister and contain the following information in respect of the operation of the aquaculture facility during the calendar year... (2) An annual report must be submitted to the Minister on or before April 1 of the year following the year that is the subject of the report. | | high |
| #Q021 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Retention of Annual Report | aquatic life, other | (3) An owner or operator of an aquaculture facility must retain a copy of the annual report in the facility for a period of two years after the day on which it is submitted to the Minister. | | high |
| #Q022 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Laboratory Accreditation for Samples | aquatic life, other | 1. All water, sediment, and/or tissue samples collected by the owner or operator will be submitted to a laboratory accredited by the Standards Council of Canada. | During sampling for drugs and pest control products | high |
| #Q023 | operational | operational | mandatory | Cleaning of Sampling Equipment | aquatic life, other | 6. All equipment must be cleaned with detergents and rinsed three times with sterile water between sampling sessions and when there may have been direct exposure to drugs and pest control products or indirectly via dust or water vapour | During sampling for drugs and pest control products | high |
| #Q024 | design | reporting | mandatory | Calculation of BOD Deposition Rate | aquatic life, other | 1. (1) Calculate the rate of deposition of biochemical oxygen demanding (BOD) matter from the facility during maximum daily quantity of feed usage, using an aquaculture waste deposition model, and map the 1, 5, and 10 grams carbon per meter squared per day (g C/m2/day) depositional contours. | For baseline information for new sites and expansion of existing sites | high |
| #Q025 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Bathymetric Survey Procedure | aquatic life, other | 3.(1) A bathymetric survey must be conducted with a minimum resolution of 10 m contours to generate depth profiles, related to chart datum, within the modeled 1 g C/m2/day depositional contour, as calculated in subsection 1(1), and covering the entire lease, including reference stations where applicable. | Unless using an existing bathymetric chart per 3(2) | high |
| #Q026 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Timing of Baseline Benthic Surveys | aquatic life, other | 7. Benthic substrate surveys or visual monitoring must be conducted prior to the introduction of fish to the site. | For baseline information for new sites and expansions | high |
| #Q027 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Timing of Operational Benthic Monitoring | aquatic life, other | 9. Benthic monitoring samples or video must be taken at the facility at least once during the production cycle at sea or every 24 months for farms with finfish continuously on site | During operations | high |
| #Q028 | design | operational | mandatory | Requirement to Describe Environmental Control Measures | wastewater, other | The applicant or licensee shall: describe the control measures that will be taken for the protection of the environment, including the pollution control and abatement technologies and techniques | Applicable to all facilities and activities | high |
| #Q029 | design | operational | mandatory | BATEA Assessment Requirement | wastewater, other | For facilities and activities that are new or are undergoing major modifications that have the potential to increase or change the nature of releases to the environment and the resulting risks to receptors, the applicant or licensee shall conduct an assessment to identify the best available technologies, or the best available techniques for control | New facilities or major modifications | high |
| #Q030 | corrective_action | operational | mandatory | Response to Licensed Release Limit Exceedance | wastewater, other | When a licensee becomes aware that a licensed release limit has been exceeded, the licensee shall: limit, to the extent possible, the effect and magnitude of the exceedance; conduct an investigation to establish the cause and determine the magnitude of the exceedance; assess the potential effects on human health and the environment; identify and take action to restore the effectiveness of the environmental protection program and/or control measure(s) implemented, and prevent recurrence | Upon awareness of licensed release limit exceedance | high |
| #Q031 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Action Level Establishment Protocol | other | For contaminants and physical stressors released to the environment, the licensee shall establish and implement action levels in accordance with CSA N288.8, Establishing and implementing action levels for releases to the environment from nuclear facilities | As part of the environmental protection program | high |
| #Q032 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Response to Action Level Exceedances | other | When an action level is exceeded, the licensee shall: notify and report to the Commission as specified in the licence or licence conditions handbook; conduct an investigation to identify the basis for exceeding the action level; where necessary, take action to restore the effectiveness of the program or control measures that have been implemented | Upon action level exceedance | high |
| #Q033 | design | treatment | mandatory | Commissioning Plan Submission | wastewater, other | For any facility or activity that has a new treatment system to be commissioned, or a major modification to an existing treatment system, the licensee shall submit a commissioning plan to the CNSC. | New treatment system or major modification | high |
| #Q034 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Commissioning Report and Performance Verification | wastewater, other | After the treatment system is commissioned, the licensee shall submit a commissioning report that: includes an assessment of the operating performance of the treatment system against the licensed release limits and MPDRCs to ensure the operating performance is within the licensed release limits; confirms whether the proposed action levels remain appropriate. | After system commissioning | high |
| #Q035 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notification of Unmanaged Risk in ERA | other | upon completion of the ERA, notify the Commission if a previously unmanaged risk is identified in the ERA, and adaptive management is required to restore the effectiveness of the environmental protection program | If unmanaged risk is identified in periodic ERA update | high |
| #Q036 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Non-Acute Lethality Requirement | wastewater, aquatic life | The applicant or licensee shall: ensure that releases are not acutely lethal. | Applicable to all facilities and activities | high |
| #Q037 | design | treatment | mandatory | ALARA and BATEA Incorporation Requirement | wastewater, other | The applicant or licensee shall: demonstrate that the principles of ALARA and BATEA have been incorporated (based on the approved design; see section 4) to: minimize controlled releases and prevent uncontrolled releases of nuclear and hazardous substances to the environment | Applicable to all facilities and activities | high |
| #Q038 | design | operational | mandatory | Establishment of Proposed Release Limits | wastewater, other | As part of the licence application for a new facility or activity, or for an existing facility or activity that is undergoing a major modification, the applicant or licensee shall: establish the proposed release limits (see section 5) | New facility or activity, or undergoing a major modification | high |
| #Q039 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Submission of Release Point Information | wastewater, other | The applicant or licensee shall submit to the CNSC: the locations of the proposed controlled release points; for radioactive nuclear substances, either: the proposed release limit(s) associated with each proposed controlled release point... or the proposed release limit(s) for the facility | | high |
| #Q040 | operational | health | mandatory | Public Dose Limit Compliance Demonstration | other | For all nuclear substances released from the facility or activity, the applicant or licensee shall demonstrate that, based on the proposed release limit(s), the maximum predicted annual total effective dose to a member of the public is less than the regulatory public dose limit. | | high |
| #Q041 | corrective_action | operational | mandatory | Adaptive Management Plan Requirement | other, wastewater | When a requirement for adaptive management is identified, the licensee shall: notify the Commission; develop, document, and implement an adaptive management plan | Upon identification of unreasonable risk or regulatory changes | high |
| #Q042 | operational | operational | mandatory | Reasonable Precautions Demonstration | wastewater, aquatic life, other | demonstrate that reasonable precautions have been taken: to prevent or mitigate physical disturbances and releases of nuclear or hazardous substances; to prevent or minimize any effects associated with those disturbances and releases | Applicable to all facilities and activities | high |
| #Q043 | design | operational | mandatory | Requirement to Conduct ERA | other | conduct an ERA in accordance with REGDOC-2.9.1, Environmental Principles, Assessments and Protection Measures [1] | New facility or activity, or undergoing a major modification | high |
| #Q044 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Routine Effluent and Environmental Monitoring | wastewater, other | conduct routine effluent and/or emission and environmental monitoring as described in the licensee’s approved environmental protection program | Existing facility or activity under normal operation | high |
| #Q045 | operational | operational | mandatory | Monitoring Results Assessment | wastewater, other | assess effluent and/or emission monitoring results against the licensed release limits and action levels | Existing facility or activity under normal operation | high |
| #Q046 | reporting | operational | mandatory | Periodic ERA Update | other | update the site-specific ERA and characterize the risks to the environment (as per ERA periodic update requirements) | Existing facility or activity under normal operation | high |
| #Q047 | reporting | operational | mandatory | BATEA Documentation and Submission | wastewater, other | The applicant or licensee shall document the BATEA assessment and results and shall submit them to the CNSC | New facilities or activities undergoing major modifications | high |
| #Q048 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Action Level Documentation and Submission | other | The applicant or licensee shall: document the development of the action levels in accordance with CSA N288.8, Establishing and implementing action levels for releases to the environment from nuclear facilities [7]; submit this documentation and the proposed action levels to the CNSC | | high |
| #Q049 | operational | treatment | mandatory | Implementation of Commissioning Plan | wastewater, other | The licensee shall commission the treatment system and control measures in accordance with the approved commissioning plan. | New treatment system or major modification | high |
| #Q050 | corrective_action | treatment | mandatory | Response to Unexpected Commissioning Performance | wastewater, other | If the licensee discovers that a specific licensed release limit on releases to the environment cannot be met, the licensee shall: notify the Commission; determine the nature of the unexpected performance or behaviour; assess if the licensed release limit can be met through further optimization, or through application of additional mitigation measures or techniques to bring releases to levels below the licensed release limit | When treatment system performance is unable to meet limits | high |
| #Q051 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Revision of Licensed Release Limits | wastewater, other | Licensed release limits shall be revised in response to: a major modification of the operations of the facility, leading to a change in the licensing basis; new or updated governmental requirements | | high |
| #Q052 | operational | treatment | mandatory | Interim Pollution Prevention Plan Implementation | wastewater, other | Where adaptive management is required, the licensee shall: implement an interim pollution prevention plan, as applicable | When adaptive management is triggered to restore environmental protection program effectiveness | high |
| #Q053 | design | treatment | mandatory | BATEA Assessment Content | wastewater, other | A BATEA assessment shall contain the following elements: characterization of pollutant source or sources; identification of contaminants and physical stressors that will require control; establishment of environmental release targets; analysis of options for technology and techniques; identification of the maximum predicted design release characteristics; analysis of benefits; selection of best BATEA option | Required for new facilities or major modifications | high |
| #Q054 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Action Levels for Other Environmental Controls | other | The applicant or licensee shall establish and implement action levels on other environmental controls that are necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the environmental protection program and control measures. | Including controls like flow and hydraulic head across engineered or natural barriers | high |
| #Q055 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Adaptive Management Periodic Update Content | other | During this interim period, at a frequency specified by the CNSC, the periodic updates shall include: a summary of the technology and techniques being applied and their performance in reducing the contaminants and physical stressors; for each contaminant and physical stressor: an assessment of the historic and current effluent and/or emission performance data; an assessment of the predicted future trends in effluent and/or emission performance; an update summarizing the potential and residual risks to the environment; the status of implementation of the long-term adaptive management plan | Applicable during the interim period of adaptive management | high |
| #Q056 | operational | health | mandatory | Multi-Radionuclide Release Condition | other | When more than 1 radionuclide is released via 1 mode of release (that is, releases to municipal landfills, releases to the atmosphere or releases to the municipal sewer system), for each mode of release, the following condition applies: the sum of the ratio of activity released to the corresponding conditional clearance level for each radionuclide must be less than or equal to 1. | Where multiple radionuclides are released to the same pathway | high |
| #Q057 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Notification Method Requirement | aquatic life | Notification must be made by email. | Required for pesticide deposit notifications | high |
| #Q058 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Post-Morbidity Laboratory Reporting | aquatic life | The owner or operator is responsible for providing the fishery officer with the name of the laboratory to which the samples have been sent and the date of their expected delivery. | If directed to sample following a morbidity or mortality event | high |
| #Q059 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Benthic Sampling Minimum Attempts | aquatic life | At least 5 failed attempts per station must occur and be documented before sediment sampling is abandoned. | During benthic substrate sampling using grab or core devices | high |
| #Q060 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Sulfide Analysis Timeframes | aquatic life | The concentration of free sulfide in the sediment samples must be determined within 36 hours of collection, except in British Columbia where sediment samples must be analyzed within 5 minutes. | | high |
| #Q061 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Video Data Preservation Rule | aquatic life | Original video must be transferred to digital format storage media with no post-survey video editing. | Applies to visual monitoring of benthic substrate | high |
| #Q062 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Disease Outbreak Visitation Prohibition | aquatic life | Sampling must not be undertaken on any site during any disease outbreak or recovery period as determined in consultation with the NL DFA – Aquatic Animal Health Division. | Specific to Newfoundland and Labrador marine finfish farms | high |