| #Q001 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Non-application of Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations | wastewater | The Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations, made under subsection 36(5) of the Fisheries Act, do not apply in respect of a wastewater system in Yukon that would otherwise have been subject to those regulations and that is subject to the Waters Act, S.Y. 2003, c. 19; 2007, c. 6 and the Waters Regulation, Yukon O.I.C. 2003/58. | Applies to a wastewater system in Yukon that would otherwise have been subject to the Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations and that is subject to the Waters Act and Waters Regulation. | high |
| #Q002 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Non-application of Fisheries Act subsection 36(3) | wastewater | Subsection 36(3) of the Fisheries Act does not apply in respect of any deposit of effluent from the final discharge point of a wastewater system referred to in section 2 if the effluent would otherwise have been regulated under the Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations. | Applies to the deposit of effluent from the final discharge point of a wastewater system in Yukon that is subject to the Waters Act and Waters Regulation. | high |
| #Q003 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Requirement for Sewage Works ECA | wastewater | All facilities discharging wastewater into waterways are, pursuant to section 53 of the OWRA, required to have site-specific sewage works ECAs that consider potential impacts on local water bodies, and include discharge limits that are in addition to, and often more stringent than, the technology-based minimum limits set in the MISA regulations. | Facilities discharging wastewater into waterways | high |
| #Q004 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Electronic Reporting Requirement | wastewater | As part of transferring the MISA regulation requirements into the ECAs, we are also removing the requirement to submit paper copies of reports to the Director in order to allow such reports to be submitted electronically only. | Facilities with requirements transferred from MISA regulations into ECAs | high |
| #Q005 | administrative | treatment | mandatory | Information Requirements for ECA Amendments | wastewater | If any facility intends to apply for amendments to its ECA to change the applicable requirements, the facility must include in its application for approval all information that may be necessary to show that the proposed changes will ensure strong environmental protection. | Facility applying for amendments to its ECA to change applicable requirements | high |
| #Q006 | administrative | treatment | mandatory | Assessment of Assimilative Capacity for Amendments | wastewater | If a proposed amendment is intended to address changes in production processes, production rates or raw materials used that could result in changes to the contaminant type or level being discharged, the supporting information would have to be based on an assessment of the capacity of the receiving water body to assimilate the treated effluent. | Proposed amendment addresses changes in production processes, rates, or raw materials affecting contaminant type or level | high |