| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #Q001 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Pesticide Regulation Responsibility | other | The Health Canada Pesticides Regulatory Directorate (PRD) is responsible for pesticide regulation in Canada. | medium | |
| #Q002 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Effluent Quality Monitoring and Reporting | wastewater, aquatic life | The owners or operators of wastewater systems must monitor and report the quality of their effluent to show that they are meeting the standards. | high | |
| #Q003 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Identification Report Submission | wastewater | Owners or operators of wastewater systems must submit an identification report within 45 days after their system comes into operation. | Within 45 days after system comes into operation | high |
| #Q004 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Identification Report Updates | wastewater | Any changes or new information on the wastewater system must be submitted within 45 days of the change. | Within 45 days of the change | high |
| #Q005 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Regular Monitoring Report Submission | wastewater | Owners and operators must submit monitoring reports regularly. | Frequency (quarterly or annual) determined by system type and size | high |
| #Q006 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Combined Sewer Overflow Monthly Data | wastewater | Owners or operators of wastewater systems with at least one combined sewer overflow point are required to report for each month where a deposit occured: the number of days that effluent was released via each overflow point; the volume of effluent deposited from each overflow point | Applies for each month where a deposit occurred | high |
| #Q007 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Annual Combined Sewer Overflow Report Deadline | wastewater | Owners and operators must submit the combined sewer overflow report once per year by February 15. | Due annually by February 15 | high |
| #Q008 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Effluent Acute Lethality Prohibition | wastewater, aquatic life | The effluent also cannot be acutely lethal. | high | |
| #Q009 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Prohibition of deleterious substance deposit | aquatic life | 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 | |
| #Q010 | operational | operational | mandatory | Prevention of deleterious substance deposit | aquatic life | Everyone in Canada must ensure that their activities are managed to prevent the deposit of deleterious substances into waters frequented by fish. | high | |
| #Q011 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Mandatory notification of unauthorized deposit | aquatic life | 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 |
| #Q012 | corrective_action | operational | mandatory | Mitigation of unauthorized deposit impacts | aquatic life | 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 |
| #Q013 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Written report of unauthorized deposit | aquatic life | 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 | 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 |
| #Q014 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | 24-Hour Emergency Notification | aquatic life | 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 |
No quantitative requirements.
| Req ID | Category | Name | Context | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #D001 | 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 | |
| #D002 | 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 | |
| #D003 | Water frequented by fish | 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 | |
| #D004 | fish | 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 | |
| #D005 | Incident Command System | a standardized organizational structure for incident management to coordinate Environment and Climate Change Canada’s response to environmental emergencies | high | |
| #D006 | Sensitivity maps | contain details about local environmentally sensitive areas and seasonal considerations that could affect key physical, biological and cultural resources during an emergency | high | |
| #D007 | NEEC | National Environmental Emergencies Centre | high | |
| #D008 | TEK | Traditional Ecological Knowledge | high | |
| #D009 | ECCC | Environment and Climate Change Canada | high | |
| #D010 | CANUTEC | Canadian Transport Emergency Centre, the Department of Transport | high | |
| #D011 | PS | Public Safety Canada | high | |
| #D012 | PHAC | Public Health Agency of Canada | high | |
| #D013 | CAFC | Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs | high | |
| #D014 | NOAA | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | high | |
| #D015 | USCG | United States Coast Guard | high | |
| #D016 | EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency | high | |
| #D017 | NRC | National Response Center | high | |
| #D018 | FEMA | United States Federal Emergency Management Agency | high | |
| #D019 | OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | high | |
| #D020 | UNEP | United Nations Environment Program | high | |
| #D021 | WMO | World Meteorological Organization | high | |
| #D022 | NEEC | National Environmental Emergencies Centre | high | |
| #D023 | ECCC | Environment and Climate Change Canada | high | |
| #D024 | CANUSWEST-NORTH | Annex I to the Canada-United States Joint Inland Pollution Contingency Plan; a Plan for response to polluting incidents along the inland boundary between the Yukon Territory and the Province of British Columbia, Canada and the State of Alaska, United States of America. | high | |
| #D025 | CANUSWEST - SOUTH | Annex I to the Canada-United States Joint Inland Pollution Contingency Plan; a Plan for response to polluting incidents along the inland boundary between the Province of British Columbia, Canada and the States of Montana, Washington, and Idaho, United States of America. | high | |
| #D026 | CANUSPLAIN | Annex II to the Canada-United States Joint Inland Pollution Contingency Plan; a Plan for response to polluting incidents along the inland boundary between the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, Canada and the States of Minnesota, Montana and North Dakota, United States of America. | high | |
| #D027 | CANUSCENT | Annex III to the Canada-United States Joint Inland Pollution Contingency Plan; a Plan for response to polluting incidents along the inland boundary between the Province of Ontario, Canada and the States of New York, Minnesota, and Michigan, United States of America. | high | |
| #D028 | CANUSQUE | Annex IV to the Canada-United States Joint Inland Pollution Contingency Plan; a Plan for response to polluting incidents along the inland boundary between the Province of Québec, Canada and the States of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and New York, United States of America. | high | |
| #D029 | CANUSEAST | Annex V to the Canada-United States Joint Inland Pollution Contingency Plan; a Plan for response to polluting incidents along the inland boundary between the Province of New Brunswick, Canada and the State of Maine, United States of America. | high | |
| #D030 | hotspots | habitat with high concentration of species | high |