| #Q001 | treatment | treatment | mandatory | Ballast Water Exchange and Management System Use | other | Vessels arriving in Canada’s fresh waters from another country (other than vessels arriving from U.S. Great Lakes waters) need to continue to exchange ballast water and use the new management systems to protect these vulnerable areas. | Vessels arriving in Canada’s fresh waters from another country (other than vessels arriving from U.S. Great Lakes waters) | high |
| #Q002 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Ballast Water Management Plan | other | The regulations require all Canadian vessels and all other vessels entering Canadian waters to: develop and put in place an approved ballast water management plan; | All Canadian vessels and all other vessels entering Canadian waters | high |
| #Q003 | operational | operational | mandatory | Organism Limitation Standards | other | The regulations require all Canadian vessels and all other vessels entering Canadian waters to: follow standards that limit the number of organisms released; | All Canadian vessels and all other vessels entering Canadian waters | high |
| #Q004 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Vessel Survey and Inspection | other | The regulations require all Canadian vessels and all other vessels entering Canadian waters to: be regularly surveyed and inspected by an authorized organization; | All Canadian vessels and all other vessels entering Canadian waters | high |
| #Q005 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Record Keeping | other | The regulations require all Canadian vessels and all other vessels entering Canadian waters to: keep records; | All Canadian vessels and all other vessels entering Canadian waters | high |
| #Q006 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Valid Compliance Certificate | other | The regulations require all Canadian vessels and all other vessels entering Canadian waters to: carry a valid certificate that allows inspectors to confirm that the vessel complies with the convention. | All Canadian vessels and all other vessels entering Canadian waters | high |
| #Q007 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Regulation Compliance | other | If you’re responsible for a vessel, you need to read, understand and follow the regulations. | If you’re responsible for a vessel | high |
| #Q008 | treatment | treatment | mandatory | Management System Installation | other | For many vessels, this includes complying with the convention and installing an approved ballast water management system. | Varies by vessel operations | high |
| #Q009 | operational | operational | mandatory | Domestic Vessel Standards Timeline | other | Canadian vessels that don’t voyage internationally, other than to U.S. Great Lakes ports, need to meet Convention standards at launch, in 2024 or in 2030 depending on when they were built | Canadian vessels that don’t voyage internationally, other than to U.S. Great Lakes ports | high |
| #Q010 | operational | operational | mandatory | Exchanging Ballast Water and Saltwater Flushing | other | vessels on international voyages that use a ballast water management system must continue exchanging ballast water and saltwater flushing before operating in Canadian fresh waters. | Vessels on international voyages that use a ballast water management system | high |
| #Q011 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Ballast Water Reporting | other | vessels are still required to submit a ballast water reporting form | | high |
| #Q012 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Sewage Works Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) Requirement | 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 |
| #Q013 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | ECA Amendment Application Information | 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. | When a facility intends to apply for amendments to its ECA to change applicable requirements | high |
| #Q014 | design | treatment | mandatory | Assimilative Capacity Assessment Requirement | 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. | 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 | high |
| #Q015 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Electronic Reporting Submission | 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. | Submission of reports to the Director previously required under MISA regulations | high |
| #Q016 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Environmental Penalties Compliance Continuity | wastewater | environmental penalties regulations [O. Reg. 222/07 under the EPA and O. Reg. 223/07 under the OWRA] will continue to apply to the same industrial sectors and sector facilities, and the effect on these facilities will be unchanged. | Industrial facilities in the nine specified MISA sectors (Electric Power, Inorganic Chemical, Industrial Minerals, Iron and Steel, Metal Casting, Metal Mining, Organic Chemical, Petroleum, and Pulp and Paper) | high |