| #Q001 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Submit Initial Mine Information | wastewater | submit information to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) no later than 60 days after the mine becomes subject to the Regulations (subsection 8(2) and section 9) | Based on some of the requirements of sections 6 to 27 of the Regulations, the owner or operator of a mine must | high |
| #Q002 | prohibition | treatment | mandatory | Prohibition of Effluent Dilution | wastewater | not combine effluent with water or any other effluent for the purpose of diluting effluent before it is deposited (section 6) | Based on some of the requirements of sections 6 to 27 of the Regulations, the owner or operator of a mine must | high |
| #Q003 | monitoring | health | mandatory | Conduct Environmental Effects Monitoring | wastewater | conduct Environmental Effects Monitoring studies (section 7 and Schedule 5) | Based on some of the requirements of sections 6 to 27 of the Regulations, the owner or operator of a mine must | high |
| #Q004 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Monitor, Test and Report Effluents | wastewater | monitor and test all effluents, and report results (Part 2, Division 2) | Based on some of the requirements of sections 6 to 27 of the Regulations, the owner or operator of a mine must | high |
| #Q005 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notify Commercial Operation Changes | wastewater | notify ECCC when there are changes to the commercial operation status of the mine (section 26) | Based on some of the requirements of sections 6 to 27 of the Regulations, the owner or operator of a mine must | high |
| #Q006 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Record Keeping | wastewater | keep for at least 5 years all records, books of accounts or other required documents (sections 11 and 27) | Based on some of the requirements of sections 6 to 27 of the Regulations, the owner or operator of a mine must | high |
| #Q007 | design | reporting | mandatory | Prepare Alternatives Assessment for Mine Waste Disposal | wastewater | prepare an assessment of alternatives for mine waste disposal | For a metal or diamond mining project that proposes to use a natural water body frequented by fish as a TIA | high |
| #Q008 | design | operational | mandatory | Prepare Fish Habitat Compensation Plan | wastewater | prepare a fish habitat compensation plan (section 27.1) | For a metal or diamond mining project that proposes to use a natural water body frequented by fish as a TIA | high |
| #Q009 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Participate in TIA Consultations | wastewater | participate in public and Indigenous consultations | For a metal or diamond mining project that proposes to use a natural water body frequented by fish as a TIA | high |
| #Q010 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Report Information in MERS or EEMER | wastewater | Under the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations, you are required to notify, submit and report information about your mine to Environment and Climate Change Canada. The information is to be submitted in the Mine Effluent Reporting System (MERS), the Environmental Effects Monitoring Electronic Reporting System (EEMER) or directly to an inspector, depending on the type of information. | | high |
| #Q011 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Initial Final Discharge Point Identification | wastewater | You must identify each final discharge point and submit a notification to Environment and Climate Change Canada not later than 60 days after the mine becomes subject to the Regulations (section 9). | | high |
| #Q012 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notification of New Final Discharge Point | wastewater | You must also submit a notification when: a new final discharge point is established (at least 60 days before effluent is deposited) (paragraph 10(1)(b)) | | high |
| #Q013 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notification of Change to Final Discharge Point | wastewater | You must also submit a notification when: any change to a final discharge point is proposed (at least 60 days before the change is made) (subsection 10(2)) | | high |
| #Q014 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notification of Unidentified Final Discharge Point | wastewater | You must also submit a notification when: a final discharge point that was not identified in the initial notification is identified by an inspector (within 30 days after the identification) (paragraph 10(1)(a)) | | high |
| #Q015 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Final Discharge Point Notification Contents | wastewater | plans, specifications and a general description of each final discharge point together with its location by latitude and longitude (paragraph 9(a)) [...] a description of how each final discharge point is designed and maintained in respect of the deposit of deleterious substances (paragraph 9(b)) [...] the name of the receiving body of water, if there is a name (paragraph 9(c)) | | high |
| #Q016 | design | operational | recommended | Final Discharge Point Design and Maintenance | wastewater | final discharge points should be designed and maintained to enable testing of deleterious substances, pH and acute lethality, as well as measurement of the flow rate or volume of effluent deposited (division 2) | | high |
| #Q017 | monitoring | health | mandatory | Acartia tonsa Lethality Test | wastewater | use the Acartia tonsa test method to demonstrate that the effluent is not acutely lethal, a new requirement to maintain their authority to deposit | owners and operators of metal and diamond mines discharging effluent with a salinity value of greater than four parts per thousand to a marine environment | high |
| #Q018 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Report Acartia tonsa Lethality Test Results | wastewater | report the results of the lethality tests to Environment and Climate Change Canada | owners and operators of metal and diamond mines discharging effluent with a salinity value of greater than four parts per thousand to a marine environment | high |
| #Q019 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Keep Records of Acartia tonsa Tests | wastewater | keep records of Acartia tonsa test results | owners and operators of metal and diamond mines discharging effluent with a salinity value of greater than four parts per thousand to a marine environment | high |
| #Q020 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | NEEC Inter-Agency Notification Duty | other | Federal legislation requires that when we receive written or verbal notifications about a pollution incident, we are responsible to provide timely notification to federal partner agencies. | Upon receipt of written or verbal notifications about a pollution incident | high |
| #Q021 | operational | operational | mandatory | Pollution Incident Escalation | other | If there is a significant threat to the health of Canadians or the environment from a spill or the potential of one, the incident is escalated to the emergency operations centre for action. | significant threat to the health of Canadians or the environment from a spill or the potential of one | high |