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Waste Diversion Regulations ((N.L.R. 57/05).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Newfoundland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pollution control Waste disposal Waste management Data collection/reporting Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Regulations enact the Environmental Protection Act. The Regulations lay down provisions relating to prohibition to dispose designated materials into a waste disposal sites. In particular, section 3 establishes that the Minister may, for a specified area of the province or a part of the province, designate a material as a designated material that is banned from disposal into one or more waste disposal sites. Section 6 rules that: 1) a person in an area shall not dispose of a designated material into a waste disposal site after the effective date of a ban on the disposal of that designated material for that area; 2) a person responsible for a waste disposal site shall not allow a designated material to be disposed of at that site after the effective date of a ban on the disposal of that designated material into that site. The text consists of 6 sections.

Full text
English
Website
www.gov.nf.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Environmental Protection Act (S.N.L. 2002, c. E-14.2).

Legislation | Canada | 2002 (2013)

Keyword: Framework law, Basic legislation, Education, Research, Pesticides, Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Waste disposal, Waste management, EIA, Air quality/air pollution, Inspection, Enforcement/compliance, Freshwater pollution, Water supply

Source: FAO, FAOLEX