Table of Contents - Hazardous Waste Regulation

B.C. Reg. 63/88
O.C. 268/88

Deposited February 18, 1988
effective April 1, 1988

This consolidation is current to July 25, 2023.
See the Cumulative B.C. Regulations Bulletin 2023
for amendments effective after July 25, 2023.

Link to consolidated regulation (PDF)

Link to Point in Time

Environmental Management Act

Hazardous Waste Regulation

[Last amended March 30, 2022 by B.C. Reg. 76/2022]

Contents
Part 1 — Interpretation and Application
	1	Interpretation
	1.1	Repealed
	2	General
Part 2 — Minimum Siting Standards for All Hazardous Waste Facilities
	3	Siting standards
Part 3 — Operational Requirements for All Hazardous Waste Facilities
	4	Plans
	5	Waste information
	6	Waste record
	7	Weather protection
	8	Access security
	9	Prevention of fire, explosion and accidental reactions
	10	Spill protection and reporting
	11	Contingency plan
	12	Emergency systems testing
	13	Personnel training
	14	Closure
Part 4 — Additional Requirements
	Division 1 — Recycle Facilities
	15	Operational requirements
	Division 2 — Storage Facilities
	16	Operational requirements
	17	Performance standards
	17.1	Additional requirements for storage of PCB wastes
	Division 3 — Requirements For Treatment Facilities
	18	Operational requirements
	19	Performance standards
	Division 4 — Requirements for Incinerators and Thermal Facilities
	20	Operational requirements
	21	Performance standards
	Division 5 — Mobile Facilities
	22	Siting requirements
	23	Operational requirements
	24	Performance standards
	Division 6 — Secure Landfills
	24.1	Permit requirement
	25	Siting requirements
	26	Operational requirements
	27	Performance standards
	Division 7 — Waste Piles, Surface Impoundments and Land Treatment Facilities
	28	Siting requirements for waste piles, surface impoundments and land treatment facilities
	29	Operational requirements for waste piles, surface impoundments and land treatment facilities
	30	Performance standards for waste piles
	31	Performance standards for surface impoundments
	32	Performance standards for land treatment
	Division 8 — Disposal in a Secure Building
	33	Siting requirements
	34	Operational requirements
	35	Performance standards
Part 5 — Prohibited Management Practices
	36	Mixing and dilution
	37	Underground injection
	38	Floating facilities
	39	Prohibition
Part 6 — Management of Specific Hazardous Wastes
	39.1	Non-application of other Parts
	40	Management of waste asbestos
	41	Waste oil
	41.1	Hydrocarbon contaminated soil
	42	Pest control product wastes and containers
	42.1	Waste paint
	42.2	Collection and storage of household hazardous waste
	42.3	Requirements for establishment and operation of a return collection facility
	42.4	Operating requirements for a return collection facility
Part 7 — Administrative Requirements
	43	Registration of hazardous waste
	44	Provincial identification number
	45	Licence to transport
	45.1	Classification of hazardous waste
	46	Manifest requirements
	47	Loads from multiple consignors
	47.1	Multiple carrier shipments
	47.2	Shipments of multiple different wastes
	48	Storage of hazardous waste
	49	Analytical methods
Part 8 — Containers for Hazardous Waste
	50	Storage and transportation
Part 9 — Specific Exemptions
	51	Application for change in requirements
	52	Hazardous wastes from accidental spills or abandonment
	53	Delisting
Part 10
	54	Repealed
Schedule 1
Schedule 1.1
Schedule 1.2
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
Schedule 4
Schedule 5
Schedule 6
Schedule 7
Schedule 8