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B.C. Reg. 519/95
O.C. 1488/95
Deposited December 7, 1995
effective January 1, 1996
This consolidation is current to November 5, 2024.
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Environmental Management Act

Wood Residue Burner and
Incinerator Regulation

[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 46/2018, April 1, 2018]

Contents
1Interpretation
2Beehive burners and unmodified silo burners
3Repealed
Schedule 1
Schedule 1.1
Schedules 2 and 3

Interpretation

1   In this regulation:

"Act" means the Environmental Management Act;

"beehive burner" means a conical-shaped single chamber incinerator used for the disposal of wood residue;

"burner facility" means a beehive burner, a modified silo burner or an unmodified silo burner;

"emergency" means a temporary circumstance whereby the continued disposal of wood residue by a means other than a beehive burner or unmodified silo burner is beyond the reasonable control of the burner facility operator;

"modified silo burner" means a refractory lined silo burner with a height-to-diameter ratio of at least 1.75, equipped with under-fire air, over-fire air, combustion controls, feed systems and designed to allow particulate collection equipment to be added;

"unmodified silo burner" means a refractory-lined single chamber incinerator which is not equipped with particulate collection equipment and is used for the disposal of wood residue.

[am. B.C. Regs. 436/97, s. 1; 480/98, s. 1; 171/99; 17/2001, s. 1; 321/2004, s. 33 (a) and (b); 220/2006, Sch. s. 14; 1/2011 Sch. s. 1; 46/2018, App. 3, s. 7.]

Beehive burners and unmodified silo burners

2   (1) A person must not use a burner facility to dispose of wood residue, unless the person is authorized under subsection (2) or (6).

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a burner facility operator who holds a permit identified in Schedule 1 may use, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the permit, a burner facility to dispose of wood residue until December 31, 2016 or, if the permit is also identified in Schedule 1.1, August 31, 2018.

(3) If there is a conflict between the terms and conditions of a permit identified in Schedule 1 and this regulation, this regulation prevails to the extent of the conflict.

(4) Subject to subsection (5),

(a) a burner facility operator who holds a permit identified in Schedule 1, and

(b) a burner facility operator who does not hold a permit identified in Schedule 1 but who, on December 31, 1995, had a valid permit authorizing the operation of the burner facility

may apply to a director to use a burner facility to dispose of wood residue on the grounds that there is no alternative means of disposing of wood residue because of an emergency, labour dispute or work stoppage.

(5) A burner facility operator referred to in subsection (4) (a) may apply under that subsection only after December 31, 2016, and a burner facility operator referred to in subsection (4) (b) may apply under that subsection only before January 1, 2017.

(6) On receiving an application under subsection (4), a director may authorize the applicant's use of a burner facility, if the director is satisfied that the grounds on which the application is made have been established.

(7) The director may grant an authorization under subsection (6)

(a) for a period not exceeding 60 days, or

(b) with the approval of the minister, for a period not exceeding 120 days,

but the authorization terminates when the emergency, labour dispute or work stoppage ends.

(8) Despite the Permit and Approval Fees and Charges Regulation, B.C. Reg. 299/92, the fee payable per tonne of discharged total particulate

(a) by a burner facility operator referred to in subsection (4) (a) is $29.29, and

(b) by a burner facility operator referred to in subsection (4) (b) is $251.68.

(9) For the purposes of subsection (8), the fee must be calculated using the discharge as authorized in the permit or approval.

[en. B.C. Reg. 1/2011, Sch. s. 2; am. B.C. Regs. 109/2017, s. 1; 46/2018, App. 3, s. 8.]

Repealed

3   Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 1/2011, Sch. s. 3.]

Schedule 1

[en. B.C. Reg. 1/2011, Sch. s. 4.]

Authorized Burner Facilities

[section 2 (2)]

Permit
Number
Location
4215Chasm
1973Lillooet
10575Malakwa
3124Vavenby
1615100 Mile House
12869Dog Creek Road
Williams Lake
8029Anahim Lake
3803Springhouse
4122Burns Lake
16903Ootsa Lake
3019Palling
5543Terrace
4206Mile 294 Alaska Highway
3339Bella Coola
4574Lytton
1996Malakwa
3403Chetwynd
3336Clear Lake Prince George
Blackwater Road
3335Fort St James
7678Fort St James – 7 km NE
2190Isle Pierre
5625Lejac
2747Tête Jaune Cache
2650Vanderhoof Hwy 16E
2684Engen-Near Vanderhoof
2268Fort St. James
1722Mackenzie Industrial Site #2
3337Fort St. James
1675Bear Lake
4697Enderby
3911Savona
2574Elko
14293Crescent Valley

Schedule 1.1

[en. B.C. Reg. 109/2017, s. 2.]

Extended Authorized Burner Facilities

[section 2 (2)]

Permit
Number
Location
2747Tête Jaune Cache

Schedules 2 and 3

Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 1/2011, Sch. s. 4.]

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Environmental Management Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 53, ss. 138 and 139]