Offences and penalties

Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of these Regulations commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and period of imprisonment. Environmental Protection 309 MADE by the Minister responsible for the Environment this 27th day of July, 2009. (HON. GASPAR VEGA) Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment 310 Environmental Protection SCHEDULE [Regulations 2, 4 and 19] TABLE 1 DISCARDED GOODS, CONTAINERS, AND LISTED WASTE STREAMS (1) Hazardous wastes listed in this Table consist ofCAP.328. (a) The list of hazardous substances listed in Part I of the Schedule to the Environmental Protection Act. (b) Any unrinsed empty container with an internal volume greater than 5 litres which held a substance listed in Column III. (c) Any collection of unrinsed empty container with a combined internal volume greater than 5 litres which held substances listed in Table 3. (d) Any container with an internal volume greater than 5 litres which contains a substance listed in Table 3 or 1(a) of this Table and which is not an empty container. (e) Any collection of containers with a combined internal volume greater than 5 litres which contain substances listed in Table 3 or 1(a) of this Table, and which are not empty containers. (f) Pulp mill sludges from processes which involve the use of chlorine or chlorine containing compounds, if the sludges produce a waste extract, which contains any of the following substances in a concentration greater than that shownEnvironmental Protection 311 Maximum concentration in waste extractConstituent mg/l Total Hexachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxins 0.001 Total Hexachloro-dibenzofurans 0.001 Total Pentachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxins 0.001 Total Pentachloro-dibenzofurans 0.001 Total Tetrachloro-dibenzo-p-dioxins 0.001 Total Tetrachloro-dibenzofurans 0.001 2, 4, 6-Trichlorophenol 0.050 2, 3, 4, 6-Tetrachlorophenol 0.010 Pentachlorophenol 0.010 TABLE 2 Discarded Mixtures and Solutions (l) Hazardous waste defined by criteria in this Table are the following– (a) any mixture or solution which produces a waste extract which contains any substances in concentrations which exceed the following levelsConstituent Regulatory Levels Column I Column II (mg/1 or ppm) Arsenic 5.0 Barium 100.0 Benzene .025 Benzo (a) pyrene 0.001 Boron 500.0 Cadmium 0.5 Carbon Tetrachloride 0.25 Chloroform 3.0 Chromium 5.0 Total Cresol 200.0 Cyanide 20.0 l, 2 Dichloroenzene 20.0 312 Environmental Protection 1,.4 Dichlorobenzene 0.5 1,2 Dichlorobenzene 0.25 1, 1Dichloroehylene 0.35 Dichloromethane 5.0 2, 4 Dinitrotoluene 0.13 2,4 Dichlorophenol 90.0 Fluoride 150.0 Hexaachlorobenzene O13 Hexachlorobutadiene 0.5 Hexachloroethane 3.0 Lead 1.0 Mercury 0.1 Methylthylketone 100.00 Monochlorobenzene 4.0 Nitrate and Nitrate 1000. Nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) 50 Nitrate 100.0 Nitrobenzene 2.0 Pentachlorophenol 6.0 Pyridine 5.0 Selenium 1.0 Silver 5.0 Tetrachloroethylene 10.0 Tetrchlorophenol,2,3,4 10.0 Trichloroethylene 0.25 2, 4, 5 - Trichlorophenol 400.0 2, 4, 6 - Trichlorophenol 0.50 Trihalomethanes 35.0 Uranium 2.0 Vinyl chloride 0.1 (b) Any mixture or solution which cannot be classified as hazardous under column I and II above and which contains 0.01 percent by mass or greater of any of the substances listed in paragraph 1 of Table 1 or the list referred to in paragraph 1(a) of Table 1, provided the listed substance is known to be present or is reasonably expected to be present in the mixture or solution. Environmental Protection 313 TABLE 3 Acetaldehyde, chloro Acetamid, N-(aminothioxomethyl)- Acetamide2-flouro-, sodium salt Acetimidic acid N – [methylcarbamoyl] oxy] thio-, methylester 3-(alpha-Acetonylbenzyl) – 4 hydroxycounarin and salts, when present at concentrations greater than 0.3% 1-Acetyl 2-thiourea 5-(Aminomethyl)-3 isoxazolol Ammonium picrate Ammonium vanadate Arsenic acid Arsenic (III) oxide Arsenic (V) oxide Arsenic trioxide Arsine, diethyl Aziridine Barium cyanide Benzenamine, 4-chloro- Benzenamine, 4-nitro Benzene, (Chloromethyl) 1,2 Benzenediol, 4-[1-hydroxy-2(methylamio) ethyl Benzenethiol Benzyl chloride Beryllium dust Bis (chloromethyl) ether Bromoacetone Brucine Calcium cyanide Camphene, octachloro- Carbamimidoseleroic acid Carbone bisulfide Carbon disulfide Carbonchloride Chloride cyanide 314 Environmental Protection Chloroacetaldehyde p-chloroanillne 1-(0-chloropenyl) thiourea 3-Chloropropionitrile Copper cyanides Cyanides (soluble cyanide salts), not elsewhere specified Cyanogen chloride Dichlorophenylarsine Diethylarsine O,O-Diethyl s-(2-(ethylthio) ethyl] phosphoroditioate Diethyl-p-nitrophenyl phosphate O,O-Diethyl O-p-[2-(ethylthio) ethyl] phosphoroditioate Diethyl-p-nitrophenyl phosphate O,O-Diethyl O-p razinyl phosphorotioate Disoprophyl flurorophosphate 3,3 Dimethyl-1-(menthylthio)-2butanone, 0-[methylamino) carbonyl] oxime O,O Dimethyl O-p-nitrohenyl phosphortioate Dimethylnitrosamine alpha, alpha-Dimethylpenethylamine 4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol and salts 4,6-Finitro–o-cyclohexylhenol 2,4-Dinitrophnol Diphosphoramide, octamethyl- 2,4-Dithiobiuret Dithiopyrophosphoric acid, tetraethyl ester Epinephrine Ethanamine, 1,1-dimethyl-2-phenyl Ethenamin, N-methly-N-nitroso- Ethyl cyanide Ethylenimine Famphur Flourine Flouroacetamide Fluoroacetic acid, sodium salt Fulmunic acid, mercury (II) salt Hexaethyl tetrasphosphate Hydrazinecarbothioamide Environmental Protection 315 Hydrazine, methyl- Hydrocyanic acid Hydrogen cyanide Hydrogen phosphide Isocyanic acid, methyl ester 3 (2H)-Isoxazolone, 5-(aminomethyl) Mercury, (acetato-o) enyl Mercury fulminate Methane,oxybis (chloro- Methane, tetranitros- Metahnethiol, trichloro- 4,7-Methano-1H-indene, 1,4,5,6,7,8,8-heptachloro-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro- 2-Methylaziridin Methyl hydrazine Methyl Alpha-Napthylthiourea Nickly carbonyl Nickle carbide Nickle (II) cyanide Nickle tetracarbonyl Nitric Oxide p-Nitroaniline Nitrogen dioxide Nitrogen (II) oxide Nitrogen (IV) oxide Nitroglycerine N-Nitrosodimethylamine N-Nitrosomenthylvinylamine 5-Norbornene-2,3-dimathanol, 1,4,5,6,7,7-hexachloro, cyclic sulfite Octamethylyrophosphoramide Osmium oxide Osmium tetroxide 7-Oxabicyclo [2.2.1] heptane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid Phenol, 2-cyclohexyl, 4,6-dinitro- Phenol, 2,4-dinitro-6-methyl Phenol, 2,4-dinitro-6-(1-methyl-propyl) Phenol, 2, 4, 6-trinitro, ammonium salt