Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations Data

The Pulp & Paper Effluent Regulations (PPER) were published in 1992 pursuant to the Fisheries Act to control effluent discharges and reduce the impacts of effluents on fish and fish habitat that had been observed at pulp and paper mills across Canada at that time. The Regulations set out limits for certain deleterious substances, prohibit the discharge of effluent that is acutely lethal to rainbow trout, and specify the requirements for carrying out effluent sampling, reporting and environmental effects monitoring (EEM). The Regulations are administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).


Regulatory data collected under the PPER has been compiled and formatted by ECCC for the purpose of this data record. This data intends to inform the regulated community, other stakeholders and the interested public on data collected through the PPER, for informational purposes only. Should any discrepancies exist between the original submission and the data presented in this data record, the original data submitted prevails. For any questions concerning the data presented in this record, please contact the Forest Products and Fisheries Act Division at ECCC using the following email: ec.refpppper.ec@canada.ca

The files published as part of this record contain daily discharge amounts for suspended solids (SS) and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), and the results for effect on Daphnia magna testing, and rainbow trout acute lethality testing required under the PPER as reported to ECCC. Each CSV file contains the data mentioned above, as well as the name of the associated mill and outfall(s). Data collection for this dataset is ongoing.


Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) is a condition governing the authority to deposit effluent under the PPER pursuant to the Fisheries Act. Under the PPER, sublethal toxicity testing on final effluent twice every calendar year is a required component of the EEM. Testing must be conducted using the methods referenced in the PPER. Tests are conducted on freshwater and marine fish, invertebrate and alga species. The dataset includes test results for all sublethal toxicity tests conducted from 2010 to 2019 on the final effluent of all pulp and paper mills in Canada. Sublethal toxicity testing of final effluent continues for all mills in production. Testing results are submitted electronically into a database by mills on an ongoing basis. The dataset is updated annually and is an Excel file exported from the database, which contains for each test a record identifier, mill identifier, cycle name, effluent description, collection date, laboratory, species, LC50 results and IC25 or EC25 results and comments.

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Metadata Record Information

File Identifier
01644b6d-bc54-4588-98bc-5b34f8382f6b XML
Date Stamp
2022-01-27T14:53:14
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy Level
Dataset
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Environmental Protection Branch/Industrial Sectors and Chemicals Directorate/Forest Products and Fisheries Act Division
351 St. Joseph Boulevard, 19th Floor , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
819-420-7384
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/managing-pollution/sources-industry/pulp-paper-effluent.html
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Environmental Protection Branch/Industrial Sectors and Chemicals Directorate/Forest Products and Fisheries Act Division - Bernard Lupien ( Manager: EEM and Forest Products )
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/managing-pollution/sources-industry/pulp-paper-effluent.html
 

Data identification

Date (Publication)
2021-04-01
Date (Creation)
2021-03-22
Status
On going
Metadata language

eng; CAN
Character set
utf8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Biota
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Annually
Owner
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Environmental Protection Branch/Industrial Sectors and Chemicals Directorate/Forest Products and Fisheries Act Division
351 St. Joseph Boulevard, 19th Floor , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
819-420-7384

Keywords

Theme

  • Pulp and Paper

  • Effluent

  • Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations

  • Effluent Quality

  • Toxicity

  • Biochemical Oxygen Demand

  • SS

  • BOD

  • Suspended Solids

  • Fisheries Act

  • Deleterious Substance

  • Water Quality

  • Water Pollution

  • PPER

  • Acute Lethality

  • Bioassay

  • Daphnia magna

  • Rainbow Trout

  • Paper Mill

  • Mill

  • Pulp Mill

  • Deposit

  • Pulp

  • Paper

  • Environmental Effects Monitoring

  • Sublethal Toxicity

  • Industrial Effluent

  • Biannual

  • Pollution Prevention

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Environmental protection

  • Water pollution

  • Water

  • Pulp and paper industry

  • Fisheries

  • Environmental standards

  • Industrial waste

  • Water quality

  • Forestry products

Business Functions

  • Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste

  • Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

Access Constraints
License
Use Constraints
License
Begin Date
2010-01-01
End Date
2019-12-31

Extent

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Ref. system Reference Systems

Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
 

Distribution

Distribution Formats

Distribution format
  • CSV ( 1 )

 
Distributor
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Environmental Protection Branch/Industrial Sectors and Chemicals Directorate/Forest Products and Fisheries Act Division
351 St. Joseph Boulevard, 19th Floor , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 , Canada
1-800-668-6767
819-420-7384
 
 

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Keywords

Acute Lethality BOD Biannual Bioassay Biochemical Oxygen Demand Daphnia magna Deleterious Substance Deposit Effluent Effluent Quality Environmental Effects Monitoring Fisheries Act Industrial Effluent Mill PPER Paper Paper Mill Pollution Prevention Pulp Pulp Mill Pulp and Paper Pulp and Paper Effluent Regulations Rainbow Trout SS Sublethal Toxicity Suspended Solids Toxicity Water Pollution Water Quality
Business Functions
Assess Toxicity, Manage and Monitor for Environmental Presence of Hazardous Substances and Waste Monitor / Assess Substance and Waste Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Biota
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Environmental protection Environmental standards Fisheries Forestry products Industrial waste Pulp and paper industry Water Water pollution Water quality

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