Self Audit Protocol for Hazardous Waste

The British Columbia Environment Industry Association (BCEIA) Self Audit tool that will allow generators, transporters and processors of Hazardous Wastes to audit their own compliance performance relative to Ministry of Environment regulations.

The BCEIA Audit Program is designed to encourage the proper management of hazardous wastes by those companies that generate, handle, transport, recycle, treat and dispose these materials and to promote full compliance with the BC Hazardous Waste Regulations (HWR). 

Read first the "Assessing Compliance With the BC Hazardous Waste Regulation Guide." This is a self-assessment guidance document for companies that handle, transport, manage and treat hazardous wastes in British Columbia. This guide provides basic checklists to assist companies in assessing their overall degree of compliance with the HWR.  In following the guide, all-relevant requirements of the HWR will be assessed, and results of the assessment will highlight where improvements, if any, need to be made.

Assessment of the results will provide the company with an opportunity to deal with any deficiencies while providing heightened awareness of the HWR and how it relates to specific activities of their operations.

These Guide and Checklists are available below. They are in Adobe Acrobat format. Click here to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader if this program is not installed on your computer.

A Guide to Assessing Compliance With The BC Hazardous Waste Regulation - A self‐assessment guidance document for companies that handle, transport, manage and treat hazardous wastes in British Columbia

APPENDIX A - GENERAL FACILITY OPERATION DESCRIPTION

APPENDIX B - COMPLIANCE SUMMARY

APPENDIX B 3.2 - GENERATOR REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTES

APPENDIX B 3.3 - CARRIER - TRANSPORTER REQUIREMENTS

APPENDIX B 3.4 - RECEIVER - MANAGEMENT

APPENDIX B 3.5 - RECYCLING FACILITY

APPENDIX B 3.6 - STORAGE FACILITY

APPENDIX B 3.7 - TREATMENT FACILITY

APPENDIX B 3.8 - INCINERATORS AND THERMAL FACILITIES

APPENDIX B 3.9 - MOBILE FACILITIES

APPENDIX B 3.10 - SECURE LANDFILLS

APPENDIX B 3.11 - WASTE PILES, SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS & LAND TREATMENT

APPENDIX B 3.12 - LONG TERM STORAGE FACILITY

APPENDIX B 3.13 - SPECIFIED HAZARDOUS WASTES

This guide is intended as an information and guidance document only. The use of this guide does not in any way assure compliance with the requirements of the British Columbia Environmental Management Act or the Hazardous Waste Regulations. The actual legislation and the British Columbia Ministry of the Environment should be consulted. The BCEIA is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the guide and does not in any way warrant that the use of the guide assures compliance with the requirements of the British Columbia Environmental Management Act or the Hazardous Waste Regulations.