Canada – British Columbia Agreement Establishing the Facilitation of the Disposal of Specified Risk Materials (SRM) Program

Canada – British Columbia Specified

Risk Material (SRM) Management

Program

1. Subprogram A

2. Subprogram B

3. Subprogram C

4. Subprogram D

5. Subprogram E

6. Subprogram F

Subprogram A: On-Site Slaughter Plant SRM Separation and Storage

• in existence prior to December 11, 2004• provisions for underserved areas (greater

than 200 km from existing plant)• funding benchmarked to 2004 volumes• deadline: June 15, 2007

Subprogram B: On-Site Slaughter Plant SRM Destruction or Containment

• in existence prior to July 12, 2007

• funding benchmarked to 2006 volumes

• deadline: June 29, 2007

Subprogram F: On-Site Slaughter Plant SRM Separation, Storage, Destruction or Containment

• primarily for new plants

• licensed by BCCDC by January 30, 2009

• deadline: January 30, 2009

Subprograms A and B Funding

• 100% of first $100,000

• 75% of next $200,000

• 50% of final $200,000

• Maximum funding: $350,000 (used alone or in combination for Subprograms A and B)

Subprogram F Funding

1. Existing plants funded under A or B : 75% for first $300,000 of further eligible costs not funded under A or B Maximum funding: $350,000 (used alone or in

combination for Subprograms A, B and F)

2. Existing plants not funded under A or B and new plants in underserved areas: 75% of first $300,000 to maximum of $225,000

3. New plants not in underserved areas: 50% of first $200,000 to a maximum of $100,000

Subprogram C: Community/Regional SRM Destruction or Containment

• for development of infrastructure for regional solutions throughout province

• funding to be determined on case by case basis

Subprogram D: Bovine Dead Stock SRM Storage, Destruction or Containment

• intended for existing dead stock collectors (Carson’s Stock Farm, Dargatz Mink Ranch, Greenwave Farms)

• funding to be determined on case by case basis• closely linked to Subprogram C

1. Metro Vancouver/Fraser Valley

2. Vancouver Island

3. Thompson-Nicola/Columbia-Shuswap/North Okanagan

4. Kootenay Boundary/Central Kootenay

5. Central Okanagan/Okanagan-Similkameen

6. Fraser/Fort George

Subprogram E: Environmental Assessments Required for Projects

• EA review required by CEAA funding trigger

• funding: 100% to maximum of $30,000

CEAA Consistency

Environmental Assessment Survey

• Inclusion List Questions

• Exclusion List Questions

• Small-Scale Infrastructure Applicability

Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives

• existing SRM generators with economically feasible solution for SRM and non-SRM

• solution addresses SRM generated from:- slaughter establishments- cut and wrap facilities- dead stock collectors- farmers and ranchers

Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives and Guiding Principles

• costs for implementation are as low as possible• solutions are economically and environmentally

sustainable in the medium to long term (10 years)

• capacity to handle major mass carcass disposal events

• available to new entrants to enable industry expansion

Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives and Guiding Principles

• compliance with CFIA and MOE acts, regulations and guidelines

• projects to be based on sound science and technologies to be at commercial implementation stage

Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives and Guiding Principles

• projects to result in net positive benefit to existing businesses affected by rising disposal costs

• demonstration of support by majority of affected SRM generators

• projects must result in acceptable methods of SRM disposal, whether by destruction or containment

Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives and Guiding Principles

• province-wide solutions better than regional better than individual/piecemeal

• most comprehensive in dealing with both SRM and non-SRM

Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives and Guiding Principles

• ability to deliver end results in most cost-

effective manner• resulting in province, public or SRM generators

having some measure of control over facility operations

• best prospects for industry expansion• highest support from industry and local

government

Subprogram A and B Summaries

• 19 ‘A’ applications• 5 ‘B’ applications• 17 of 24 approved by MAL SRM Program

Adjudication Committee• 11 of 24 Agreements accepted and signed• $1,405,277 committed

BC Ruminant Waste Transfer Station

•West Coast Reduction Ltd.

•East Abbotsford

•Contract Term: 3 years

•Expiration: February 2008

•Throughput: 1550 tons/month

•Source: Fraser Valley wastes

•Destination: Calgary plant

Disposal Options

• Landfilling

• Rendering

• Composting

• Incineration/Gasification

Community Solution Challenges

• identifying and choosing appropriate regional solutions and technologies

• weighing on-site solutions vis-à-vis community solutions• support from local governments and industry• meeting time lines• incorporating other waste streams (mass mortality, solid

manure, municipal wastes)• limited funding