Metal analysis
 98.5 (1) No person shall receive off-farm anaerobic digestion materials on a farm unit on which an agricultural operation is carried out for treatment in a regulated mixed anaerobic digestion facility unless the person obtains the results of an analysis of the materials in accordance with this section. O. Reg. 394/07, s. 17. (2) A person who receives off-farm anaerobic digestion materials shall obtain results of an analysis of the materials in each of the following circumstances: 1. It is the first time that the person receives materials supplied by that particular supplier. 2. The person has previously obtained results with respect to materials from a supplier and the person has received 1,000 cubic metres of materials, inclusive of materials that are about to be received, supplied by that supplier since the last time the person obtained results from that supplier, not including materials sent to another facility under subsection (7). 3. More than 12 months have passed since the last time the person obtained results from that supplier. O. Reg. 394/07, s. 17; O. Reg. 284/13, s. 10 (1, 2); O. Reg. 508/21, s. 19 (1). (3) The results of an analysis of the materials must be from a sample that has been collected within 14 days before the materials are to be received and each sample of materials must be analyzed for metal in accordance with the methods specified in the Sampling and Analysis Protocol. O. Reg. 394/07, s. 17; O. Reg. 284/12, s. 7 (2). (4) If an analysis determines that the concentration of metal in off-farm anaerobic digestion materials exceeds the maximum metal concentration set out in the Table to this section, no person shall receive the materials on the farm unit, except as set out in subsection (5). O. Reg. 284/13, s. 10 (3). (5) A person may receive on the farm unit off-farm anaerobic digestion materials with concentrations of copper, zinc or both that exceed the maximum metal concentration set out in the Table to this section, if the following conditions are met: 1. The results of an analysis of the off-farm anaerobic digestion materials, obtained in accordance with subsections (2) and (3), show that the concentration of metal in the materials does not exceed 400 mg/kg of total solids, dry weight for copper and 700 mg/kg of total solids, dry weight for zinc. 2. The results of an analysis of the materials being treated in the regulated mixed anaerobic digestion facility, obtained in accordance with subsection (6), show that the concentration of metal in the materials does not exceed the maximum metal concentration set out in the Table to this section. 3. The analysis described in paragraph 2 must be carried out each time results described in paragraph 1 are obtained. O. Reg. 284/13, s. 10 (3). (6) The results of an analysis of the materials being treated in the regulated mixed anaerobic digestion facility must be from a sample that has been collected within 14 days before the off-farm anaerobic digestion materials are received and each sample of materials must be analyzed for metal in accordance with the methods specified in the Sampling and Analysis Protocol. O. Reg. 284/13, s. 10 (3). (7) Despite anything else in this section, where a person has obtained an analysis described in subsection (2) and, based on the analysis, could have accepted the materials but is unable to for a reason unrelated to the analysis, a single truckload of the materials may be received by another farm unit on which an agricultural operation is carried out for treatment in a regulated mixed anaerobic digestion facility, as long as the person who owns or controls the agricultural operation to which the materials are being sent obtains the analysis in subsection (2) before receiving the materials. O. Reg. 508/21, s. 19 (2). TABLE  Column 1 Regulated Metal   Column 2 Maximum metal concentration in materials  (mg/kg of total solids dry weight) 

  Arsenic   13 

  Cadmium   3 

  Chromium   210 

  Cobalt   34 

  Copper   100 

  Lead   150 

  Mercury   0.8 

  Molybdenum   5 

  Nickel   62 

  Selenium   2 

  Zinc   500 O. Reg. 284/13, s. 10 (4).