1. (1) In this Regulation, “assessment parameter”, in relation to a plant, means a parameter that is listed for the plant in the Table for the plant in Schedule 6; “cooling water effluent monitoring stream” means a stream on which a sampling point is established under subsection 8 (4); “cooling water effluent sampling point” means a sampling point established under subsection 8 (4); “Director”, in relation to obligations of a discharger, means a Director appointed under section 5 of the Act and responsible for the region in which the discharger’s plant is located and includes an alternate named by the Director; “discharger” means an owner or person in occupation or having the charge, management or control of a plant to which this Regulation applies; “limited parameter”, (a)  in relation to a plant to which Table 1 or 2 in Schedule 4 applies, means a parameter for which a limit is specified in Column 3 of the Table in Schedule 4, and (b)  in relation to any other plant, means a parameter for which a limit is specified in Column 3 or 4 of the Table for the plant in Schedule 2; “merged effluent monitoring stream” means a stream on which a sampling point is established under subsection 8 (3); “merged effluent sampling point” means a sampling point established under subsection 8 (3); “merged parameter”, in relation to a plant, means a parameter that is listed for the plant in the Table for the plant in Schedule 5; “pick up”, in relation to a sample, means pick up for the purpose of storage, including storage within an automatic sampling device, and transportation to and analysis at a laboratory; “plant” means an industrial facility and the developed property, waste disposal sites and wastewater treatment facilities associated with it; “process change” means a change in equipment, production processes, process materials or treatment processes; “process effluent batch monitoring stream” means a stream on which a sampling point is established under subsection 8 (2); “process effluent batch sampling point” means a sampling point established under subsection 8 (2); “process effluent monitoring stream” means a stream on which a sampling point is established under subsection 8 (1); “process effluent sampling point” means a sampling point established under subsection 8 (1); “process materials”, in relation to a discharger’s plant, means raw materials for use in an industrial process at the plant, manufacturing intermediates produced at the plant, or products or by-products of an industrial process at the plant, but does not include chemicals added to cooling water for the purpose of controlling organisms, fouling and corrosion; “quarter” means all or part of a period of three consecutive months beginning on the first day of January, April, July or October; “semi-annual period” means all or part of a period of six months beginning on the first day of January or July; “specific parameter” means 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzofuran and 2,3,7,8 substituted dioxin and furan congeners. O. Reg. 313/17, s. 1. (2) For greater certainty, this Regulation applies both to effluent streams that discharge continuously and to effluent streams that discharge intermittently. (3) An obligation on a discharger to do a thing under this Regulation is discharged if another person has done it on the discharger’s behalf.  O. Reg. 63/95, s. 1. Purpose