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Newfoundland and Labrador
Regulation 2021
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION67 /21
NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR
REGULATION 67/21
Water Use Charges Regulations (Amendment) under the Water Resources Act
(O.C. 2021-279)
(Filed November 8, 2021)
Under the
authority of sections 29 and 64 of the Water
Resources Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.
Dated at St. John’s,
November 5, 2021.
Krista Quinlan
Clerk of the Executive Council
REGULATIONS
Analysis
1.
S.3.2 Added
Waiver and refund
2.
Sch. R&S
NLR 60/16
as amended
1.The Water
Use Charges Regulations are amended by adding immediately after section 3.1
the following:
Waiver and refund
3.2(1) Water use charges invoiced on or after April 1, 2021 and
before the coming into force of these regulations shall be waived for the
following industries:
(a)marine
aquaculture (shellfish only);
(b)water bottling
and production of other water based finished products from surface and
groundwater sources;
(c)water bottling
and production of other water based finished products from water or ice
harvested from icebergs; and
(d)mineral
exploration.
(2)Any payments made in respect of water use charges waived under subsection (1) shall be
refunded.
2.The Schedule to the regulationsis repealed and the following
substituted:
SCHEDULE
Annual Water Use Charges
Water
Use Purpose
Annual Water Use Charges
Commercial
Marine
aquaculture (finfish only)
$1,000
Freshwater
aquaculture with cages or gear
$10,000
Commercial purpose (Except water bottling
and/or production of other finished water based products)
$5 per 1,000 m3licensed and used plus $0.50 per 1,000 m3licensed but not used
Minimum annual water use charge for a
commercial entity where water is only used for non-commercial purposes
$500
Industrial
Industrial purpose (Except the removal or
displacement of water from a body of water by accumulated or deposited
tailing effluent and material)
$10 per 1,000 m3 licensed and used plus $1.00 per 1,000 m3 licensed but not used
Industrial
purpose for the removal or displacement of water from a body of water by
accumulated or deposited tailing effluent and material
$200 per
1,000 m3of water removed
or displaced
Minimum annual water use charge for any
industrial purpose (including the removal or displacement of water from a
body of water) where there is no water metering equipment to measure water
use