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

Two Parallel Programs

Cost Sharing: 60:40 SRM Management Program ($7.5M)

Termination: March 2010 LWTI Program ($5.0M)

Termination: 2012

“… calling Canadian meat unhealthy is like calling your twin sister ugly…”

President, American Meat Institute

Key Dates

1997: Partial feed ban May 2003: First BSE diagnosis December 11, 2004: Announcement of

enhanced feed ban April 12, 2007: Federal/provincial agreement

announced July 12, 2007: Implementation of enhanced feed

ban regulations

CFIA Enhanced Feed Ban Regulations

prohibition of SRM in all animal feeds, pet foods and fertilizers

in effect as of July 12, 2007 applies to federal and provincial slaughter

plants applies to anyone who is transporting SRM

materials off the site of origin

Transport Permit Emergency Transport Permit Receiving Permit Processing Permit Confinement Permit Destruction Permit

AlbertaProcessing Company

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

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

3. Subprogram C: Community/Regional SRM Destruction or Containment

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

5. Subprogram E: Environmental Assessments

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

Subprogram Summaries 22 ‘A’ applications (Separation and Storage) 6 ‘B’ applications (Destruction or Containment) 9 ‘C’ applications (Community/Regional) 3 ‘D’ applications (Dead Stock Service Providers) 6 ‘F’ applications (Combinations of A and B) 7 Remainder (Miscellaneous, Environmental)

$1,970,508 committed ($1.6M for A and B)

Disposal Options

Land Filling (containment) Rendering (intermediate) Composting (intermediate) Incineration/Gasification (destruction)

BC Ruminant Waste Transfer Station

West Coast Reduction Ltd.

East Abbotsford

Contract Term: 3 years

Expiration: February 2008

Throughput: 1350 tons/month

Source: Fraser Valley wastes

Destination: Calgary plant

Sumas Drainage Canal Bridge

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, Canal Farm, Robertson Farms)

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

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

Subprograms C and DOverarching Guiding Principles

1. Existing SRM generators with economically feasible solution for SRM and non-SRM

2. Solution addresses SRM generated from:- slaughter establishments- cut and wrap facilities- dead stock collectors- farmers and ranchers

Guiding Principles

3. Solutions are economically and environmentally sustainable in the medium to long term (10 years)

4. Capacity to handle major mass carcass disposal events

5. Availability to new entrants to enable industry expansion

Guiding Principles

6. Compliance with CFIA, MOE, and ALC acts, regulations and guidelines

7. Projects to be based on sound science and technologies to be at commercial implementation stage

Guiding Principles

8. Projects to result in net positive benefit to existing businesses affected by rising disposal costs

9. Demonstration of support by majority of affected SRM generators

10. Projects must result in acceptable methods ofSRM disposal, whether by destruction or containment

Guiding Principles

11. Province-wide solutions better than regional better than individual/piecemeal

12. Most comprehensive in dealing with both SRM and non-SRM

Guiding Principles 13. Ability to deliver end results in most cost-

effective manner

14. Resulting in province, public or SRM generators having some measure of control over facility operations

15. Highest support from industry and local government

Miscellaneous Projects

Ference Weicker Contract: Options and Evaluations of SRM Disposal Technology for the Fraser Valley

Stantec Consulting Contract: Economic Assessment of Combustion Technologies for SRM Disposal

Demonstration Incinerator

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 incorporating other waste streams (mass mortality, solid

manure, municipal wastes) community acceptance limited funding meeting timelines