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

Alberta Processing 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 D Overarching 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 of SRM 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