Canada – British Columbia Specified Risk Material (SRM) Management Program

1. Canada – British Columbia Agreement Establishing the Facilitation of the Disposal of Specified Risk Materials (SRM) Program

2. Canada – British Columbia Specified Risk Material (SRM) Management Program

3. Subprogram A • Subprogram B • Subprogram C • Subprogram D • Subprogram E • Subprogram F

4. Subprogram A: On-Site Slaughter Plant SRM Separation and Storage • in existence prior to December 11, 2004 • provisions for underserved areas (greater than 200 km from existing plant) • funding benchmarked to 2004 volumes • deadline: June 15, 2007

5. Subprogram B: On-Site Slaughter Plant SRM Destruction or Containment • in existence prior to July 12, 2007 • funding benchmarked to 2006 volumes • deadline: June 29, 2007

6. Subprogram F: On-Site Slaughter Plant SRM Separation, Storage, Destruction or Containment • primarily for new plants • licensed by BCCDC by January 30, 2009 • deadline: January 30, 2009

7. Subprograms A and B Funding • 100% of first $100,000 • 75% of next $200,000 • 50% of final $200,000 • Maximum funding: $350,000 (used alone or in combination for Subprograms A and B)

8. Subprogram F Funding 1. Existing plants funded under A or B : 75% for first $300,000 of further eligible costs not funded under A or B Maximum funding: $350,000 (used alone or in combination for Subprograms A, B and F) 2. Existing plants not funded under A or B and new plants in underserved areas: 75% of first $300,000 to maximum of $225,000 3. New plants not in underserved areas: 50% of first $200,000 to a maximum of $100,000

9. 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

10. Subprogram D: Bovine Dead Stock SRM Storage, Destruction or Containment • intended for existing dead stock collectors (Carson’s Stock Farm, Dargatz Mink Ranch, Greenwave Farms) • funding to be determined on case by case basis • closely linked to Subprogram C

11. Metro Vancouver/Fraser Valley • Vancouver Island • Thompson-Nicola/Columbia-Shuswap/North Okanagan • Kootenay Boundary/Central Kootenay • Central Okanagan/Okanagan-Similkameen • Fraser/Fort George

12. Subprogram E: Environmental Assessments Required for Projects • EA review required by CEAA funding trigger • funding: 100% to maximum of $30,000

13. CEAA Consistency Environmental Assessment Survey • Inclusion List Questions • Exclusion List Questions • Small-Scale Infrastructure Applicability

14. Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives • existing SRM generators with economically feasible solution for SRM and non-SRM • solution addresses SRM generated from: - slaughter establishments - cut and wrap facilities - dead stock collectors - farmers and ranchers

15. Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives and Guiding Principles • costs for implementation are as low as possible • solutions are economically and environmentally sustainable in the medium to long term (10 years) • capacity to handle major mass carcass disposal events • available to new entrants to enable industry expansion

16. Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives and Guiding Principles • compliance with CFIA and MOE acts, regulations and guidelines • projects to be based on sound science and technologies to be at commercial implementation stage

17. Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives and Guiding Principles • projects to result in net positive benefit to existing businesses affected by rising disposal costs • demonstration of support by majority of affected SRM generators • projects must result in acceptable methods of SRM disposal, whether by destruction or containment

18. Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives and Guiding Principles • province-wide solutions better than regional better than individual/piecemeal • most comprehensive in dealing with both SRM and non-SRM

19. Subprogram C and D Overarching Objectives and Guiding Principles • ability to deliver end results in most cost-effective manner • resulting in province, public or SRM generators having some measure of control over facility operations • best prospects for industry expansion • highest support from industry and local government

20. Subprogram A and B Summaries • 19 ‘A’ applications • 5 ‘B’ applications • 17 of 24 approved by MAL SRM Program Adjudication Committee • 11 of 24 Agreements accepted and signed • $1,405,277 committed

21. BC Ruminant Waste Transfer Station • West Coast Reduction Ltd. • East Abbotsford • Contract Term: 3 years • Expiration: February 2008 • Throughput: 1550 tons/month • Source: Fraser Valley wastes • Destination: Calgary plant

22. Disposal Options • Landfilling • Rendering • Composting • Incineration/Gasification

23. 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 • meeting time lines • incorporating other waste streams (mass mortality, solid manure, municipal wastes) • limited funding