C-37.2 - Act respecting the Communauté urbaine de Montréal

Section 151.1 Disposition versions

1995-12-15

151.1. The Community may, by by-law,

(1)  define and classify the types of waste water and the other substances discharged into a purification works;

(2)  determine standards for the construction, maintenance or operation of a purification works, including standards relating to the materials used and standards relating to methods to be applied for the carrying out of any purification works;

(3)  regulate or prohibit the discharge of waste water or any substance it determines into a purification works or a watercourse; to that end, establish classes of contaminants or of sources of contamination and determine the maximum quantity or concentration of contaminants allowed in waste water or in substances discharged into a purification works or a watercourse;

(4)  determine the method of computing the quantity of waste water or of substances discharged into a purification works; prescribe the use of meters and determine the conditions governing the connection of meters to the Community’s purification works;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  require a person or a class of persons discharging waste water or other substances of a class it determines into a purification works to hold a permit issued by the Community; exempt from such requirement any person or class of persons it determines;

(7)  determine the qualifications required of an applicant for a permit, the terms and conditions of issue and renewal of the permit, the information and documents to be provided by the applicant and the cases of suspension or revocation of the permit.

1982, c. 18, s. 56; 1985, c. 31, s. 14; 1993, c. 68, s. 37; 1995, c. 71, s. 35.

1993-12-17

151.1. The Community may, by by-law,

(1)  define and classify the types of waste water and the other substances discharged into a purification works;

(2)  determine standards for the construction, maintenance or operation of a purification works, including standards relating to the materials used and standards relating to methods to be applied for the carrying out of any purification works;

(3)  regulate or prohibit the discharge of waste water or any substance it determines into a purification works or a watercourse; to that end, establish classes of contaminants or of sources of contamination and determine the maximum quantity or concentration of contaminants allowed in waste water or in substances discharged into a purification works or a watercourse;

(4)  determine the method of computing the quantity of waste water or of substances discharged into a purification works; prescribe the use of meters and determine the conditions, including the payment of costs, governing the connection of meters to the Community’s purification works;

(5)  prescribe a tariff for the receiving by the Community of waste water or other substances;

(6)  require a person or a class of persons discharging waste water or other substances of a class it determines into a purification works to hold a permit issued by the Community; exempt from such requirement any person or class of persons it determines;

(7)  determine the qualifications required of an applicant for a permit, the terms and conditions of issue and renewal of the permit, the information and documents to be provided by the applicant and the cases of suspension or revocation of the permit.

1982, c. 18, s. 56; 1985, c. 31, s. 14; 1993, c. 68, s. 37.

1985-06-20

151.1. The Community may, by by-law,

(1)  prescribe quantitative standards for the discharge of surface, rain, underground or cooling water or industrial waste water into a purification works; prohibit or regulate such discharge; impose conditions to control, reduce, regularize or spread out such discharge;

(2)  prescribe, according to the source of contamination, the class of establishment or the industrial process, a maximum quantity or concentration of or limit to the acidity, alkalinity, temperature, chemical or biochemical requirement for oxygen, oil, grease, suspended matter, dissolved matter, toxic substances or substances that are harmful to the environment in waste water discharged into a purification works; prohibit or regulate the discharge, into a purification works, of waste water having a content of a substance in excess of the prescribed maximum or having characteristics not in conformity with such maximum;

(3)  regulate the discharge of rain, surface or underground water into a domestic or unitary sewer; prohibit the discharge of domestic waste water into a storm sewer; prescribe qualitative or quantitative standards for the discharge of water into a storm sewer;

(4)  regulate the elimination of ground waste or residue in a purification works; prohibit or regulate the connection of a waste or residue grinder to such a works;

(5)  determine the method of computing the quantity of water discharged into a purification works; prescribe the use of meters, and determine the conditions, including payment of the cost, for connection to the purification works of the Community;

(6)  regulate the construction, maintenance and operation of a purification works and prescribe standards to prevent and control the supply of parasitic water through filtration or catchment;

(7)  fix a tariff for the receiving by the Community of waste water from the municipalities;

(8)  prohibit or regulate the discharge of waste water into a watercourse;

(9)  prohibit or regulate the discharge into a purification works of a substance which may, by itself or by reaction with another substance,

(a)  damage the works, affect its operation, overload it or clog it;

(b)  have an unfavourable effect on a watercourse;

(c)  constitute a danger to the life or health of humans, wildlife or vegetation;

(d)  cause a fire, an explosion or any other material damage; or

(e)  constitute a nuisance by the emission of toxic or foulsmelling gas;

(10)  require any person or class of persons that discharges or intends to discharge industrial waste water or cooling water into a purification works to obtain a permit from the Community and prescribe the information that shall be furnished with permit applications; exempt any person or class of persons it determines from the requirement to obtain a permit;

(11)  prescribe the conditions, procedures and fees relating to the issue, renewal, suspension or revocation of a permit.

1982, c. 18, s. 56; 1985, c. 31, s. 14.

1982-07-11

151.1. The Community may, by by-law,

(1)  prohibit or regulate the discharge into a depollution works or into a watercourse of a substance which may, by itself or by reaction with another substance,

(a)  damage the works, affect its normal operation, overload it or clog it;

(b)  have an unfavourable effect on the watercourse;

(c)  constitute a danger to the life or health of humans, wildlife or vegetation;

(d)  cause a fire, an explosion or any other material damage; or

(e)  constitute a nuisance, by the emission of toxic or foulsmelling gas;

(2)  prescribe standards for the quantity of the discharge of surface or underground water or industrial waste water into a depollution works; prohibit or regulate such discharge; impose conditions to control, reduce, regulate or spread out such discharge;

(3)  prescribe limits to the acidity, alkalinity, temperature, chemical or biochemical requirement for oxygen, or the concentration of oil, grease, suspended matter, dissolved matter or substances that are toxic or harmful to the environment; prohibit or regulate the discharge, into depollution works, of water having a content of a substance in excess of the prescribed limits or having characteristics not in conformity with such limits;

(4)  regulate the discharge of rain or underground water into a sanitary and unitary or pseudo-separating sewer; prohibit the discharging of sanitary waste water into a storm sewer; prescribe quality or quantity standards for the discharge of water into a storm sewer;

(5)  regulate the elimination of ground waste or residue in a depollution works; prohibit or regulate the direct or indirect connection of a waste or residue grinder to such a works;

(6)  require a person who intends to discharge or who discharges industrial waste water into a depollution works to obtain a permit from the Community and to furnish for such purpose the prescribed information concerning the production of such person, his processes, his use of water, his drainage system, his mode of disposing of residue and the volume and quality of the water he discharges or plans to discharge; prescribe the fees and the other conditions and procedures of issue and renewal of the permit, and the conditions and procedures of its suspension or revocation;

(7)  require of an applicant for a permit contemplated in paragraph 6, as conditions for the issue, renewal or retention of the permit,

(a)  the construction of a man-hole in conformity with the prescribed requirements, to allow the inspection, sampling, measuring and registration of the quality and flow of the discharged waste water;

(b)  the installation and maintenance in good repair of appropriate equipment and accessories for the sampling, analysis, measuring and registration of the quality and flow of the discharged waste water, in accordance with the prescribed methods;

(c)  the installation and maintenance in good repair of equipment for the treatment or pre-treatment of industrial waste water, to regulate the flow of the discharged waste water or to bring it into conformity with the prescriptions;

(d)  the presentation to the Community, for approval, of the plans relating to the installation of the equipment contemplated in subparagraph c, and the procedures for the use of such equipment;

(e)  the maintenance of an average or maximum concentration or mass of discharged pollutants;

(f)  the presentation to the Community of periodic reports on discharge, indicating the volume and the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of the discharged waste water;

(8)  determine the method of computing the quantity of water discharged into a depollution works;

(9)  prescribe the devices and methods whose use is recognized for the purposes of the analysis, sampling or computation of concentration and for the other purposes provided for in this section;

(10)  provide for the revocation or suspension of the permit contemplated in paragraph 6 where the holder contravenes a by-law passed under this section;

(11)  require a person to take the necessary measures to prevent the discharge into a depollution works or a watercourse of a substance harmful to humans or to the works or watercourse; require a person to notify the Community of any such discharge;

(12)  require a person who discharges waste water into a depollution works in contravention of a by-law passed under this section to reimburse the Community for the cost incurred for the maintenance or repair of the works resulting from such discharge;

(13)  regulate the construction, maintenance, management and operation of depollution works and prescribe measures to prevent and control the supply of parasitic water through filtration or catchment;

(14)  fix a tariff for the supply by the Community of water services to municipalities and for the receiving of waste water;

(15)  allow a person to discharge, into a depollution works of the Community, waste water having characteristics that contravene a standard enacted in accordance with paragraph 2, 3 or 4, in consideration of payment by that person of such duties as may be imposed by order of the executive committee, following a tariff established by that committee on the basis of the volume of waste water discharged, the suspended matter it contains, the biochemical or chemical requirement for oxygen, the chlorine requirement, the nature of the polluting agent or any other criterion;

(16)  prescribe the use of meters, and determine the conditions, including payment of the cost, for connection to the depollution works of the Community;

(17)  prescribe a method for disposing of industrial residues or any other residues constituting water polluting agents; require a person to dispose of such agents in the manner prescribed or approved by the head of the department concerned;

(18)  determine the schedule of execution of work required for the issue, renewal or retention of a permit, under paragraph 7, or for the prevention or cessation of an offence or a nuisance;

(19)  authorize the executive committee to make an order concerning the imposition of fees, and the establishment of a tariff for such purpose, for the use of a household refuse grinder, for the receiving or treatment of residue or sediment from septic tanks, drain-tanks or industrial processes, and for the analysis and measuring of the water flow.

1982, c. 18, s. 56.