I-14.1 - Act to prohibit the establishment or enlargement of certain waste elimination sites

Section 2 Disposition versions

1995-12-11

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1, the Government may lift the prohibition set out therein if, in its opinion, the situation in a particular region requires the establishment or enlargement of a waste elimination site referred to in that section.

If, in the opinion of the Government, the situation further requires expeditious action, the Government may also, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Act respecting the establishment and enlargement of certain waste elimination sites (chapter E-13.1) or in the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2), exempt a project from some or all of the environmental impact assessment and review procedure provided for in Division IV.1 of Chapter I of the Environment Quality Act; in such a case, the decision of the Government must include a description of the situation justifying such exemption.

Where a project is totally exempted from the environmental impact assessment procedure pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Government shall issue the certificate provided for in section 31.5 of the Environment Quality Act subject to the conditions determined by the Government; moreover, in the case of waste elimination sites to which the Act respecting the establishement and enlargement of certain waste elimination sites applies, section 3 of the Act remains applicable.

1995, c. 60, s. 2.