Q-2, r. 26 - Agricultural Operations Regulation

Section 50.3.3 Disposition versions

2023-12-18

50.3.3. Where a portion of land referred to in subparagraph 5 of the second paragraph of section 50.3 or section 50.3.2 is added to the parcels cultivated by an operator or there is a change in the crop grown on it, the operator of a raising site or spreading site must implement the following mitigation measures, in addition to any condition provided for in the Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact (chapter Q-2, r. 17.1) and the Regulation respecting activities in wetlands, bodies of water and sensitive areas (chapter Q-2, r. 0.1):

(1)  with regard to all parcels cultivated by the operator:

(a)  despite sections 22 and 35, all spreading must be carried out in compliance with an agroenvironmental fertilization plan and a phosphorous report, drawn up in accordance with this Regulation, which spreading must be supported in the data obtained from a characterization of livestock waste carried out by an agrologist in accordance with section 28.1, even in the case of a raising site with solid manure management whose annual phosphorus (P2O5) production is 1,600 kg or less;

(b)  on 1 December of each year, the soil of at least 20% of the total areas cultivated by the operator must be entirely covered by rooted vegetation;

(c)  where the operator stores solid manure piles, in addition to the conditions provided for in section 9.1, the operator must do so more than 30 m away from any watercourse, ditch, lake or wetland, and outside of flood zones;

(2)  with regard to the new parcel under cultivation or the parcel undergoing a change of crop:

(a)  a vegetation strip at least 5 m wide, measured from the boundary of the littoral zone or the top of the embankment, if such an embankment is present, must be preserved in a natural or restored state, on either side of a watercourse;

(b)  a vegetation strip at least 3 m wide, measured from the boundary of the ditch or the top of the embankment, if such an embankment is present, must be preserved in a natural or restored state, on either side of a ditch;

(c)  on 1 December of each year, the area of that parcel must be entirely covered by rooted vegetation.

O.C. 983-2023, s. 12.