Q-2, r. 32 - Regulation respecting hazardous materials

Section 63 Disposition versions

2013-07-18

63. Steel underground tanks that are not protected against corrosion by one of the systems referred to in section 61 must be removed from the ground.

Despite the foregoing, an unprotected tank installed before 1 December 1997 need not be removed immediately from the ground if the assessment of the state of the tank is in zone 2, 3 or 4 of the graph of Schedule 7. In that case, the removal of the tank and the necessary interventions are to be made according to the methods provided for in subparagraphs 2 to 4 of paragraph 3 of that Schedule.

O.C. 1310-97, s. 63; O.C. 677-2013, s. 2.

2012-09-01

63. Underground tanks that are not protected against corrosion by one of the systems referred to in section 61 shall be removed from the ground not later than — the age of the tank being determined on 17 December 1997 —:

(1)  1 January 2000, if the tank is 25 years old or over;

(2)  1 January 2002, if the tank is at least 20 years old and less than 25 years old;

(3)  1 January 2003, if the tank is at least 17 years old and less than 20 years old;

(4)  1 January 2004, if the tank is at least 15 years old and less than 17 years old; and

(5)  1 January 2005, if the tank is less than 15 years old, unless it is protected against corrosion by one of the following systems referred to in section 61 and the assessment of its state, as described in Schedule 7, is in zone 1 of the graph.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a tank may be removed from the ground, as the case may be, on a later date than the one prescribed in subparagraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the first paragraph where the assessment of the state of the tank is in zone 2, 3 or 4 of the graph. The removal of the tank and the necessary interventions shall be made according to the methods referred to in paragraph 3 of Schedule 7.

O.C. 1310-97, s. 63.