A-18.1, r. 7 - Regulation respecting standards of forest management for forests in the domain of the State

Section 32 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

32. Every person installing a culvert in a watercourse or a fish habitat shall ensure that the bed of the watercourse is stabilized at the intake and at the outlet of the culvert and that the passage of fish is not obstructed.

Where the holder of a management permit, a manager of an outfitting operation, of a controlled zone or of a wildlife sanctuary within the meaning of sections 86, 104 and 111 of the Act respecting the conservation and development of wildlife (chapter C-61.1), or an undertaking that carries out mining activities or public utility works regularly uses a road crossing a watercourse, that person or undertaking shall ensure that the bed of the watercourse is stabilized at the intake and at the outlet of the culvert and that the condition of the culvert allows water to flow freely.

O.C. 498-96, s. 32.