15. It is prohibited to store Class 1, Class 2 or Class 3 pesticides(1) less than 30 m from a watercourse or body of water;
(2) less than 100 m from a category 1 or category 2 water withdrawal site within the meaning of paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 51 of the Water Withdrawal and Protection Regulation (chapter Q-2, r. 35.2) or from a water intake used for the production of spring water or mineral water within the meaning of the Regulation respecting bottled water (chapter P-29, r. 2);
(3) less than 30 m from a category 3 water withdrawal site within the meaning of paragraph 3 of section 51 of the Water Withdrawal and Protection Regulation or from any other groundwater withdrawal site.
Those prohibitions do not apply to operators of a storage site holding a certificate of conformity issued by CropLife Canada before 3 April 2003; the authorized storage site is restricted, in that case, to the storage site certified by CropLife Canada and existing on that date.
O.C. 331-2003, s. 15; O.C. 703-2014, s. 1.