P-9.3, r. 1 - Pesticides Management Code

Section 59 Disposition versions

2023-07-06

59. The application of pesticides in a road, railway or power corridor for their maintenance must not be carried out in the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, in a wetland, or in a 30 m strip along or around them, except for an application of

(1)  pesticides by injection in a tree or shrub, carried out outside the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, a wetland, or a 3 m strip along or around them;

(2)  Chondrostereum purpureum on a tree stump, carried out outside the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, a wetland, or a 3 m strip along or around them;

(3)  glyphosate on leaves with a knapsack sprayer or ramp-type sprayer, carried out outside the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, a wetland, or a 10 m strip along or around them;

(4)  glyphosate or triclopyr on a tree stump, carried out outside the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, a wetland, or a 15 m strip along or around them;

(5)  triclopyr on the base of a tree or shrub, carried out outside the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, a wetland, or a 15 m strip along or around them;

(6)  pesticide on a railway ballast, carried out with a windbreak, or in wooden poles used for the distribution or transmission of electrical power or telecommunications; and

(7)  a phytocide in a wooded peat bog or a swamp not on a lakeshore, riverbank or littoral zone, located north of the St. Lawrence River, in bioclimatic domains of balsam fir-paper birch or spruce-moss forests, carried out for the maintenance of a power line corridor.

It is prohibited to apply a pesticide in the water, on the water or on an organism that is in the water during the application described in subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph.

O.C. 331-2003, s. 59; O.C. 871-2020, s. 2; O.C. 1596-2021, s. 103; O.C. 990-2023, s. 21.

2022-03-01

59. The application of pesticides in a road, railway or power corridor for their maintenance must not be carried out in the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, in a wetland, or in a 30 m strip along or around them, except for an application of

(1)  pesticides by injection in a tree or shrub, carried out outside the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, a wetland, or a 3 m strip along or around them;

(2)  Chondrostereum purpureum on a tree stump, carried out outside the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, a wetland, or a 3 m strip along or around them;

(3)  glyphosate on leaves with a knapsack sprayer or ramp-type sprayer, carried out outside the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, a wetland, or a 10 m strip along or around them;

(4)  glyphosate or triclopyr on a tree stump, carried out outside the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, a wetland, or a 15 m strip along or around them;

(5)  triclopyr on the base of a tree or shrub, carried out outside the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, a wetland, or a 15 m strip along or around them;

(6)  pesticide on a railway ballast, carried out with a windbreak, or on wooden hydro or telephone poles; and

(7)  a phytocide in a wooded peat bog or a swamp not on a lakeshore, riverbank or littoral zone, located north of the St. Lawrence River, in bioclimatic domains of balsam fir white birch or spruce-moss forests, carried out for the maintenance of a power line corridor.

It is prohibited to apply a pesticide in the water, on the water or on an organism that is in the water during the application described in subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph.

O.C. 331-2003, s. 59; O.C. 871-2020, s. 2; O.C. 1596-2021, s. 103.

2020-12-31

59. The application of pesticides in a road, railway or power corridor for their maintenance must be carried out more than 30 m from a watercourse or body of water, except for an application of

(1)  pesticides by injection in a tree or shrub, carried out more than 3 m from a watercourse or body of water;

(2)  Chondrostereum purpureum on a tree stump, carried out more than 3 m from a watercourse or body of water;

(3)  glyphosate on leaves with a knapsack sprayer or ramp-type sprayer, carried out more than 10 m from a watercourse or body of water;

(4)  glyphosate or triclopyr on a tree stump, carried out more than 15 m from a watercourse or body of water;

(5)  triclopyr on the base of a tree or shrub, carried out more than 15 m from a watercourse or body of water;

(6)  pesticide on a railway ballast, carried out with a windbreak, or on wooden hydro or telephone poles; and

(7)  a phytocide in a wooded peat bog or a swamp not on a lakeshore, riverbank or littoral zone, located north of the St. Lawrence River, in bioclimatic domains of balsam fir white birch or spruce-moss forests, carried out for the maintenance of a power line corridor.

It is prohibited to apply a pesticide in the water, on the water or on an organism that is in the water during the application described in subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph.

O.C. 331-2003, s. 59; O.C. 871-2020, s. 2.

2012-09-01

59. The application of pesticides in a road, railway or power corridor for their maintenance must be carried out more than 30 m from a watercourse or body of water, except for an application of

(1)  pesticides by injection in a tree or shrub, carried out more than 3 m from a watercourse or body of water;

(2)  Chondrostereum purpureum on a tree stump, carried out more than 3 m from a watercourse or body of water;

(3)  glyphosate on leaves with a knapsack sprayer or ramp-type sprayer, carried out more than 10 m from a watercourse or body of water;

(4)  glyphosate or triclopyr on a tree stump, carried out more than 15 m from a watercourse or body of water;

(5)  triclopyr on the base of a tree or shrub, carried out more than 15 m from a watercourse or body of water; and

(6)  pesticide on a railway ballast, carried out with a windbreak, or on wooden hydro or telephone poles.

O.C. 331-2003, s. 59.