80. Phytocides, other than phytocides applied on dikes and dams and around power plants, applied in a forest or for non-agricultural purposes must be applied more than 30 m from a watercourse, lake, wetland or a protected immovable if the height of the application apparatus from the ground is less than 5 m, and more than 60 m from a watercourse, lake, wetland or protected immovable if the height of the application apparatus from the ground is 5 m or more.
Bacillus thuringiensis (Kurstaki variety) applied in a forest or for non-agricultural purposes must be applied at a distance from a protected immovable at least equal to the width of 1 treatment flight lane of the aircraft.
Those requirements do not apply if the application of the pesticide is carried out by, or at the request of, the owner of the immovable or of the operator residing in the immovable.
O.C. 331-2003, s. 80; O.C. 464-2003, s. 1; 871-2020O.C. 871-2020, s. 41; 1596-2021O.C. 1596-2021, s. 1051.