Q-2, r. 12 - Regulation respecting biomedical waste

Section 47 Disposition versions

2020-12-31

47. (Revoked).

O.C. 583-92, s. 47; O.C. 492-2000, s. 4; I.N. 2019-12-01; O.C. 871-2020, s. 18.

2019-12-01

47. An application for an authorization for the setting up or modifying of a facility that stores or treats biomedical waste by incineration shall contain:

(1)  in the case of a natural person, his name, address and telephone number;

(2)  in the case of a partnership or a legal person, its name, its head office, the position of the person who signed the application, and a certified copy of a document from the board of directors or from the partners authorizing the filing of the application;

(3)  in the case of a partnership, the name, domicile and address of the partners or the name of a legal person associated therewith, as well as the head office of the legal person;

(4)  in the case of a legal person, the name, domicile and address of the directors and officers;

(5)  in the case of a municipality, a certified copy of a municipal resolution authorizing the filing of the application;

(6)  the cadastral designation of the lots on which the facility is to be set up or modified;

(7)  a certified copy of the document giving the applicant a right of ownership or use of the equipment to be used in the operations planned;

(8)  an up-to-date geographic map or aerial photograph, with the scale indicated, of the territory within a 2-km radius of the lots referred to in paragraph 6 and showing the following:

(a)  the limits of the lots in question;

(b)  the current use and zoning of the territory in question;

(9)  a plan showing the following, where applicable;

(a)  the dimensions and area of the lots in question;

(b)  the location of existing and planned equipment and buildings;

(c)  the location of waste loading and unloading areas and of areas for parking the vehicles used for those purposes;

(d)  the location of areas for cleaning vehicles and containers;

(e)  the location and capacity of waste storage areas;

(10)  the plans and specifications of the equipment and buildings and of any device or works to control, contain or prevent environmental contamination;

(11)  a description of the project, comprising a description of the technical characteristics of the project or activity for which the application is filed, the extent of the region served by the project and an evaluation of atmospheric emissions, of anticipated liquid discharge, of the quantity of biomedical waste covered by the application and of other waste, including ash, to be generated by the activity for which the application is filed;

(12)  a description of the method of operating the facility for which the application is filed, of the method of operating the equipment and of the manner of disposing of the biomedical waste and other residual materials, including ash and liquid discharge, to be generated by that operation;

(13)  an emergency prevention and procedures plan containing the following information:

(a)  the points within the biomedical waste storage or treatment site at which a contaminant within the meaning of section 1 of the Act may be emitted into the environment;

(b)  measures to be taken to prevent spills of biomedical waste, contaminant emissions, fires, or accidents liable to affect the environment;

(c)  measures to be taken to stop environmental contamination at its source, to eliminate environmental effects and to repair environmental damage;

(d)  the name, address and telephone number of a natural person residing less than 30 km from the installations and responsible for giving emergency access to the site to the Minister’s representatives and to the fire department of the municipality in which the equipment and buildings are located;

(14)  measures to be taken in the event that operations are cut back or ceased for longer than 4 days; and

(15)  plans and specifications for the equipment used to clean vehicles and biomedical waste containers.

In addition, where the application for an authorization made by a person concerns a facility that treats biomedical waste by incineration off its generation site, it must include the guarantee referred to in section 56.

O.C. 583-92, s. 47; O.C. 492-2000, s. 4; I.N. 2019-12-01.

2012-09-01

47. An application for a certificate of authorization for the setting up or modifying of a facility that stores or treats biomedical waste by incineration shall contain:

(1)  in the case of a natural person, his name, address and telephone number;

(2)  in the case of a partnership or a legal person, its name, its head office, the position of the person who signed the application, and a certified copy of a document from the board of directors or from the partners authorizing the filing of the application;

(3)  in the case of a partnership, the name, domicile and address of the partners or the name of a legal person associated therewith, as well as the head office of the legal person;

(4)  in the case of a legal person, the name, domicile and address of the directors and officers;

(5)  in the case of a municipality, a certified copy of a municipal resolution authorizing the filing of the application;

(6)  the cadastral designation of the lots on which the facility is to be set up or modified;

(7)  a certified copy of the document giving the applicant a right of ownership or use of the equipment to be used in the operations planned;

(8)  an up-to-date geographic map or aerial photograph, with the scale indicated, of the territory within a 2-km radius of the lots referred to in paragraph 6 and showing the following:

(a)  the limits of the lots in question;

(b)  the current use and zoning of the territory in question;

(9)  a plan showing the following, where applicable;

(a)  the dimensions and area of the lots in question;

(b)  the location of existing and planned equipment and buildings;

(c)  the location of waste loading and unloading areas and of areas for parking the vehicles used for those purposes;

(d)  the location of areas for cleaning vehicles and containers;

(e)  the location and capacity of waste storage areas;

(10)  the plans and specifications of the equipment and buildings and of any device or works to control, contain or prevent environmental contamination;

(11)  a description of the project, comprising a description of the technical characteristics of the project or activity for which the application is filed, the extent of the region served by the project and an evaluation of atmospheric emissions, of anticipated liquid discharge, of the quantity of biomedical waste covered by the application and of other waste, including ash, to be generated by the activity for which the application is filed;

(12)  a description of the method of operating the facility for which the application is filed, of the method of operating the equipment and of the manner of disposing of the biomedical waste and other residual materials, including ash and liquid discharge, to be generated by that operation;

(13)  an emergency prevention and procedures plan containing the following information:

(a)  the points within the biomedical waste storage or treatment site at which a contaminant within the meaning of section 1 of the Act may be emitted into the environment;

(b)  measures to be taken to prevent spills of biomedical waste, contaminant emissions, fires, or accidents liable to affect the environment;

(c)  measures to be taken to stop environmental contamination at its source, to eliminate environmental effects and to repair environmental damage;

(d)  the name, address and telephone number of a natural person residing less than 30 km from the installations and responsible for giving emergency access to the site to the Minister’s representatives and to the fire department of the municipality in which the equipment and buildings are located;

(14)  measures to be taken in the event that operations are cut back or ceased for longer than 4 days; and

(15)  plans and specifications for the equipment used to clean vehicles and biomedical waste containers.

In addition, where the application for a certificate of authorization made by a person concerns a facility that treats biomedical waste by incineration off its generation site, it must include the guarantee referred to in section 56.

O.C. 583-92, s. 47; O.C. 492-2000, s. 4.