Q-2, r. 18 - Regulation respecting the burial of contaminated soils

Section 4 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

4. The following may not be disposed of in contaminated soil burial sites:

(1)  soils that contain 1 or more substances with concentrations equal to or greater than the limit values in Schedule I except

(a)  if they are disposed of in a site referred to in section 2;

(b)  the soils from which at least 90% of the substances initially present in the soils were removed by means of a treatment authorized under the Act and, in the case of removed metals and metalloids, only if they were stabilized, fixed and solidified by an authorized treatment;

(c)  where a detailed report proves that a substance present in the soils may not be removed in a proportion of 90% following an authorized optimal treatment and there is no available technique for that purpose;

(2)  soils having more than 50 mg of PCB per kg of soil;

(3)  soils that, after segregation, contain more than 25% of residual materials;

(4)  soils containing explosive or radioactive materials within the meaning of section 3 of the Regulation respecting hazardous materials (chapter Q-2, r. 32) or materials incompatible, physically or chemically, with the materials making up the burial site; and

(5)  contaminated soils containing a free liquid, according to a standard test carried out by a laboratory accredited by the Minister under section 118.6 of the Act.

O.C. 843-2001, s. 4; O.C. 1553-2001, s. 2.