Q-2, r. 19 - Regulation respecting the landfilling and incineration of residual materials

Section 157 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

157. For a 3-year period beginning on 19 January 2006, the sanitary landfill sites, in-trench disposal sites for solid waste and dry materials disposal sites governed by the Regulation respecting solid waste (chapter Q-2, r. 13) that are in operation on that date continue to be governed by the Regulation respecting solid waste and the certificates of authorization or conformity issued before that date, subject to section 159 and to the following:

(1)  sections 10 to 12 relating to the requirement to accept residual materials apply, with the necessary modifications, to those sanitary landfill sites as of 19 January 2006;

(2)  sections 39 and 40 relating to the log apply, with the necessary modifications, to those sanitary landfill sites and dry materials disposal sites as of 19 January 2006;

(3)  the daily and final coverings of the residual materials deposited in the disposal areas of those sanitary landfill sites may be done using materials different from those prescribed by the Regulation respecting solid waste, provided there is compliance with the requirements of the first paragraph of section 32 and sections 42 and 50, which apply with the necessary modifications; the daily covering of the residual materials must, however, be done in compliance with section 41 as of 19 January 2006;

(4)  section 47 relating to the prohibition on the burning of residual materials applies, with the necessary modifications, to those in-trench disposal sites for solid waste as of 19 January 2006;

(5)  subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the first paragraph and the second paragraph of section 52 relating to the annual report apply, with the necessary modifications, to those sanitary landfill sites and dry materials disposal sites as of 19 January 2006;

(6)  sections 80 to 82 relating to site closure apply, with the necessary modifications, to those sanitary landfill sites, in-trench disposal sites for solid waste and dry materials disposal sites as of 19 January 2006;

(7)  as of 19 January 2006, only construction or demolition waste within the meaning of section 101 may be landfilled in those dry materials disposal sites; in addition, the prohibition on enlargement set out in section 102 applies to those dry materials disposal sites as of 19 January 2006, except for the cases provided for in the second paragraph of that section. The covering of the residual materials deposited in dry materials disposal areas may be done using materials different from those prescribed by the Regulation respecting solid waste, provided there is compliance with the requirements of the second and third paragraphs of section 105 and sections 106 and 107, as the case may be, which apply with the necessary modifications;

(8)  as of 19 January 2006, an enlargement of a sanitary landfill site or in-trench disposal site for solid waste is considered to be a project to establish an engineered landfill or trench landfill governed by this Regulation. For the purposes of this paragraph, enlargement includes any alteration that results in an increase in landfill capacity;

(9)  the provisions of Chapter V relating to the provision of a financial guarantee that apply to engineered landfills, trench landfills and construction or demolition waste landfills apply respectively, with the necessary modifications, to those sanitary landfill sites, in-trench disposal sites for solid waste and dry materials disposal sites as of the sixth month following 19 January 2006.

O.C. 451-2005, s. 157; O.C. 451-2011, s. 44.