Q-2, r. 26 - Agricultural Operations Regulation

Section 3 Disposition versions

2022-03-01

3. The following definitions apply to this Regulation:

“agro-environmental fertilization plan” means a plan that determines, for each parcel in an agricultural operation and each annual growing season (maximum of 5 years), the crop grown and the spreading limits for fertilizers; (plan agroenvironnemental de fertilisation)

“annual phosphorus (P2O5) production” means the annual volume in cubic metres of livestock waste produced per raising site multiplied by the average phosphorus (P2O5) concentration in kg/m3 of the livestock waste; (production annuelle de phosphore (P2O5))

“liquid manure management” means a method of removing livestock waste other than by solid manure management; (gestion sur fumier liquide)

“livestock waste” means animal urine and fecal matter and includes bedding used as absorbents, contaminated water and precipitation water that came into contact with livestock waste; (déjections animales)

“parcel” means a portion of land forming a single block, planted with the same crop and requiring the same fertilization, belonging to the same owner and constituting a lot or part of a lot; (parcelle)

“raising facility” means a livestock building or yard where animals are raised; (installation d’élevage)

“raising site” means a group of raising facilities and storage facilities that belong to the same owner and where the distance between the facilities does not exceed 150 m; (lieu d’élevage)

“solid manure management” means a method of removing livestock waste in a solid state, with the liquids having been absorbed by the solid matter through the use of bedding in sufficient quantity or through other means to reduce the water content in the waste to a value lower than 85% at the outlet of a livestock building; (gestion sur fumier solide)

“spreading site” means a group of parcels close together, belonging to the same owner who does not raise livestock; (lieu d’épandage) and

“yard” means a pen or part of a pen where livestock is kept and which differs from pastures because the annual phosphorus (P2O5) input is greater than the deposits provided for in Schedule I for those pastures. (cour d’exercice).

In addition, unless otherwise provided for,

(1)  the terms “boundary”, “watercourse”, “pond”, “boundary of the littoral zone”, “wetland”, “open wetland”, “riverbank or lakeshore”, “flood zone” and “high-velocity flood zone” have the meaning assigned by the Regulation respecting activities in wetlands, bodies of water and sensitive areas (chapter Q-2, r. 0.1);

(2)  the term “ditch” has the meaning assigned by the Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact (chapter Q-2, r. 17.1);

(3)  a distance is calculated horizontally

(a)  from the boundary of the littoral zone, for a watercourse or lake;

(b)  from the boundary, for a wetland;

(c)  from the top of the embankment, for a ditch.

For the purposes of subparagraph 3 of the second paragraph, if there is an embankment, the distance must include a width of at least 1 m from the top of the embankment.

O.C. 695-2002, s. 3; O.C. 1596-2021, s. 84.

2012-09-01

3. The following definitions apply to this Regulation:

“agro-environmental fertilization plan” means a plan that determines, for each parcel in an agricultural operation and each annual growing season (maximum of 5 years), the crop grown and the spreading limits for fertilizers; (plan agroenvironnemental de fertilisation)

“annual phosphorus (P2O5) production” means the annual volume in cubic metres of livestock waste produced per raising site multiplied by the average phosphorus (P2O5) concentration in kg/m3 of the livestock waste; (production annuelle de phosphore (P2O5))

“liquid manure management” means a method of removing livestock waste other than by solid manure management; (gestion sur fumier liquide)

“livestock waste” means animal urine and fecal matter and includes bedding used as absorbents, contaminated water and precipitation water that came into contact with livestock waste; (déjections animales)

“parcel” means a portion of land forming a single block, planted with the same crop and requiring the same fertilization, belonging to the same owner and constituting a lot or part of a lot; (parcelle)

“raising facility” means a livestock building or yard where animals are raised; (installation d’élevage)

“raising site” means a group of raising facilities and storage facilities that belong to the same owner and where the distance between the facilities does not exceed 150 m; (lieu d’élevage)

“solid manure management” means a method of removing livestock waste in a solid state, with the liquids having been absorbed by the solid matter through the use of bedding in sufficient quantity or through other means to reduce the water content in the waste to a value lower than 85% at the outlet of a livestock building; (gestion sur fumier solide)

“spreading site” means a group of parcels close together, belonging to the same owner who does not raise livestock; (lieu d’épandage) and

“yard” means a pen or part of a pen where livestock is kept and which differs from pastures because the annual phosphorus (P2O5) input is greater than the deposits provided for in Schedule I for those pastures. (cour d’exercice).

O.C. 695-2002, s. 3.