Q-2, r. 7.1 - Regulation respecting sand pits and quarries

Section 44 Disposition versions

2023-12-18

44. The options referred to in subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 of the first paragraph of section 42 must also meet the following conditions:

(1)  the ground leveling, reduction of working faces or backfilling must stabilize the slopes and, in the case of a sand pit, the final profile of the disturbed sand must not exceed 30° from the horizontal unless the sand is stabilized with a structure preventing any landslide or erosion;

(2)  the revegetation work, that is, seeding or planting, must allow to reconstitute, 18 months following the closure of the quarry or sand pit, a soil and a permanent natural vegetation cover that is still growing, except if the vegetation is harvested as part of recultivation of land.

If the option referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 42 is retained for a quarry established after 17 August 1977 and located on the side of a hill, mountain, cliff or slope, the working face must be made up of benches not more than 10 m in height and of horizontal terraces at least 4 m that must be vegetated, unless the operator shows that the objectives referred to in section 38 have been achieved.

In addition, where an invasive exotic plant species is buried as part of backfilling using the soils referred to in subparagraphs b and e of subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 42, the materials must be covered with at least 1 m of soil free of such species.

At all times, the storage or elimination in a sand pit of the materials referred to in section 23 or backfilling work in a sand pit carried out in accordance with section 42 must not give rise to the deposit of contaminants due to a human activity.

At all times, the storage or elimination in a quarry of the materials referred to in section 23 and backfilling in a quarry carried out in accordance with section 42 must not give rise to the deposit of contaminants in a concentration greater than the limit values provided for in Schedule I to the Land Protection and Rehabilitation Regulation (chapter Q-2, r. 37).

O.C. 236-2019, s. 44; O.C. 995-2023, s. 5.

2019-04-18

44. The options referred to in subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 of the first paragraph of section 42 must also meet the following conditions:

(1)  the ground leveling, reduction of working faces or backfilling must stabilize the slopes and, in the case of a sand pit, the final profile of the land must not exceed 30° from the horizontal unless the land is stabilized with a structure preventing any landslide or erosion;

(2)  the revegetation work, that is, seeding or planting, must allow to reconstitute, 18 months following the closure of the quarry or sand pit, a soil and a permanent natural vegetation cover that is still growing, except if the vegetation is harvested as part of recultivation of land.

If the option referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 42 is retained for a quarry established after 17 August 1977 and located on the side of a hill, mountain, cliff or slope, the working face must be made up of benches not more than 10 m in height and of horizontal terraces at least 4 m that must be vegetated, unless the operator shows that the objectives referred to in section 38 have been achieved.

Backfilling work in a quarry or sand pit, in accordance with subparagraph b of subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 42 must not give rise to the deposit of contaminants due to a human activity in that quarry or sand pit.

At all times, backfilling work in a quarry using the soils referred to in subparagraphs b and e of subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 42 must not give rise to the deposit of contaminants in a concentration greater than the limit values provided for in Schedule I to the Land Protection and Rehabilitation Regulation (chapter Q-2, r. 37).

O.C. 236-2019, s. 44.

Not in force

In force: 2019-04-18

44. The options referred to in subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 of the first paragraph of section 42 must also meet the following conditions:

(1)  the ground leveling, reduction of working faces or backfilling must stabilize the slopes and, in the case of a sand pit, the final profile of the land must not exceed 30° from the horizontal unless the land is stabilized with a structure preventing any landslide or erosion;

(2)  the revegetation work, that is, seeding or planting, must allow to reconstitute, 18 months following the closure of the quarry or sand pit, a soil and a permanent natural vegetation cover that is still growing, except if the vegetation is harvested as part of recultivation of land.

If the option referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 42 is retained for a quarry established after 17 August 1977 and located on the side of a hill, mountain, cliff or slope, the working face must be made up of benches not more than 10 m in height and of horizontal terraces at least 4 m that must be vegetated, unless the operator shows that the objectives referred to in section 38 have been achieved.

Backfilling work in a quarry or sand pit, in accordance with subparagraph b of subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 42 must not give rise to the deposit of contaminants due to a human activity in that quarry or sand pit.

At all times, backfilling work in a quarry using the soils referred to in subparagraphs b and e of subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 42 must not give rise to the deposit of contaminants in a concentration greater than the limit values provided for in Schedule I to the Land Protection and Rehabilitation Regulation (chapter Q-2, r. 37).

O.C. 236-2019, s. 44.