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Q-2, r. 7.1 - Regulation respecting sand pits and quarries
Section 51
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51. A monetary administrative penalty of $1,500 in the case of a natural person or $7,500 in any other case may be imposed on every person who
(1) fails to comply with the siting standard concerning the territories listed in the first paragraph of section 13, in contravention of that paragraph;
(2) fails to comply with the standard regarding the minimum distance between a quarry or sand pit and an ecological reserve or any other natural environment designated by a plan, a park or the habitat of a wildlife or plant species, in contravention of section 16;
(3) fails to comply with the standard regarding the minimum distance between a private access road to a quarry or sand pit and a dwelling or a public institution, in contravention of the first paragraph of section 17;
(4) fails to maintain the distance between the private access road to a quarry or sand pit and the dwellings and public institutions, in contravention of the second paragraph of section 17;
(5) fails to comply with the standard regarding the minimum distance between the quarry or sand pit and a public road, in contravention of the first paragraph of section 18;
(6) fails to maintain the distance between the site of the activities of a quarry or sand pit and the public road, in contravention of the fourth paragraph of section 18;
(7) fails to comply with the standard regarding the minimum distance between a quarry or sand pit and any land belonging to a person other than the owner of that quarry or sand pit, in contravention of section 19; or
(8) operates a quarry or sand pit in a lake, a steady-flow watercourse or a riparian shrub swamp of one of those environments, a marsh or an open peatland in contravention of the first or second paragraph of section 20.
In force: 2019-04-18
51. A monetary administrative penalty of $1,500 in the case of a natural person or $7,500 in any other case may be imposed on every person who
(1) fails to comply with the siting standard concerning the territories listed in the first paragraph of section 13, in contravention of that paragraph;
(2) fails to comply with the standard regarding the minimum distance between a quarry or sand pit and an ecological reserve or any other natural environment designated by a plan, a park or the habitat of a wildlife or plant species, in contravention of section 16;
(3) fails to comply with the standard regarding the minimum distance between a private access road to a quarry or sand pit and a dwelling or a public institution, in contravention of the first paragraph of section 17;
(4) fails to maintain the distance between the private access road to a quarry or sand pit and the dwellings and public institutions, in contravention of the second paragraph of section 17;
(5) fails to comply with the standard regarding the minimum distance between the quarry or sand pit and a public road, in contravention of the first paragraph of section 18;
(6) fails to maintain the distance between the site of the activities of a quarry or sand pit and the public road, in contravention of the fourth paragraph of section 18;
(7) fails to comply with the standard regarding the minimum distance between a quarry or sand pit and any land belonging to a person other than the owner of that quarry or sand pit, in contravention of section 19; or
(8) operates a quarry or sand pit in a lake, a steady-flow watercourse or a riparian shrub swamp of one of those environments, a marsh or an open peatland in contravention of the first or second paragraph of section 20.
