Q-2, r. 7 - Regulation respecting pits and quarries

Section 1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

1. Definitions: In this Regulation, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “aggregate material” means any matter of a mineral nature extracted from a pit or quarry;

(b)  “operating site” means the surface from which aggregate material is extracted, including any surface where crushing and screening processes are set up and where the aggregate material is loaded or deposited;

(c)  “importunate frequency band” means 1 octave or 2 contiguous octaves for which the level or levels obtained by octave band analysis using the methods prescribed in Schedules D and E, between 31.5 and 8,000 Hz, exceed the NR curve which envelops the spectrum of other frequency bands by at least 4 dB;

(d)  “impact noise” means any noise made by mechanical shocks of solid bodies or by impulses;

(e)  “information bearing noise” means any noise in which a melody or words may be distinguished;

(f)  “quarry” means any location from which consolidated deposits are extracted by open pit, for commercial or industrial purposes or to fulfill contractual obligations or to build highways, dikes or dams, except asbestos, apatite, barite, brucite, diamond, graphite, ilmenite, magnesite, phologopite, salt, silica, talc, wollastonite and metal mines, and except excavations and other work carried out with a view to establishing the road allowance and foundations of any structure or to enlarging a playground or parking lot;

(g)  “dB” means a non-dimensional unit used to express the logarithmic ratio between a measured value and a reference value which, when applied to noise, is established in accordance with section 3 of publication No. 179 (second edition, 1973) of the Central Office of the International Electrotechnical Commission;

(h)  “dBA” means the value of the overall sound pressure level measured on the A scale established in accordance with the standards and methods prescribed in publication No. 179 (second edition, 1973) of the Central Office of the International Electrotechnical Commission;

(i)  “application” means an application for a certificate of authorization for a pit or a quarry or for a crushing or screening process in a quarry under section 22 of the Act;

(j)  “dwelling” means any structure intended to lodge human beings and provided with a water supply and a waste water disposal system connected to the ground;

(k)  “Act” means the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2);

(l)  “suspended matter” means any substance in suspension in a liquid or on its surface which may be retained by a glass fibre filter equivalent to Reeve Angel No. 934AH paper;

(m)  “particulate matter” means any substance other than uncombined water that exists in a finely divided form as a liquid or a solid in suspension in a gaseous medium;

(n)  “new” means whose operation or utilization is begun after 17 August 1977;

(o)  “emission period” means a period of emission during which the intensity of the sound produced exceeds, at the point of measurement, the sum of the standard prescribed in section 12 and the attenuation between the point of measurement and the evaluation point;

(p)  “evaluation point” means a place where it is desirable to learn the intensity of the noise produced by a pit or quarry;

(q)  “point of measurement” means a place where a microphone is placed to measure a noise;

(r)  “stream” means a small natural watercourse flowing all year long;

(s)  “pit” means any open air place from which unconsolidated mineral substances including sand or gravel are extracted from a natural deposit for commercial or industrial purposes or to fulfil contractual obligations or to build roads, dikes or dams, with the exception of excavations and other works carried out with a view to establishing the road allowance or the foundations of any structure or to enlarging a playground or parking lot;

(t)  “Minister” means the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. Q-2, r. 2, s. 1; O.C. 85-2002, s. 1.