Q-2, r. 17.1 - Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact

Section 294.1 Disposition versions

2023-12-18

294.1. Storage of brine in an aboveground tank in a storage and handling centre for road salt and abrasives is exempted from authorization pursuant to this Division on the following conditions:

(1)  the centre meets the conditions for location provided for in section 8 of the Snow, road salt and abrasives management Regulation (chapter Q‑2, r. 28.2);

(2)  the total capacity of the tanks is less than or equal to 50,000 litres;

(3)  the loading or unloading areas of the tanks is waterproof and designed to retain brine that could be discharged and facilitate its recovery;

(4)  the tanks are double-walled tanks equipped with an interstitial automatic leak detection system or an impermeable basin able to contain 110% of the tank’s capacity or, where there are several tanks, 125% of the capacity of the largest tank;

(5)  the tanks are protected by barriers at places liable to be struck by vehicles.

For the purpose of this section, despite subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph, a storage and handling centre for road salt and abrasives in operation on 2 September 2020 may be sited at a distance of 30 m or more but less than 60 m from a watercourse or a lake on 18 December 2023 if the operator holds an opinion from a professional qualified in the field demonstrating that the activity performed at that distance is not likely to constitute a source of contamination.

O.C. 985-2023, s. 12.