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

Section 324.1 Disposition versions

2023-02-13

324.1. The construction of an aerial linear infrastructure used for the transportation or distribution of electric power or telecommunications is exempted from an authorization under this Division, on the following conditions:

(1)  the encroachment on the ground of the structures does not exceed the areas referred to in the first paragraph of section 324;

(2)  no tree clearing is carried out in the littoral zone or a riverbank or lakeshore, except if

(a)  it is necessary to cross a lake or watercourse;

(b)  it makes it possible to connect the infrastructure to an existing infrastructure in the littoral zone, the riverbank or lakeshore or less than 5 m from the riverbank or lakeshore if that infrastructure skirts a lake or watercourse; or

(c)  it is carried out in the right of way of an existing road in the littoral zone, the riverbank or lakeshore or less than 5 m from the riverbank or lakeshore if that road skirts a lake or watercourse;

(3)  any tree clearing required by the work does not exceed 250 m in wetlands and bodies of water.

Despite the first paragraph, the dismantling of an infrastructure referred to therein is exempted without conditions.

O.C. 1461-2022, s. 51.