343.1. Tree-clearing work to prepare the land for cultivation, and the subsequent cultivation of non-aquatic plants or mushrooms, are eligible for a declaration of compliance when carried out in a wooded wetland with an area of not more than 10 ha, on the following conditions:(1) the activity is carried out outside the sugar maple-bitternut hickory and sugar maple-basswood bioclimatic domains;
(2) the activity is carried out more than 100 m from an open peatland.
In addition to the elements provided for in section 41, a declaration of compliance under the first paragraph must include the area of the wooded wetland affected by the work, as well as a declaration from an agronomist attesting that the activity complies with the conditions applicable under this Division and the conditions, if any, provided for by regulation.
1369-2021O.C. 1369-2021, s. 301; I.N. 2024-08-01.