Q-2, r. 19 - Regulation respecting the landfilling and incineration of residual materials

Section 159 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

159. In sanitary landfill sites in operation on the date of coming into force of this Regulation, disposal areas that do not meet the containment protection requirements of section 20, 21, 22 or 24 and that received a final cover before that date may in no case receive other residual materials after that date.

As for disposal areas that meet the containment protection requirements of section 20, 21, 22 or 24 but do not meet the other requirements of Division 2 of Chapter II, and disposal areas that do not meet those containment protection requirements and have not received a final cover before 19 January 2006, the height of the residual materials layers relative to the surrounding landform may not exceed the following limits:

(1)  the height of the outboard sideslopes, which consist of the above-grade layers of residual materials, may not exceed 4 m, that height being measured from the ground surface at the perimeter of the disposal area, excluding the final cover. Any raising of the ground surface at that perimeter is prohibited;

(2)  the disposal area must in addition be graded so that the final profile of the residual materials layers, excluding the final cover, is as follows:

(a)  the inclination of the sideslopes referred to above must not exceed 30%; and

(b)  the inclination of the cover deck from the crest to the sideslopes must not exceed

— 5%, if the ground slope at the perimeter of the disposal area is equal to or lower than that percentage; or

— the percentage of the ground slope at the perimeter of the disposal area, if that slope is greater than 5%.

Disposal areas that comply with all of the provisions of Division 2 of Chapter II are, with respect to the height of the layers of residual materials, exempt from the limits set out in the second paragraph and are governed by the landscape integration rule set out in section 17.

O.C. 451-2005, s. 159.