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

Section 140 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

140. The operation of the facilities to which Divisions 2, 3 and 5 of Chapter II and Chapters III and IV apply, except a transfer station referred to in the second paragraph of section 139.2, is subject to the provision of a financial guarantee by the operator or by a third party on the operator’s behalf to guarantee, during the operation and on closure, the performance of the operator’s obligations under the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2), the regulations, an order or an authorization.

The amount of the financial guarantee is established as follows:

Class of facility                                Guarantee

Engineered landfill and construction 
or demolition waste landfill 
- receiving less than 20,000 tons                  $100,000 
  per year 
- receiving from 20,000 to 100,000                 $300,000
  tons per year 
- receiving more than 100,000 tons                 $500,000
  per year without exceeding 
  300,000 tonnes per year 
- receiving more than 300,000 tons               $1,000,000
  per year 

Trench landfill                            $50,000 per landfill, 
                                              maximum $250,000 
                                            for the operator of 
                                           more than 1 landfill

Incineration facility                        1% of capital cost, 
                                              minimum $100,000 
                                             maximum $2,000,000

Transfer station                                   $100,000
    

O.C. 451-2005, s. 140; O.C. 451-2011, s. 36.