2. Subject projects: The projects mentioned in Schedule A of the Act and carried out in the de Moinier region comprise constructions, works, projects, plans, programs, operations or activities subject to the environmental impact assessment and review procedure provided for in subdivision 4 of Division II of Chapter IV of Title I of the Act for this region, and must be the object of an authorization issued by the Government pursuant to sections 31.1 and 31.5 of the Act.
For the purposes of this section, projects to increase, alter or modify an existing mining operation governed by subparagraph a of the first paragraph of Schedule A of the Act include, in particular, ore concentration process changes, the establishment of a mining waste dump in a new drainage basin and the setting-up of more advanced concentrate transformation processes.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. Q-2, r. 10, s. 2; 287-2018O.C. 287-2018, s. 241; I.N. 2019-12-01.