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Q-2, r. 38 - Regulation respecting the quality of the atmosphere

Section 15
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15. (Replaced, O.C. 501-2011)Shops, or coating or impregnation rooms for organic compounds or paint: A shop or coating or impregnation room for organic compounds or paint containing photochemically reactive organic compounds the discharge of which in the atmosphere exceeds 15 kg per day, cannot discharge organic compounds into the atmosphere beyond the standards of the following table:
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| | | |
| | | emission standard |
| | | (in kg of organic compound |
| category | type of coating | per litre of product used)|
|_________________________|_________________________|____________________________|
| | | |
| can factory | primer and metal sheet | |
| | lacquer | 0.34 |
| |_________________________|____________________________|
| | | |
| | can interior and top | |
| | coating | 0.51 |
| |_________________________|____________________________|
| | | |
| | weld coating | 0.66 |
| |_________________________|____________________________|
| | | |
| | sealing compound | 0.44 |
|_________________________|_________________________|____________________________|
| | | |
| electric cable plant | coating | 0.31 |
|_________________________|_________________________|____________________________|
| | | |
| textile plant | fabric coating process | 0.35 |
| |_________________________|____________________________|
| | | |
| | vinyl coating | 0.45 |
|_________________________|_________________________|____________________________|
| | | |
| coated paper plant | impregnation | 0.35 |
|_________________________|_________________________|____________________________|
| | | |
| motor vehicle repair | | |
| shop and any other shop | | |
| or coating or | | |
| impregnation room | all operations | 0.58 |
|_________________________|_________________________|____________________________|
In addition to the standards prescribed in the first paragraph, a new or existing paint room must:
(a) be equipped with a particulate matter collection system designed to collect more than 90% of the particulate matters discharged in the atmosphere;
(b) be equipped with a gas exhaust stack at least 5 metres taller than the building in which painting operations take place; and
(c) exhaust the gases into the atmosphere with an updraft speed of at least 15 metres per second.
The emission standards for organic compounds provided for in this Division apply from 1 June 1981 to existing stationary sources.
This section applies in particular to immoveables comprised in a reserved area and an agricultural zone established under the Act preserve agricultural land (chapter P-41.1).
R.R.Q., 1981, c. Q-2, r. 20, s. 15; O.C. 187-88, s. 1; O.C. 501-2011, s. 215.
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