In force: 2024-01-01
5. For soils transported from their site of origin, except those referred to in section 3 of the Regulation respecting the traceability of excavated contaminated soils (chapter Q-2, r. 47.01), charges of one third of the charges referred to in the first paragraph of section 3 of the Regulation respecting the charges payable for the disposal of residual materials (chapter Q-2, r. 43) are payable, for each metric ton, by the owner of the soils, by the project owner if the soils are excavated during work on a linear infrastructure, or by the party responsible for the accidental release of hazardous materials if the soils are excavated following such a release,(1) when the soils contain contaminants whose concentration exceeds the limit values set out in Schedule I to the Land Protection and Rehabilitation Regulation (chapter Q-2, r. 37), except if the concentration is equal to or lesser than the limit values set out in Schedule II to that Regulation and if the soils are intended as a drainage layer in an engineered landfill or as a cover material in a trench landfill or a northern landfill, within the meaning of the third paragraph of section 94 of the Regulation respecting the landfilling and incineration of residual materials (chapter Q-2, r. 19), or are intended to be reclaimed on another site referred to in the second paragraph of section 6 of the Regulation respecting contaminated soil storage and contaminated soil transfer stations (chapter Q-2, r. 46); (2) when the soils contain contaminants whose concentration is equal to or lesser than the limit values set out in Schedule I to the Land Protection and Rehabilitation Regulation and are disposed of in a contaminated soil burial site or mine tailings site, sent to a contaminated soil stockpiling site, used for daily covering in an engineered landfill in accordance with section 41 of the Regulation respecting the landfilling and incineration of residual materials, monthly covering in a construction or demolition waste landfill in accordance with section 105 of the Regulation respecting the landfilling and incineration of residual materials or the construction of access roads in residual materials disposal areas in either type of landfill, or sent outside Québec.
When the soils are intended for a contaminated soil processing site or contaminated soil transfer station referred to in the second paragraph of section 6 of the Regulation respecting contaminated soil storage and contaminated soil transfer stations, the charges payable are one half of the charges provided for in the first paragraph.
1459-2022O.C. 1459-2022, s. 5.