Q-2, r. 7 - Regulation respecting pits and quarries

Section 63 Disposition versions

2013-07-18

63. A monetary administrative penalty of $2,000 in the case of a natural person or $10,000 in other cases may be imposed on any person who fails to comply with

(1)  the noise standards during the entire operation of a pit or quarry as prescribed by the second paragraph of section 12;

(2)  the standard for the emission into the atmosphere of dust relating to crushers, dryers, screens, conveyors, elevators and bins installed in a quarry and any feeding or dumping point for aggregate material as prescribed by the first paragraph of section 25;

(3)  the standard for the concentration of particulate matter relating to the sources of emission linked to a collecting system as prescribed by the second paragraph of section 25;

(4)  the standard for the emission of particulate matter relating to the dust collecting apparatus linked to a dust collector system as prescribed by section 32;

(5)  the emission standard for the handling, transportation, storage, deposit or elimination of dust recovered by dust collector systems as prescribed by section 33;

(6)  the standard for the emission of impulsive or discontinuous seismic waves relating to the operation of a quarry as prescribed by section 34.

The penalty provided for in the first paragraph may also be imposed on any person who discharges into the environment water that does not comply with the standards prescribed by section 22 or 23.

O.C. 658-2013, s. 3.