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Q-2, r. 13 - Regulation respecting solid waste
Section 1
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1. Definitions: In this Regulation, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words and expressions mean:
(a) (paragraph revoked);
(b) (paragraph revoked);
(c) (paragraph revoked);
(d) (paragraph revoked);
(e) «solid waste»: any residual material that is solid at 20ºC and is a result of industrial, commercial or agricultural activity, rubbish, biomedical waste within the meaning of section 1 of the Regulation respecting biomedical waste (chapter Q-2, r. 12) that has been treated by disinfection, solid waste incineration residues or biomedical waste incineration residues, household garbage, debris, rubble or other waste that is solid at 20ºC with the exeption of:
(1) motor vehicle wrecks, earth and sand impregnated with hydrocarbons, products resulting from the treatment of contaminated soils by a stabilization, fixation and solidification process, pesticides, biomedical waste, manure, mining residues, radioactive waste, sludge, solid residues from pulp and paper plants and sawmills, and hazardous materials within the meaning of paragraph 21 of section 1 of the Environment Quality Act;
(2) waste that is not aforementioned hazardous materials, and is the result of industrial processing in the sectors of tanning, petroleum refining, metallurgy, mineral chemistry, organic chemistry, or treatment and coating of surfaces, and in which the concentration of contaminants in phenol compounds, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, mercury, oil or grease in the leachate of the waste is higher than the standards prescribed by section 30; the leachate is obtained and analyzed in conformity with the methods and under the conditions prescribed in section 30.4;
(f) «dump»: any elimination site where waste was deposited on the ground in the open air up to 10 May 1978 and that does not conform to the standards prescribed in Divisions IV, IX and X;
(g) «leachate»: liquid that percolates through a layer of solid waste;
(h) (paragraph revoked);
(i) «operator»: any person or municipality that operates a site for the storage or elimination of solid waste;
(j) (paragraph revoked);
(k) (paragraph revoked);
(l) «elimination site»: site for treatment or final disposal of solid waste;
(m) «Act»: Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2);
(n) «dry materials»: means non-fermentable, shredded residues free of hazardous materials mentioned in paragraph e, cut wood, debris and rubble, fragments of concrete, masonry and asphalt;
(o) (paragraph revoked);
(p) (paragraph revoked);
(q) (paragraph revoked);
(r) (paragraph revoked);
(s) (paragraph revoked).
This section applies particularly to immoveables comprised in a reserved area or in an agricultural zone established under the Act to preserve agricultural land (chapter P-41.1) (chapter Q-2, s. 124.1).
1. Definitions: In this Regulation, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following words and expressions mean:
(a) «operation area»: that part of an elimination site where the actual disposal, treatment and storage operations are carried out, including areas provided for the parking and unloading of vehicles and other mobile equipment;
(b) revoked;
(c) «composting»: treatment of solid waste by means of biochemical decomposition;
(d) «county»: any county municipality designated in the Territorial Division Act (chapter D-11), including the areas occupied by the town and city municipalities located therein;
(e) «solid waste»: any residual material that is solid at 20ºC and is a result of industrial, commercial or agricultural activity, rubbish, biomedical waste within the meaning of section 1 of the Regulation respecting biomedical waste (chapter Q-2, r. 12) that has been treated by disinfection, solid waste incineration residues or biomedical waste incineration residues, household garbage, debris, rubble or other waste that is solid at 20ºC with the exeption of:
(1) motor vehicle wrecks, earth and sand impregnated with hydrocarbons, products resulting from the treatment of contaminated soils by a stabilization, fixation and solidification process, pesticides, biomedical waste, manure, mining residues, radioactive waste, sludge, solid residues from pulp and paper plants and sawmills, and hazardous materials within the meaning of paragraph 21 of section 1 of the Environment Quality Act;
(2) waste that is not aforementioned hazardous materials, and is the result of industrial processing in the sectors of tanning, petroleum refining, metallurgy, mineral chemistry, organic chemistry, or treatment and coating of surfaces, and in which the concentration of contaminants in phenol compounds, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, mercury, oil or grease in the leachate of the waste is higher than the standards prescribed by section 30; the leachate is obtained and analyzed in conformity with the methods and under the conditions prescribed in section 30.4;
(f) «dump»: any elimination site where waste was deposited on the ground in the open air up to 10 May 1978 and that does not conform to the standards prescribed in Divisions IV, IX and X;
(g) «leachate»: liquid that percolates through a layer of solid waste;
(h) «experimental»: which is part of an experiment carried out by an organization or laboratory engaged in scientific or technical research;
(i) «operator»: any person or municipality that operates a site for the storage or elimination of solid waste;
(j) «dwelling»: any building designed to lodge human beings and equipped with a water supply or waste water removal system connected to the ground;
(k) «incineration»: treatment of solid waste by controlled burning in a structure designed for the purpose;
(l) «elimination site»: site for treatment or final disposal of solid waste;
(m) «Act»: Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2);
(n) «dry materials»: means non-fermentable, shredded residues free of hazardous materials mentioned in paragraph e, cut wood, debris and rubble, fragments of concrete, masonry and asphalt;
(o) revoked;
(p) «transfer station»: site where solid waste is stored and, in some cases, also reduced in volume; and where solid waste is transferred from the truck which made the pickup to another conveyance which carries it to the elimination site;
(q) «recovery»: method of treating solid waste by recovering waste material, through collection, sorting, storing or conditioning, for the purposes of valorization;
(r) «bulky»: in excess of 1 metre in length or of 25 kilogrammes in weight;
(s) «Deputy Minister»: the Deputy Minister of the Environment and Wildlife.
This section applies particularly to immoveables comprised in a reserved area or in an agricultural zone established under the Act to preserve agricultural land (chapter P-41.1) (chapter Q-2, s. 124.1).
