Q-2, r. 32 - Regulation respecting hazardous materials

Section 138.4 Disposition versions

2013-07-18

138.4. A monetary administrative penalty of $750 in the case of a natural person or $3,500 in other cases may be imposed on any person who fails

(1)  to keep in good working order and in good condition the facilities, movable and immovable property, works and equipment referred to in section 29 or 37;

(2)  to comply with the conditions prescribed by any of sections 41 to 44 as to the storage of the materials, objects or receptacles referred to therein;

(3)  to pressure test an underground tank or piping when a leak is suspected in accordance with section 59;

(4)  to remove from the ground an underground tank or piping referred to in section 63 or 64 according to the conditions prescribed therein;

(5)  to replace the piping referred to in section 65;

(6)  to set up a network of wells monitoring the quality of underground water in accordance with section 73;

(7)  to cause to have analyzed the quality of the water of monitored wells, in accordance with the first paragraph of section 75, according to the frequency provided for in that section;

(8)  to equip and protect any building or site referred to in section 84 or in any of sections 86 to 88 with the prescribed detection, extinguishing or emergency systems and devices, in the cases and on the conditions provided for therein;

(9)  to ensure that all fire detection and intrusion detection systems comprise alarm transmission equipment in accordance with section 89;

(10)  to ensure that every fire detection system comprises a fire alarm in accordance with section 91;

(11)  to comply with the conditions relating to a final disposal site of hazardous materials prescribed by any of sections 95 to 97, in particular as to the various systems with which it is equipped and, where applicable, collected water;

(12)  to ensure that the equipment and systems with which the final disposal site is equipped comply with the conditions prescribed by the first paragraph of section 98 or to maintain them periodically in accordance with the second paragraph of that section;

(13)  to comply with the conditions prescribed by section 101 as to the final cover of a disposal site.

The penalty provided for in the first paragraph may also be imposed on any person who

(1)  violates the prohibitions provided for in any of sections 50 to 52 in respect of a tank;

(2)  places, inside the same basin, tanks containing incompatible materials in contravention of the first paragraph of section 56;

(3)  places, in the same loading or unloading zone, cargo tanks containing incompatible materials in contravention of the second paragraph of section 78.

O.C. 677-2013, s. 4.