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

Section 22 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

22. (Replaced, O.C. 501-2011)Waste: It is forbidden to burn residual materials in the open air, even to recuperate it in part or in whole, except for limbs, trees, dead leaves, explosives and empty containers of explosives.

The presence in the environment of smoke originating from combustion prohibited by the first paragraph is prohibited within the meaning of the second paragraph of section 20 of the Act.

This section does not apply to the landfills to which Divisions 4 and 6 of Chapter II of the Regulation respecting the landfilling and incineration of residual materials (chapter Q-2, r. 19) apply. The person responsible for such a landfill must however take the necessary measure to prevent smoke emissions from producing one effect or the other enumerated in the second paragraph in fine of section 20 of the Act.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. Q-2, r. 20, s. 22; O.C. 492-2000, s. 9; O.C. 451-2005, s. 183; O.C. 501-2011, s. 215.