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

Section 9 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

9. (Replaced, O.C. 501-2011)Methods of measurement: Contaminants mentioned in sections 6 and 7 must be sampled and analyzed according to the following or equivalent methods:

(a)  suspended particulates shall be determined in accordance with the procedures described in the work entitled Standard Reference Method for the Measurement of Suspended Particulates into the Atmosphere published by Environment Canada under No. EPS 1-AP-73-2;

(b)  dustfalls shall be determined in accordance with method D 1739-70 entitled Standard Method for Collection and Analysis of Dustfall (Settleable Particulates) published by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM);

(c)  sulphur dioxide shall be established in accordance with the method described in the work entitled Standard Reference Method for the Measurement of Sulphur Dioxide in the Atmosphere (West-Gaeke Method) published by Environment Canada under No. EPS 1-AP-72-4;

(d)  carbon monoxide shall be determined in accordance with the procedure described in the work entitled Standard Reference Method for the Measurement of Carbon Monoxide in the Atmosphere (non-dispersive infrared spectrometry) published by Environment Canada under No. EPS 1-AP-73-1;

(e)  ozone shall be determined by the method described in the work entitled Standard Reference Method for the Measurement of Oxydants (Ozone) in the Atmosphere (Chemiluminescence Method) published by Environment Canada under No. EPS 1-AP-73-7;

(f)  hydrogen sulphide shall be determined in accordance with the method described in the document entitled A new tape reagent for the determination of hydrogen sulphide in air published by Jean-Paul Paré, chemist, in the Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association, June 1966, Volume 16, No. 6;

(g)  fluorides in forage shall be determined in accordance with the reference method described in the work entitled Analyse des fluorures dans les tissus végétaux par combustion à basse température, fusion, micro-diffusion et dosage potentiométrique à l’électrométrique à l’électrode sélective, which was published in 1975 by the Services de protection de l’environnement;

(h)  nitrogen dioxide shall be determined by the method described in the work entitled Standard Reference Method for the Measurement (by chemiluminescence) of Nitrogen Dioxide in the Atmosphere published by Environment Canada under No. EPS 1-AP-74-2;

(i)  lead content of the suspended particulates measured according to the method mentioned in subparagraph a is determined according to the method described in the document entitled Standard Reference Method for the Determination of Lead in Airborne Particulates (Atomic absorption Spectrophotometry), published by Environment Canada under number EPS 1-AP-75-4.

These contaminants are sampled outside any sector zoned for industrial purposes by the proper municipal authority and outside the limits of property occupied by a stationary industrial source.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. Q-2, r. 20, s. 9; O.C. 501-2011, s. 215.