Q-2, r. 4.1 - Clean Air Regulation

Section 202.4 Disposition versions

2023-07-06

202.4. 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 maintain in good working order or to ensure that any device, system or other equipment referred to in section 6 operates optimally during production hours;

(1.1)  to use equipment designed or certified to measure wind speed and direction on the site where the horticultural peat harvesting is carried out or have access to data from such equipment installed on the site in conditions comparable to the harvesting site and, where applicable, to use a device designed and certified to measure peat moisture content, in accordance with subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 12.1;

(1.2)  to measure wind speed and direction in accordance with subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 12.1;

(2)  to implement an annual plan able to detect and repair any leak referred to in section 46 in the cases and on the conditions provided for in that section;

(3)  to comply with the conditions provided for in any of sections 47 to 50 in respect of the parts that must be covered by the annual plan referred to in section 46, leak detection or, where applicable, leak repair;

(4)  to comply with the rated power required for fuel burning equipment referred to in section 77 or 78 in the cases and on the conditions provided for therein;

(5)  to comply with the rated heat capacity required for an industrial furnace referred to in section 80 in the case provided for in that section;

(5.1)  to comply with the rated heat capacity required for fuel burning equipment or an industrial furnace referred to in section 81, in the cases and on the conditions provided for therein;

(6)  to comply with the standards relating to fuel burning equipment provided for in subparagraph 1 or 3 of the first paragraph of section 90;

(7)  to comply with the standards relating to an industrial furnace provided for in subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph of section 92 or in any of paragraphs 2 to 4 of section 94;

(8)  to equip fuel burning equipment, an industrial furnace, an incinerator, a scrubber, an aluminum smelter or a copper production plant referred to in section 95, 115, 116, 118, 139 or 191 with a measuring and recording system that complies with the requirements of those sections in the cases and on the conditions provided for therein;

(9)  to perform testing or to carry out a calculation or measurement prescribed by any of sections 96 to 98, section 119, 120, 141, 143, 162 or 167 or by the first or second paragraph of section 192 in accordance with those sections;

(10)  to comply with the conditions prescribed by section 108, 109, 112 or 113 as to an incinerator or a combustion chamber referred to therein;

(11)  to install a continuous total fluoride and particle sampling system for each potline referred to in section 140 in accordance with that section;

(11.1)  to measure the contaminants emitted into the atmosphere by potlines, in the cases and at the frequencies provided for in section 141.1;

(12)  to comply with the ventilation conditions prescribed by section 150 as to the activities referred to in that section;

(13)  to equip a dry scrubber for a cast iron or steel production furnace referred to in section 151 with a device that complies with the requirements of that section;

(14)  to comply with the conditions relating to the handling of asbestos provided for in section 159 or 161;

(15)  to comply with the conditions of storage or salvaging of lead prescribed by section 165;

(16)  to automatically regulate the steam/gas ratio in accordance with section 169.

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

(1)  fuel that has a sulphur content exceeding the limits provided for in section 54 in a stationary internal combustion engine;

(2)  fossil fuel in fuel burning equipment or in an industrial furnace if the fossil fuel has a sulphur content exceeding the limits provided for in any of subparagraphs 1 to 5 of the first paragraph of section 57 or the second or third paragraph of that section in the cases provided for in that section;

(3)  materials referred to in the second paragraph of section 75 as fuel in fuel burning equipment that does not have the rated power provided for in that section or materials that have not been generated in connection with the activities of the establishment concerned, contrary to the third paragraph of that section;

(4)  fuel referred to in the second or third paragraph of section 75 that contains more than 0.05% by weight of total halogens at the feed point used in fuel burning equipment of a furniture manufacturing establishment in contravention of the fourth paragraph of that section.

O.C. 657-2013, s. 5; O.C. 987-2023, s. 10.

2013-07-18

202.4. 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 maintain in good working order or to ensure that any device, system or other equipment referred to in section 6 operates optimally during production hours;

(2)  to implement an annual plan able to detect and repair any leak referred to in section 46 in the cases and on the conditions provided for in that section;

(3)  to comply with the conditions provided for in any of sections 47 to 50 in respect of the parts that must be covered by the annual plan referred to in section 46, leak detection or, where applicable, leak repair;

(4)  to comply with the rated power required for fuel burning equipment referred to in section 77 or 78 in the cases and on the conditions provided for therein;

(5)  to comply with the rated heat capacity required for an industrial furnace referred to in section 80 in the case provided for in that section;

(6)  to comply with the standards relating to fuel burning equipment provided for in subparagraph 1 or 3 of the first paragraph of section 90;

(7)  to comply with the standards relating to an industrial furnace provided for in subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph of section 92 or in any of paragraphs 2 to 4 of section 94;

(8)  to equip fuel burning equipment, an incinerator, a scrubber, an aluminum smelter or a copper production plant referred to in section 95, 115, 116, 118, 139 or 191 with a measuring and recording system that complies with the requirements of those sections in the cases and on the conditions provided for therein;

(9)  to perform testing or to carry out a calculation or measurement prescribed by any of sections 96 to 98, section 119, 120, 141, 143, 162 or 167 or by the first or second paragraph of section 192 in accordance with those sections;

(10)  to comply with the conditions prescribed by section 108, 109, 112 or 113 as to an incinerator or a combustion chamber referred to therein;

(11)  to install a continuous total fluoride and particle sampling system for each potline referred to in section 140 in accordance with that section;

(12)  to comply with the ventilation conditions prescribed by section 150 as to the activities referred to in that section;

(13)  to equip a dry scrubber for a cast iron or steel production furnace referred to in section 151 with a device that complies with the requirements of that section;

(14)  to comply with the conditions relating to the handling of asbestos provided for in section 159 or 161;

(15)  to comply with the conditions of storage or salvaging of lead prescribed by section 165;

(16)  to automatically regulate the steam/gas ratio in accordance with section 169.

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

(1)  fuel that has a sulphur content exceeding the limits provided for in section 54 in a stationary internal combustion engine;

(2)  fossil fuel in fuel burning equipment or in an industrial furnace if the fossil fuel has a sulphur content exceeding the limits provided for in any of subparagraphs 1 to 5 of the first paragraph of section 57 or the second paragraph of that section in the cases provided for in that section;

(3)  materials referred to in the second paragraph of section 75 as fuel in fuel burning equipment that does not have the rated power provided for in that section or materials that have not been generated in connection with the activities of the establishment concerned, contrary to the third paragraph of that section;

(4)  fuel referred to in the second or third paragraph of section 75 that contains more than 0.05% by weight of total halogens at the feed point used in fuel burning equipment of a furniture manufacturing establishment in contravention of the fourth paragraph of that section.

O.C. 657-2013, s. 5.