48. Cover material: The cover material required by section 42 must consist of earth containing less than 30 % of clay or consist of sand, clinker, slag or gravel with a mean particle diameter of less than 1 centimetre.
Solid waste incineration residue containing less than 5 % (of mass) of unincinerated matter, the metal scrap of which has been extracted, may also be used as cover material.
Automobile fluff may also be used as cover material, provided that leachate from the site at which it is to be stored is caught and treated in a manner complying with the standards prescribed in section 30.
The cover material governed by this section must not contain any substance likely to be blown into the air.
This section applies particularly to a reserved area or in an agricultural zone established in accordance with the Act to preserve agricultural land (chapter P-41.1) (chapter Q-2, s. 124.1)
R.R.Q., 1981, c. Q-2, r. 14, s. 48; O.C. 195-82, s. 8; O.C. 1036-98, s. 10.