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Q-2, r. 35.2 - Water Withdrawal and Protection Regulation
Section 102
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102. (Revoked).
O.C. 696-2014, s. 102; 871-2020O.C. 871-2020, s. 271.
102. Despite sections 33 and 34 of the Act to affirm the collective nature of water resources and to promote better governance of water and associated environments (chapter C-6.2), water withdrawals referred to in those sections remain valid until the following dates:
(1) if the withdrawer also holds a depollution attestation, until the date of renewal of the attestation that occurs after 14 August 2024;
(2) if the withdrawer carries out water withdrawals with an average daily volume equal to or exceeding 5,000,000 litres, until 14 August 2025;
(3) if the withdrawer carries out water withdrawals with an average daily volume equal to or exceeding 1,500,000 litres but below 5,000,000 litres, until 14 August 2026;
(4) if the withdrawer carries out water withdrawals with an average daily volume equal to or exceeding 600,000 litres but below 1,500,000 litres, until 14 August 2027;
(5) if the withdrawer carries out water withdrawals with an average daily volume equal to or exceeding 200,000 litres but below 600,000 litres, until 14 August 2028;
(6) until 14 August 2029 if
(a) the withdrawer carries out water withdrawals with an average daily volume below 200,000 litres;
(b) the withdrawer operates a terrestrial fish farming site which, for each ton of annual production, withdraws a volume of water equal to or less than 20,000 litres per hour and is authorized, by certificate, to produce an annual discharge of phosphorous in its effluents equal to or less than 4.2 kg per ton of production.
Water withdrawals may continue after the term for such time limits as a renewal or new authorization has not been issued.
102. Despite sections 33 and 34 of the Act to affirm the collective nature of water resources and provide for increased water resource protection (chapter C-6.2), water withdrawals referred to in those sections remain valid until the following dates:
(1) if the withdrawer also holds a depollution attestation, until the date of renewal of the attestation that occurs after 14 August 2024;
(2) if the withdrawer carries out water withdrawals with an average daily volume equal to or exceeding 5,000,000 litres, until 14 August 2025;
(3) if the withdrawer carries out water withdrawals with an average daily volume equal to or exceeding 1,500,000 litres but below 5,000,000 litres, until 14 August 2026;
(4) if the withdrawer carries out water withdrawals with an average daily volume equal to or exceeding 600,000 litres but below 1,500,000 litres, until 14 August 2027;
(5) if the withdrawer carries out water withdrawals with an average daily volume equal to or exceeding 200,000 litres but below 600,000 litres, until 14 August 2028;
(6) until 14 August 2029 if
(a) the withdrawer carries out water withdrawals with an average daily volume below 200,000 litres;
(b) the withdrawer operates a terrestrial fish farming site which, for each ton of annual production, withdraws a volume of water equal to or less than 20,000 litres per hour and is authorized, by certificate, to produce an annual discharge of phosphorous in its effluents equal to or less than 4.2 kg per ton of production.
Water withdrawals may continue after the term for such time limits as a renewal or new authorization has not been issued.
