A-2.001 - Act respecting the acceleration of certain infrastructure projects

Section 28 Disposition versions

2020-12-31

28. A public body referred to in the first paragraph of section 24 of this Act must send the minister responsible for the environment, at least 10 days before the activities are to begin and using the form provided for that purpose, a project declaration containing the information and documents required under the first paragraph of section 23 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2) and under section 41 of the Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact (chapter Q-2, r. 17.1). However, the declaration referred to in subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph of that section 41 must attest the following additional information:

(1)  that the activity will be carried on in accordance with any condition set out in this subdivision;

(2)  that the wetlands and bodies of water in which the activities will be carried on will be restored, within the year following the end of those activities, so as to recover their original characteristics or present characteristics approaching their original characteristics;

(3)  that the assessment of the presence or potential presence of a threatened or vulnerable species has been conducted;

(4)  that no activity will be carried on on a former residual materials elimination site;

(5)  that avoidance or minimization measures, in particular those prescribed by Schedule II, will be implemented to avoid or limit environmental disturbances and contaminant releases into the environment; and

(6)  that restoration measures, in particular those prescribed in sections 15 to 17 of the Regulation respecting activities in wetlands, bodies of water and sensitive areas (chapter Q-2, r. 0.1) that are applicable to the infrastructure project, will be implemented during the year following the end of the activities.

The public body must send its project declaration together with the fees payable under section 14.1 of the Ministerial Order concerning the fees payable under the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2, r. 28).

2020, c. 27, s. 28.

2020-12-11

28. A public body referred to in the first paragraph of section 24 of this Act must send the minister responsible for the environment, at least 10 days before the activities are to begin and using the form provided for that purpose, a project declaration containing the information and documents required under the first paragraph of section 23 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2) and under section 41 of the Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact, enacted by Order in Council 871-2020 (2020, G.O. 2, 2349A). However, the declaration referred to in subparagraph 7 of the first paragraph of that section 41 must attest the following additional information:

(1)  that the activity will be carried on in accordance with any condition set out in this subdivision;

(2)  that the wetlands and bodies of water in which the activities will be carried on will be restored, within the year following the end of those activities, so as to recover their original characteristics or present characteristics approaching their original characteristics;

(3)  that the assessment of the presence or potential presence of a threatened or vulnerable species has been conducted;

(4)  that no activity will be carried on on a former residual materials elimination site;

(5)  that avoidance or minimization measures, in particular those prescribed by Schedule II, will be implemented to avoid or limit environmental disturbances and contaminant releases into the environment; and

(6)  that restoration measures, in particular those prescribed in sections 15 to 17 of the Regulation respecting activities in wetlands, bodies of water and sensitive areas, enacted by Order in Council 871-2020 (2020, G.O. 2, 2493A) that are applicable to the infrastructure project, will be implemented during the year following the end of the activities.

The public body must send its project declaration together with the fees payable under section 14.1 of the Ministerial Order concerning the fees payable under the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2, r. 28).

2020, c. 27, s. 28.