550.2. Every local municipality may, by by-law, prohibit the spreading of livestock waste, sludge or residues from pulp and paper mills for up to 12 days, after 31 May and before 1 October, the dates of which shall be specified by the council so that the prohibition does not apply for more than three consecutive days.
In order for the prohibition to apply in the course of a year, the by-law establishing the prohibition must be adopted and published not later than the last day of February and March, respectively, of that year.
The clerk may, in writing and on request, authorize a person to carry out spreading prohibited by the by-law. Where there has been rain on three consecutive days, the clerk must grant the authorization.
The by-law may provide maximum numbers of days greater than those set out in the first paragraph if an agreement to that effect has been entered into between the municipality and the regional federation that is affiliated with the association certified in accordance with section 8 of the Farm Producers Act (chapter P-28) and whose territory includes the greatest part of the territory of the municipality.
If a majority of the farm producers in the territory of the municipality are members of a syndicate, as defined in subparagraph e of the first paragraph of section 1 of that Act, affiliated with the regional federation referred to in the fourth paragraph, the agreement may be entered into with that syndicate.
2002, c. 77, s. 41; 2004, c. 20, s. 111.