1. From 14 June 1993, no person may undertake any project to establish or enlarge a sanitary landfill site or dry materials disposal site within the meaning of the Regulation respecting solid waste (R.R.Q., 1981, chapter Q-2, r. 14) unless the procedure for assessing and examining the environmental impacts of the project, as provided for in Division IV.1 of Chapter I of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2), has been followed and unless that person holds the certificate referred to in section 54 of that Act and a certificate of authorization issued by the Government under section 31.5 of that Act. For the purposes of this paragraph, the enlargement of a sanitary landfill site or dry materials disposal site includes any change that leads to an increase in the landfill or disposal capacity of the site.
The first paragraph does not apply to any project in respect of which the Minister, before 14 June 1993, has issued the certificate referred to in section 54 of that Act.