241. Every person responsible for the management of a concentration plant, refinery or smelter shall, before commencing activities, have the site intended as a storage yard for tailings approved by the Minister. The same applies to every holder of a mining right, owner of mineral substances or operator who intends to establish a mine tailings site.
He shall, for that purpose, transmit the documents prescribed by regulation to the Minister.
1987, c. 64, s. 241; 1998, c. 24, s. 109.