Land Protection and Rehabilitation Regulation. Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Québec Document type Regulation Date 2019 (2019) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Land & soil, Water Keyword Groundwater Effluent waste water/discharge Soil pollution/quality Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil rehabilitation Hazardous substances Drainage/land reclamation Enforcement/compliance Pollution control Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract Soils containing contaminants in a concentration equal to or less than the limit values in Schedule I that are received on or in land are eligible for a declaration of compliance if (1) the soils are intended to be reclaimed on the land; (2) they do not contain asbestos; and (3) the soils covered by the declaration will not increase the total volume of contaminated soils received on the land to more than 10,000 m3, whether that volume is reached after a single project or several projects. For the activity referred to in the first paragraph to be eligible for a declaration of compliance, the declarant must also attach to the declaration (1) a plan that indicates the geographic coordinates of the site concerned; (2) the characterization study referred to in section 2.12; (3) an attestation that all the information and documents provided by the declarant are complete and accurate; and (4) the payment of the fees payable under the Ministerial Order concerning the fees payable under the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2, r. 28). The declarant must, at the same time as the declarant sends the declaration of compliance to the Minister, send a copy to the municipality in the territory of which the activity will be carried on. The owner of the land receiving the soils is responsible for making that declaration. The following contaminated land rehabilitation measures, when taken under section 31.51 or 31.54 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2), are eligible for a declaration of compliance if the conditions determined in the second paragraph are met: (1) land rehabilitation is made only by excavation of soils whose concentration of contaminants present therein exceeds the limit values in Schedule I and its carrying out may be completed within a maximum period of 1 year; (2) only the recovery of water accumulating in the excavation is required. The conditions that must be complied with so that the measures referred to in the first paragraph are eligible for a declaration of compliance are the following: (1) the quantity of contaminated soils to be excavated is not more than 10,000 m3; (2) the characterization study reveals (a) the absence, in the land, of residual hazardous materials, asbestos, chlorinated volatile organic compounds and measurable immiscible liquids; and (b) that no monitoring of groundwater quality is required after carrying out the work; (3) the recovered water will be discharged into a municipal wastewater treatment works or transported to a site authorized by the Minister. The rehabilitation measures referred to in the first paragraph must begin as soon as possible after carrying out the characterization study provided for in the first paragraph of section 31.51 or in the first paragraph of section 31.53 of the Environment Quality Act. Soils containing contaminants in a concentration equal to or less than the limit values in Schedule I that are received on or in land are exempted from the application of all or part of section 22 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2) if (1) the soils are intended to be reclaimed on that land; (2) they do not contain asbestos; and (3) the disposal of those soils will not increase the total volume of contaminated soils received on the land to more than 1,000 m3, whether that volume is reached after a single project or several projects. Full text English Website www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca