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Regulation respecting hazardous materials (c. Q-2, r.32).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Québec
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pollution control Hazardous substances Registration Transport/storage Offences/penalties Drugs Pesticides Effluent waste water/discharge Waste disposal Waste management
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Regulation lays down provisions relating to hazardous materials. No one may emit, deposit, discharge or release a hazardous material into the environment or into a sewage system, or allow the emission, deposit, discharge or release therein, unless the operation is made in accordance with the Environment Quality Act. The text consists of 160 sections divided into 10 chapters as follows: Scope and definitions (I); General (II); Uses of residual hazardous materials for energy generation purposes (III); Storage of residual hazardous materials (IV); Final disposal sites (V); Register and annual management report (VI); Extension of storage period (VII); Activities (VIII); Penal (IX); Amending and transitional (X). Eleven Schedules are enclosed.

Full text
English
Website
www.gouv.qc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Environment Quality Act (R.S.Q., c. Q-2).

Legislation | Canada | 1972 (2021)

Keyword: Framework law, Basic legislation, Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Soil pollution/quality, Freshwater pollution, Research, Institution, Flood, Groundwater, Surface water

Source: FAO, FAOLEX