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