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Regulation respecting the quality of the atmosphere.

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Québec
Document type
Regulation
Date
1981 (2019)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Environment gen.
Keyword
Air quality/air pollution Emissions Business/industry/corporations Environmental standards Pollution control Standards Protection of environment
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The purpose of this Regulation is to establish ambient air standards and emission standards for particulate matters, vapours and gases, emission opacity standards as well as control measures for the prevention, elimination or reduction of contaminant discharge from stationary sources. Unless specified otherwise, this Regulation applies immediately to new or existing stationary sources. It applies to any part of an existing stationary source that is modified or enlarged even if it is specified elsewhere that it applies subsequently to this existing stationary source. In the case of a furnace used in the metallurgical industry, the particulate matter emission standards provided for in this Regulation apply globally to all emissions related to the operation of this furnace, namely those coming from the loading and casting and those escaping from annular gaps around electrodes. From 1 January 1982, it is forbidden to build or modify a stationary source or to increase the production of a good or of a service whose particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and lead emissions are liable to increase the concentration of contaminants in the atmosphere beyond the maximum limit provided for in the standards in section 6 or are liable to increase the concentration of a contaminant for which the said standards have already been exceeded. It is forbidden to burn residual materials in the open air, even to recuperate it in part or in whole, except for limbs, trees, dead leaves, explosives and empty containers of explosives. It is forbidden to burn fossil fuels or organic compounds in the open air unless one has been issued a certificate of authorization by the Minister under section 22 of the Act. This section does not apply to industrial flares, nor within the scope of the training given to firemen. Any pot line of any new aluminium smelter cannot emit into the atmosphere more than 1.45 kg of total fluorides per ton of aluminium produced. The processes of an oil refinery or a petrochemical industry comprising the use of a new catalytic cracking unit or a new coke unit must not emit into the atmosphere more than 115 mg of particulate matter per cubic metre of undiluted dry gas, under standard conditions. Any light motor vehicle of a model subsequent to 1985 offered for sale, on display for sale, sold or used in Québec must be equipped with a device in good working order to reduce the emission of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere. No one may remove or modify or allow to be removed or modified any device installed in a motor vehicle to reduce or eliminate the emission of a contaminant into the environment, or, in the case of a light motor vehicle equipped with a catalytic converter, modify or allow to be modified the opening of the fuel tank or pour leaded gasoline therein.

Full text
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Website
www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca