Q-2 - Environment Quality Act

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53.17. The Société québécoise de récupération et de recyclage may, within 120 days after receiving the draft plan, send the regional municipality a notice of the plan’s compliance with the government policy adopted pursuant to section 53.4.
The Société’s opinion must also be sent to each neighbouring regional municipality or to each regional municipality served by an elimination facility located in the territory covered by the draft plan.
If the Société fails to give an opinion within the time provided in the first paragraph, the draft plan is deemed to comply with government policy.
After receiving a notice of compliance from the Société or if the draft plan is deemed to be compliant under the third paragraph, the municipality may, by by-law, adopt the draft plan, as is, as its residual materials management plan.
1999, c. 75, s. 13; 2000, c. 34, s. 250; 2017, c. 4, s. 97.
53.17. The Minister may, within 60 days after receiving the draft plan, give an opinion to the regional municipality on the compliance of the plan with the government policy adopted pursuant to section 53.4.
Where the draft management plan states that the regional municipality intends to restrict or prohibit the dumping or incineration in its territory of residual materials from outside the territory, the Minister shall indicate whether, in the Minister’s opinion, the restriction or prohibition is likely to compromise public health or safety; if that is the case, the Minister shall call on the parties concerned to collaborate and to reassess the residual materials elimination capacity needs of each neighbouring regional municipality, or regional municipality served by an elimination facility located in the territory covered by the draft plan, so as to prevent adverse effects on public health or safety.
The Minister’s opinion must also be sent to each neighbouring regional municipality or to each regional municipality served by an elimination facility located in the territory covered by the draft plan.
If the Minister fails to give an opinion within the time provided in the first paragraph, the draft plan is deemed to comply with government policy.
1999, c. 75, s. 13; 2000, c. 34, s. 250.