Q-2 - Environment Quality Act

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70.9. The following activities are also subject to the Minister’s authorization in accordance with subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph of section 22:
(1)  the operation, for the operator’s own purposes or those of another person, of a hazardous materials elimination site determined by government regulation, or the provision of a hazardous materials elimination service;
(2)  the operation, for commercial purposes, of a treatment process for hazardous residual materials;
(3)  the storage of hazardous residual materials, after taking possession of them for that purpose;
(4)  the use of hazardous residual materials for energy generation, after taking possession of them for that purpose; and
(5)  any other activity determined by government regulation.
Such an authorization is also required before carrying on an activity involving a hazardous material, other than an activity referred to in the first paragraph, that is likely to result in the release of contaminants into the environment or alter the quality of the environment.
1991, c. 80, s. 6; 2017, c. 4, s. 120.
70.9. A permit issued by the Minister must be held by every person who
(1)  operates a site for the elimination of hazardous materials for his own purposes or for another person, or offers a hazardous materials elimination service;
(2)  operates for commercial purposes a treatment process for hazardous materials that are used, spent or outdated, or that appear on a list established for that purpose by regulation or belong to a class mentioned on the list;
(3)  stores any hazardous material described in paragraph 2 after having taken possession thereof for that purpose;
(4)  uses for energy generation purposes any hazardous material described in paragraph 2 after having taken possession thereof for that purpose;
(5)  carries on an activity determined by regulation involving a hazardous material.
1991, c. 80, s. 6.