Q-2, r. 19 - Regulation respecting the landfilling and incineration of residual materials

Section 1 Disposition versions

2022-09-01

1. For the purposes of this Regulation,

(1)  “fly ash” means particulate matter entrained in and carried by the combustion gases from a residual materials incineration facility and collected by a flue gas cleaning system or an energy recovery system, and includes residue generated by those systems that contains fly ash;

(2)  “landfilling” means the final deposit of residual materials onto or into land;

(3)  “operator” includes a person having the charge, management or control of a disposal facility;

(4)  “watercourse or body of water” includes ponds, marshes and swamps, but excludes intermittent watercourses, peat bogs and ditches. The relative distance to a watercourse or body of water is measured from the boundary of the littoral zone as defined in the Protection Policy for Lakeshores, Riverbanks, Littoral Zones and Floodplains (chapter Q-2, r. 35) adopted pursuant to section 2.1 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2);

(5)  “inedible meat” refers to inedible meat referred to in the Regulation respecting food (chapter P-29, r. 1).

O.C. 451-2005, s. 1; O.C. 1463-2022, s. 1.

2022-03-01

1. For the purposes of this Regulation,

(1)  “fly ash” means particulate matter entrained in and carried by the combustion gases from a residual materials incineration facility and collected by a flue gas cleaning system or an energy recovery system, and includes residue generated by those systems that contains fly ash;

(2)  “landfilling” means the final deposit of residual materials onto or into land;

(3)  “operator” includes a person having the charge, management or control of a disposal facility;

(4)  “watercourse or body of water” includes ponds, marshes and swamps, but excludes intermittent watercourses, peat bogs and ditches. The relative distance to a watercourse or body of water is measured from the boundary of the littoral zone as defined in the Protection Policy for Lakeshores, Riverbanks, Littoral Zones and Floodplains (chapter Q-2, r. 35) adopted pursuant to section 2.1 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2).

O.C. 451-2005, s. 1.

2012-09-01

1. For the purposes of this Regulation,

(1)  “fly ash” means particulate matter entrained in and carried by the combustion gases from a residual materials incineration facility and collected by a flue gas cleaning system or an energy recovery system, and includes residue generated by those systems that contains fly ash;

(2)  “landfilling” means the final deposit of residual materials onto or into land;

(3)  “operator” includes a person having the charge, management or control of a disposal facility;

(4)  “watercourse or body of water” includes ponds, marshes and swamps, but excludes intermittent watercourses, peat bogs and ditches. The relative distance to a watercourse or body of water is measured from the high-water mark as defined in the Protection Policy for Lakeshores, Riverbanks, Littoral Zones and Floodplains (chapter Q-2, r. 35) adopted pursuant to section 2.1 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2).

O.C. 451-2005, s. 1.