Q-2, r. 7.1 - Regulation respecting sand pits and quarries

Section 43 Disposition versions

2023-12-18

43. The redevelopment and restoration of a quarry or sand pit may also be carried out according to one of the following options:

(1)  the development of a residual materials landfill;

(2)  the development of a space or the construction of a structure or works.

In order for the options to be implemented, the operator must, in the year preceding the year of permanent cessation of the mining of surface mineral substances in the quarry or sand pit, first obtain, as the case may be, an authorization in accordance with subparagraphs iii and iv of subparagraph b of paragraph 3 of section 113 or an amendment of the authorization in accordance with paragraph 2 of section 114 of the Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact (chapter Q-2, r. 17.1).

A third person may also apply to the Minister for the issue of an authorization to carry out one of the options provided for in the first paragraph, in the stead and place of the operator, within the time set in the second paragraph and in accordance with section 113 of the Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact.

The time period provided for in the second paragraph for first obtaining an authorization or an amendment of an authorization does not apply to the operator who must obtain the authorization to bury invasive exotic plant species as part of backfilling using the soils referred to in subparagraphs b and e of subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 42.

O.C. 236-2019, s. 43; O.C. 871-2020, s. 7; O.C. 995-2023, s. 4.

2020-12-31

43. The redevelopment and restoration of a quarry or sand pit may also be carried out according to one of the following options:

(1)  the development of a residual materials landfill;

(2)  the development of a space or the construction of a structure or works.

In order for the options to be implemented, the operator must, in the year preceding the year of permanent cessation of the mining of surface mineral substances in the quarry or sand pit, first obtain, as the case may be, an authorization in accordance with subparagraphs iii and iv of subparagraph b of paragraph 3 of section 113 or an amendment of the authorization in accordance with paragraph 2 of section 114 of the Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact (chapter Q-2, r. 17.1).

A third person may also apply to the Minister for the issue of an authorization to carry out one of the options provided for in the first paragraph, in the stead and place of the operator, within the time set in the second paragraph and in accordance with section 113 of the Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact.

O.C. 236-2019, s. 43; O.C. 871-2020, s. 7.

2019-04-18

43. The redevelopment and restoration of a quarry or sand pit may also be carried out according to one of the following options:

(1)  the development of a residual materials landfill;

(2)  the development of a space or the construction of a structure or works.

In order for the options to be implemented, the operator must, in the year preceding the year of permanent cessation of the mining of surface mineral substances in the quarry or sand pit, first obtain, as the case may be, an authorization in accordance with subparagraphs iii and iv of subparagraph b of paragraph 3 of section 3 or an amendment of the authorization in accordance with paragraph 2 of section 4.

A third person may also apply to the Minister for the issue of an authorization to carry out one of the options provided for in the first paragraph, in the stead and place of the operator, within the time set in the second paragraph and in accordance with section 3.

O.C. 236-2019, s. 43.

Not in force

In force: 2019-04-18

43. The redevelopment and restoration of a quarry or sand pit may also be carried out according to one of the following options:

(1)  the development of a residual materials landfill;

(2)  the development of a space or the construction of a structure or works.

In order for the options to be implemented, the operator must, in the year preceding the year of permanent cessation of the mining of surface mineral substances in the quarry or sand pit, first obtain, as the case may be, an authorization in accordance with subparagraphs iii and iv of subparagraph b of paragraph 3 of section 3 or an amendment of the authorization in accordance with paragraph 2 of section 4.

A third person may also apply to the Minister for the issue of an authorization to carry out one of the options provided for in the first paragraph, in the stead and place of the operator, within the time set in the second paragraph and in accordance with section 3.

O.C. 236-2019, s. 43.