P-9.3, r. 1 - Pesticides Management Code

Section 29 Disposition versions

2023-07-06

29. It is prohibited to apply a pesticide for purposes other than agricultural purposes in the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, in a wetland, or in a 3 m strip along or around them.

That prohibition does not apply when pesticides are applied by aircraft or

(1)  on a railway ballast if the application is carried out using a windbreak;

(2)  on dams and dikes and around power plants;

(3)  on wooden poles used for the distribution or transmission of electric power or telecommunications;

(3.1)  in a wooded peat bog or a swamp not on a lakeshore, riverbank or littoral zone, located north of the St. Lawrence River, in bioclimatic domains of balsam fir-paper birch or spruce-moss forests, when applying phytocides for the maintenance of a power line corridor;

(4)  in water when intended for such use; or

(5)  by injection into a tree or shrub to control or destroy harmful insects or protect it from parasitic diseases.

It is prohibited to apply a pesticide in the water, on the water or on an organism that is in the water during the applications described in subparagraphs 1 to 3.1 and 5 of the second paragraph.

O.C. 331-2003, s. 29; O.C. 871-2020, s. 1; O.C. 1596-2021, s. 100; O.C. 990-2023, s. 13.

2022-03-01

29. It is prohibited to apply a pesticide for purposes other than agricultural purposes in the littoral zone of a lake or watercourse, in a wetland, or in a 3 m strip along or around them.

That prohibition does not apply when pesticides are applied by aircraft or

(1)  on a railway ballast if the application is carried out using a windbreak;

(2)  on dams and dikes and around power plants;

(3)  on wooden poles used for the distribution or transmission of electric power or telecommunications;

(3.1)  in a wooded peat bog or a swamp not on a lakeshore, riverbank or littoral zone, located north of the St. Lawrence River, in bioclimatic domains of balsam fir white birch or spruce-moss forests, when applying phytocides for the maintenance of a power line corridor; or

(4)  in water when intended for such use.

It is prohibited to apply a pesticide in the water, on the water or on an organism that is in the water during the applications described in subparagraphs 1 to 3.1 of the second paragraph.

O.C. 331-2003, s. 29; O.C. 871-2020, s. 1; O.C. 1596-2021, s. 100.

2020-12-31

29. It is prohibited to apply pesticides for purposes other than agricultural purposes less than 3 m from a watercourse or body of water.

That prohibition does not apply when pesticides are applied by aircraft or

(1)  on a railway ballast if the application is carried out using a windbreak;

(2)  on dams and dikes and around power plants;

(3)  on wooden poles used for the distribution or transmission of electric power or telecommunications;

(3.1)  in a wooded peat bog or a swamp not on a lakeshore, riverbank or littoral zone, located north of the St. Lawrence River, in bioclimatic domains of balsam fir white birch or spruce-moss forests, when applying phytocides for the maintenance of a power line corridor; or

(4)  in water when intended for such use.

It is prohibited to apply a pesticide in the water, on the water or on an organism that is in the water during the applications described in subparagraphs 1 to 3.1 of the second paragraph.

O.C. 331-2003, s. 29; O.C. 871-2020, s. 1.

2012-09-01

29. It is prohibited to apply pesticides for purposes other than agricultural purposes less than 3 m from a watercourse or body of water.

That prohibition does not apply when pesticides are applied by aircraft or

(1)  on a railway ballast if the application is carried out using a windbreak;

(2)  on dams and dikes;

(3)  on wooden telephone or hydro poles; or

(4)  in water when intended for such use.

O.C. 331-2003, s. 29.