Q-2, r. 26 - Agricultural Operations Regulation

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50.3.2. Despite the first paragraph of section 50.3, crop cultivation to which the prohibition applies is permitted on part of a lot situated in a watershed referred to in Schedule V.1 with regard to the territory of a municipality identified therein, regardless of whether that part of a lot has ever been cultivated or has been used to cultivate the crops referred to in the first paragraph of section 50.3, on the following conditions:
(1)  the lot on which the part to be cultivated is situated must include a parcel that is used to cultivate the crops to which the prohibition applies or that has been used to cultivate such crops at least once since the 2013 growing season;
(2)  the operator sends a notice to the Minister at least 30 days before the beginning of the required work to inform the Minister that the portion of land will be cultivated or that the crop grown on it will be changed if, in the latter case, the new crop was prohibited under section 50.3 before 18 December 2023;
(3)  the operator certifies to the Minister that the mitigation measures provided for in section 50.3.3 will be implemented and complied with;
(4)  a land surveyor certifies to the Minister that the parcel is situated in a watershed referred to in Schedule V.1 and specifies, in particular, the name of the watershed concerned and, where the parcel is situated in more than one watershed, the identification of the limits of the parcel on a location certificate;
(5)  the parcel is identified on a georeferenced plan sent to the Minister, which includes the number of the lot on which the parcel is situated, the name of the cadastre in which the lot is situated and, where the parcel is situated in more than one watershed, the limits of the watersheds concerned.
Where a lot is situated partially in a watershed listed in Schedule V.1 and partially in a watershed that is not listed, crop cultivation is permitted only on the portion situated in the watershed listed in Schedule V.1.
O.C. 983-2023, s. 12.