Q-2, r. 5.1 - Regulation respecting the framework for authorization of certain projects to transfer water out of the St. Lawrence River Basin

Section 5 Disposition versions

2020-12-31

5. (Revoked).

O.C. 686-2011, s. 5; O.C. 871-2020, s. 1.

2012-09-01

5. If the transfer of water out of the Basin is intended to supply a waterworks system serving a municipality referred to in subparagraph b of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 31.91 of the Act, the application for authorization must, in addition to the information and documents referred to in sections 3 and 4, be accompanied by the following documents and information:

(1)  a narrative description explaining why no supply source, reasonably accessible within the basin where the local municipality concerned is situated, is capable of meeting drinking water needs;

(2)  a study about the impact of the proposed transfer on the integrity of the basin’s ecosystem. That impact study must be designed and prepared according to a scientific method.

The information contained in the study referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph is public.

O.C. 686-2011, s. 5.