Q-2, r. 28.2 - Snow, road salt and abrasives management Regulation

Section 10 Disposition versions

2023-12-18

10. While in operation, a storage and handling centre for road salt and abrasives must comply with the following:

(1)  the water in contact with salt, abrasives and equipment must at all times respect the following values when discharged into the environment:

(a)  a concentration of suspended matter less than or equal to 50 mg/l;

(b)  a concentration of petroleum hydrocarbons (C10-C50) less than or equal to 2 mg/l;

(2)  a twice yearly grab sampling of the water described in paragraph 1 must be conducted in the course of the centre’s operations to verify the electrical conductivity and the concentration of chlorides, suspended matter and petroleum hydrocarbons (C10-C50);

(3)  a weekly visual inspection of the salt and abrasives storage, handling and loading areas must be made by the operator to make sure they are in good order;

(4)  the handling and loading areas must be free at all times of any deposit of salt and abrasives resulting from handling and loading operations;

(5)  the piles of snow in the loading area must be sent to a snow disposal site authorized under section 22 of the Act or be pushed to impermeable surfaces where the meltwater is collected before being disposed of;

(6)  the noise emitted during operation of the centre, represented by the reference noise level obtained at a dwelling or public institution, other than a dwelling belonging or leased to the owner or operator or educational institutions or tourist establishments when they are closed, must not exceed for any 1-hour interval the higher of

(a)  the residual noise; and

(b)  40 dBA between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and 45 dBA between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

O.C. 871-2020, s. 10; O.C. 985-2023, s. 5.

2020-12-31

10. While in operation, a storage and handling centre for road salt and abrasives must comply with the following:

(1)  the water in contact with salt, abrasives and equipment must at all times respect the following values when discharged into the environment:

(a)  a concentration of suspended matter less than or equal to 50 mg/l;

(b)  a concentration of petroleum hydrocarbons (C10-C50) less than or equal to 2 mg/l;

(2)  a twice yearly grab sampling of the water described in paragraph 1 must be conducted in the course of the centre’s operations to verify the concentration of chlorides, suspended matter and petroleum hydrocarbons (C10-C50);

(3)  a daily visual inspection of the salt and abrasives storage, handling and loading areas must be made by the operator;

(4)  the storage, handling and loading areas must be cleaned so as to not contaminate rainwater;

(5)  the piles of snow in the loading area must be sent to a snow disposal site authorized under section 22 of the Act or be pushed to impermeable surfaces where the meltwater is collected before being disposed of;

(6)  the noise emitted during operation of the centre, represented by the reference noise level obtained at a dwelling or public institution, other than a dwelling belonging or leased to the owner or operator or educational institutions or tourist establishments when they are closed, must not exceed for any 1-hour interval the higher of

(a)  the residual noise; and

(b)  40 dBA between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and 45 dBA between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

O.C. 871-2020, s. 10.

Not in force

In force: 2020-12-31

10. While in operation, a storage and handling centre for road salt and abrasives must comply with the following:

(1)  the water in contact with salt, abrasives and equipment must at all times respect the following values when discharged into the environment:

(a)  a concentration of suspended matter less than or equal to 50 mg/l;

(b)  a concentration of petroleum hydrocarbons (C10-C50) less than or equal to 2 mg/l;

(2)  a twice yearly grab sampling of the water described in paragraph 1 must be conducted in the course of the centre’s operations to verify the concentration of chlorides, suspended matter and petroleum hydrocarbons (C10-C50);

(3)  a daily visual inspection of the salt and abrasives storage, handling and loading areas must be made by the operator;

(4)  the storage, handling and loading areas must be cleaned so as to not contaminate rainwater;

(5)  the piles of snow in the loading area must be sent to a snow disposal site authorized under section 22 of the Act or be pushed to impermeable surfaces where the meltwater is collected before being disposed of;

(6)  the noise emitted during operation of the centre, represented by the reference noise level obtained at a dwelling or public institution, other than a dwelling belonging or leased to the owner or operator or educational institutions or tourist establishments when they are closed, must not exceed for any 1-hour interval the higher of

(a)  the residual noise; and

(b)  40 dBA between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and 45 dBA between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

O.C. 871-2020, s. 10.