9. Every person who accidentally releases a hazardous material into the environment shall immediately1° stop the spill;
2° inform the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks; and
3° recover the hazardous material and remove all contaminated material that is not cleaned or treated on site.
Subject to the provisions of section 13 of the Regulation respecting halocarbons (chapter Q-2, r. 29), the requirements of subparagraphs 2 and 3 of the first paragraph do not apply in the case of the release of a gaseous halocarbon.
O.C. 1310-97, s. 9; O.C. 1091-2004, s. 71.