Regulation respecting the application of section 32 of the Environment Quality Act.

This Regulation applies to waterworks and sewer projects where the owner is a municipality. A municipality may, under section 32 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2) and in accordance with this Chapter, submit the following projects using a 5-year waterworks and sewer plan to the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks for authorization: (1) drinking water projects involving (a) the establishment of waterworks or the extension of existing facilities; and (b) the erection of a pumping, booster or rechlorination station; (2) wastewater or storm water projects involving (a) the establishment of a sewer or the extension of existing facilities; (b) the replacement of sewer mains by mains of a different diameter or hydraulic capacity; (c) the construction of a retention basin; (d) the construction of a storm water outfall; and (e) the erection of a network pumping station without an overflow. A municipality may also include in a 5-year waterworks and sewer plan the projects to be carried out by every person that has entered into an agreement with the municipality providing that the works will be transferred to the municipality after their final acceptance. The 5-year waterworks and sewer plan must contain the following information and documents: (1) information relating to land use planning or, in the case of built areas, a land use plan; (2) the location of subdivisions to be served and the location of proposed work; (3) the location of former residual materials disposal sites; (4) an agreement between the Minister and the municipality relating to the conservation of wetlands located in the subdivisions covered by the 5-year plan; (5) the map location of constant or intermittent watercourses, lakes, lakeshores, riverbanks, floodplains, ponds, marshes, swamps and bogs; (6) the map location of plant or wildlife habitats, designated threatened or vulnerable species or species likely to be so designated, and protected areas; (7) the municipality s commitment to ensuring that the specifications contain special technical clauses necessary for the management of surplus and discarded materials in compliance with the Act; (8) the plans of existing networks and equipment and proposed equipment; (9) the capacity of the drinking water treatment apparatus and equipment; (10) a water report showing current and future needs and the consumption rate by persons, industries, businesses and institutions; (11) the measures taken to save water and search for and reduce leakage; and (12) the flows and pressures within the drinking water distribution network.