Document Description
This act is the main environmental statute in Quebec. RSQ…
Industry Sector
Document Type
Topics
- General Air Emissions and Ambient Air Quality
- Air Emissions Permit
- Specific Air Pollutants
- PM
- Odor
- Greenhouse Gases
- Water Use
- Wastewater Management
- Water Conservation
- Water Withdrawals
- Drinking Water Treatment and Supply
- Non-Hazardous Waste Generation
- Waste Reporting and Monitoring
- Waste Disposal
- Waste Collecting, Processing, Disposal
- General Requirements
- Packaging
- Radiological Substances
- Explosives
- Workplace Requirements
- Workplace Stress
- Personal Protective Equipment
- High-Visibility Clothing
- Exposure Limits and Protection
- Noise
- Medical Surveillance
- Land Use Planning and Land Management
- Access to Information
- Radiological Substances and Nuclear Power
- Marine Operations
- General Environmental Management
- Reports
- Inspections and Enforcement
- Permits, Approvals, and Assessments
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Releases, Emergencies, Disasters
- Management of Land and Soil
- Land Contamination and Contaminated Sites
- Waste
- Drainage
- Heat
- Reservoirs
- Conduits
- Emissions
- Wood
- Motors
- Motor vehicle
- Transformer station
- Transformer
- Tags
- Exploration
- Wastewater
- Pipe
- Pressure
- Tank
- Tailings
- Explosive
- Toilets
- Flammable
- Ballasts
- Aircraft
- Lubricants
- Railroad
- Sampling
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PRELIMINARY PROVISION
The purpose of this Act is to protect the environment and the living species inhabiting it, to the extent provided for by law. The Act fosters the reduction of greenhouse gases, and makes it possible to take into consideration the evolution of knowledge and technologies, climate change issues and human health protection issues, as well as the realities of the territories and the communities living in them.
The Act affirms the collective and public interest character of ...
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