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Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Rehabilitation Policy

Please note that the 1998 Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Rehabilitation Policy is being revised.

If required, you may contact the Ministère’s Service des lieux contaminés et des matières dangereuses (Contaminated sites and hazardous materials department) at 418-521-3950.

APPENDIX 1 / List of industrial and commercial activities likely to contaminate soils and groundwater

This list is provided to respond to the following three particular uses:

  1. Application of the protection aspect described in Chapter 5;
  2. Application of the response program set out in Section 6.4;
  3. The compulsory establishment of an environmental profile within a reuse project as set out in Section 6.2.

Major Groups, Description

Sub-groups*

Description of Sub-groups

Use

1

2

3

Mines

0611

Gold mines

x

x

x

0612

Copper mines

x

x

x

0614

Zinc mines

x

x

x

0617

Iron mines

x

x

x

0619

Other metals

x

x

x

0621

Asbestos mines

x

x

x

Petroleum and natural gas extraction

0711

Petroleum and natural gas extraction

x

x

x

Rubber products industries

1511

Tires and tubes industries

x

x

x

1521

Rubber hoses and belts industries

   

x

1599

Other rubber products industries

   

x

Plastic products industries

1611

Foam and blown plastic products industries

   

x

1621

Plastic hose and piping connections industries

   

x

1631

Plastic film and sheet industries

   

x

1641

Pressure-stratified or reinforced plastic products industries

   

x

1651

Plastic architectural products industries

   

x

1661

Plastic (except foam) containers industries

    x

1691

Plastic bags industries

   

x

1699

Other plastic products industries

   

x

Leather and related products industries

1711

Tanneries

x

x

x

Textile products industries

1911

Felt and natural fibres treatment industries

   

x

1921

Rugs, mats and carpets industries

   

x

1992

Dyeing and finishing industries

   

x

Wood industries

2512

Sawmill and planing plant products industries

   

x

2522

Sheet and resin plywood

   

x

2591

Wood treatment

x

x

x

2593

Chipboard panelling industries

x

x

x

Paper and paper products industries (Note: action to be harmonized with the PRRI)

2711

Pulp and paper industries

x

x

x

2712

Newsprint industries

x

x

x

2713

Cardboard industries

x

x

x

2714

Panels and construction papers industries

x

x

x

2719

Other paper industries

x

x

x

2721

Asphalt covered paper industries

x

x

x

Primary metals transformation industries

2911

Iron alloys industries

x

x

x

2912

Steel foundries

x

x

x

2919

Other iron and steel industries

x

x

x

2921

Steel tubes and pipes industries

x

x

x

2941

Iron foundries

x

x

x

2951

Primary fusion aluminum production

x

x

x

2959

Other non-ferrous metals casting and refining industries

x x x

2961

Aluminum laminating

 

x

2962

Aluminum moulding and extrusion

   

x

2971

Lamination, moulding and extrusion of copper and its alloys

   

x

2999

Other non-ferrous metals lamination, moulding and extrusion industries

   

x

Metal products (except transport machinery and material) (manufacturing) industries

3011

Sheet metal products industries

   

x

3031

Metal doors and windows industries

   

x

3039

Other ornamental and architectural metal products industries

   

x

3041

Coating-to-order metal products

x

x

x

3042

Metal containers and fasteners industries

   

x

3052

Metal wires and cables industries

   

x

3059

Other metal wire products industries (welding electrodes)

x

x

x

3081

Machine shops

   

x

3092

Metal valves industries

   

x

3099

Other metal products industries

   

x

Transport material (manufacturing) industries

3211

Aircraft and aircraft parts industries

   

x

3231

Motor vehicles industries

   

x

3261

Railway rolling-stock industries

   

x

3271

Ship construction and repair industries

   

x

Electrical and electronics products (manufacturing) industries

3371

Electrical transformers industries

   

x

3372 Electrical switching and protection material industries     x

3379

Other industrial use electrical material industries

   

x

3381

Electrical wires and cables industries

   

x

3391 Storage batteries x x x

Petroleum and coal products industries

3611

Refined petroleum products (except oils and greases)

x

x

x

3612

Lubricating oils and greases

x

x

x

3699 Other petroleum and coal products industries (except manufacturers of bituminous concrete) x x x

Chemical industries

3711

Inorganic chemicals for industrial use

x

x

x

3712

Organic chemicals for industrial use

x

x

x

3729

Other chemicals for agricultural use

x

x

x

3731

Synthetic plastics and resins

x

x

x

3751

Paints and varnishes

x

x

x

3791

Printing inks

x

x

x

3792

Adhesives

x

x

x

3793

Explosives and munitions

x

x

x

3799

Other chemical products industries

(Air, water and rail) transport (of passengers and merchandise), excluding trucking, public transport and taxis

4521

Airport operation and maintenance

   

x

4523

Aircraft maintenance

   

x

4532

Services relating to rail transport (stations, terminus, car cleaning)

   

x

4551

Cargo handling in ports

   

x

4559

Other services relating to water transport (locks, lights, docks)

   

x

Pipeline transport of petroleum and other products (except natural gas)

       

x

Other public services

4911

Electricity production and distribution

(transformer stations only)

   

x

4999

Other public services (operation of dumps, incinerators, used snow dumps)

   

x

Wholesale petroleum products businesses

5112

Wholesale petroleum products businesses

x

Miscellaneous wholesale products businesses

5911

Automobile recovery and disassembly

   

x

5912

Wholesale scrap metal business

   

x

5919

Other wholesale waste and recovery materials businesses

   

5939

Wholesale (agricultural) chemicals and other agricultural supplies businesses

   

x

5971

Wholesale household and industrial chemicals businesses

   

Retail motor vehicles, parts and accessories businesses

6331

Service stations

   

x

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Storage after excavation of waste materials and contaminated soils

   

x

Transfer centres for waste materials and contaminated soils

x

 

x

Final disposal sites for waste3 materials and contaminated soils

x

x

x

Treatment (mechanical, chemical, mechanico-chemical, biological, thermal, etc.) of waste materials and contaminated soils

x2

x

¹ Only part of this activity is targeted.
² Only if the treatment installations are stationaries
.
3 Excluding final disposal sites for solid wastes (sanitary landfill sites, dry materials disposal sites, etc. ).

* Québec economic activities classification, Bureau de la statistique du Québec, 1990.

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