Guidelines for the Beneficial Use of Fertilizing Residuals

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Table 3.1 Professionals and technologists belonging to a professional order who are involved in FR reclamation activities Professional/technologist Activities Agronomist AEFP - agriculture Agronomist AERP - agriculture Forest engineer AERP- sylviculture Engineer or agronomist Storage/composting Agronomist or vet Bedding Chemist (or agronomist for agricultural analyses) FR/soil analyses Technologist Various tasks under the supervision of a professional 3.6 Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) 3.6.1 Development of commercial standards The BNQ is a standards development organization certified by the Standards Council of Canada and authorized to draw up commercial standards for fertilizing materials in Canada. BNQ standards are developed in keeping with ISO principles and methods. They are approved through a consensus-based approach involving manufacturers, consumers (users) and other stakeholders serving on a standards writing committee. At present, there are three BNQ standards pertaining to FRs: • Organic Soil Conditioners – Composts (CAN/BNQ 0413-200; BNQ, 2005a); • Soil Amendments – Alkaline or Dried Municipal Biosolids (CAN/BNQ 0413- 400; BNQ, 2009); • Liming Materials from Industrial Processes (NQ 0419-090; BNQ, 2005b). The BNQ standards deal with the agronomic properties of FR products and related environment and health considerations, for example, maximum contaminant limits and the products’ directions for use. These standards are harmonized with federal regulations pertaining to fertilizers and, in many instances, they are more restrictive. The BNQ standard concerning composts is, for the most part, in line with the CCME’s Guidelines for Compost Quality (2005) and with these Guidelines. The BNQ standards can be ordered online at: http://www.bnq.qc.ca. 3.6.2 Certification of compliance In addition to developing commercial standards, the BNQ may, as an independent organization, certify that a given FR complies with its standards. In 2008, eight FRs were certified by the BNQ that represented roughly 10%, by volume, of all the FRs and composts reclaimed in Québec. The certification costs are borne by the generator, i.e. the plant or municipality. Section 3 ~ Page 13
A BNQ-certified FR may be land applied according to the directions for use, without a certificate of authorization from the Ministry (see Section 4). In the case of BNQcertified FRs, the Groundwater catchment regulation is more flexible with regard to separation distances for FR storage and spreading (see Sections 9 and 10). Certification of compliance with a BNQ standard can also be carried out by some other agency, whether Canadian or foreign, that is recognized by the Standards Council of Canada. 3.7 Municipalities With respect to FR reclamation, municipalities and regional county municipalities (RCMs) exercise the following functions and powers: • Manage the residual materials produced by the municipality (municipal sludges, leaves and lawn cuttings, urban compost, etc.); • Develop a Residual Materials Management Plan in accordance with the Québec Residual Materials Management Policy 1998-2008; • Regulate discharges in the sewer; • Issue attestations of compliance with municipal regulations for CA applications; • Regulate spreading prohibition dates in accordance with the Municipal Code and the Cities and Towns Act (maximum of 12 days per year). It should be noted that municipalities are not responsible for establishing separation distances for FR odours in agricultural zones, as they are in connection with the reclamation of farm manure. FR reclamation is not included in the “odours resulting from agricultural activities” under section 19.1 of the EQA. Furthermore, FRs are not covered by the Guidelines respecting odours caused by manure from agricultural activities (Québec, 2003c). Municipalities may establish odour-related distance constraints for nonagricultural applications of FRs, (see also Appendix 1 for further details on odour-related responsibilities). Municipalities can establish separation distances to protect groundwater, but only to the extent of the authority conferred on them under the Groundwater catchment regulation (GCR). Separation distances for agricultural spreading to protect surface water are established in the Agricultural operations regulation (AOR). Municipalities can however change the breadth of riparian buffers in which the spreading of any fertilising residual is forbidden (section 30 of AOR). In a more general way, Mr Mario Gagné, manager of municipal policies and research of the Ministère des Affaires Municipales et des Régions (MAMR) brings following precision (letter of August 19th, 2008): «… the power of the municipalities to regulate the spreading of sludges draws its source of two dispositions. On one hand, there is the section 113 of Law on the Section 3 ~ Page 14
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Readers should consult reference do
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Nitrogen management is also more pr
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Table 10.2 Separation distances for
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10.4 Worker protection A survey of
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11 Soil application for silvicultur
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13 FR based soil mixes 13.1 General
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15 Other uses of FRs 15.1 Livestock
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Abbreviations and acronyms AEFP Agr
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calcareous amendment Soil liming am
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treatment of livestock waste gives
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establishments, except bed and brea
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• the difference in concentration
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implement in practice. This is part
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Table A1.1 Table of maximum limit c
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material when these residuals are c
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d’Orléans where soils are subjec
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• Agronomists responsible for the
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Due to the high prices of all these
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Appendix 5: N and P availability in
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Appendix 6: MDDEP requirements for
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Use of the resulting compost Farm c
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BIOREX (1994). Bilan massique de de
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CENTRE DE RÉFÉRENCE EN AGRICULTUR
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FORTIN, S.H. (2000). Rapport préli
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HOWARD, A. AND D. JOY (2005). Lime
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PAYMENT, P. (1993). Risques d'expos
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QUÉBEC, MINISTÈRE DE L’ENVIRONN
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SAUERBECK, D. R., AND R. LESCHBER (
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