Guidelines for the Beneficial Use of Fertilizing Residuals

o process breakdowns/problems,
o toxicity of liquid effluents discharged into a watercourse (paper mills).
Although these responsibilities may be entrusted to an agent under a contractual
agreement, the generator should ideally be the one to sensitize and inform the public
(Section 10.5), since he is often perceived as the responsible party.
5.2.5 Receiver
The receiving party, whether an agricultural or other operation, must assume its
obligations, which generally include the following:
• compliance with separation distances and other regulatory standards;
o AOR
o GCR
o RRQA
• provision of the AEFP to the applicant (in accordance with AOR requirements);
• compliance with the other storage and spreading criteria set out in the Guidelines
(Sections 9 and 10);
• implementation of measures to inform the public and raise awareness (Section
10.4);
• authorization from the owner if the spreading is to be done on leased parcels of
land.
5.2.6 Commitments of the participants
The applicant, the professional and the receiver must sign the CA application form, thus
indicating that they agree to the basic commitments. The producers’s undertakings must
be appended to the application form. The responsibilities of each participant may be
spelled out in separate private contractual agreements and appended, as needed.
5.3 Responsibilities of the Ministère du Développement
durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs du Québec
The Ministry exercises a number of responsibilities related to CAs, which are described
in the following subsections.
5.3.1 Development of standards, criteria, guidelines and forms
The MDDEP must develop standards and criteria related to reclamation activities. In
cases of uncertainty, it must determine what research and information is needed in order
to have the necessary studies carried out by itself, the public sector, universities or private
institutions.
The Ministry must also create and update reference guidelines and CA application forms.
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