GUIDE TO THE APPLICATION OF THE REGULATION RESPECTING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF FORESTS IN THE DOMAIN OF THE STATE

 

Complete guide

 

Chapter V – Roads, sandpits and forest infrasructures

Division I – Scope

Division II – Roads

§1. General

§2. Prohibited construction, improvement or repair

  • Section 66. Construction or improvement of a road across a lake
  • Section 67. Construction or improvement of a road near an aquatic or wetland environment
  • Section 68. Repair of a road near an aquatic or wetland environment
  • Section 69. Measurement of distances to be respected
  • Section 70. Construction or improvement of a road in an open peat bog

§3. Road implantation features

§4. Stabilization of excavated soils and road embankments and diversion of runoff

§5. Maintenance and closure of a road

§6. Winter roads

§7. Control of the access of motorized vehicles to sugar bushes

Division III – Bridge, culverts, removable structures and rudimentary structures

§1. General

  • Section 86. Free flow of water, carrying of sediments and stabilization times

§2. Prohibited construction, improvement or repair

  • Section 87. Bridge or culvert to cross a lake
  • Section 88. Bridge or culvert on a winter road or in a felling or hauling trail
  • Section 89. Bridge, culvert or removable structure in a spawning ground
  • Section 90. Work in a salmonid watercourse
  • Section 91. Exceptions for work authorized under the Environment Quality Act
  • Section 92. Period for completion of work

§3. Drying of work area

  • Section 93. Coffer dams and structures for the temporary diversion of a watercourse
  • Section 94. Composition of coffer dams and piers in a salmonid watercourse

§4. General provisions applicable to bridges or culverts

  • Section 95. Stabilization of a road embankment
  • Section 96. Stabilization of a watercourse bed
  • Section 97. Maintenance by regular users of a road
  • Section 98. Minimum clearance for free passage of boats
  • Section 99. Stabilization, compaction, spring inspection and correction
  • Section 100. Fill
  • Section 101. Discharge capacity at peak flow
  • Section 102. Culvert with parallel conduits
  • Section 103. Conditions to determine whether free flow of fish must be ensured
  • Section 104. Crossing site where the free flow of fish need not be ensured
  • Section 105. Crossing site where the free flow of fish must be ensured (conduit depth of 20 or 30 %)
  • Section 106. Crossing site where the free flow of fish must be ensured (culvert including a conduit with outlets)

§5. Special provisions applicable to bridges or culverts with an arch

§6. Special provisions applicable to removable structures and rudimentary structures

  • Section 110. Types of roads on which removable structures are permitted
  • Section 111. Types of removable structures permitted at each period of the year
  • Section 112. Removal of a removable structure
  • Section 113. Types of roads on which rudimentary structures are permitted

§7. Stabilization of the bed, banks and riparian zone of a watercourse

Division IV – Road signs

§1. Provisions applicable to roads

§2. Provisions applicable to bridges

Division V – Sandpits

§1. Scope

§2. Sandpit operating area and organic matter storage area

  • Section 119. Location in proximity to an aquatic or wetland environment and diversion of runoff water
  • Section 120. Site restoration
  • Section 121. Location in proximity to certain places and territories
  • Section 122. Location in proximity to certain territories protected by law
  • Section 123. Operation above the level of groundwater

Division VI -Piling areas, forest camps and facilities used to operate a sugar bush

§1. Piling area

§2. Forest camps

§3. Facilities used to operate a sugar bush

  • Section 130. Location in proximity to an aquatic or wetland environment

Chapter V