Chapter V – Roads, sandpits and forest infrastructures Division V – Sandpits §2. Sandpit operating area and organic matter storage area
Section 119
A sandpit operating area and the storage area for the organic matter that covered the sandpit must be at more than 30 m from an open peat bog, a swamp, a riparian shrub marsh, a lake or a watercourse.![](/wp-content/uploads/drapeau-texte.png)
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Objectives
- To preserve the integrity of an aquatic, wetland or riparian environment
- To avoid carrying sediment into an aquatic, wetland or riparian environment
- To preserve organic matter in order to recreate conditions conducive to regeneration
![Distance between a sandpit and a wetland or aquatic environment Distance between a sandpit and a wetland or aquatic environment](/wp-content/uploads/Art119_anglais-web.jpg)
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Objectives
- To preserve the integrity of an aquatic, wetland or riparian environment
- To avoid carrying sediment into an aquatic, wetland or riparian environment