ARTICLE · 21 MAY 2010

Projet de règlement sur la redevance exigible pour l'utilisation de l'eau

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Le 27 avril 2010, la ministre du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs, madame Line Beauchamp, a annoncé qu'il y aura consultation publique au sujet d'un projet de règlement sur la redevance exigible pour l'utilisation de l'eau.

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Le 27 avril 2010, la ministre du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs, madame Line Beauchamp, a annoncé qu'il y aura consultation publique au sujet d'un projet de règlement sur la redevance exigible pour l'utilisation de l'eau. Le projet de règlement, qui fait suite à l'engagement pris à cet égard par le gouvernement dans le cadre du budget déposé le 30 mars 2010, a paru dans l'édition du 5 mai 2010 de la Gazette officielle du Québec. L'imposition de cette redevance vise à favoriser la protection et la mise en valeur de l'eau et à la conserver en qualité et en quantité suffisantes dans une perspective de développement durable.

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Le projet de règlement précise que les activités visées par le règlement comprennent 1) la production d'eau en bouteilles ou dans d'autres contenants, que cette eau soit destinée à la consommation humaine ou non, 2) l'extraction minière, l'exploitation en carrière et l'extraction de pétrole et de gaz et

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