{"id":95244,"date":"2018-04-16T14:28:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T18:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/RADF\/chapter-iii\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:13:06","slug":"chapter-iii","status":"publish","type":"cpt_radf","link":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter III &#8211; Protection of aquatic environments, riparian areas, wetlands and soils"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.94&#8243; module_class=&#8221;bg-radf&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.94&#8243; module_class=&#8221;wrapper-radf&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.3&#8243;]\n\n<h1>Chapiter III &#8211; Protection of aquatic environments, riparian areas, wetlands and soils<\/h1>\n<h2>Division I &#8211;\u00a0Beds of lakes and watercourses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-25\/\">Section 25.<\/a> Travel of logging machines on the bed of a lake<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-26\/\">Section 26.<\/a> Travel of logging machines on the bed of a watercourse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Division II &#8211; Open peat bogs (unwooded) with a pond, marshes, riparian shrub swamps, lakes and permanent watercourses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-27\/\">Section 27.<\/a> Strip of woodland at least 20 m wide<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-28\/\">Section 28.<\/a> Partial harvest in the strip of woodland<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-29\/\">Section 29.<\/a> Exceptions applicable to the holders of certain permits<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-30\/\">Section 30.<\/a> Opening in the strip of woodland for mine exploration work<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-31\/\">Section 31.<\/a> Opening in the strip of woodland for a forest camp<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-32\/\">Section 32.<\/a> Travel of logging machines in the riparian ecotone and the strip of woodland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Division III &#8211; Riparian shrub, open peat bogs (unwooded) without a pond and intermittent watercourses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-33\/\">Section 33.<\/a> Harvesting in riparian shrub swamps<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-34\/\">Section 34.<\/a> Travel of logging machines and harvesting near the perimeter of an open peat bog without a pond or an intermittent watercourse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Division IV &#8211;\u00a0Sylvicultural drainage, washing water, contaminants, earth and tree debris<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a71. Sylvicultural drainage ditch<\/h3>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-35\/\">Section 35.<\/a> Openings in the strip of woodland<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-36\/\">Section 36.<\/a> Creation of networks of drainage ditches<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-37\/\">Section 37.<\/a> Maintenance of settling ponds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a72. Discharge, recovery and treatment of washing water<\/h3>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-38\/\">Section 38.<\/a> Location for washing of logging machines<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-39\/\">Section 39.<\/a> Discharge of water used to wash logging machines<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-40\/\">Section 40.<\/a> Recovery and treatment of water used to wash logging machines<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-41\/\">Section 41.<\/a> Certificate of compliance with standards relating to water used to wash logging machines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a73. Discharge of contaminants and earth and removal of trees or tree debris<\/h3>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-42\/\">Section 42.<\/a> Discharge of contaminants<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-43\/\">Section 43.<\/a> Discharge of earth<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-44\/\">Section 44.<\/a> Removal of trees or parts of trees in aquatic or wetland environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Division V &#8211; Soils<\/h2>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-45\/\">Section 45.<\/a> Rutting<\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-46\/\">Section 46.<\/a> Fertility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"dkpdf-button-header\"><div id=\"dgari-pdf-imprimer\"><a href=\"\" class=\"telecharger_pdf\"  pdf=\"radf-chapter-iii-en.pdf\" title=\"Chapter III\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"text-align:center;\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdf.png\"><p>Chapter III<\/p><\/a><div id=\"dgari-pdf-chargement\" style=\"display:none;\"><p>Pr\u00e9paration du PDF. 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