{"id":95346,"date":"2018-05-22T08:28:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T12:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/RADF\/section-37\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:15:15","slug":"section-37","status":"publish","type":"cpt_radf","link":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Section 37"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[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;3.3.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"titre-section\">Chapter III \u2013 Protection of aquatic environments, riparian areas, wetlands and soils<br \/>\nDivision IV &#8211;\u00a0Sylvicultural drainage, washing water, contaminants, earth and tree debris<br \/>\n\u00a71. Sylvicultural drainage ditch<\/p>\n<h1>Section 37<\/h1>\n<p>The settling pond must remain operational and be drained when the water height above the sediments is less than 30 cm over at least 50% of the settling pond\u2019s area.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/drapeau-texte.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"disposition\">\n<h2>1<\/h2>\n<h4>Objectives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To preserve the integrity of an aquatic, wetland or riparian environment<\/li>\n<li>To avoid carrying sediment into an aquatic, wetland or riparian environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Art036_anglais-web.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Rules governing the digging of a drainage ditch or network of sylvicultural drainage ditches\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Art036_anglais-web.jpg\" alt=\"Rules governing the digging of a drainage ditch or network of sylvicultural drainage ditches\" width=\"380\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Figure 36<\/span> Rules governing the digging of a drainage ditch or network of sylvicultural drainage ditches<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":95244,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":""},"class_list":["post-95346","cpt_radf","type-cpt_radf","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Section 37 - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-iii\/section-37\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Section 37 - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[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;3.3.1&#8243;] Chapter III \u2013 Protection of aquatic environments, riparian areas, wetlands and soils Division IV &#8211;\u00a0Sylvicultural drainage, washing water, contaminants, earth and tree debris \u00a71. 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