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SWIFT 2009, Toronto Dust Palliative Environmental Requirements Dust Palliative Environmental Requirements for Gravel Runways in Qu for Gravel Runways in Qu é é bec: bec: A Practitioner A Practitioner ’ ’ s Perspective s Perspective Caroline Vigneault, Géographe
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SWIFT 2009, Toronto
Dust Palliative Environmental RequirementsDust Palliative Environmental Requirementsfor Gravel Runways in Qufor Gravel Runways in Quéébec:bec:
A PractitionerA Practitioner’’s Perspectives Perspective
Caroline Vigneault, Géographe
TRANSPORT QUÉBEC AIRPORTS
Gravel runway
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS ON DUST PALLIATIVES
WHY?
SAFE FOR HUMANS
NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS ON DUST PALLIATIVES
WHAT FOR?
QUANTITATIVELY EVALUATE ANY IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH, WILDLIFE, WATER AND SOIL .
PRODUCT CERTIFICATION FROM BUREAU DE LA NORMALISATION DU QUÉBEC (BNQ) ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS FOR
DUST ABATEMENT PRODUCTS FOR NON-ASPHALTED ROADS AND OTHER SIMILAR SURFACES
ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS ON DUST PALLIATIVES
WHAT IS REQUIRED?
Establishes the ecotoxicological requirements for dust abatement
products
Known and identifiable chemical formula or industrial process
Not considered as/Devoid of the properties of a hazardous substance
BNQ STANDARD ON DUST ABATEMENT PRODUCTS FOR NON-ASPHALTED
ROADS AND OTHER SIMILAR SURFACES
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Product complexity indexSource : presence of critical contaminantsLevel of acceptable degradation achievedIndex of product mobilityBioconcentration potential of detected critical contaminantsAquatic toxicity levelSoil toxicity levelGenotoxicity level
BNQ STANDARD ON DUST ABATEMENT PRODUCTS FOR NON-ASPHALTED
ROADS AND OTHER SIMILAR SURFACES
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
BNQ STANDARD ON DUST ABATEMENT PRODUCTS FOR NON-ASPHALTED
ROADS AND OTHER SIMILAR SURFACES
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
Ex.
Total score for all specific requirements no higher than 4 500
For a two year period
Request processing fees 5 350$Sampling visit 1 500$Lab analyis 35 000$Follow-up visits (2/year) 6 000$
48 000$
BNQ STANDARD ON DUST ABATEMENT PRODUCTS FOR NON-ASPHALTED
ROADS AND OTHER SIMILAR SURFACES
FINANCIAL INVESTMENT
Certified product not suitable for aicraftsUse of a non-certified product with temporary authorisationProhibitive cost for certification given limited sales in QuébecProof of product ‘’certifyability’’ to obtain long-term authorisationConditional long term autorisation because of one criteria
BNQ STANDARD ON DUST ABATEMENT PRODUCTS FOR NON-ASPHALTED
ROADS AND OTHER SIMILAR SURFACES
OUR EXPERIENCE
QUESTIONS ?QUESTIONS ?
