Discharges of visible smoke from burning certain materials and dark smoke prohibited
4 Discharges of visible smoke from burning certain materials and dark smoke prohibited
A person who, in the course of or in connection with a business or a commercial activity, burns or allows a material listed in Schedule 2 to be burnt so as to cause or allow visible smoke to be discharged into the environment commits an offence.
Penalty: $5 000.
A person who, in the course of or in connection with a business or a commercial activity, burns or allows any material to be burnt so as to cause or allow dark smoke to be discharged into the environment for more than 4 minutes in any hour commits an offence.
Penalty: $5 000.
Subregulation (2) does not apply to a solid or liquid burnt in a vehicle’s engine on a road, a locomotive’s engine while the locomotive is operating on a railway line or an aircraft’s engine while the aircraft is taking off, landing, taxiing or in flight.
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