{"id":163426,"date":"2023-08-13T12:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T16:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrcpontiac.qc.ca\/?page_id=163426"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:37:12","slug":"quarries-sandpits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mrcpontiac.qc.ca\/en\/business\/quarries-sandpits\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarries &#038; Sandpits"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"163426\" class=\"elementor elementor-163426\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b05594c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b05594c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f8d72a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f8d72a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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MRC;<\/li><li>The grant, renewal, revocation and recording in the mining and real property registry of extraction permits and operating leases of sand pits and quarries,\u00a0as well as obtaining authorization certificates in accordance with\u00a0Article 22 of the Environment Quality Act;<\/li><li>Inspection and control of sand and gravel extraction on public land;<\/li><li>Collection of rent and royalties;<\/li><li>Restoration of sand and gravel pits after extraction.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e55d825 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e55d825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dff121 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4dff121\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ceb910 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8ceb910\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86b287c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86b287c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Forms:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e49b300 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e49b300\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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