Please preserve areas with great soil, like the Greenbelt. Please do not remove too much soil in areas that are great for plant agriculture. Please do not contaminate soil with polymers/plastics. Please do not test soil contaminants on animals. Instead, use only non animal methods.
As a local resident of the GTA, owning multiple businesses that are trying our best effort to always comply and do things properly if not above and beyond, I am in support of this proposed amendment as it will streamline things and get rid of a lot of the grey area thats currently in various industr
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Being an active practitioner (QP) in the field of excess soils, I still find it fairly unworkable and, overall the regulation is having a detrimental effect on the environment.
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The amendment is another step in the right direction for O. Reg 406/19. We have provided redline comments on the proposed changes and additional recommendations in the attachments.
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Please find attached AMO's Submission for this consultation titled: "O.Reg 406/19: On-site and Excess Soil Management Regulation Proposals - AMO’s Submission to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks".
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1) From page 5, regarding expanding the placement of salt-impacted soils. The first bullet states that as an example “a licensed landscape architect” could decide on the placement of salt-impacted soils at community, institutional, parkland or residential use sites.
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Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP)
Land Use Policy (Environment and Climate Change)
40 St Clair Avenue West, Foster Building, Floor 10
Toronto, ON M4V1M2
RE: ERO posting #019-7636: Implementation Pause of Excess Soil Requirements in Effect January 1, 2022
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The Class I topsoil / landscaping depot and aggregate reuse depots appear to, for the most part, have nearly identical parameters. There may be instances where a Class I reuse site operator may want to import both topsoil and aggregates at the same time for the purposes of reuse.
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Please accept the attacted from the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) as a submission to the government’s request for feedback on ERO #019-7636 - Proposed regulatory amendments to encourage greater reuse of excess soil.
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Overall, ONEIA members understand and support the intended propose of the amendments which is to encourage greater reuse of low-risk excess soils as part of a circular economy and to prevent usable soil from being disposed of in landfills as waste.
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Excess Soils Regulation – 2024 Proposed Changes
Comments from United Soils Management
United Soils Management is a beneficial reuse site that accepts clean fill under a municipal instrument granted in 2016. We are a key stakeholder in the management of excess soils.
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Please find attached Conservation Ontario's comments on the “Proposed regulatory amendments to encourage greater reuse of excess soil” (ERO#019-7636).
Conservation Ontario thanks the Province for the opportunity to provide feedback on this proposal.
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On behalf of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, please find attached our submission with respect to ERO # 019-7636 (Proposed regulatory amendments to encourage greater use of excess soil). Thanks.
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The City of Guelph appreciates the opportunity to provide input toward the proposed regulatory amendments to encourage greater reuse of excess soil. We understand that the Ministry is proposing changes in order to try and remove barriers to reuse of low-risk soils.
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Plains Midstream Canada ULC (“Plains”) is pleased to provide comments on the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (the Ministry) proposed changes to the On-Site and Excess Soil Management Regulation (the Regulation).
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