We have exempted certain Crown projects related to provincial parks and conservation reserves from Environmental Assessment Act requirements and approved the Project Evaluation Policy (formerly referred to as the Environmental Impact Assessment Policy) to move projects forward faster without compromising environmental protection.
January 14, 2022 - February 28, 2022 (45 days) Closed
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We have finalized changes to thresholds for thermal treatment facilities that determine the environmental assessment requirements for advanced recycling. These thresholds have been incorporated in Ontario Regulation 101/07: Waste Management Projects made under the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA).
We are proposing changes to the Environmental Assessment Act to provide the Minister with authority to waive or alter the 30-day waiting period following completion of a Class Environmental Assessment process. This will help critical projects to proceed more quickly.
We are proposing updates to the Technical Guidance for Soil Vapour Intrusion Assessment, which builds on a draft document previously posted for public consultation in September 2013 (011-2912). Before finalizing this document, we are once again seeking comments to ensure that the updated guidance reflects the need of stakeholders.
Ontario is providing an update on the government’s plan to move forward with a number of key initiatives that will make it easier to complete a comprehensive or individual environmental assessment (EA) while maintaining environmental oversight and opportunities for consultation.
We have amended the Municipal Class Environment Assessment to better align assessment requirements with potential environmental impacts, including conditional exemptions for certain low-risk projects. This posting provides information on those changes and brings those changes into effect.
We are proposing a regulation to update the existing environmental assessment process for the Ministry of Transportation’s Greater Toronto Area (GTA) West Transportation Corridor. The regulation would create a new streamlined process for assessing potential environmental impacts of the project, as well as consulting on it.
October 12, 2022 - November 11, 2022 (30 days) Closed
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We have decided to update the existing harmonization order for the Marathon Palladium Project. This will ensure that the harmonization order is consistent with the Environmental Assessment Act, as amended.
We have made an exemption regulation under the Environmental Assessment Act which eliminates a 30-day waiting period before the Derry Road East and Alstep Drive road improvements project in the Region of Peel can be implemented. This decision will allow the road construction project to move forward faster to improve traffic safety and traffic flow.
As part of our environmental assessment (EA) modernization efforts, we have amended the Class Environmental Assessment for Minor Transmission Facilities to better align environmental assessment requirements with the potential for environmental risk and streamline the process. This notice outlines what the amendments are and brings them into effect.
As part of our environmental assessment modernization efforts, the ministry has amended the Ontario Waterpower Association Class EA to better align EA requirements with the potential for environmental risk, eliminate duplication and streamline the process. This posting provides information on those changes and brings those changes into effect.
The Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture Industries (MHSTCI) has started a Class Environmental Assessment (EA) for Ontario Place redevelopment. This is a Category C project under the Public Work Class EA. MHSTCI is the proponent of the project and responsible for meeting the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act.
To help support expanded access to lower carbon energy sources from Ontario’s electricity grid, we have aligned our thresholds that determine which transmission lines require an individual environmental assessment with thresholds used by the Federal government for international electrical transmission lines.
October 7, 2021 - November 21, 2021 (45 days) Closed
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We have made a minor amendment to the Environmental Assessment Act to make it clearer that the authority to amend a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) and a Class EA approval, includes changing the types (or classes) of projects that can follow a Class EA.
We have exempted the Bradford Bypass project from duplicative requirements of the EAA by way of a regulation. The regulation sets conditions for the assessment process going forward and for continued environmental protection and consultations. No other Ministry of Transportation projects have been exempted from the EAA as part of this regulation.
A regulation has been made allowing Ellsin Environmental to increase the quantity of tires they can thermally treat daily without carrying out additional EA work, given the extensive EA work already completed and the various other MECP approvals required for the project which ensure environmental protections are maintained.
January 29, 2021 - March 15, 2021 (45 days) Closed
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We have made the proposed Reid Road Reservoir Quarry subject to a project-specific environmental assessment process under the Environmental Assessment Act to ensure continued protection of the environment.
We are improving the processes associated with land claim settlement and other agreements with Indigenous communities about land by removing duplication between the Environmental Assessment Act requirements and the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs’ current policies and guidelines.
February 17, 2021 - March 19, 2021 (30 days) Closed
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A declaration order has been issued to exempt a proposed transformer station at the Lake Erie Works steel plant in Nanticoke from the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act.
