December 6, 2021 - January 20, 2022 (45 days) Closed
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The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has approved amendments to the Darlington Provincial Park Management Plan. The amended plan will allow for management of native wildlife and plants in the park, if needed, so we can protect park ecosystems.
December 22, 2025 - January 21, 2026 (30 days) Closed
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The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-25-000261 to Argo gold Inc. for early exploration activities. The decision is to: issue the mineral exploration permit.
This proposal is for an amendment to Permit to Take Water No. P-300-6338405899 for R. W. TOMLINSON LIMITED. Water will be taken from one pond for aggregate extraction-dewatering purposes in Loyalist, Ontario.
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Approval to register for a technical standard for air pollution (industry standard)
ERO number
019-6359
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March 23, 2023 - May 7, 2023 (45 days) Closed
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This proposal is for C. Valley Asphalt Inc., located in Woodbridge, Ontario, to be registered under the Technical Standards Registry – Air Pollution. This facility will adhere to all technical and operational requirements in the Asphalt Mix – Industry Standard under the Local Air Quality Regulation (O. Reg. 419/05).
September 24, 2020 - November 8, 2020 (45 days) Closed
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This proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (Air) for Shell Canada OP Inc. and Shell Canada Limited, as general partners for and on behalf of Shell Canada Products at the Petroleum Refinery located in Corunna, St. Clair Township, Ontario.
October 20, 2021 - December 4, 2021 (45 days) Closed
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This proposal is for an amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 9230-8Q8K5P with Limited Operational Flexibility for Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation, an electric arc furnace steel mill and metal recycling facility located in the City of Whitby, Ontario.
We are proposing a technical standard for the carbon black sector that would include requirements to reduce sulphur dioxide air emissions from facilities that register to the technical standard. The proposed technical standard would help align the industry with similar environmental practices in other jurisdictions, such as the United States.
September 24, 2020 - November 8, 2020 (45 days) Closed
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This proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (Air) for Shell Canada OP Inc. and Shell Canada Limited, as general partners for and on behalf of Shell Canada Products, a chemical plant producing isopropyl alcohol (IPA), located in Corunna, St. Clair Township, Ontario.
November 29, 2022 - January 28, 2023 (60 days) Closed
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We are proposing a technical standard for mini mills industry to help ensure facilities that produce steel from scrap steel better control their air emissions and will align with similar standards and environmental practices of other provinces and countries, such as the United States.
November 21, 2025 - December 21, 2025 (30 days) Closed
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The Permit to Take Water No. 3063-DRZQJT was issued to Columbia Forest Products Ltd on March 9, 2026, to renew the Permit No. 0313-A32K88. Water will be taken from one pond for industrial (production of wood veneer products) prposes, located in Calvin, Ontario.
November 25, 2025 - January 9, 2026 (45 days) Closed
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An amended Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) was issued to Mount Pleasant Cemetery (London) Inc. for the operation of a crematorium facility, located in the City of London, Ontario.
We issued an Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) with Limited Operational Flexibility to Acadian Platers Company Limited, a metal surface finishing facility located in the City of Toronto, Ontario.
November 7, 2025 - December 22, 2025 (45 days) Closed
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A decision has been made on the boundaries for Ontario’s new regional conservation authorities. This spring, the government intends to introduce legislative amendments to the Conservation Authorities Act (CAA) that, if passed, would consolidate Ontario’s 36 Conservation Authorities (CAs) and create nine regional CAs, targeted to occur in early 2027
A new Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage) was granted for the existing sewage works servicing Sportsman's Lodge Wilderness Resort, which is located at 240 Kukagami Lake road in Wahnapitae, Ontario.
The site is serviced by six sewage disposal systems sized to operate with a total daily flow of 14,050 litres per day.
The ministry has issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (industrial sewage) to Hydro One Networks Inc. for the establishment of stormwater management works to serve an electrical power switching station (pickle lake switch station) located at 5 Pickle Crow Road, in the Township of Pickle Lake, Ontario.
The minister has approved updates to the assessment reports and source protection plans for the Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Region to comply with a Minister’s order issued on May 21, 2019.
This proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval for the establishment of year round subsurface sewage disposal works to service a residential cottage located on Conestogo Lake, at 1113 Road 11 North, in the Township of Mapleton, Ontario.
This proposal is for the renewal of the Limited Operational Flexibility for an Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 3298-AKFSCX for Henry Company Canada, Inc., a manufacturing facility that produces roofing, water-proofing and air barrier product, located in Petrolia, Ontario.
