This is completely unnecessary and just as disingenuous and ill-gotten an idea as removing lands from the Greenbelt and redrawing municipal boundaries to further chip away at protected areas and our waters for the sake of private business profit.
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The proposal for Waste management systems is expanding the permit-by-rule process to include high-risk activities that pose serious threats to human health and the environment.
The proposal would expand permit-by-rule to cover the transportation of:
• Asbestos Waste
• Biomedical Waste
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ERO 19-6951, streamlines the already streamlined permit-to-rule framework;
ERO 19-6853, streamlines water taking for construction dewatering & foundation drains;
ERO 19-6928, which streamlines stormwater management; and,
ERO 19-6963, which streamlines waste management systems.
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October 30, 2023
Client Services and Permissions Branch
Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
RE: Proposal: Streamlining environmental permissions for waste management systems under the Environmental Activity and Sector Registry
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Please do not proceed with this proposal. Waste must be highly regulated to protect human health and the environment. In the case of a spill, $500,000 insurance could, and likely would, be wholly insufficient.
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Comments submitted by:
Michael G. Farlow, President, Transition to Less Waste (TTLW) and Suzanne
Crellin, on behalf of Transition to Less Waste (TTLW)
Regarding ERO Proposals:
019-6928, 019-6853, 019-6963, 019-6951 – “Environmental Permissions
Modernization”
October 30, 2023
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I am very concerned about the streamlining proposals that are described in this ERO. Specifically, I worry that eliminating critical government and public scrutiny from some projects could have significant impacts on the environment and human health.
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Je n'ai malheureusement pas eu le temps d’étudier en détail tout les changements présents dans ces propositions.
Mais après avoir appris que plusieurs organisations à qui je fais confiance, étaient opposés à ces nouvelles propositions, je ne peux à mon tour que m'opposer à celles-ci.
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From the municipal perspective, there are some concerns with the Waste Management System EASR Expansion proposal, and the following comments are provided for consideration:
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Attention: Hon. Andrea Khanjin,
Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
College Park 5th Floor
777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3
Delivered via email: minister.mecp@ontario.ca, permissions.modernization@ontario.ca and the ERO
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Dear Minister Khanjin,
The MECP finished up their final webinar related to this package of proposals only 4 days ago. I am requesting a reset of the public comment period to 145 so that Ontarians like myself have more time to review these proposals and make comment.
Thank you.
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ERO # 019-6963
Proposed Regulation Amendment
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Streamlining environmental permissions for waste management systems under the Environmental Activity and Sector Registry
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I am against this proposal. It is unbelievable to me that Ontario is even considering it.
Rules and regulations are in place for a reason to protect us and the environment.
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I am concerned that financial assurance will be removed for PCB which is a carcinogen and that these changes will limit public participation especially around toxic Chemicals such as asbestos and biomedical waste.
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I support the comments made by the Canadian Environmental Law Association with respect to the expansion of the permit by rule system to include hazardous materials such as asbestos and biomedical waste, pub waste etc.
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