A new Environmental Compliance Approval was granted to Denva Greenhouses Inc. for the stormwater management works serving a total of 11.44 hectares of drainage area (watershed 1 and watershed 2) of greenhouse development, located at 2980 South Talbot Road, in the Town of Kingsville, County of Essex, Ontario.
November 14, 2025 - December 29, 2025 (45 days) Closed
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The ministry has issued an amended Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) to Ontario Power Generation Inc. for stormwater management works associated with the Phase II Pickering Waste Management Facility (PWMF) located at 1675 Montgomery Park Road, in the City of Pickering, Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario.
New Permit to Take Water No. 0008-DRGQM2 was issued to Explor Resources Inc. on March 23, 2026, to support mining and domestic water supply for advanced exploration purposes. Water will be taken from the Mattagami River, near the City of Timmins, District of Cochrane, Ontario for 2 years.
Instrument type:
Issuance of a licence to remove over 20,000 tonnes of aggregate annually from a pit or a quarry
ERO number
013-3690
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
ProposalUpdated
Proposal posted
Comment period
September 24, 2018 - November 8, 2018 (45 days) Closed
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James Dick Construction has applied for a Class A licence (Category 1 and 2 - Pit and Quarry Below Water) to excavate aggregate from a pit and quarry 29.4 hectares in size. This application is for the establishment of a new pit and quarry. The annual tonnage condition applies for is 990,000 tonnes.
Instrument type:
Issuance of a licence to remove over 20,000 tonnes of aggregate annually from a pit or a quarry
ERO number
019-0401
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
ProposalUpdated
Proposal posted
Comment period
August 6, 2019 - September 20, 2019 (45 days) Closed
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Wenco Properties Ltd has applied to upgrade their license from a Class B licence to Class A licence (pit and quarry above the water table greater than 20,000 tonnes) for a 60 hectare site in the Township of MacGregor.
Instrument type:
Requirement that licensee amend the site plan for a pit or quarry
ERO number
012-7585
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
ProposalUpdated
Proposal posted
Comment period
May 9, 2016 - June 8, 2016 (30 days) Closed
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Dumont Backhoe Services, the licensee and land owner, was issued a grandfathered Class “B” licence following the designation of Nipissing District on January 1, 2007. The licence is a Category 5 – pit (below water table) on a site of 34 hectares in size.
The 2025-26 Annual Report from the Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO) to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is now available on Ontario.ca. The report includes COSSARO’s assessments and resulting classifications of species in accordance with the Species Conservation Act, 2025 (SCA).
We amended Renewable Energy Approval No. 6457-9L6QLC for the Grand Valley Wind Farms Phase 3 Project, located in the Town of Grand Valley and Township of Amaranth. This is to allow the capacity increase of fourteen turbines from 2.483 megawatts (MW) to 2.648 MW, increasing the overall nameplate capacity of the facility from 40 MW to 42.368 MW.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines is launching a study to preserve a corridor of land within and adjacent to the Parkway Belt area for future transmission infrastructure. The purpose of the study is to identify which of those lands will be needed to ensure electricity demand growth in the Greater Toronto Area can be met reliably and affordably.
We are seeking feedback on a proposal to amend R.R.O. 1990 Regulation 826 under the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act to update the Area of Development Control where it overlaps with the Parkway Belt West Plan within the City of Burlington, and to align with the Niagara Escarpment Plan boundary in Dufferin County.
MMAH is seeking feedback on a proposal to revoke the Parkway Belt West Plan,1978, and the Parkway Belt West Plan Planning Area. This notice re-engages on the previous 2022 proposal in order to seek current input. See ERO 026-0230 for a proposal to revoke the five remaining Minister’s Zoning Orders used to establish the Parkway Belt West Plan.
This notice seeks feedback on a proposal to revoke the five remaining Minister’s Zoning Orders used to establish the Parkway Belt West Plan (“PBWP” or “Plan”) and the Parkway Belt West Planning Area. This notice is part of the proposal to revoke the Parkway Belt West Plan (see ERO 026-0229).
October 25, 2022 - December 30, 2022 (66 days) Closed
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MMAH sought feedback on a proposal to revoke the Parkway Belt West Plan. The province has considered feedback received on this proposal and has decided to initiate two new ERO proposals (026-0229 and 026-0230) to gather input based on the current provincial land use planning system and additional government corridor-protection related initiatives.
October 23, 2025 - November 22, 2025 (30 days) Closed
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The government has proposed Planning Act and City of Toronto Act, 2006 changes to create a regulation-making authority to establish a minimum residential lot size in urban areas. The government is consulting on a proposed regulation that would set a minimum residential lot size of 175 square metres.
