November 8, 2024 - December 23, 2024 (45 days) Closed
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The ministry has issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage) to Hydro Ottawa Limited to construct new spill containment systems to service a proposed Municipal Hydro Transformer Substation located at 5134 Piperville Road, in the City of Ottawa, Ontario.
August 18, 2023 - October 2, 2023 (45 days) Closed
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Establishment of an industrial stormwater management Works to serve Great Lakes Port Management Inc. (GLPM), trucking/trailer site, located in the City of Thorold, for the collection, transmission, treatment and disposal of stormwater run-off from a total catchment area of approximately 5.0 hectares, to provide normal level water quality.
The ministry has issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage) to Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited for the installation of an oil containment system as part of transformer replacement work serving electrical utility distribution stations, located at 62 Elmhurst Drive, in the City of Toronto, Ontario.
Instrument type:
Approval of an amendment to the Niagara Escarpment Plan
ERO number
019-5928
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
September 1, 2022 - October 31, 2022 (60 days) Closed
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A decision was made to approve an amendment to the Niagara Escarpment Plan to re-designate 30.5 ha of land from Escarpment Rural Area to Mineral Resource Extraction Area to facilitate an expansion to the existing Dufferin Milton quarry and to approve site specific policy amendments to support the expansion.
October 18, 2023 - December 2, 2023 (45 days) Closed
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We have approved a new Environmental Compliance Approval No. 2936-DHGLJZ for York1 Tiffin Recycling Ltd. for the construction and operation of a waste disposal site (processing) located within a 1.639 hectares total site area located at 529 Tiffin Street in the City of Barrie.
This proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air & noise) for Miller Waste Systems Inc., a non-hazardous municipal waste collection and handling facility, located in the City of Brampton, Ontario.
This proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage) to install stormwater management works facilities serving TC LAND 2 INC. as general partner for and on behalf of TC Land 2 Partnership and TC Land 2 Partnership through its general partner TC LAND LP by ANNEXPARK LAND GP CORP. as the general partner of TC Land 2 Partnership.
Permit to Take Water No. 1481-DGLHVS has been issued to Santa's Village Inc. for recreational purposes. Water will be taken from four intakes of Muskoka River, located in the Municipality of Muskoka, Ontario.
On June 27, 2025, the Minister of Infrastructure made a zoning order, filed as Ontario Regulation (O. Reg.) 143/25, for lands designated for a transit oriented community in the City of Toronto.
The environmental assessment requirements for the York1 waste disposal site project were removed with the Royal Assent of the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025, on June 5, 2025, to help provide additional waste capacity in Ontario.
We have amended the Environmental Assessment Act to remove the requirement for a comprehensive environmental assessment for the Eagle’s Nest mine project.
We have updated our compliance policy to provide greater transparency on how the ministry responds to environmental incidents, reduce burden on the regulated community and enhance the ministry’s ability to swiftly address incidents that pose a higher risk to the natural environment or human health.
February 17, 2023 - March 19, 2023 (30 days) Closed
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Permit to Take Water No. 7347-8VXPMJ has been issued to Oakland Greens Golf & Country Club Inc for golf course irrigation and water supply purposes. Water will be taken from one well and one pond, located at 1993 Asphodel 7th Line in Norwood, Ontario.
The ministry has issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval to Hagersville Battery Storage Inc. for industrial stormwater management works serving a proposed battery storage energy system located at 297 Concession 10 Walpole, in the Town of Hagersville.
An amended Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air & noise) was issued to PPG Canada Inc., a manufacturing facility producing seal-caps, paints and coatings largely for the aerospace industry, located in the City of Mississauga, Ontario.
