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This decision is for a new Permit to Take Water for De Beers Canada Inc. for construction dewatering purposes. Water will be taken for the construction of an Alternative Pond consisting of two lobes and for ice road construction at the Victor Mine site, located approximately 90 kilometres west of Attawapiskat.

We have issued an Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage) to Eva Lillian McCurry for the establishment of works for the treatment and subsurface disposal of domestic sewage, with a daily sanitary design flow of 47,200 litres per day, to service the year-round Root River Trailer Court located at 103 Old Highway 17 North, City of Sault Ste. Marie.

A Permit to Take Water No. 1640-CLVP4J was issued to Caledon Ski Club Limited on December 19, 2022, to amend Permit No. 1236-83DQ27 for five years. Water will be taken from two wells and two watercourses for the purpose of communal water supply and snowmaking, located in the Town of Caledon, Ontario.

We have issued a director’s order to Rain Carbon Canada Inc. requiring them to hold a public meeting and submit applications and supporting documentation for new site-specific standards and an amended environmental compliance approval by May 1, 2023.

Pursuant to Section 53 of the Planning Act, provisional consent was granted on December 19, 2022 in respect of Application 48-C-219766 to sever a piece of land approximately 38.8 hectares in size from PIN 49123-0185 (LT) to be consolidated with PIN 49123-0186 (LT), in Phelps unincorporated township, Nipissing District.

The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-22-000308 to MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. for early exploration activities.

The decision is to issue the mineral exploration permit.

The government has made changes to the Planning Act and Development Charges Act, 1997 through Bill 23 – the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 to encourage gentle density in most existing residential areas province-wide.

Through Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, amendments have been made to the Planning Act and the Development Charges Act, 1997 to reduce municipal development-related charges. These changes will help the government achieve its goal of building 1.5 million homes over the next ten years.

The government has made changes to the Planning Act and City of Toronto Act to support increasing housing supply and streamlining planning approvals.

We have amended three producer responsibility regulations made under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016. These changes reduce or remove burden, correct market issues, increase transparency, align administrative and technical provisions between the regulations and remove old provisions.

We finalized a new regulation that will allow the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority to issue administrative penalties for not abiding by the provisions in the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 and specified regulations.

We have issued a new Permit to Take Water No. 8774-CJWQE8 on December 15, 2022 for Richmond Churchill Developments Inc. Water will be taken from two ponds for construction dewatering and groundwater remediation purposes located in the City of Ottawa. This new permit expires on December 15, 2027.

We have issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) to Shirley Ann Johnson for subsurface sewage disposal works.

A Permit to Take Water was not issued. The application was withdrawn at the request of the applicant.

We issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) for Cyclone Manufacturing Incorporated, an aerospace parts manufacturing facility, located at 2225 Meadowpine Boulevard in the City of Mississauga, Ontario.

The applicant had not responded to additional information requests by the deadline imposed, as a result the application has been cancelled.

We have issued a new Permit to Take Water No. P-300-2190808759 on December 14, 2022 for St. Marys Cement Inc. (Canada) for manufacturing purposes. Water will be taken from one well for manufacturing purposes located in the City of Ottawa, Ontario. The new permit expires on December 13, 2032.