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We finalized the amended and restated Operating Agreement between the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks and the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority. The amendments will help ensure transparent and effective oversight for Ontario’s producer responsibility model and will address necessary administrative changes.

Application has been grated to D’Arcey Sand & Gravel Ltd. to vary a condition their current licence to authorize an increase in the number of tonnes of aggregate to be removed in a calendar year.

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.

The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has posted a new proposal (ERO # 019-2826) which addresses amendments to its Statement of Environmental Values. Therefore a decision has been made not to proceed with this proposal. This notice is to advise that the posting is closed.

On January 9, 2017 the ministry proposed a Transitional Operating Agreement (TOA) between the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change and the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority, under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016. After considering input received, a decision was made to finalize the TOA.

We have made York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd.’s proposal to resume landfill operations and expand on-site waste handling, processing and transfer operations at the property, formerly known as the Dresden Tile Yard, in Chatham-Kent, subject to a comprehensive environmental assessment under Part II.3 of the Environmental Assessment Act.

Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is not proceeding with Crown Land Roads Manual revisions.

A regulation has been made allowing Ellsin Environmental to increase the quantity of tires they can thermally treat daily without carrying out additional EA work, given the extensive EA work already completed and the various other MECP approvals required for the project which ensure environmental protections are maintained.

In an ongoing effort to modernize the Environmental Registry and keep it current, we have identified this as a posting that is no longer pertinent or active.

We have exempted certain Crown projects related to provincial parks and conservation reserves from Environmental Assessment Act requirements and approved the Project Evaluation Policy (formerly referred to as the Environmental Impact Assessment Policy) to move projects forward faster without compromising environmental protection.

All proposed regulation amendments and part of the proposed Provincial Standards amendments will be implemented.

We have not made a decision on the proposal. To keep the Environmental Registry current, we are closing this posting.

Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to allow Bedard Sand and Gravel Limited to increase the extraction area and amend the seasonal operating restrictions for Licence No. 624854, operating in the City of Kawartha Lakes.

Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to allow Erie Sand & Gravel Limited in the Municipality of Leamington to import up to 750,000 cubic metres of excess soil to this site for final rehabilitation.

Following the August 17, 2017 proposal and subsequent 45-day consultation period, Ontario is implementing changes to the Statement of Environmental Values for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to reflect current ministry priorities.