August 16, 2024 - September 15, 2024 (30 days) Closed
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A decision was made to approve a site-specific amendment to remove certain lands in the Town of Oakville from the Parkway Belt West Plan (PBWP) and the associated Minister's Zoning Order (MZO), filed as Ontario Regulation 481/73.
The PBWP amendment is approved as amendment No. 245 and the MZO amendment is filed as Ontario Regulation 253/25.
The Smiths Falls Golf and Country Club, Limited requested to withdraw their application for a permit to take water (PTTW) for golf course irrigation and water supply purposes. The application is considered withdrawn and no permit was issued.
We have issued a new Permit to Take Water No. 6047-CHMR86 on September 7, 2022, which cancels and replaces Permit to Take Water No. 3185-AU8GBH, for The Heights of Horseshoe Ski and Country Club. Water will be taken from two wells for the purpose of snowmaking, located in the City of Barrie, County of Simcoe, Ontario.
We finalized the recovery strategy for Yellow-breasted Chat. The Government of Ontario is seeking input on the species-specific policy (government response statement) through a survey that closes May 25, 2020.
An Environmental Compliance Approval (waste site) 20-KEN-82275 for Asselin Transportation and Storage Ltd. was issued on November 24, 2020 for a hauled sewage site in the Township of Fleming, Ontario.
The Minister has approved amendments to the Severn Sound and Nottawasaga Valley assessment reports and associated South Georgian Bay Lake Simcoe Source Protection Plan. The amendments update vulnerable area mapping associated with two municipal drinking water wells in the Craighurst and Horseshoe Highlands drinking water systems within Oro-Medonte.
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 are proposing to extend the expiry date for Environmental Assessment Act approvals by 10 years for certain projects once the relevant amendments to the Act come into effect. This extension will allow the projects to proceed (subject to any other permits and approvals required) instead of requiring a new environmental assessment to be completed.
October 7, 2021 - November 21, 2021 (45 days) Closed
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We have made a minor amendment to the Environmental Assessment Act to make it clearer that the authority to amend a Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) and a Class EA approval, includes changing the types (or classes) of projects that can follow a Class EA.
September 26, 2025 - October 26, 2025 (30 days) Closed
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We are proposing amendments to O.Reg. 509/18 (Energy and Water Efficiency – Appliances and Products) (“Efficiency Regulation”), made under the Electricity Act, 1998 to harmonize the efficiency standards for five products through rolling incorporation by reference to Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) standards, and address administrative changes.
October 24, 2022 - December 8, 2022 (45 days) Closed
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We have issued a Renewable Energy Approval to the Town of Petawawa to retrofit an existing water treatment facility to help them turn waste into energy. They will use a process called anaerobic digestion to break down waste and create biogas. This biogas will be used to generate electricity.
October 23, 2025 - November 22, 2025 (30 days) Closed
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Bill 60, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025, passed Third Reading, which amends section 53 of the Ontario Water Resources Act to exempt certain sewage systems on a single agricultural property servicing on-farm worker housing, up to 50,000 litres per day cumulatively, from requiring a sewage works environmental compliance approval.
An Environmental Compliance Approval (waste site) 20-KEN-60418 for Asselin Transportation and Storage Ltd. was issued on November 24, 2020 for a hauled sewage site in Unorganized Township, Ontario.
We are proposing updates to the document Records of Site Condition: A Guide on Site Assessment, the Cleanup of Brownfield Sites and the Filing of Records of Site Condition (RSC Guide) to help those involved in brownfields redevelopment projects in Ontario understand the Record of Site Condition (RSC) program processes and requirements.
September 17, 2020 - December 16, 2020 (90 days) Closed
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The comments received by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture are consistent with the language in the Ministry of Health Statement of Environmental Values.
July 26, 2023 - September 11, 2023 (47 days) Closed
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Ontario is proceeding with the proposal to enable the transport of preserved baitfish and leeches into and out of Bait Management Zones (BMZ) and to allow the direct transport of both live and dead baitfish and leeches out of a BMZ and into an adjacent BMZ so that they can be used in the BMZ they were acquired in.
October 28, 2019 - November 27, 2019 (30 days) Closed
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We’ve made amendments to the Wells Regulation to reduce administrative burden for the well construction industry, while maintaining protections for the environment, human health and public safety, and consumers.
Bill 56, the Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025, has received Third Reading on October 30, 2025. Schedules 9 and 11 of Bill 56 make minor amendments to the Species Conservation Act, 2025 and associated consequential amendments to other statutes.
Instrument type:
Changes to the site plan for a pit or quarry
ERO number
025-0850
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Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
September 11, 2025 - October 14, 2025 (33 days) Closed
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Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to allow The Sarjeant Company Limited to import 12, 003, 200 cubic metres of excess soil to allow for rehabilitation and resale of the material in the Township of Oro-Medonte
