Approval was issued to establish, use and operate a new seasonal non-municipal sewage works, for the treatment of sanitary sewage to service Hammock Harbour RV Park on an area of 24.6 ha. land and disposal of effluent to surface water at the unnamed creek within the Atherley-Sucker Creek Wetland Watershed, via a package sewage treatment plant.
Instrument type:
Approval to amend a municipality’s official plan
ERO number
025-0187
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
June 4, 2025 - July 4, 2025 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
A decision was made on September 5, 2025, to approve the City of Cambridge Official Plan Amendment 87, as adopted by By-law 24-123. The Official Plan Amendment 87 proposes to add a site-specific policy to permit a maximum density of 61 units per hectare for the lands municipally known as 36 Elliott Street.
January 29, 2026 - February 28, 2026 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
This proposal is for a renewal to Permit To Take Water No. 1780-A89H8G for John LeGros for golf course irrigation purposes. Water will be taken from one lake and one pond in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
Instrument type:
Approval to amend a municipality’s official plan
ERO number
025-0672
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
June 18, 2025 - August 2, 2025 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
A decision was made on March 16, 2026, to modify and approve, the Town of Whitby Official Plan Amendment 138. The approved Official Plan Amendment 138 delineates and plans for the Whitby GO Protected Major Transit Station Area.
On July 8, 2020, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing filed a Minister's Zoning Order with the Registrar of Regulations as Ontario Regulation 356/20 to permit employment uses on land in the Township of Perth South.
Instrument type:
Approval to amend a municipality’s official plan
ERO number
019-8676
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
May 24, 2024 - June 23, 2024 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
A decision was made on August 29, 2024, to approve the County of Simcoe Official Plan Amendment 8 as adopted by By-law No. 7053-24 without modification. Official Plan Amendment 8 re-designates 6.57 hectares of land from “Agricultural” to “Settlements” to facilitate a minor expansion to the rural settlement of Guthrie in the Township of Oro-Medonte.
August 15, 2025 - September 14, 2025 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
Permit to Take Water No. P-300-8369658816 was issued on December 19, 2025, to renew Permit to Take Water No. 1184-9Z4PEC for the purpose of golf course irrigation. Water will be taken from one irrigation pond and Lake Huron, for 10 years.
August 9, 2023 - September 8, 2023 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
This notice was published in error and it is a duplicate of 019-7209. 019-7209 was posted on the Environmental Registry of Ontario on June 9, 2023, with a 30 day comment period ending July 9, 2023, and the decision was made to issue the mineral exploration permit PR-23-000154 to Metals Creek Resources on August 2, 2023.
We updated the Guideline for Implementing Environmental Penalties to provide specific values of monetary penalties that may apply to petroleum facilities if they contravene sulphur dioxide regulations. We also removed references related to the repealed Effluent Monitoring and Effluent Limit regulations that applied to industrial facilities.
We would like to advise you that the 2020 – 2030 Forest Management Plan for the Algoma Forest has been approved by the Ministry’s Regional Director and is available for inspection.
The Endangered Species Act, 2007 was amended as part of the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 to better enable positive outcomes for species at risk while streamlining processes.
September 11, 2019 - October 11, 2019 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
We renewed Permit to Take Water No. 3170-7VQT7F with Permit to Take Water No. 3076-BJ4PQQ for Walker Aggregates Inc. for industrial dewatering purposes related to quarry activities, located in the Town of Lincoln, Ontario.
Instrument type:
Order to comply with a site specific air standard
ERO number
019-2526
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
November 5, 2020 - December 20, 2020 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
This decision extends the time for Algoma Steel Inc. to complete the installation of emission controls for benzene by one year. The proposal was posted for 45 days to allow public input on this order to extend the time for these controls to be installed.
We are moving forward with regulatory changes to allow the ministry and drinking water systems to act quickly to help ensure that drinking water in Ontario is protected during an emergency, including by providing systems with temporary staffing options, and operators with temporary relief from training and certification requirements.
