We amended seven Class Environmental Assessments to align them with the move to a project list approach for projects that will require a comprehensive environmental assessment. This posting provides information on those amendments and brings them into effect.
August 21, 2023 - October 5, 2023 (45 days) Closed
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This proposal for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) for GFL Environmental Services Inc., for the use and operation of a waste transfer/processing facility located at 626 Polymoore Drive, Corunna, Ontario has been cancelled. No approval was issued.
As part of our environmental assessment modernization efforts, we have amended the class Environmental Assessment for Provincial Transportation Facilities. This will reduce duplication and improve the process for lower-risk transportation infrastructure projects, while maintaining strong environmental oversight and protection.
October 23, 2025 - November 22, 2025 (30 days) Closed
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The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing consulted from October 23 to November 22, 2025, on municipal use of Enhanced Development Standards at the lot level. The Ministry received 134 submissions and reviewed this input to help inform future policy direction.
A new Environmental Compliance Approval was issued for the establishment of industrial sewage treatment and year round subsurface sewage disposal works, servicing Walinga Inc., for domestic sewage for the site located at 5656 Highway 6, Township of Guelph/Eramosa.
A Certificate of Property Use was issued to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo for the property located at 188 Water Street South, in the City of Cambridge, on June 7, 2023.
December 20, 2019 - February 3, 2020 (45 days) Closed
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We amended Renewable Energy Approval No. 6428-8LGLBH for the Woolwich Bio-En Inc. Anaerobic Digestion Facility, located at 50 Martin’s Lane in the Township of Woolwich, Regional Municipality of Waterloo.
We have issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage) to 2304975 Ontario Ltd. for the installation of a proposed subsurface sewage disposal system, sized to operate with a total daily flow of 10,175 litres per day, to service trailer sites at 308 Brennan Harbour Road in the Unorganized Town of Spanish, Ontario.
September 27, 2022 - November 11, 2022 (45 days) Closed
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Labatt Brewing Company Limited requested to withdraw their application for an Environmental Compliance Approval. The application is considered withdrawn, and no approval was issued.
January 14, 2014 - February 28, 2014 (45 days) Closed
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Marten Falls First Nation is leading preparation of a community based land use plan, working together with the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) within the context of the Far North Land Use Planning Initiative. Marten Falls is a fly-in community located on the Albany River and 170 km northeast of Nakina Ontario.
This proposal is to renew Permit To Take Water No. 3585-85KGHG for Rubicon Minerals Corporation for industrial and drinking water supply purposes. Water will be taken from the East Bay of Red Lake, located in the Township of Bateman, Red Lake, Ontario.
As part of our environmental assessment modernization efforts, we have amended the Public Work Class Environmental Assessment to better align the assessment requirements for projects in respect of government property with their anticipated environmental impacts while maintaining strong environmental oversight and protection.
February 20, 2026 - April 6, 2026 (45 days) Closed
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This proposal is for an amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval No. 0657-AJTU6C, for Fehr Holdings Inc. for stormwater management facilities serving the phase 4 & 5 Building Expansion from the lands located at 477 Highway 77, in the Municipality of Leamington, County of Essex, Ontario.
In collaboration with the government of Canada and many other partners, we have developed a Canada-Ontario Lake Erie Action Plan, which includes over 120 actions to reduce phosphorus loads to Lake Erie by 40 per cent.
