Instrument type:
Approval to register for a technical standard for air pollution (industry standard)
ERO number
025-0221
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
June 12, 2025 - July 27, 2025 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
We have granted approval to Mill-AM Corporation, located in Windsor, Ontario, to be registered under the Technical Standards Registry - Air Pollution.
This facility is required to adhere to all technical and operational requirements in the Asphalt Mix - Industry Standard under the Local Air Quality Regulation.
December 12, 2025 - January 26, 2026 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
This application is for an amendment to existing Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) No. A420018 for the expansion of Landfill Gas Collection System (stages 5 and 6) of the Eastern Ontario Waste Handling Facility.
Instrument type:
Approval to amend a municipality’s official plan
ERO number
025-1455
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Proposal
Proposal posted
Comment period
January 30, 2026 - March 1, 2026 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has received Official Plan Amendment 166 (OPA 166) from the City of London for a decision. OPA 166 proposes to expand the Urban Growth Boundary for the City of London by redesignating select lands to accommodate both future residential and industrial growth over a 30-year planning horizon to 2054.
Instrument type:
Approval to register for a technical standard for air pollution (industry standard)
ERO number
026-0238
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Proposal
Proposal posted
Comment period
March 24, 2026 - May 8, 2026 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
This proposal is for Four Star Plating Industries Ltd. located in Toronto to be registered under the Technical Standards Registry – Air Pollution. This facility will adhere to all technical and operational requirements in the Metal Finishers – Industry Standard under the Local Air Quality Regulation (O. Reg. 419/05).
August 8, 2025 - September 22, 2025 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
We want to hear from municipalities, Indigenous communities, and others how to best support rural, northern, and Indigenous communities with access to natural gas for development. Our goal is to enable affordable heating and energy options for communities to foster economic growth.
Instrument type:
Issuance of a licence to remove over 20,000 tonnes of aggregate annually from a pit or a quarry
ERO number
019-4948
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
ProposalUpdated
Proposal posted
Comment period
March 29, 2022 - May 30, 2022 (62 days) Closed
Last updated
Traxton Holdings c/o Greenwood Paving (Pembroke) Ltd. has applied for a licence to operate a quarry above the water table in the Township of Laurentian Valley.
Instrument type:
Permit for activities to achieve an overall benefit to a species
ERO number
019-6213
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
November 24, 2022 - December 24, 2022 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
The Minister has issued an overall benefit permit to The City of Richmond Hill to improve the Beaver Creek Stormwater Management Facility. This activity may adversely impact all four species at risk bats. The permit includes actions to benefit the species and minimize adverse effects.
January 15, 2019 - February 28, 2019 (44 days) Closed
Last updated
The Minister has identified 29 provincially significant employment zones that receive enhanced protection under A Place to Grow. Based on feedback, the Ministry has corrected any technical errors to the boundaries for zones and issued revised maps to be used in the Plan’s implementation but will still consider requests to review the zones.
On May 29, 2025, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing filed Ontario Regulation (O. Reg.) 80/25. The Ministry of Health requested that the Minister consider making the Zoning Order.
An Environmental Compliance Approval (Waste Site) #18-PET-95231 was issued on July 13, 2018 to Ken Daniels (Action Septic Service) for a hauled sewage located in Selwyn, Ontario.
After receiving feedback from Indigenous communities and further analysis, we decided not to proceed with the proposed amendment to O. Reg 328/03 and pursued an alternative approach.
We amended Renewable Energy Approval No. 6457-9L6QLC for Grand Valley Wind Farms – Phase 3 Wind Project. The amendment allows Acoustic Noise Emission Testing to be carried out on two wind turbines to support a future amendment application.
Instrument type:
Permit for activities to achieve an overall benefit to a species and/or to pay a species conservation charge (ESA s.17(2) (c))
ERO number
019-7002
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
June 26, 2023 - July 26, 2023 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
The Minister has issued an overall benefit permit under the Endangered Species Act, 2007, allowing the City of London to translocate Kentucky Coffee-trees to allow for the rebuild of the Springbank Reservoir.
The permit includes actions to benefit the species and minimize adverse effects, and outlines monitoring and reporting requirements.
Instrument type:
Permit for activities to achieve an overall benefit to a species
ERO number
019-4140
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
February 4, 2022 - March 6, 2022 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
The Minister has issued an overall benefit permit under the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA) to The City of Hamilton for road construction activities that may impact Blanding’s Turtle and its habitat. The permit includes actions to benefit the species and minimize adverse effects and requires monitoring and reporting.
This is the renewal of Permit to Take Water No. 8006-85Q7D for Culligan Springs Limited and is for the purpose of water bottling. The new issued permit No. is 4122-C68PRB.
An Environmental Compliance Approval (waste site) 20-PET-61725 FOR Chadwick Gordon Munro was issued on March 31, 2021 for a hauled sewage site in Havelock-Belmont Methuen, Ontario.
February 16, 2018 - April 2, 2018 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
We have finalized a protocol that sets out rules for creating greenhouse gas offset credits from the destruction of methane gas from active coal mine sites.
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has amended the Greenbelt Plan to add 13 new Urban River Valley areas and lands in the Paris Galt Moraine in Wellington County and remove or redesignate 15 areas of land.
A new Environmental Compliance Approval (Sewage) No. 4532-BPEHPV was granted to Stronghouse Holdings Inc. on June 18, 2020 for stormwater management works to serve the proposed commercial buildings, and associated asphalt driveway and surface parking, located at 94 Hanes Road in the Town of Huntsville, District Municipality of Muskoka.
