As part of our environmental assessment (EA) modernization efforts, we have amended the Class Environmental Assessment for Minor Transmission Facilities to better align environmental assessment requirements with the potential for environmental risk and streamline the process. This notice outlines what the amendments are and brings them into effect.
February 13, 2026 - March 30, 2026 (45 days) Closed
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This proposal is for the renewal of the Limited Operational Flexibility for an Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 3414-A4LLVR for Elmira Pet Products Ltd., a manufacturer of pet goods, located in Woolwich, Ontario.
January 27, 2022 - April 27, 2022 (90 days) Closed
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We are seeking feedback on a draft Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Guidance Manual that will help municipalities, property owners, planners, developers and others to manage rain where it falls, reduce flooding risks, and increase resiliency to climate change.
An Environmental Compliance Approval (air and noise) with operational flexibility was issued for Opta Inc., a manufacturing facility producing carbide and magnesium-based powders and mixtures located in Norfolk County, Ontario.
Instrument type:
Approval of a site-specific air standard
ERO number
019-3241
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
April 29, 2021 - June 13, 2021 (45 days) Closed
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This decision extends (by notice under s. 36 of O. Reg. 419/05) the expiry date of a site-specific standard approval for benzo[a]pyrene for ArcelorMittal Dofasco's integrated iron and steel facility in Hamilton until June 30, 2023.
We have finalized the policy objectives to help ensure the long-term environmental sustainability of commercial-scale cage aquaculture operations (culture of fish in net cages floating in open waters) in the province.
January 10, 2024 - February 24, 2024 (45 days) Closed
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Certificate of Property Use No. 8575-CVDNVA was issued on March 6, 2024, to ABNA Investments Ltd.. for 9 North Street, Kingston. The CPU will ensure the safe development of the property for commercial/industrial use should it be developed in the future.
An Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) has been granted to Lafarge Canada Inc. for the operation of a mobile crushing plant. The equipment will be used to process aggregate throughout the province of Ontario and can potentially operate 24 hour per day.
Instrument type:
Classification, reclassification or declassification of a pesticide
ERO number
019-1378
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
February 25, 2020 - March 26, 2020 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
We have classified the following commercial end use product Avodigen (Reg. No. 33311), containing the new active ingredients: Bacillus licheniformis strain FMCH001 and Bacillus subtilis strain FMCH002, as Class 3 pesticides.
October 9, 2025 - November 23, 2025 (45 days) Closed
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This proposal is to amend Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) No. 6335-6FBNK7, issued to Greenflow Environmental Services Inc. for a solid, non-hazardous municipal waste facility on a site that is 0.67 hectares in area, located in the City of Hamilton.
January 6, 2023 - February 20, 2023 (45 days) Closed
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Certificate of Property Use No. 6276-CK53B9 was issued on February 24, 2023, to Schneider Electric Systems Canada Inc. for 345 MacDonald Avenue, Belleville. The CPU will ensure the safe development of the property for commercial/industrial use should it be developed in the future.
A new Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) for GFL Environmental Inc. was issued which approves a hazardous and non-hazardous waste transfer and processing facility located in the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
December 17, 2020 - January 31, 2021 (45 days) Closed
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We issued an Amended Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air), replacing all the current Environmental Compliance Approvals for air at this facility, for all air emissions from ARLANXEO Canada Inc., a wastewater treatment facility for a bio-industrial park located in the City of Sarnia, Ontario.
The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the White Metal Resources Corp./Benton Resources Inc. exploration permit application PR-20-000161 to White Metal Resources Corp./Benton Resources Inc. for early exploration located approximately 80 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario, in Drift Lake Area, Conacher Township.
August 1, 2025 - September 15, 2025 (45 days) Closed
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We have issued an Environmental Compliance Approval No. 8637-DL6J3S to North Glengarry BESS Inc. for the establishment of spill containment works and stormwater management works serving the proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) site located at 1454 Skye Road in North Glengarry, Ontario.
Instrument type:
Licence for a forest resource processing facility
ERO number
013-2347
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
December 7, 2004 - January 16, 2005 (40 days) Closed
Last updated
We are not proceeding with issuing a forest resource processing facility licence to Longlac Wood Industries Inc. to authorize the construction of the proposed oriented strand board mill.
Instrument type:
Issuance of a licence to remove over 20,000 tonnes of aggregate annually from a pit or a quarry
ERO number
019-0401
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
ProposalUpdated
Proposal posted
Comment period
August 6, 2019 - September 20, 2019 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
Wenco Properties Ltd has applied to upgrade their license from a Class B licence to Class A licence (pit and quarry above the water table greater than 20,000 tonnes) for a 60 hectare site in the Township of MacGregor.
KILALLY 24-7 INC's variance request to leave an unused double-wall FRP underground tank in the ground until construction of the gas station can be completed, hopefully by December 31, 2020, has been approved.
