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We have expanded the boundaries of 23 protected areas (17 provincial parks and 6 conservation reserves) and corrected the name of Chapleau Nemegosenda River Provincial Park. These changes contribute to the long-term sustainability of Ontario’s natural heritage and provide increased opportunities for recreational activities.

Pursuant to Section 53 of the Planning Act, provisional consent to create one new lot for seasonal recreation was granted on November 28, 2022, subject to conditions. A Notice of Change, dated November 1, 2024, has amended the list of conditions.

We have changed when facilities have to review their toxic reduction plans. This will help to align the first two plan reviews with federal timelines and ensure facilities plan and report on current and relevant toxic substances. We also made a new regulation to provide more options to serve documents making it consistent with other regulations.

The Ministry of Energy has moved forward with amendments to Ontario Regulation 161/99 (Definitions and Exemptions) under the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 to exempt certain electricity transmission projects from Section 92 (Leave to Construct) approval.

The proponent requested to withdraw their application for an Environmental Compliance Approval (air). The application is considered withdrawn and no approval was issued.

An amended Approval has been issued for Algoma Steel Inc. to for the proposed sewage works in support of Algoma’s transition to electric arc furnace steelmaking at the manufacturing facility located in Sault Ste. Marie.

Ontario created Alfred Bog Provincial Park to provide greater protection to an ecologically important and sensitive area. The provincial park was created through regulation under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006.

Certificate of Property Use No. 6454-CGJJCS was issued to Chayell Palm Canada Ltd. on January 16, 2023 with no changes as part of the development plans for the property.

The Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017, was passed on December 12, 2017. Once in force, it will give communities a stronger voice in land use planning and replace the Ontario Municipal Board with the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.

An amended Environmental Compliance Approval was issued to Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation to extend the use of a temporary waste storage area, change the order of landfill cell development, and construct a road crossing at their waste disposal site in Whitby.

A decision was made to approve the application to amend the Niagara Escarpment Plan to allow for a site-specific change to the Land Use Designation of the subject property from Mineral Resource Extraction Area to Escarpment Natural Area and Escarpment Rural Area

Wataynikaneyap Power will be building a new electrical transmission line to better serve Pickle Lake and provide new service to 17 neighbouring Indigenous communities.

We are moving the pesticides licensing program to a digital system. It will make more information available to the public.

We have issued a new Permit to Take Water No. 8001-CDNQHP, which cancels and replaces Permit to Take Water No. 2118-9V4P2F, for Unique Water Inc. This amendment is to change the owner of the permit from Lawrence Groves to Unique Water Inc. and to consolidate the water taking source as water will be taken from one source for water bottling

We have updated a regulation under the Clean Water Act to better protect drinking water sources to safeguard new and expanding municipal drinking water supplies, improve how source protection plans are kept up to date and update the list of drinking water threats.

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.

We made regulatory amendments to support a smooth transition from the federal OBPS to Ontario’s EPS program which applies new obligations and greenhouse gas performance standards for Ontario industry beginning on January 1, 2022. The amendments will complement the changes proposed in 019-2813.