Instrument type:
Approval of an amendment to the Niagara Escarpment Plan
ERO number
013-3656
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
ProposalUpdated
Proposal posted
Comment period
April 4, 2019 - June 3, 2019 (60 days) Closed
Last updated
An application to amend the Niagara Escarpment Plan was received to re-designate Escarpment Rural Area to Mineral Resource Extraction Area to permit mineral aggregate resource extraction both above and below the water table within a 26-hectare area.
Instrument type:
Approval of a municipality’s official plan
ERO number
019-6220
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
May 30, 2023 - June 29, 2023 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
A decision was made on February 8, 2024, to approve, with modifications, the new Town of Prescott Official Plan, as adopted by By-law number 37-2022. The approved new Town of Prescott Official Plan outlines a comprehensive framework of new and revised policies to guide growth and development to 2041.
We would like to advise you that the 2020 – 2030 Forest Management Plan for the Sudbury Forest has been approved by the Ministry’s Regional Director and is available for inspection.
Instrument type:
Order to prevent discharge of contaminants
ERO number
019-2081
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
July 22, 2020 - September 5, 2020 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
The ministry has accepted the risk assessment for the Amherstburg Land Holdings Limited property at 381 Front Road in Amherstburg. The director has issued Order No. 2725-BTHNEE which requires the implementation of the risk management measures proposed in the risk assessment as well as additional conditions imposed by the director.
An Environmental Compliance Approval (waste site) 20-BEL-48228 for 269153 Ontario Inc. o/a Murphy’s Septic Service was issued on July 3, 2020 for a hauled sewage site in Bancroft, Ontario.
An Environmental Compliance Approval (waste site) 20-BEL-23141 for Michael James Fox o/a Ace Septic Tank Pumping was issued on June 18, 2020 for a Hauled Sewage site in Centre Hastings, Ontario.
July 16, 2021 - September 7, 2021 (53 days) Closed
Last updated
We have issued an Environmental Compliance Approval to Stelco Inc. in Hamilton to permit the receipt and treatment of wastewater from other industrial generators at their existing industrial wastewater treatment facility, which is currently approved to treat wastewater from Stelco's own industrial processes.
August 22, 2025 - September 21, 2025 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-25-000164 to Legendary Ore Mining Corporation for early exploration activities.
We have approved the amendments to the Long Point Source Protection Plan and Assessment Report. The amendments update the protection area around the Otterville drinking water system in the Township of Norwich, Oxford County, add transition provisions and make minor administrative edits to policies.
We have approved the amendments to the Quinte Source Protection Plan and Assessment Report. The amendments update the existing protection areas around three municipal residential drinking water systems in the Village of Madoc, City of Belleville and Town of Picton.
We are reviewing the implementation of Ontario’s Independent Forest Audit regulation (Ontario Regulation 319/20). We are posting this notice for information purposes and to provide interested parties with an opportunity to provide input.
Instrument type:
Approval to amend a municipality’s official plan
ERO number
019-6937
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
May 30, 2023 - June 29, 2023 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
A decision was made on October 9, 2024 to approve, with modifications, Official Plan Amendment No. 21 to the City of Quinte West Official Plan, as adopted by By-Law No. 2023-032. OPA No. 21 is a ten-year update to the city's OP and contains new and revised policies to guide growth and development over a 25-year planning horizon to the year 2046.
An Environmental Compliance Approval (waste site) 20-KIN-32995 for Storring Septic Service Limited was issued on July 16, 2020 for a hauled sewage site in Stone Mills, Ontario.
January 15, 2019 - February 28, 2019 (44 days) Closed
Last updated
The government has released A Place to Grow which replaces the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2017. Changes to O. Reg. 525/97 ensure the Minister’s approval is required for official plan amendments that implement provincial mapping for the Agricultural System for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and Natural Heritage System for the Plan.
The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-24-000090 to Stares Contracting Corp. for early exploration activities.
The decision is to: issue the mineral exploration permit.
Countrywide Homes Limited has submitted a proposal in relation to an overall benefit permit under clause 17(2)(c) of the Endangered Species Act, 2007 with respect to Redside Dace in order to construct a residential subdivision in the City of Vaughan.
