The government has changed the process for amending the Greenbelt through the Greenbelt Statute Law Amendment Act, 2023. Adding any future Urban River Valleys to the Greenbelt would require a legislative change.
We have amended the Emissions Performance Standards (EPS) and greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting programs to provide voluntary participants with more flexibility to exit the EPS program.
February 29, 2024 - March 30, 2024 (30 days) Closed
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The Ministry is proposing to issue a permit to The Quaternary Mining & Exploration Company Limited (“the proponent”) to undertake early exploration activities
Instrument type:
Approval for a consent (subject to conditions) in an area where there is no official plan in place
ERO number
019-7610
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Proposal
Proposal posted
Comment period
September 21, 2023 - October 21, 2023 (30 days) Closed
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The purpose of this application is to sever one new lot from the south part of PIN 31159-0231, approximately 22.2 hectares in size, for recreational purposes.
The Ministry is proposing to issue a permit to The Quaternary Mining & Exploration Company Limited (“the proponent”) to undertake early exploration activities.
Ontario is ending the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Program (WEEE), which helped recycled electronics like televisions, computers and phones. The Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation (EEE) is now in place for managing waste electronics in Ontario. All steps for winding up the old program have been implemented.
Instrument type:
Approval for a consent (subject to conditions) in an area where there is no official plan in place
ERO number
019-2971
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
January 14, 2021 - February 13, 2021 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
Pursuant to Section 53 of the Planning Act, provisional consent was granted in respect of Application 58-C-189386 for the creation of one (1) new resource-based recreational lot for land described as PIN 62279-9513 and PIN 62279-9515, Whitefish Lake, Unincorporated Township of Hardwick & Jean, District of Thunder Bay.
August 6, 2020 - September 5, 2020 (30 days) Closed
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The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-20-000211 to Ardiden Ltd for early exploration activities near Pickle Lake, Ontario.
August 5, 2021 - September 4, 2021 (30 days) Closed
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The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-21-000214 to Barrick Gold Inc. for early exploration activities near Marathon, Ontario.
September 23, 2021 - November 7, 2021 (45 days) Closed
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We have temporarily paused protections for Black Ash under the Endangered Species Act, for two years from the time when it is added to the Species at Risk in Ontario List, to allow time to develop an approach to support Black Ash protection and recovery.
November 19, 2018 - December 19, 2018 (30 days) Closed
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We have issued a new Permit to Take Water No. 2602-B6NLPS on January 9, 2019, which cancels and replaces Permit to take Water No. 4115-A5YL3D for Enbridge Pipelines Inc. located in Gananoque, Ontario.
The new Permit to Take Water has an expiry date of November 30, 2021.
