A decision has been made to amend the Mining Act to implement a One Project, One Process (1P1P) approach and to amend to the Mining Act, Energy Board Act, 1998, and Electricity Act,1998 to introduce new authorities to protect the strategic national mineral supply chain, and limit foreign participation in Ontario’s energy sector.
We are modernizing the environmental assessment program by working with proponents of Class Environmental Assessments (Class EA) to propose changes that would ensure strong environmental oversight, while aligning assessment requirements with environmental impact, reducing duplication and increasing efficiency of the Class EA process.
September 4, 2025 - October 4, 2025 (30 days) Closed
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If passed, proposed changes will help deliver Ontario’s first Integrated Energy Plan by enabling regulations to manage large data centre growth, helping rate-regulated entities manage procurement costs, including agency support for economic growth, easing burden for natural gas municipal franchises and enabling the Future Clean Electricity Fund.
December 5, 2025 - January 19, 2026 (45 days) Open
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We are proposing regulatory amendments to streamline the Renewable Energy Approval process by removing certain projects from the process and substituting the requirement for Ministry of Natural Resources to confirm that a Natural Heritage Assessment was appropriately conducted with a requirement that qualified persons prepare those assessments.
We have issued an Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) with Limited Operational Flexibility (air), which replaces all the current ECA for air for this facility.
A new Environmental Compliance Approval was issued for the establishment of industrial sewage treatment and year round subsurface sewage disposal works, servicing Walinga Inc., for domestic sewage for the site located at 5656 Highway 6, Township of Guelph/Eramosa.
The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-20-000069 to Tyko Resources Inc. for early exploration activities near Manitouwadge.
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Minister's directions to ministry employees and agents to rehabilitate a mine hazard in an emergency
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019-6655
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Minister's Directions were issued under section 148 (3) (4) (5) of the Mining Act in 2019 and 2020, to employees and agents of the Ministry of Mines to prevent access to mine hazards by installing a fence and backfilling openings. The rehabilitation measures were completed on November 2, 2020.
October 5, 2016 - December 19, 2016 (75 days) Closed
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We introduced Bill 139 - the Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017, on May 30, 2017. The changes identified in the bill respond to the province-wide consultation the government undertook as part of the Ontario Municipal Board Review.
After consideration of what was heard from all parties during the initial consultation period and developing the proposals further, the Ministry is providing additional details and seeking further feedback on the proposed regulatory amendments which can be found at the following posting:https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-7598
We made a boundary amendment to Mellon Lake Conservation Reserve, by way of an amendment to Ontario Regulation 315/07 under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006. The amendment added 1,082 acres (438 hectares) of former forest reserve land to Mellon Lake Conservation Reserve following through on a long-standing land use decision.
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) sought input in 2023 on proposed policies for an integrated province-wide land use planning document. On April 10, 2024, MMAH released an updated proposed Provincial Planning Statement for public input. (ERO# 019-8462)
October 23, 2025 - December 7, 2025 (45 days) Closed
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We are proposing to streamline permissions for certain sewage works servicing on-farm worker housing located on agricultural land. This will require proponents to register certain sewage works on agricultural land on the Environmental Activity Sector Registry, while maintaining environmental protections.
Amendments have been made to regulations under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act to reduce regulatory burden and streamline requirements related to trapping and airports that experience conflict or public safety issues associated with deer or elk.
Government response statements have been finalized outlining actions to lead and support the protection and recovery of nine species at risk in Ontario: Blanding’s Turtle, Eastern Whip-poor-will, Northern Bobwhite, Spiny Softshell, Spotted Turtle, Little Brown Myotis, Northern Myotis, Tri-colored Bat, and White Wood Aster.
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.
We have made an exemption regulation under the Environmental Assessment Act which eliminates a 30-day waiting period before the Derry Road East and Alstep Drive road improvements project in the Region of Peel can be implemented. This decision will allow the road construction project to move forward faster to improve traffic safety and traffic flow.
Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to authorize McCann Redi-Mix Inc. to extract below the water table at the Burkhart Pit in the Municipality of Lambton Shores.
