October 19, 2022 - November 18, 2022 (30 days) Closed
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The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-22-000301 to International Explorers and Prospectors Incorporated for early exploration activities.
The decision is to issue the mineral exploration permit.
We are proposing amendments 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.
The Minister has identified the Ontario Food Terminal as a provincially significant employment zone. This notice is related to ERO 013-4506, which proposed and provided for consultation on the policy framework for provincially significant employment zones. The Ministry will continue to consider requests to review the zones or add new zones.
The ministry has issued an Environmental Compliance Approval for a waste transfer and processing site to Environmental 360 Solutions Ltd. to establish and operate a tire recycling and processing facility at 575 Welham Road in Barrie.
November 24, 2020 - December 24, 2020 (30 days) Closed
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The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) implemented a five-year cargo e-bike pilot program as of March 1, 2021. Additionally, the e-bike redefinition proposal has been updated following analysis of feedback received and posted to the Environmental and Regulatory Registry for a 30-day comment period.
October 6, 2020 - November 20, 2020 (45 days) Closed
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We have amended several regulations related to excess soil under the Environmental Protection Act, and related documents, in response to delays to infrastructure and development projects as a result of COVID-19, and to support flexible reuse of excess soil.
Instrument type:
Changes to the site plan for a pit or quarry
ERO number
019-6820
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
March 21, 2023 - April 20, 2023 (30 days) Closed
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Approval was granted for a site plan amendment to allow George Benn & Sons Construction Limited to change the final depth of extraction from above the water table to below the water table in the Township of Loyalist.
The ministry is not proceeding with the proposed Land Use Compatibility Guideline as a result of feedback received through the Environmental Registry. The current D-Series guidelines for land use compatibility will remain in effect. Any potential future updates to land use compatibility guidance would be posted as a new proposal on the Registry.
This proposal is for a new Category 3 Permit application for The City of London for the purpose of construction dewatering for a proposed Infrastructure Renewal Program, Assignment D, Storm Sewer Outlet. Water will be taken from a servicing trench (drilled well) located on Watson Street, in the City of London, Ontario
August 5, 2020 - September 19, 2020 (45 days) Closed
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We issued an Amended Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) with Limited Operational Flexibility to Bombardier Inc. and de Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada, an aircraft manufacturing and assembly facility located in the City of Toronto, Ontario.
Instrument type:
Minister's directions to ministry employees and agents to rehabilitate a mine hazard in an emergency
ERO number
019-6655
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Exception
Exception posted
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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.
Instrument type:
Changes to the conditions of a licence to operate a pit or quarry
ERO number
019-4172
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
August 17, 2021 - September 16, 2021 (30 days) Closed
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The application by S.A.M.I. Holdings Ltd. to authorize an increase in the annual number of tonnes of aggregate to be removed from a pit operating in the Township of South-West Oxford and City of Woodstock has been approved.
September 24, 2025 - November 8, 2025 (45 days) Closed
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On April 8, 2026, W.R. Meadows of Canada Company and 3006331 Nova Scotia Company withdrew the application for the asphalt shingles, bagged grouts/patching and cement manufacturing facility, located in the City of Milton, Ontario.
The application has been closed as requested by W.R. Meadows of Canada Company and 3006331 Nova Scotia Company.
Ontario is proposing changes to requirements for waste disposal sites. These changes would support more efficient use of existing waste disposal capacity and provide communities with more options to meet their waste disposal needs while maintaining strong environmental protection.
We finalized nine recovery strategies for species at risk in Ontario. We are starting pre-consultation on government response statements through a survey.
