In co-operation with academia (Fisheries Conservation Foundation, Universities of Carleton, Illinois, Manitoba, and Queen’s), the ministry is proposing to create temporary fish sanctuaries on Opinicon Lake and Charleston Lake for the 2024 and 2025 fishing season to support long-term bass nesting and population recruitment research.
Instrument type:
Approval of a municipality’s official plan
ERO number
019-9326
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
December 12, 2024 - January 11, 2025 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
A decision was made on September 11, 2025, to approve, with modifications, the Perth County Official Plan, as adopted by By-law 4003-2024. The Perth County Official Plan replaces the current Official Plan and those of its Lower-Tier municipalities to ensure consistent provincial and local land use policy implementation across the County.
November 12, 2024 - December 27, 2024 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
A new Environmental Compliance Approval has been issued to A & A Environmental Consultants Inc., located in Newmarket, Ontario. The facility will undertake in-situ remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater.
Instrument type:
Approval to amend a municipality’s official plan
ERO number
019-9075
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
August 15, 2024 - September 14, 2024 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
A decision was made on October 29, 2025, to approve with modifications, Official Plan Amendment 2 (OPA 2) to the Township of South Algonquin’s official plan, which was adopted by By-law 2024-789. OPA 2 updates municipal land use policies to conform with applicable provincial plans, policies, and statutes, and to accommodate growth to 2049.
October 31, 2019 - December 15, 2019 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
An amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 7384-AR6PV2 was issued to Clean Harbors Canada, Inc., a hazardous waste management facility located in Corunna, Ontario, to install a new blower fan unit and associated inline stack silencer and to defer the installation of the inline stack silencer to end of year 2023.
October 17, 2019 - December 1, 2019 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
We have issued an amendment of Environmental Compliance Approval No. 3294-BSKL3S to Suncor Energy Inc., 1277136 Alberta Ltd., and Suncor Energy Products Inc., as general partners for, and on behalf of, Suncor Energy Products Partnership for the addition of a site located at 191 Frederick Street in the City of Stratford, Ontario.
September 11, 2019 - October 25, 2019 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
We have issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (Air & Noise) No. 6611-BGBJ4Z to GC Project, Inc., as general partner for and on behalf of GC Project L.P., for a natural gas-fired generator in the City of Ottawa.
December 15, 2023 - January 14, 2024 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
Permit to Take Water No. 1726-D2VLK8 was issued to The Trustees, for the benefit of The London Assembly Hall Of Jehovah's Witnesses on March 13, 2024, to renew Permit No. 6747-9JMHCJ. Water will be taken from one well to facilitate heat pumps for 10 years.
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.
December 4, 2020 - January 18, 2021 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
We have issued an Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage) to Escape Homes Consulting for the establishment of sanitary sewers, as part of Argyle Street construction serving a property legally described as Lot 14, Concession 9 in the Town of Mississippi Mills.
November 3, 2020 - December 19, 2020 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
We have established the Species Conservation Action Agency to invest in strategic, large-scale, and coordinated actions that will support more positive outcomes for select species at risk. We also created regulations to enable use of the Species at Risk Conservation Fund and expand conditional exemptions for activities with standard approaches.