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The Minister has issued an overall benefit permit under the Endangered Species Act, 2007 to J.G. Rivard Limited for construction activities that will impact Blanding’s Turtle and Butternut. The permit includes actions to benefit both species and minimize adverse effects, and requires monitoring and reporting.

Thames Valley Aggregates Inc. was issued a licence to extract aggregate from a pit below the water table in the Municipality of Thames Centre.

Amendments were recently made to the Ontario Heritage Act to provide new and modified tools to improve enforcement and compliance. Once in force, new amendments will also allow for exemptions to archaeological requirements where it could potentially advance a provincial priority.

Environmental Compliance Approval No. 5373-DEWHG7 has been issued to Great Bear Resources Ltd. for industrial sewage treatment works proposed for advanced exploration activities at the Great Bear property located approximately 23 kilometres southeast of the Municipality of Red Lake and 37 kilometres northwest of the Township of Ear Falls, Ontario.

The director exercised his powers under subsection 20.13 paragraph (b) of the Environmental Protection Act to impose new terms and conditions to Algoma Steel Inc. coke oven battery Environmental Compliance Approvals for a steel manufacturing facility located in the City of Sault Ste. Marie, District of Algoma.

An amended ECA was issued to Pridham's Village Ltd., for approval of the establishment, usage and operation of works for the treatment of sanitary sewage and disposal of treated effluent, from the existing Villages Adjala Park located at 3774 Concession Road 5, Loretto, Township of Adjala-Tosorontio, County of Simcoe.

We passed a new regulation that will help create offset credits to use in Ontario’s cap and trade program.

Permit to Take Water No. P-300-9299282207 was issued to Heidelberg Materials Canada Limited on November 7, 2024, to renew Permit to Take Water No. 7250-9ADLGT for manufacturing water cooling purposes. Water will be taken from Lake Ontario - Adolphus Reach in the County of Prince Edward, Ontario for 9 years.

On December 16, 2025, O. Reg. 373/25: Criteria For Designations was filed under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2025, outlining the criteria that must be met for designating zones, projects and trusted proponents. This came into effect January 1, 2026.

An amended Environmental Compliance Approval with limited operational flexibility has been issued to all sources of air emissions from the D. Crupi & Sons Limited facility located at 1089 Nelson Street in Oshawa.

The application for the Permit to Take Water was cancelled by the ministry. No permit was issued.

A new Environmental Compliance Approval is granted to Aecon Kiewit Nuclear Partners for the collection, transmission, treatment and disposal of cooling water for a tunnel boring machine (TBM) and construction water at Darlington Nuclear Power Generation Station.

Formerly Jackson Harvest Farms Ltd., now Esbaugh Management Group Ltd., was issued a licence to extract aggregate from a pit in the Township of Wilmot.

An amendment  was approved to existing Environmental Compliance Approval No. 1431-BTWRCL issued on October 22, 2020 for 102 Main Street. The purpose of this amendment is to request a change from the previously approved Norweco Modulair CR-90 treatment plant treating wastewater from the facility at 106 Main Street with five Ecoflo units.

We have granted an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air) for DMS Metals Ltd., a scrap metal recycling and processing facility located in Gormley, Ontario.