January 15, 2024 - February 29, 2024 (45 days) Closed
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The ministry has accepted the risk assessment prepared for the owner (2241960 Ontario Inc.) for the property (13471 Lakeridge Road, Scugog). The director is considering issuing a Certificate of Property Use ("CPU") in relation to the property.
October 28, 2021 - December 12, 2021 (45 days) Closed
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A new Environmental Compliance Approval was issued to YMCA of Three Rivers (Midwestern Ontario) for upgrades to the existing sewage works for the treatment and subsurface disposal of domestic sewage from the existing children's seasonal summer residential campground (Camp Belwood), located in the Township of Centre Wellington.
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.
We issued an amended Environmental Compliance Approval (air) to Peterson Spring of Canada Limited, a manufacturer of spring components and replacement parts such as metal rings and other wire form products, located in the Town of Kingsville, Ontario.
On April 8, 2022, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing filed a Zoning Order, made pursuant to clause 47(1)(a) of the Planning Act, with the Registrar of Regulations as Ontario Regulation 330/22. The Associate Minister of Transportation requested that the Minister consider making the Zoning Order.
Instrument type:
Approval to amend a municipality’s official plan
ERO number
025-0507
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Proposal
Proposal posted
Comment period
May 15, 2025 - June 29, 2025 (45 days) Closed
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The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has received Official Plan Amendment 70 from the Town of Oakville for a decision. OPA 70 proposes amendments to the Livable Oakville Official Plan to provide policies for the Midtown Oakville Protected Major Transit Station Area (PMTSA) and enabling Community Planning Permit System policies.
Instrument type:
Permit for activities to achieve an overall benefit to a species
ERO number
019-1811
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
ProposalUpdated
Proposal posted
Comment period
May 22, 2020 - June 21, 2020 (30 days) Closed
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We are seeking public input on a permit proposal that will impact Mottled Duskywing and Silver Shiner, which are Species at Risk. The proposal considers avoidance options, includes actions to minimize adverse effects as well as overall benefit actions for the species that may be identified for implementation.
August 25, 2021 - October 9, 2021 (45 days) Closed
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Two Certificates of Property Use were issued for the site. A portion of the property has different applicable site condition standards than those which apply to the remainder of the property. Therefore, the property was assessed through two separate risk assessments.
August 18, 2023 - September 17, 2023 (30 days) Closed
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The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-23-000245 to Whitefish Exploration Inc. for early exploration activities
The decision is to: issue the mineral exploration permit.
January 26, 2022 - March 12, 2022 (45 days) Closed
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We have created Monarch Point Conservation Reserve in Prince Edward County to provide greater protection to the area. The conservation reserve was created through regulation under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006.
The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is inviting stakeholders, Indigenous communities and the public to participate in our 10-year review of the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan to see if updates need to be made to continue to protect and restore the lake.
Instrument type:
Changes to the conditions of a licence to operate a pit or quarry
ERO number
012-4288
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
June 17, 2015 - July 17, 2015 (30 days) Closed
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Approval was granted for a licence amendment to allow Miller Paving Limited to increase the number of tonnes of aggregate to be removed annually for Licence No. 3851, operating in the Greater Sudbury, Sudbury Region.
The ministry intends to issue a Director's Order for the use of funds collected as a condition of an Environment Compliance Approval to Ontario Graphite, LTD., in Kearney, Ontario. The order will allow the ministry to make the funds available to the Crown to pay for the compliance with and performance of any action specified in the issued approval.
Instrument type:
Approval for a consent (subject to conditions) in an area where there is no official plan in place
ERO number
019-0585
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Proposal posted
Comment period
September 19, 2019 - October 19, 2019 (30 days) Closed
Last updated
Pursuant to Section 53 of the Planning Act, provisional consent was granted on December 12, 2019 in respect of Application No. 54-C-197946. The last date of appeal of this decision under the Planning Act is January 1, 2020.
The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has released the Minister’s 10-Year Report on Lake Simcoe, which outlines improvements in the health of the lake after a decade of actions and programs under the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan.
The Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017, was passed on December 12, 2017. Once in force, it will give communities a stronger voice in land use planning and replace the Ontario Municipal Board with the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.
December 13, 2023 - January 27, 2024 (45 days) Closed
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The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing will be enhancing its monitoring of certain housing development Minister's Zoning Orders that have made limited progress.
The property owners filed a risk assessment prepared by a qualified person for the property located at 12 Ninth Street East, Cornwall.
The risk assessment was accepted by the ministry director. The latter is considering issuing a Certificate of Property Use ("CPU") in relation to the said property.
Instrument type:
Order to prevent discharge of contaminants
ERO number
019-9032
Notice type
Instrument
Notice stage
Proposal
Proposal posted
Comment period
May 1, 2025 - June 15, 2025 (45 days) Closed
Last updated
This is a notice of a proposed director’s order under sections 18 and 197 of the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) regarding dry-cleaning solvent contamination from 480 Guelph Line, Burlington Ontario.
