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An amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) No. 4462-AD6P6S was issued to 781998 Ontario Inc., for a non-hazardous solid waste transfer facility located in the Township of Champlain, Ontario.

The amendment is for an orientation change & other site modifications.

We have made decisions related to three of the topics in the proposal: Harvest Approvals, Forest Manuals (one forest management plan for multiple management units) and Forest Resource Licences (digital form for issuance). Other topics in this proposal are still being considered including the other potential changes to the Forest Resource Licence.

The proposed amendments have been revised and posted on the Environmental Registry for comments.

On May 15, 2026, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing made a Minister's Zoning Order in the Town of Midland as Zoning Order 006-2026. 

A decision was made on May 15, 2026, to approve, with modifications, a new official plan for the Municipality of Magnetawan, to achieve consistency with provincial policies, and to manage and direct physical (land use) change within the municipality.

Ontario Regulation 161/17 and Ontario Regulation 239/13 were amended to allow short-term bridges, geotechnical investigations, and mobile wind testing and environmental monitoring equipment on public lands provided conditions are followed, including location registration. In addition, the definition of “shore lands” was amended.

We have approved changes to the Renewable Energy on Crown Land (RECL) policy and to rescind the renewable energy project Approvals and Permitting Requirements Document (APRD). These changes reflect current policy and approvals considerations for the management of public lands when a proposal for a renewable energy project is submitted.

Approval is granted for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (industrial sewage) to establish stormwater management works owned by SCAL Properties Ltd., to service a proposed Equipment Storage Yard Facility for the collection and disposal of stormwater runoff from a property located on Lot 20, Concession 4, in the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville.

The ministry issued an Environmental Compliance Approval (waste site) for a hauled sewage disposal site as described in this notice.

An Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) was issued to St. Marys Cement Inc. (Canada) operating as CBM Ready Mix for the operation of three ready-mix concrete batching plants, located in Bowmanville, Ontario.

Permit to Take Water No. P-300-1105467667 version 2.0 was issued to Seven Lakes Golf Course Ltd. on March 12, 2026, to renew Permit to Take Water No. P-300-1105467667 version 1.0 for golf course irrigation purposes. Water will be taken from two ponds and two wells in LaSalle, Ontario for 10 years.

A decision has been made on the boundaries for Ontario’s new regional conservation authorities. This spring, the government intends to introduce legislative amendments to the Conservation Authorities Act (CAA) that, if passed, would consolidate Ontario’s 36 Conservation Authorities (CAs) and create nine regional CAs, targeted to occur in early 2027

Environmental Compliance Approval (waste) has been granted for the temporary storage for up to 24 hours of untreated and unprocessed biomedical waste.

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.

The ministry renewed an Environmental Compliance Approval (waste site) for a hauled sewage disposal site as described in this notice.

An amended Environmental Compliance Approval has been issued for sewage work for Cedar Crest Campground, located 120 Varty Lake Road, Township of Stone Mills, County of Lennox and Addington.

The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-25-000227 to Ongold Resources Ltd. for early exploration activities.

The decision is to issue the mineral exploration permit.

The director has amended Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 6254-9LVQ3V for Imperial Oil Limited, a refining and petrochemical manufacturing facility located in the City of Sarnia, Ontario.

Application 59-C-243936 was approved on January 6, 2026, subject to conditions. The last date to appeal the decision under the Planning Act is January 26, 2026.