We are updating the Technical Guideline: Cleaner Transportation Fuels (ministry guideline) under the Cleaner Transportation Fuels regulation. These are administrative updates to the previous version of the ministry guideline with respect to greenhouse gas performance values used in compliance calculations.
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has amended the Greenbelt Area boundary regulation (O. Reg 59/05) to add 13 new Urban River Valley areas.
We are inviting you to review and comment on the proposed Long-Term Management Direction for the 2021-2031 Forest Management Plan for the Mazinaw-Lanark Forest.
The ministry is considering issuing three Certificates of Property Use for the intended mixed use of 851 King St. East, 432 Charles St. East and 5 Stirling Ave. South in the City of Kitchener.
October 27, 2016 - December 16, 2016 (50 days) Closed
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This proposal notice invited stakeholders of northern Ontario, Indigenous communities, organizations and people, and interested members of the public to review and provide comments on the Discussion Paper, Towards a Northern Ontario Multimodal Transportation Strategy.
We are commencing the development of the 2023-2033 Forest Management Plan for the Armstrong Forest. The public is invited to participate in ‘Stage One’ of the 2-year Contingency Plan (CP) and the 10-year Forest Management Plan (FMP).
August 26, 2022 - October 10, 2022 (45 days) Closed
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We have amended the Emissions Performance Standards (EPS) program to meet the federal benchmark and extend it through the 2023 to 2030 period. Complementary amendments to the reporting program were also made.
August 25, 2022 - October 9, 2022 (45 days) Closed
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We are proposing to amend a renewable energy approval that was issued to 1414229 Ontario Inc. as general partner for and on behalf of Escarpment Renewables for the Grimsby Anaerobic Digestion Site. The proposed amendments would allow the facility to accept new waste types and increased waste tonnage, and to build new infrastructure on site.
September 22, 2017 - November 6, 2017 (45 days) Closed
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We have made changes to the technical standards for petroleum refining and petrochemical industries. This will improve the air quality and make industries operate responsibly.
December 16, 2020 - January 15, 2021 (30 days) Closed
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We made regulatory amendments to support a smooth transition from the federal OBPS to Ontario’s EPS program which applies new obligations and greenhouse gas performance standards for Ontario industry beginning on January 1, 2022. The amendments complement the changes proposed in 019-3719.
This approval is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage works) for Hershey Canada Inc. to establish sewage works for the discharge of stormwater in Brantford, Ontario. The approved stormwater system will use infiltration galleries, orifice plates and oil-grit separator units to provide stormwater quantity and quality control.
October 8, 2020 - November 22, 2020 (45 days) Closed
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On September 28, 2021 Ontario filed O. Reg. 679/21, Community Net Metering Projects, and other consequential amendments to provide a framework for community net metering (CNM) and authorize the West Five development as a CNM demonstration project. The new regulation will support innovation and learning for community-based energy systems in Ontario.
Ontario is implementing a temporary suspension of certain provisions in the Excess Soil Regulation that came into effect January 1, 2022, until January 1, 2023. The pause will provide more time to understand the provisions and refine their implementation.
November 4, 2022 - December 4, 2022 (30 days) Closed
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The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is amending the Greenbelt Plan to add 13 new Urban River Valley areas and lands in the Paris Galt Moraine in Wellington County and remove or redesignate 15 areas of land.
This decision is to amend Permit to Take Water No.1401-AB7LS4 for industrial and miscellaneous purposes. Water will be taken from the St. Clair River to be used as cooling water and other miscellaneous uses including steam production, dust suppression etc., located in the City of Sarnia, County of Lambton, Ontario.
December 19, 2018 - February 2, 2019 (45 days) Closed
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We have approved a new Environmental Compliance Approval (Sewage) No. 3032-BFFKPN for sewage works servicing Red Oak Estate, which is made up of 53-unit mobile-homes, located in the Municipality of Bayham and owned by CAPREIT Apartments Inc.
