Order in Council 399/2018
On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:
Whereas section 3.2 of the Environmental Assessment Act (Act) provides that where the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change considers that it is in the public interest, having regard to the purpose of the Act and weighing it against the injury, damage or interference that might be caused to any person or property by the application of the Act to any undertaking or class of undertakings, the Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may by order declare that the Act or the Regulations or a matter provided for under the Act does not apply with respect to a proponent, a class of proponents, an undertaking or a class of undertakings subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose;
Whereas the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry has been appointed by the Premier of Ontario pursuant to section 16 of the Member’s Integrity Act, 1994 to make this decision in place of the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change;
And Whereas, having regard to the purpose of the Act and weighing the same against the injury, damage or interference that might be caused to the persons and property indicated in the attached order by the application of the Act to the forcemain undertaking described in the attached order, the undersigned, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, considers that it is in the public interest to make an order declaring that section 5 of the Act does not apply to the forcemain undertaking, subject to the conditions imposed in the attached order,
Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of the Environmental Assessment Act, the order that is attached exempting the forcemain undertaking described in that order from the Act, subject to the conditions therein, be approved.
Approved and Ordered: March 07, 2018
Revoked by: Order in Council 277/2024