Schedule - Order in Council 277/2024
Order in Council 277/2024
Order made under the environmental assessment act
Declaration - Revocation of orders made under the Environmental Assessment Act
Having considered that the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA) has been amended to enable the move to a project list approach and that, on the coming in force of subsection 3 (2) of Schedule 6 to the covid-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020, the EAA will apply only to designated projects and undertakings subject to an existing approved class EA; and
Having received a request from the Director of the Environmental Assessment Branch that the following orders issued under the EAA and as approved under the Order-in-Council numbers and filed under the regulation numbers as indicated below be revoked pursuant to clause 3.2(1)(b) of the Act.
Orders being revoked:
Reasons:
The undersigned is of the opinion that it is in the public interest to declare and declares that the orders indicated above are revoked for the following reasons:
- Revocation Order Under Section 3.2, O. Reg. 437/98
This order revoked approved exemption orders because they had been completed, discontinued, retired or abandoned or the Order had a specific expiry date with any residual activities being covered by other approvals or the conditions in the regulation. The order can be revoked because it is spent. - Exemption - The Corporation of the Township of Chapleau, CHAP-TP-1, O.C. 14/1996, O. Reg. 8/96
This order exempted the Township of Chapleau from the Environmental Assessment Act for the Township landfill site, subject to conditions. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking was implemented and the site closed. - Exemption - Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, MNR 62, O.C. 2243/95, O. Reg. 520/195
This order exempted the Wildlife Rabies Control Program to control and attempt to eliminate rabies from wildlife in Ontario, through the vaccination of wildlife species that spread the disease from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the undertakings covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption – Waste Management Planning, MOEE-46, O.C. 2242/1995, O. Reg. 511/95
This order exempted any waste disposal undertaking by any private company or municipality to the extent that such provisions may require the incineration of municipal waste to be addressed as an alternative to an undertaking or an alternative method of carrying out an undertaking from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it was a time limited exemption and is spent. - Exemption - The Corporation of the Township of Edwardsburgh, O.C. 2159/1995, O. Reg. 498/95
The order exempted the interim expansion, operation, and closure of the existing Edwardsburgh Township Waste disposal site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking was implemented and the site closed. - Exemption - The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto and Toronto Transit Commission, TTC-04, O.C. 1473/95, O. Reg. 290/95
This order exempted the relocation of the Southern Terminus of the Bathurst Streetcar Route situated on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption – The Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, MTRC-A-2, O.C. 3352/94, O. Reg. 765/94
The order exempted the activity of creating public open space and public facilities including a stormwater management system and the waterfront drive right of way utilizing lakefill as required and shoreline stabilization with significant emphasis on environmental enhancement, in the area of the City of Etobicoke known as the “Motel Strip” from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption – The Corporation of the Township of Stephen, STP-TP-1, O.C. 2829/1994, O. Reg. 702/94
This order exempted the expansion, operation and closure of the existing Township of Stephen Landfill located in the Township of Stephen, from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking was implemented and the site closed. - Exemption – The Corporation of the Townships of Rolph, Buchanan, Wylie, McKay and the Village of Chalk River, BUCH-TP-1, O.C. 2830/1994, O. Reg. 701/94
This order exempted the expansion, operation and closure of the existing Township of Buchanan Landfill from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented and the site closed. - Exemption – Ministry of Transportation, MTO-63, O.C. 1604/1994, O. Reg. 444/94
The order exempted proposed changes to the extraction of aggregate materials within the Puslinch Crown Resource Management Area approved under the Act in 1980 from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption – The Regional Municipality of Sudbury, SUDB-RG-2, O.C. 1370/94, O. Reg. 350/94
The order exempted the interim expansion, operation and closure of the Onaping Falls landfill site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption – County of Victoria, VICT-CT-1, O.C. 729/94, O. Reg. 235/94
The order exempted the Victoria Country landfill interim operation and closure from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption - City of Colborne and Town of Fort Erie, PC-M-2, O.C. 625/94, O. Reg. 231/94
This order exempted the acquisition of land for a sanitary landfill site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the undertakings covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption – Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology, CU-AA-05, O.C. 2617/1993, O. Reg. 690/93
This order exempted the establishment and operation of a permanent college of applied arts and technology in the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the undertakings covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption – Ministry of Natural Resources, MNR-60, O.C. 2700/1993, O. Reg. 685/93
This order exempted the control of deer population, including a herd reduction, and the proposal, program and plans in respect of those activities to reduce the deer population in Rondeau Provincial Park from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the undertakings covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has existing program structures designed to support implementation of the program described in the order. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry will continue to execute the program in a transparent manner that ensures environmental, recreational, and economic benefits for the people of Ontario. Revocation will not affect consultation with Indigenous communities. - Exemption – Township of Asphodel, ASPH-T-1/1, O.C. 1946/1993, O. Reg. 445/93
The order exempted the continued operation as an interim measure and closure of the existing and approved Township of Asphodel Landfill Site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking was implemented and the site closed. - Exemption – The Corporation of the City of Port Colborne, PC-M-1, O.C. 1719/1993, O. Reg. 414/93
The order exempted the expansion, operation and closure of the existing landfill located in the City of Port Colbourne from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking was implemented and the site closed. - Exemption – The Regional Municipality of Sudbury, SUDB-RG-1, O.C. 1645/1993, O. Reg. 393/93
The order exempted the operation and closure of the Sudbury Landfill Site in the Township of Neelon from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent. Proceeding with the undertaking was approved under Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act on March 10, 1999. Section 38.3 of the Environmental Assessment Act will, once in force, deem the undertaking to be a Part II.3 project. - Exemption – The Town of Kincardine, KINC-T-1, O.C. 970/1993, O. Reg. 299/93
The order exempted the continued operation as an interim measure and closure of the existing and approved Town of Kincardine Valentine Avenue Landfill Site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking was implemented. - Exemption – La Cité Collégiale, MCU-4, O. Reg. 191/93
This order exempted the establishment and operation of a permanent campus for a college of applied arts and technology in the City of Ottawa from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the activities are either implemented or are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to any existing approved class environmental assessment. - Exemption - The Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, MTRCA-4, O.C. 497/93, O. Reg. 144/93
This order exempted the implementation of modifications to the Colonel Samuel Smith Master Plan, providing for the creation of a regional waterfront park, from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption – The Corporation of the Township of Alice and Fraser, the Corporation of the City of Pembroke, the Corporation of the Township of Petawawa, the Corporation of the Township of Pembroke, the Corporation of the Township of Stafford, the Corporation of the Township of Wilberforce, the Corporation of the Village of Petawawa, the Corporation of the CFB Petawawa, ALIC-TP-1, O.C. 417/1993, O. Reg. 74/93
This order exempted the continued operation of the Alice & Fraser waste disposal site and extended the existing fill contours and operation as an interim measure from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent. Proceeding with the undertaking was approved under Part II of the Environmental Assessment Act on March 19, 2008. Section 38.3 of the Environmental Assessment Act will, once in force, deem the undertaking to be a Part II.3 project. - Exemption – The Corporation of the City of Brockville, BROC-C-3, O.C. 3382/1992, O. Reg. 718/92
This order exempted the continued operations and closure of the existing and approved City of Brockville Landfill site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking was implemented and the site closed. - Exemption - The Corporation of the Township of South Gower, GOW-TP-1, O.C. 3381/1992, O. Reg. 717/92
This order exempted the interim expansion, operation and closure of the existing South Gower Township landfill from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking was implemented and the site closed. - Exemption - The Corporation of the Town of Kapuskasing, KAP T 02, O.C. 3380/92, O. Reg. 716/92
This order exempted the expansion of the capacity of the existing Kapuskasing Waste Disposal Landfill site, and the continued use and operation of the site for five years from the Environmental Assessment Act. The undertaking has been implemented and the site closed, and therefore this exemption order can be revoked. - Exemption - The Corporation of the Township of Brantford, BRAN TP 01, O.C. 3169/92 O. Reg. 664/92
This order exempted the undertaking by the Township of Brantford to alter the approved final contours of the existing Biggar’s Lane Landfill Site in the Township of Brantford and to extend the service area of said landfill to include waste from the whole of the Township of Brantford and from the Townships of Burford and Oakland from the Environmental Assessment Act. The undertaking has been completed and therefore this order can be revoked. - Exemption – Ministry of the Environment, MOE-31/5, O.C. 2596/1992, O. Reg. 585/92
This order amended an order which exempted the activity of managing the contaminated wastes found in the soil and groundwater both in an around the former Chemical Waste Management Limited property in the Smithville Industrial Park from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent and the order it amended has been revoked. - Exemption – Ministry of Transportation, MTO 62, O.C. 2434/1992, O. Reg. 492/92
This order exempted the acquisition and leasing of three kilometres of abandoned rail right-of-way property in the City of St. Thomas from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption – Ministry of Transportation, MTC 61, O.C. 1389/1992, O. Reg. 305/92
This order exempted the design, acquisition of property, construction, operation and maintenance of the Leamington Diversion, a staged four-lane divided expressway from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption – Ministry of Transportation, MTO 60, O.C. 1388/1992, O. Reg. 304/92
This order exempted the activity of carrying out the design, provision and construction of a new two-land, undivided highway from the Thunder Bay Expressway/Harbour Expressway Intersection in the City of Thunder Bay, westerly to the East Limit of Kakabeka Falls in the Township of O’Connor from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption – The Township of Roxborough, ROXB-T-1, O.C. 1548/92, O. Reg. 292/92
This order exempted the interim expansion, operation and closure of the Roxborough Township landfill site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented and the site closed. - Exemption – The Corporation of the County of Lambton, LAMB-CT-1, O.C. 1547/1992, O. Reg. 291/92
This order exempted the expansion of the existing approved waste disposal landfill site in the City of Sarnia-Clearwater from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented and the site closed. - Exemption – The Corporation of the City of Peterborough, PETE-C-1/1, O.C. 1546/92, O. Reg. 290/92
This order exempted the modification to the design and operation of the City of Peterborough landfill site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented and the landfill constructed. - Exemption – Township of Asphodel, ASPH-T-1, O.C. 1117/1992, O. Reg. 232/92
This order exempted the continued operation as an interim measure and closure of the existing and approved Township of Asphodel Landfill Site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented and the site closed. - Exemption – The Town of Lindsay, LIND-T-1, O.C. 149/1992, O. Reg. 118/92
This order exempted the continued operation, as an interim measure, and closure of the existing and approved Town of Lindsay-Ops Landfill site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption – City of Hamilton, HAM-C-1, O.C. 4/1992, O. Reg. 26/92
This order exempted the remediation of the Hamilton Harbourfront on the former Lax Property from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption- The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie, FORT-E-T-2, O.C. 2785/1991, O. Reg. 723/91
This order exempted the extended use, as an interim measure, of the existing approved Bridge Street Sanitary Landfill site in the Town of Fort Erie from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption - The Corporation of the Town of Keewatin, KEEW T 01, O.C. 2645/91, O. Reg. 697/91
This order exempted the interim expansion, operation and closure of the Keewatin Landfill site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented and the site closed. - Exemption – The Corporation of the City of Toronto, TORO-C-5, O.C. 2438/91, O. Reg. 627/91
The order exempts the decommissioning of the former Toronto Refiners and Smelters Ltd. Properties in the vicinity of 28 Bathurst Street from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented, and the decommissioning complete. - Exemption – Ministry of The Environment, MOE-44, O.C. 2437/1991, O. Reg. 626/91
This order exempts activities related to the characterization, cleanup and/or remedial work being carried out by the Ministry of Environment in Howey Bay of Red Lake from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the undertakings covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption – City of Windsor, WIND-C-2, O.C. 2393/1991, O. Reg. 622/91
This order exempted the development of a waterfront park, covering approximately 35 acres, bounded by Riverside Drive, Viale Udine, Devonshire Road and the Detroit River from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption - The Corporation of the Township of Goderich, the Corporation of the Town of Goderich, the Corporation of the Town of Clinton and the Corporation of the Township of Colborne, GODE T 01, O.C. 1360/91, O. Reg. 309/91
The purpose of this order was exemption of the expansion of the service area for the Mid-Huron Landfill from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented, and the site closed. - Exemption - Ministry of Transportation, MTC-59, O.C. 1304/1991, O. Reg. 280/91
This order exempted the activity of acquiring property for, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining GO Train services and associated facilities on an alignment from the GO Train station at Brock Street in the Town of Whitby along the CNR rail corridor to a station located near the existing VIA Rail Station in Oshawa from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption - The Corporation of the City of Guelph, GUEL-C-1, O.C. 655/1991, O. Reg. 148/91
This order exempted the continued operation, as an interim measure, and closure of the existing and approved, City of Guelph Eastview Road Sanitary Landfill Site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented and the site closed. - Declaration - Bell Boulevard Road Widening Project, City of Belleville O.C. 1381/2019
This order declared that the City of Belleville not be subject to the Environmental Assessment Act or its regulations, pursuant to subsection 3.2(1) of the Act for the widening of Bell Boulevard, from 2 lanes to 4 lanes, from Wallbridge Loyalist Road to Sidney Street, as well as for the installation of traffic signal upgrades, and multi-use trails. The undertaking has been completed and therefore the order can be revoked. - Exemption – Section 30, CA GR 01, O.C. 3333/76
This order exempted the undertaking of completing the purchase of specific parcels of land by the Grand River Conservation Authority for water control facilities from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as undertaking covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Declaration - Canadore College, Parry Sound, O.C. 1950/2009
This order exempted the planning, construction and operation of a new post-secondary education facility within the Town of Parry Sound from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Declaration - Port of Prescott Expansion, Rehabilitation and Future Development Area, O.C. 1426/2010
This order declared the expansion and rehabilitation of the Port of Prescott including the construction of a new wharf, the rehabilitation of the existing wharf, the development of approximately 2.5 hectares of Port of Prescott land for future bulk material storage, and ancillary activities to not be subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Declaration - Halton Waste Management Site, HALT RG 02, O.C. 579/2002
This order amended conditions of the Environmental Assessment Act approval for the Halton Waste Management site, related to the start up of an energy from waste facility. This order can be revoked as designations for waste projects will apply if a proponent proceeds with the activities covered by this order. - Corporation of the Town of Hanover Proposed Undertaking to Provide an Expansion to a Sanitary Landfill Site, dated January 17, 1990
This order exempted the expansion and operation of a sanitary landfill site for the Town of Hanover in the Township of Brant in the County of Bruce from all provisions of the Environmental Assessment Act. This order can be revoked, as it is spent. The expansion has been implemented, and operation of a landfill is not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and is not subject to any existing approved class environmental assessment. - Exemption - The Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, HW RG 01, O.C. 2113/90, O. Reg. 563/90
This order was for the exemption of the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Mohawk/Golf Links Interchange section of the Mountain East-West and North-South Transportation Corridor Project on the Lincoln Alexander Parkway from the Environmental Assessment Act. The undertaking has been built and is in use, and therefore this order can be revoked. - Declaration - Removing a Condition of Approval for the LaSalle Landfill Site, CWS 01, O.C. 2987/93 and 996/9
This order exempted Canadian Waste Services Inc. from sections 5 and 38 of the Environmental Assessment Act for the LaSalle Landfill Site. This order can be revoked as the undertaking was implemented and the site is closed. - Declaration - Corporation of the Town of Marathon, MAR 01, O.C. 1690/2007
This order exempted the establishment, construction, operation, maintenance closure and rehabilitation of the Deadhorse Creek Landfill from the Environmental Assessment Act. This order can be revoked as the undertaking has not proceeded. The designations in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA will govern if a proponent seeks to proceed. - Exemption – Section 30, , MCR 01, O.C. 499/77
The reconstruction programme at Old Fort William in Thunder Bay was exempted from the Environmental Assessment Act through this order. The undertaking is implemented; this order can be revoked. - Exemption – Section 30, MCU 01, O.C. 2892/76
This order exempted a program to provide additional physical facilities and to renovate, modify or adapt physical facilities or land of that institution with the approval of the Minister of Colleges and Universities, from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as undertakings covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption – Section 30, MITA 01, O.C. 2888/76
This order exempted the selection and acquisition of a site for the Edwardsburgh heavy industrial development from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order is spent (the undertaking implemented) and therefore this order can be revoked. - Exemption - Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, MNA 04, O.C. 1009/81, O. Reg. 285/81
This order exempted construction activities of the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission from the Environmental Assessment Act. This order can be revoked as certain Ontario Northland Transportation Commission activities are proposed to be designated as projects subject to the EAA. The order can be revoked as it is no longer necessary or appropriate. - Declaration – Ontario Northland Transportation Commission Proposal to Dredge the Navigational Channel Between Moosonee and Moose Factory Island, dated August 28, 2002, O.C. 1523/2002
This declaration order was made to exempt the dredging of Navigational Channel between Moosonee and Moose Factory Island from the Environmental Assessment Act pursuant to section 3.2. This order can be revoked as dredging is not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and is not subject to an existing approved class environmental assessment. - Compliance Order - Ministry of Natural Resources, MNR-C-2, O.C. 2091/90
The order exempted the construction, future operation and maintenance of the primary access road, the Red Squirrel Road Extension, in the Latchford Crown Forest Management Unit from the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as undertakings covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption – Section 30, MNR 01, O.C. 2891/76
This order was made to exempt the activities of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry related to forest fire protection and extra firefighting operations from the Environmental Assessment Act. This order can be revoked as undertakings covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has existing program structures designed to support implementation of the program described in the order to ensure continued oversight and protection of the environment. - Exemption - Ministry of Natural Resources, MNR 33, O.C. 673/81, O. Reg. 164/81
This order was made to exempt mineral survey activities of the Ontario Geological Survey including seismic surveys, drilling and other geophysical/geochemical surveys from the Environmental Assessment Act. This order can be revoked as the undertakings covered by the exemption are not proposed to be designated as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. The Ontario Geological Survey of the Ministry of Mines is responsible for ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements to ensure protection of the environment. - Exemption – Ministry of Natural Resources, MNR 35/3, O.C. 2733/84, O. Reg. 711/84
This order exempted seismic survey activities which includes the use of explosives as wave generation sources from the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the undertakings covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption – Ministry of Natural Resources, MNR 41, O.C. 3385/82, O. Reg. 12/83
This exemption order was issued for the exemption of planning and implementing of forest management activities south of the Ministry of Natural Resources’ Forest Management Units, on Agreement Forests, private land under Woodlands Improvement Act, and Crown Land, be exempt from the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as forest management activities are not included in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption - Ministry of Natural Resources, MNR 42, O.C. 305/85, O. Reg. 109/85
This order was made to exempt wildlife population and habitat management activities as conducted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, including enforcing bag limits, controlled access, and habitat improvements. The order can be revoked as these activities are not included in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has also stated that there are existing program structures designed to support implementation of the program described in the order. - Exemption – Section 30, MOE 10, O.C. 1035/78
This order was made for the Township of Clarence Water Servicing Project, including a trunk watermain and distribution system and conveying water from newly developed wells to the McCrea Heights area. The works noted in the order, including all wells and the pumping station/water tower noted have been decommissioned. - Exemption – Section 30, MOE 11, O.C. 2210/78
This order was made for the construction and operation of the Townships of Stephen and Hay Provincial Water Works Project, issued in 1978. The work has been completed, and the Stephen and Hay Water Works is now part of the South Huron Distribution System. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption – Section 30, MOE 15, O.C. 1295/79
This order was made for the construction and operation of the Village of Erieau combined Provincial Water Works Project, issued in 1979. The Erie Beach Water Treatment Plant has since been decommissioned and replaced with the South Chatham-Kent Water Treatment Plant. - Exemption – Section 30, MOE 18, O.C. 3125/79
This order was made for the emergency reconstruction of the Farr Creek Dam in the Town of Haileybury, issued in 1979. The Farr Creek Dam is designed to impound mining tailings in Crosswise Lake to prevent erosion of the tailings and the pollution of Lake Timiskaming and has been reconstructed. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Declaration – Ministry of the Environment, MOE 41/2, O.C. 1914/2005
This order was made for activities related to clean-up and/or remedial work being carried out by the Ministry of the Environment under various Acts. This order can be revoked as the undertakings covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption – Section 30, MOE 6, O.C. 1798/77
This order was made for the construction and operation of the Improvement District of North Shore – Community of Serpent River Provincial Water Works Program consisting of financing and providing water softening equipment for the existing water supply systems. The Ministry no longer constructs nor operates water systems in the province and the Township of the North Shore now owns the local plant. This order can be revoked as it is spent. - Exemption – Section 30, MTCF-6, O.C. 2890/76
This order was made to exempt the activity of carrying out operation and construction for existing commuter rail lines, new or expanded yards or terminals not solely for commuter rail purposes and new, expanded or extended bus routs on public roads from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority Act was repealed and the order is no longer of any effect. - Exemption – Section 30, MTC 6/2, O.C. 1047/79
This order exempted operation and construction activities related to commuter bus and rail routes from the Environmental Assessment Act. This order can be revoked as the Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority Act was repealed and the order is no longer of any effect. - Exemption – Section 30, MTC1/2, O.C. 2138/79
This order exempted construction and maintenance activities under the MTO Capital Construction Program from the Environmental Assessment Act. This order can be revoked as the Ministry of Transportation’s Class EA for Provincial Transportation Facilities applies to the certain of the undertakings described in the order. The other undertakings covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption – Section 30, MTCC-3, O.C. 2890/76
This order exempted program of Remote Northern Communications from the Environmental Assessment Act. This order can be revoked as undertaking(s) covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved Class EA.
MTO has existing program structures designed to support implementation of the program described in the order. Revocation of the order will not affect consultation with Indigenous communities. MTO will continue to execute the program in a transparent manner that ensures environmental, recreational, and economic benefits for the people of Ontario. - Exemption – Section 30, MTC4/2, O.C. 1357/79
This order exempted program of Remote Airport Construction from the Environmental Assessment Act. This order can be revoked as undertaking(s) covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved Class EA.
MTO has existing program structures designed to support implementation of the program described in the order. Revocation of the order will not affect consultation with Indigenous communities. MTO will continue to execute the program in a transparent manner that ensures environmental, recreational, and economic benefits for the people of Ontario. - Exemption – Section 30, M.TEI-3, O.C. 498/77
This order exempted the Parkway Belt West Development Plan from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as plans, including the Parkway Belt West Development Plan are in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class environmental assessment. - Exemption – Section 30, M.TEI-4, O.C. 498/77
This order exempted the program of planning, designing and construction of housing and access roads at Temagami (Goward) Townsite Mobile Home Park from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as undertaking(s) covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class environmental assessment. - Exemption – Section 30, M.TEI-6, O.C. 498/77
This order exempted the activity of acquiring land by Ontario Land Corporation from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the undertaking(s) covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class environmental assessment. - Exemption – Corporation of the City of North Bay, NORT-C-1, O.C. 927/87, O. Reg. 222/87
This order exempted the expansion, operation and closure of the existing City of North Bay Landfill Site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking was implemented and the site closed. - Exemption – Section 30, OHK-11, O.C. 2887/76
This order exempts the planning, designing, construction, operating and maintaining transmission lines, transformer stations and switching stations associated with the design of the Parkway Belt projects from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the exemption it provides is proposed to be continued in a regulation. - Order made under the Environmental Assessment Act, OH-31, O.C. 2918/84, O. Reg. 747/84
This order exempts the planning, design, stringing, operation, maintenance and later removal of 230 kV conductors and insulators on two 500 kV transmission lines from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as certain undertakings in the order have been implemented and considered spent. Future implementation of other aspects of the order are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption – The Regional Municipality of Peel, PEEL-RG-1, O.C. 1859/90, O. Reg. 397/90
This order exempted the activity of establishing, operating and closing a waste disposal site known as VIB from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as designations for waste projects in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA will apply if the activities covered by this exemption are proceeded with in the future. - Suspension – The Regional Municipality of Peel, O.C. 2603/90, O. Reg. 658/90
This order suspended the exemption given by the exemption order filed as O. Reg. 397/90 (PEEL-RG-1). The order can be revoked as the order filed as O. Reg. 397/90 is being revoked and designations for waste projects in the in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA, will apply if the activities addressed by this order are proceeded with in the future. - Declaration - Acquisition of Lands in the Township of Uxbridge, PIR/MMAH 01, O.C. 1815/2007
This order declared that the acquisition of lands in the Township of Uxbridge be not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Exemption - Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, RMHW-1, O.C. 1868/80, O. Reg. 675/80
This order exempted the activity of acquiring land for the purposes of the Redhill Creek Expressway from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Declaration - Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, RMHW-02, O.C. 582/97
This order exempted the activity of developing and implementing improvements to the Redhill Creek Expressway from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Declaration Order – Allowing Physical Changes on Spadina Avenue and Approval of an Amending Procedure for Future Changes, TTC-05, O.C. 948/98
This order declared that the implementation of physical changes to the Spadina Avenue Light Rail Transit project was not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) Union Station Second Platform and Concourse Improvements Project, O.C. 2292/2004
This order declared that the TTC Union Station Second Platform and Concourse Improvements Projects were not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertakings have been implemented. - Declaration Order - University of Waterloo Stratford Campus, O.C. 1546/2010
This order declared that the establishment of a new digital media research and education campus in the City of Stratford was not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Declaration - Cardiff Transformer Station, O.C. 986/2004
This order declared that the construction of a new 230 kV transformer station was not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Declaration – Ministry of Natural Resources, MNR-72, O.C. 1850/2003
This order declared that the establishment of Our Colleagues Conservation Reserve from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Declaration – Ministry of Natural Resources, MNR-73, O.C. 193/2006
This order declared the disposition of land to the Weenusk First Nation for construction of a winter road from Peawanuck to Fort Severn as not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. - Declaration - Sunderland Emergency Well, O.C. 792/2018
This order declared the construction, operation, and maintenance of an emergency drinking water well at a new municipal well site, a new modular treatment system, a new gravel access road and a new watermain not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the project is completed. - Declaration - Regional Municipality of York’s Modifications to the York-Durham Sewage System (forcemains and pumping stations), O.C. 399/2018
This order declared the construction, operation, and maintenance of new forcemains and modifications to pumping stations not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the project is completed. - Declaration – The Solicitor General and Minister of Correctional Services, SGCS-3, O.C. 1505/98
This order declared the construction and operation of a new correctional facility not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent; the undertaking has been implemented. Certain other activities covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Declaration – Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services, SGCS-1, O.C. 1395/97
This order declared the expansion of the Maplehurst Correctional Facility not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent, the undertaking has been implemented. Certain other activities covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Declaration - Afghanistan War Memorial, Queen’s Park, MTCS-2, O.C. 806/2019
This order declared the construction and maintenance of a memorial to honour the heroes of the war in Afghanistan of the south lawn of the legislative grounds at Queen’s Park not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the project is completed. - Declaration – The Solicitor General and Minister of Correctional Services, SGCS-2, O.C. 578/98
This order declared the construction and operation of a new correctional facility not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as it is spent, the undertaking has been implemented. Certain other activities covered by the exemption are not in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not subject to an existing approved class EA. - Exemption – Minister of Transportation and Communications, MTC-4, O.C. 2890/79
This order exempted the carrying out of the remote airport construction program from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as activities covered by the exemption are not included in the proposed regulation designating projects as subject to the EAA and are not covered by an existing Class environmental assessment. - Exemption – Ministry of Transportation and Communications, MTC-47, O.C. 3002/81, O. Reg. 736/81
This order exempted the activity of planning, design, construction and operation of the Highway 403 from Highway 5 to the Q.E.W. from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the project has been completed. - Exemption – Ministry of Transportation and Communications, MTC-52, O.C. 2865/83, O. Reg. 707/83
This order exempted the activity of carrying out the planning, design, construction and operation for that portion of the Capital Construction Program for Highway 403 from Highway 5 to the proposed intersection with Highway 407, and Highway 407 from the proposed intersection with Highway 403 to Highway 48, from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the project is completed. - Exemption – Township of Alice and Fraser, ALIC-TP-2, O.C. 1322/99
This order exempted the continued use of the Township of Alice and Fraser Landfill Site from the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the project is completed. - Laflèche Waste Disposal Facility, PRLF-1, O.C. 168/2004
This order declared the use of grill ash as a sand substitute for the construction of roads, leachate collection system and for use as a daily cover at the Eastern Ontario Waste Handling Facility not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the project is completed. - Laflèche Waste Disposal Facility – Annual Fill Rate Increase, PRLF-2, O.C. 524/2006
This order declared that the increase to the annual fill rate at the Eastern Ontario Waste Handling Facility from 200,000 to 300,000 tonnes of waste not subject to the Environmental Assessment Act. The order can be revoked as the project is complete.
Further reasons:
- The revocation of the above orders will not cause injury, damage or interference to persons or property.
- No environmentally significant impacts have been identified which would arise from the revocation of these orders.
- The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks wishes to ensure that the listing of active orders issued under the Environmental Assessment Act and the list of regulations on "e-Laws" are kept current.
This Declaration Order is subject to the following terms and conditions:
- These revocations do not affect the previous application of the orders so revoked.
- This Declaration Order revoking the above listed orders applies upon the coming into force of subsection 3 (2) of Schedule 6 to the covid-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020.
Dated the 26 day of January at Toronto.
[Original Signed by]
Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Approved by O.C. No. [ ]/2024
Date O.C. Approved
EA Branch Contact: Dilek Postacioglu
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Updated: March 01, 2024
Published: March 01, 2024