The City of Toronto is considering making Pollution Prevention Plan requirements by Toronto industry less onerous and costly. Under Toronto’s Sewers current By-Law Chapter 681, Section 5, Pollution Prevention Planning, every Toronto industry that discharges any amount...
The City of Toronto has its own policies and procedures for reviewing and accepting potentially contaminated lands that are to be conveyed to the City, under the Planning Act, typically during redevelopment projects. Part of these policies are: what Environmental Site...
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change is proposing more amendments to the Drinking Water Regulation (O. Reg. 169/03) and Drinking-Water Systems Regulation (O. Reg. 170/03) to include water testing requirements. This is following a recent amendment to...
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) had proposed amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Regulation and the related guide. The amendments include: Reducing the reporting threshold from 25,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) to 10,000...
The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change is proposing to amend O. Reg. 347 to increase the fees related to the disposal of hazardous waste. These fees have not been updated since when they were implemented in 2002. The fee increases are expected to allow a full...
