Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2010/2011 Annual Report Supplement
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Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2010/2011 Annual Report Supplement ABBREVIATIONS v PREFACE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SUPPLEMENT vii SECTION 1: ECO REVIEWS OF UNPOSTED PROPOSALS AND DECISIONS 2 1.1 Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs – Act ....................................................... 3 1.1.1 Amendments to the Drainage Act under the Omnibus Open for Business Act, 2010 ............... 3 1.1.2 Proposed changes under the Livestock, Poultry and Honey Bee Protection Act in OMAFRA’s Managing Agriculture-Wildlife Conflicts Discussion Paper .................................................................. 4 1.2 Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure – Policy .................................................................. 5 1.2.1 Minister’s Directive to the Ontario Power Authority to Develop a Low-income Electricity Conservation Initiative .......................................................................................................................... 5 1.2.2 Smart Grid Fund ........................................................................................................................ 5 1.3 Ministry of the Environment - Act ..................................................................................... 6 1.3.1 Amendments to the Ontario Water Resources Act and Environmental Protection Act under the Omnibus Open for Business Act, 2010 ................................................................................................ 6 1.4 Ministry of Natural Resources – Regulation ..................................................................... 7 1.4.1 Menzel Centennial Provincial Park Boundary Expansion.......................................................... 7 1.4 Ministry of Natural Resources – Policy ............................................................................ 8 1.4.2 Endangered Species Act, 2007 Implementation Policies .......................................................... 8 1.4.3 Provincial Wildlife Population Monitoring Program Plan ............................................................ 9 1.5 Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry – Regulation ............................. 10 1.5.1 Ontario Regulation 484/10, Amending O. Reg. 113/91 – General, made under the Mining Act Describing the Opening of Lands for Staking .................................................................................... 10 1.6 Ministry of Transportation – Policy ................................................................................. 11 1.6.1 Registration Policy for Electric Vehicle Conversions ............................................................... 11 1.6.2 Peterborough Area and Highway 7 Corridor Transportation Studies ...................................... 12 SECTION 2: ECO REVIEWS OF INFORMATION NOTICES 14 2.1 Use of Information Notices.......................................................................................................... 14 SECTION 3: ECO REVIEWS OF EXCEPTION NOTICES 30 3.1 Use of Exception Notices ............................................................................................................ 30 SECTION 4: ECO REVIEWS OF SELECT DECISIONS ON ACTS, REGULATIONS, POLICIES AND INSTRUMENTS 33 4.1 Animal Health Act, 2009 (Bill 204) .............................................................................................. 33 4.2 Lakeshore Capacity Assessment Handbook: Protecting Water Quality in Inland Lakes on Ontario’s Precambrian Shield ............................................................................................................ 39 4.3 Drive Clean Regulatory Amendment .......................................................................................... 47 4.4 Rules for Source Protection Planning under Ontario’s Clean Water Act, 2006 .......................... 52 4.5 Lake Simcoe Phosphorus Reduction Strategy ........................................................................... 63 4.6 Modernizing Environmental Approvals ....................................................................................... 72 4.7 Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act, 2010 ............................................................ 87 4.8 Consolidation of Ontario’s Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Regulations and Harmonization with Federal Requirements ................................................................................................................ 97 4.9 Cottage Advisors of Canada Inc. Permit to Take Water ........................................................... 102 4.10 Natural Heritage Reference Manual: Natural Heritage Protection through the Provincial Policy Statement, 2005 ............................................................................................................................... 105 4.11 The Far North Act, 2010 ......................................................................................................... 116 4.12 Policies and Procedures for Conservation Authority Plan Review and Permitting Activities . 125 4.13 Government Response Statements for 13 Species At Risk ................................................... 131 4.14 Conservation Land Tax Incentive Program (CLTIP) Policy and Community Conservation Lands (CCL) Guide ..................................................................................................................................... 139 Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2010/2011 Annual Report Supplement 4.15 Standards and Guidelines for Conservation of Provincial Heritage Properties ...................... 146 SECTION 5: ECO REVIEWS OF APPLICATIONS FOR REVIEW 151 5.1 Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs ............................................................. 151 5.1.1 The Need to Green Ontario’s Definition of Infrastructure ...................................................... 151 5.2 Ministry of Energy ........................................................................................................ 151 5.2.1 Need for Policies to Support the Development of Ammonia as a Carbon-Free Alternative Fuel Source .............................................................................................................................................. 151 5.3 Ministry of the Environment ......................................................................................... 154 5.3.1 Classification of Chromium containing Waste as Hazardous ................................................ 154 5.3.2 Fluorides in Drinking Water.................................................................................................... 155 5.3.3 Need for Air Pollution Hot Spots Regulatory Reform ............................................................. 156 5.3.4 Request for New Rules on Airborne Fine Particulates to Protect Health .............................. 158 5.3.5 New Regulation Providing for Stays Pending Decisions on Leave to Appeal Applications filed under the EBR ................................................................................................................................. 159 5.3.6 The “MISA” Regulations under the Environmental Protection Act ........................................ 160 5.3.7 Certificate of Approval Exemption for Fire Training Exercises and the Need to Prescribe the Fire Prevention and Protection Act, 1997 ........................................................................................ 166 5.3.8 Review Certificate of Approval #2065-7UEPXC Issued to Bioversal Sarnia Ltd. .................. 168 5.3.9 Certificate of Approval for French River Sewage Works ....................................................... 171 5.3.10 Review of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993 ................................................................ 172 5.3.11 The Need to Green Ontario’s Definition of Infrastructure .................................................... 173 5.3.12 Regulation and Guide for Landfill Standards ....................................................................... 173 5.3.13 Review of the EBR to Clarify how the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 and the French Language Services Act Apply to the ECO ........................................................................... 174 5.3.14 Policies for Cage Aquaculture Licenses .............................................................................. 174 5.4 Ministry of Infrastructure .............................................................................................. 175 5.4.1 The Need to Green Ontario’s Definition of Infrastructure ...................................................... 175 5.5 Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing .................................................................... 175 5.5.1 Need for Amendments to the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan (2002) and O. Reg. 140/02 under the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act, 2001 ..................................................... 175 5.5.2 Review of Septic System Provisions under the Building Code.............................................. 179 5.5.3 The Need to Green Ontario’s Definition of Infrastructure ...................................................... 183 5.6 Ministry of Natural Resources ...................................................................................... 188 5.6.1 Measures to Conserve Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and its Habitat ...... 188 5.6.2 Review to Remove Snapping Turtles from Game Species List under the FWCA ................. 192 5.6.3 Wolf Management