Environmental Assessment

Environmental Assessment Act

The Environmental Assessment Act (EAA) provides for the betterment of the people of Ontario through the protection, conservation and wise management of the environment. It applies to activities or projects of public bodies, and major commercial or business undertakings of non-public entities, if designated by regulation.

Regulation 334 - General

Regulation 334 identifies public bodies and agencies which are either subject to or exempt from the EAA as well as exemptions and inclusions of particular undertakings. The regulation also identifies additional information requirements related to the submission of an environmental assessment (EA).

Ontario Regulation 231/08 - Transit Projects

O. Reg. 231/08 modifies the EA requirements for public transit projects which are subject to the EAA.

Ontario Regulation 101/07 - Waste Management Projects

O. Reg. 101/07 clarifies and modifies EA requirements for waste diversion and disposal facilities such that private and public sector projects are now equally subject to the EAA.

Ontario Regulation 116/01 - Electricity Projects

O. Reg. 116/01 modifies the EA requirements for new electricity projects such that private and public sector projects are now equally subject to the EAA.

Ontario Regulation 616/98 - Deadlines

O. Reg. 616/98 establishes deadlines associated with EAs including Minister's decisions, public notice of submission of an EA, and comment periods on an EA.

Ontario Regulation 345/93 - Designation and Exepmtion - Private Sector Developers

O. Reg. 345/93 requires that the private sector developers undertaking road, water or sewer projects servicing residential developments under Schedule C of the Municipal Engineers Association Municipal Class EA shall complete the same process as a municipality would for those same activities.

Clean Water Act

The Clean Water Act provides for the protection of existing and future sources of drinking water

Environmental Bill of Rights

Environmental Protection Act

The Environmental Protection Act provides for the protection and conservation of the natural environment. It establishes the powers to prohibit the discharge of contaminants into the natural environment that causes or is likely to cause an adverse effect. Regulations made under the Environmental Protection Act:

• Ontario Regulation 232/98 - Landfilling Sites
• Ontario Regulation 206/97 - Waste Disposal Sites and Waste Management Systems Subject to Approval under or exempt from the Environmental Assessment Act
• Regulation 354 - Municipal Sewage and Water and Roads Class Environmental Assessment Project
• Regulation 347 - General - Waste Management

Environmental Review Tribunal Act

Pesticides Act

Ontario Water Resources Act

The Ontario Water Resources Act provides for the protection of Ontario's water resources. It establishes powers to regulate the taking of water, and the establishment of water works and sewage works. Regulations made under the Ontario Water Resources Act.

• Ontario Regulation 207/97 - Sewage Works Subject to Approval under the Environmental Assessment Act
• Regulation 900 Municipal Sewage and Water and Roads Class Environmental Assessment Projects

Safe Drinking Water Act

The Safe Drinking Water Act provides for the protection of human health and the prevention of drinking-water health hazards through the control and regulation of drinking-water systems and drinking-water testing.

• Aggregate Resources Act
• Conservation Authorities Act
• Crown Forest Sustainability Act
• Endangered Species Act
• Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
• Greenbelt Act
• Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act
• Mining Act
• Municipal Act
• Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act
• Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act
• Ontario Heritage Act
• Ontario Planning and Development Act
• Places to Grow Act
• Planning Act
• Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act
• Public Lands Act

• Canada Transportation Act
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
• Canadian Environmental Protection Act
• Fisheries Act
• Indian Act
• Migratory Birds Convention Act
• National Energy Board Act
• Navigable Waters Protection Act
• Species at Risk Act