More about Oakville
Dear Readers, Since you have shown so much interest in the Oakville air permit bylaw, here is some additional information:
View the post titled More about OakvilleToxics Reduction Act rolling out
Ontario's hard-pressed manufacturers and mineral processing operations of must therefore make an important choice when they define their "processes" for the first annual report.
View the post titled Toxics Reduction Act rolling outIs your EPA up to date?
A reader has asked me to remind everyone: Make sure your copy of Ontario environmental laws is up to date. A number of amendments came into effect on January 1, 2010, especially those relating to enforcement powers and integration with other statutes such as the Safe Drinking Water Act and t…
View the post titled Is your EPA up to date?Approvals Reform, at last?
After years of complaints about the economic drag created by Ontario’s sclerotic environmental approval process, something may finally be about to change. Environment Minister Gerretsen has announced the formal beginning of consultations on the long-overdue transformation agenda for Ap…
View the post titled Approvals Reform, at last?Why no minimum fines in the SDWA?
Minimum fines would be particularly inappropriate in dealing with municipalities, almost all of whom already provided safe water before the Walkerton disaster.
View the post titled Why no minimum fines in the SDWA?City goes to bat for neighbours of cement plant
In an unusual move, the City of Toronto has sought and obtained leave to appeal the air certificate of approval issued to an existing cement plant. The plant had been the subject of numerous complaints from local residents, relating to dust and noise. The Ministry of the Environment issued a…
View the post titled City goes to bat for neighbours of cement plantWhat's changed in 20 years?
My guess is that we’re still running pretty hard to have results that look like standing still.
View the post titled What's changed in 20 years?Reg. 419/05, s. 11 and Technical Standards
The Ministry of the Environment could, and should, give Technical Standards for industrial sectors a much bigger role in the regulation of air emissions in Ontario.
View the post titled Reg. 419/05, s. 11 and Technical Standards419/05- Why no right of appeal?
Proposed amendments to Reg. 419/05 will give the Director a vast, untrammelled discretion to control how the regulation is applied, regardless of the facts or the accuracy of the of the Director’s approach. Although the consequences for affected companies can be very substantial, no reaso…
View the post titled 419/05- Why no right of appeal?Bill 167, Toxics Reduction Act
The Toxics Reduction Act, which received first reading yesterday, will require industry to measure and report on their use and release of toxic substances, and plan how to reduce them.
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