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Approval has been granted for an amendment to the Limited Operational Flexibility for an Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. A-500-5190200960 for CHAR BIOCARBON INC., a facility producing renewable natural gas and biochar, located in the City of Thorold, Ontario.

On June 20, 2025, 780 Baseline Road Inc. requested to withdraw their application for a Permit to Take Water (PTTW) for construction dewatering purposes. The application is considered withdrawn and no PTTW was issued.

Approval has been granted for the renewal of the Limited Operational Flexibility for Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) 1223-9CPRC6 for Panolam Industries Ltd., a particle board and miscellaneous wood products manufacturing facility, located at 61 Domtar Road, in Huntsville, Ontario.

Permit to Take Water No. 0771-DJDJZH has been issued to ClubLink Corporation ULC for golf course irrigation purposes. Water will be taken from one lake at the Hidden Lake Golf Club located in the City of Burlington, Ontario.

Permit to Take Water No. 4100-DHWQ85 has been issued to Glencore Canada Corporation for industrial purposes. Water will be taken from Wahnapitae River, in the City of Greater Sudbury, District of Sudbury, Ontario.

Permit to Take Water No. 3272-DHWP33 has been issued to Ethier Sand and Gravel Limited. Water will be taken from two ponds for industrial aggregate washing purposes, located in the Municipality of Huron Shores, Ontario.

The proponent requested to withdraw their application for an Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage). The application is considered withdrawn and no approval was issued.

A new Environmental Compliance Approval was issued to Conestoga Cold Storage Limited for approval of the establishment of works for the treatment of sanitary sewage and subsurface disposal of treated effluent from a new cold storage and warehouse facility located at 16408 Steeles Avenue, Town of Halton Hills, Regional Municipality of Halton.

A decision was made to proceed with implementing enhancements to the points-based moose tag allocation process. These changes will encourage hunters to only apply for the tags they intend to claim and make available certain unclaimed and unawarded tags.

The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-25-000080 to VAL-D'OR MINING CORPORATION for early exploration activities.

The decision is to issue the mineral exploration permit.

The Director of Exploration has made a decision on the exploration permit application PR-25-000079 to Kirkland Lake Discoveries Corp. for early exploration activities.

The decision is to issue the mineral exploration permit.

The ministry has issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval for the establishment of subsurface sewage disposal works rated at 37,700 litres per day, to service a campground located at 108 Miller Lake Shore Road, in the Town of Northern Bruce Peninsula.

Amended Environmental Compliance Approval was issued with conditions. This amendment was to approve the removal of pond C sludge to decommission pond C.

The ministry has issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage) to Hydro Ottawa Limited to construct new spill containment systems to service a proposed Municipal Hydro Transformer Substation located at 5134 Piperville Road, in the City of Ottawa, Ontario.

Establishment of an industrial stormwater management Works to serve Great Lakes Port Management Inc. (GLPM), trucking/trailer site, located in the City of Thorold, for the collection, transmission, treatment and disposal of stormwater run-off from a total catchment area of approximately 5.0 hectares, to provide normal level water quality.

The ministry has issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage) to Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited for the installation of an oil containment system as part of transformer replacement work serving electrical utility distribution stations, located at 62 Elmhurst Drive, in the City of Toronto, Ontario.

A decision was made to approve an amendment to the Niagara Escarpment Plan to re-designate 30.5 ha of land from Escarpment Rural Area to Mineral Resource Extraction Area to facilitate an expansion to the existing Dufferin Milton quarry and to approve site specific policy amendments to support the expansion.

We have approved a new Environmental Compliance Approval No. 2936-DHGLJZ for York1 Tiffin Recycling Ltd. for the construction and operation of a waste disposal site (processing) located within a 1.639 hectares total site area located at 529 Tiffin Street in the City of Barrie.