| #Q001 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | EASR Online Registration | other | You must register your activity in the EASR through the ministry’s online services for environmental permissions. | | high |
| #Q002 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Mandatory Registration Information | other | To complete the registration, you will be required to fill in mandatory information that includes: your business name and contact information, as well as information about the physical location of your business; details on your activity (for example, details on the type of equipment you use, confirmation that you meet the activity requirements set out in regulation); details regarding the potential application of any region-specific provincial land use plans (for example, the Niagara Escarpment Plan) and related permits; the approval number and issuance date of any existing approvals applicable to the activity you are now registering in the EASR; verification that the information provided is true and accurate; additional supporting materials if applicable | | high |
| #Q003 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Electronic Confirmation as Proof | other | Your electronic confirmation of registration is your proof of registration and is required before starting or continuing your activity. | | high |
| #Q004 | operational | operational | mandatory | Post-Registration Compliance | other | Once registered, you must follow certain activity requirements and record keeping requirements for that activity. | | high |
| #Q005 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Registration Update Timeline | other | You are required to update inaccurate information in your registration within 30 days of making a change or discovering an inaccuracy (for example, if you have changed your contact information). | Within 30 days of making a change or discovering an inaccuracy | high |
| #Q006 | administrative | reporting | unknown | Updating for Expansion or Changes | other | If you are changing or expanding your activity, you may be required to update any required reports and update your registration prior to making the changes, if applicable. | If you are changing or expanding your activity | medium |
| #Q007 | operational | operational | mandatory | Compliance Responsibility After Changes | other | It is your responsibility to ensure your activity continues to meet the prescribed activity requirements in the regulation, if you make changes. | If you make changes to your activity | high |
| #Q008 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Removal of Registration Request | other | You are required to request removal of your registration from the EASR if you are no longer operating or no longer require your EASR registration. To have it removed, you must submit a request through your ministry account: select the 'Remove Service' option under the 'Manage Permissions' tab; provide the reason for the removal request | If you are no longer operating or no longer require your EASR registration | high |
| #Q009 | administrative | operational | mandatory | New Owner Registration | other | The new owner will need to complete their own registration for the activity. | If a facility or equipment is sold or otherwise transferred to a new owner | high |
| #Q010 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Five Year Review Report Obligation | other | At least once every five years, the Minister shall cause a report to be prepared and published on the operation of this section, including the effect of this section on prosecutions under this Act and including recommendations on the contraventions to which and circumstances in which orders should be issued under subsection (1). | At least once every five years | high |
| #Q011 | administrative | unknown | guidance | Penalty Notice Review Request | wastewater, other | A regulated party that has received a notice of intention may submit a written request within 15 days of the date of the notice that the ministry review information about the incident. | within 15 days of the date of the notice | high |
| #Q012 | administrative | unknown | guidance | Penalty Review Extension or Meeting Request | wastewater, other | The regulated person may also request to have an extension to the 15 days to submit information to the ministry or to meet with ministry staff to further discuss its written submissions before the environmental penalty order is issued. | before the environmental penalty order is issued | high |
| #Q013 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Order Issuance Statute of Limitations | wastewater, other | The ministry has one year from the later, of the date on which violation occurred, or the date on which evidence of the violation first came to the attention of the ministry to issue an environmental penalty order. | one year from the later of the date of violation or date evidence came to attention | high |
| #Q014 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Penalty Order Appeal Right | wastewater, other | A regulated person that has been issued an order has the right to appeal it to the Environmental Review Tribunal within 15 days of the order, unless it has agreed not to appeal as part of a settlement agreement. | within 15 days of the order, unless agreement not to appeal exists | high |
| #Q015 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Notice of Intention Issuance | other | the ministry will issue a notice of intention to issue an environmental penalty order, if the director concludes a penalty is warranted. | if the director concludes a penalty is warranted | high |
| #Q016 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Penalty Fund Deposit Duty | other | All funds collected from environmental penalty orders are deposited into the Ontario Community Environment Fund. | | high |
| #Q017 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Receiving Water Assessment Requirement | wastewater | Receiving water assessments must be performed in all cases. | | high |
| #Q018 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Proponent Responsibility for Assessment | wastewater | The carrying out of receiving water assessment studies and the interpretation of results will be the responsibility of the proponent of any new sewage treatment works or of any works undergoing expansion. | | high |
| #Q019 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Separate Sewer Bypass Prohibition | wastewater | Bypassing of raw sewage and primary effluent from nominally separate sewerage systems will not be allowed except in emergency conditions. | except in emergency conditions | high |
| #Q020 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Bypass Notification Requirement | wastewater | bypass incidence shall be recorded and the appropriate agencies (i.e., MOEE Region and/or Spills Action Centre, and Medical Officer of Health) notified. | | high |
| #Q021 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Bypass Documentation and Reporting | wastewater | the measured or estimated volume, duration and reasons for bypassing shall be documented and reported to the MOEE Regional office. | | high |
| #Q022 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Emergency Bypass Approval | wastewater | For new works, emergency bypass facilities which permit by-passing from sewers, sewage pumping stations and sewage treatment works of sewage not satisfying the prescribed treatment requirements, must receive approval as required by Section 24 to 53 of the OWR Act. | For new works | high |
| #Q023 | operational | operational | mandatory | Bypass Mitigation Measures | wastewater | To reduce the frequency and volume of sewage discharged from emergency by-passes to an acceptable minimum, measures shall be taken to provide adequate sewer and pumping station capacity, stand-by equipment, stand-by power, reserve storage capacity in sewers, and/or at treatment facilities and adequate capacity in sewage treatment works. | | high |
| #Q024 | design | operational | recommended | Infiltration Staged Containment Program | wastewater | Where existing sewer systems are found to experience excessive infiltration/inflow problems ... staged programs should be developed for the ultimate containment of these flows by a combination of the above measures and the reduction of infiltration/inflow to the sewer systems. | Where existing sewer systems experience excessive infiltration/inflow problems | high |
| #Q025 | design | operational | recommended | Combined Sewer Staged Program | wastewater | All municipalities serviced by combined sewerage should however prepare a staged program leading towards the ultimate goal of total containment for treatment of all sewage flows. | For municipalities serviced by combined sewerage | high |
| #Q026 | reporting | reporting | recommended | Secondary Bypass Reporting | wastewater | the frequencies of occurrence, volume and duration should be measured or estimated, recorded and reported to the Ministry Regional office as secondary by-pass. | For excess primary effluent discharged in wet weather | high |
| #Q027 | corrective_action | treatment | mandatory | Upgrading Non-compliant Systems | wastewater | Existing municipal and private sewerage works not complying with Guideline F-5 shall be upgraded to meet the requirement of this guideline as soon as possible. | For existing works not in compliance | high |
| #Q028 | design | treatment | mandatory | Industrial Waste Compatibility Consideration | wastewater | In selecting a sewage treatment process, consideration must be given to industrial waste inputs to ensure that the sewage treatment process will be compatible with the waste requiring treatment. | | high |
| #Q029 | administrative | operational | recommended | Industrial Waste Sewer Use By-laws | wastewater | In all cases, sewer use by-laws should be in effect and under enforcement to control the wastes being discharged to the sewer system by industries. | | high |
| #Q030 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Requirement for Environmental Permission | wastewater, other | Under the Ontario Water Resources Act and Environmental Protection Act, you need an environmental permission to do any of the following for new or existing sewage works, including storm water management works: use, operate, establish, alter, extend, replace. | new or existing sewage works, including storm water management works | high |
| #Q031 | administrative | operational | mandatory | ECA for Surface Water Discharge | wastewater | Sewage works discharging to surface waters require an environmental compliance approval prior to the construction of a new sewage works or for the use, operation, alterations and expansions of existing sewage works. | sewage works discharging to surface waters | high |
| #Q032 | administrative | operational | mandatory | ECA Capacity and Location Thresholds | wastewater | The approval requirement also applies to any sub-surface sewage works, holding tanks or closed-loop systems if 1 or several combined sewage works have a design capacity greater than 10,000 liters per day, or if the sewage works is located on more than 1 parcel of land. | sub-surface sewage works, holding tanks or closed-loop systems with combined capacity > 10,000 L/d or located on > 1 parcel | high |
| #Q033 | administrative | operational | mandatory | ECA for Agricultural Operations | agricultural water, wastewater | Some agricultural operations require an Environmental Compliance Approval for the following activities: collection, transmission, treatment and discharge of storm water; land application of treated effluent from any on-farm or off-farm wastewater source (excluding nutrient feedwater that is generated at a greenhouse that is registered under O. Reg. 300/14 under the Nutrient Management Act); collection, transmission, treatment and discharge of process wastewater such as, vegetable washing wastewater, water with added nutrients, and recycled water; larger subsurface (septic) systems with a design capacity of more than 10 000 litres per day, 1 or more on same property, or crosses property boundaries (as set out in Section 6.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act) | agricultural operations involving specified activities | high |
| #Q034 | administrative | operational | mandatory | ECA for Large On-site Sewage Works | wastewater | An ECA is required for on-site sewage works that meet at least one of the following criteria: your sewage works have a design flow greater than 10,000 litres per day; more than one sewage works is located on a lot or parcel of land and in total, the design flow is more than 10,000 litres per day; the sewage works are not wholly located on the lot or parcel of land on which the residence, building or facility that they are servicing is located regardless of design flow | on-site sewage works meeting design flow (> 10,000 L/d) or location criteria | high |