| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #Q001 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Environmental Permission Requirement for Sewage Works | 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 | An environmental permission is required when: the sewage works have a design capacity greater than 10,000 litres per day; more than 1 sewage works is located on a lot or parcel of land and they have, in total, a design capacity in excess of 10,000 litres per day; the sewage works are not located wholly within the boundaries of the lot or parcel of land on which is located the residence or other building, or facility served by the works | high |
| #Q002 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Surface Water Discharge Approval | wastewater, other | 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 |
| #Q003 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Sub-surface Sewage Works Approval | wastewater, other | 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. | Applies to sub-surface sewage works, holding tanks or closed-loop systems if design capacity is greater than 10,000 liters per day, or located on more than 1 parcel of land. | high |
| #Q004 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Legal Responsibility Compliance | wastewater, other | It is your responsibility to be aware of and understand all legal requirements that apply to your activity. | high | |
| #Q005 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | ECA for Sanitary and Industrial Sewage Works | wastewater, other | Most sanitary and industrial sewage works require an ECA, you may be required to submit an application to the ministry for approval. | Sanitary and industrial sewage works | high |
| #Q006 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | EASR Registration for Storm Water | wastewater, other | Certain storm water management works are subject to registration, see Environmental Activity and Sector Registry for more information. | Storm water management works | high |
| #Q007 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Commercial and Institutional Sewage Works Approval | wastewater, other | Prior to construction, an Environmental Compliance Approval is required to use, operate, establish, alter, extend or replace new or existing sewage works including storm water management works in accordance with the Ontario Water Resources Act. | Commercial and institutional sewage works that are not owned by a municipality | high |
| #Q008 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Agricultural Operations Approval | 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 storm water, treated effluent application, process wastewater, or large subsurface systems. | high |
| #Q009 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Large Subsurface Disposal Systems ECA | wastewater, other | 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 specific design flow or location criteria | high |
| #Q010 | administrative | unknown | guidance | Presubmission Meeting Request | wastewater, other | You can request a presubmission consultation meeting with the ministry by contacting an Environmental Compliance Officer (ECO) at your local district office. | high | |
| #Q011 | administrative | operational | guidance | Financial Assurance Condition for Private Communal Sewage Works | wastewater | In areas without a municipality, the ministry may include a financial assurance condition in an ECA for private communal sewage works since there is no local government agency to take over the works in the event of a default. | Applicable in areas without a municipality for private communal sewage works. | high |
| #Q012 | administrative | unknown | guidance | Water Taking Permission for Construction Dewatering | other | the sole purpose of your sewage works is to collect, transmit, treat and dispose of ground water and storm water to create or maintain a dewatered (dry) area at a construction site for a construction project however, you may need a permission for water taking | Construction site dewatering projects involving groundwater and storm water collection. | high |
| #Q013 | administrative | operational | mandatory | CLI ECA Change Authorization | wastewater, other | They include conditions that authorize these municipalities and prescribed persons for example, developers, to make changes to the system when requirements in the CLI ECA are met. | Applies to municipalities and prescribed persons (e.g., developers) modifying municipal sewage or storm water systems. | high |
| #Q014 | administrative | operational | mandatory | MLAS User Registration | other | Per the Mining Act and the regulations claimholders, lessees, patent holders, or prospector licensees must be registered users in MLAS to do business for mining purposes, in Ontario. | Applicable to claimholders, lessees, patent holders, or prospector licensees doing business for mining purposes in Ontario. | high |
| #Q015 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Mining Act Awareness Program (MAAP) Completion | other | You must complete the MAAP if you: are applying for or renewing an existing prospector's licence; hold a lifetime prospector's licence; are listed as a "qualified supervisor" on an exploration plan or permit; are a private landowner or a member or representative of an Indigenous community that may engage or work with prospectors and the mineral exploration industry | Applies to prospectors, qualified supervisors, and specific landowners/Indigenous representatives. | high |
| #Q016 | operational | operational | mandatory | Compliance with Provincial Standards for Early Exploration | other | Provincial Standards for Early Exploration, (PDF) effective April 10, 2018, lists requirements that must be met when carrying out exploration plan or permit activities, including requirements for rehabilitation when the early exploration activities have been completed. | Applicable when carrying out early exploration plan or permit activities. | high |
| #Q017 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Technical Standards for Reporting Assessment Work | other | Technical Standards for Reporting Assessment Work (PDF), effective April 10, 2018, lists the minimum requirements for Assessment Work reports for the different work types and costs and expenses that are eligible under Ontario Regulation 65/18. | Applies to the preparation of Assessment Work reports under O. Reg. 65/18. | high |
| #Q018 | design | treatment | mandatory | Adherence to Mine Rehabilitation Code | other | The Mine Rehabilitation Code (PDF), effective April 1, 2024, contains standards, procedures, and requirements for mine closure and is incorporated by reference into Ontario Regulation 35/24. | Applies to mine closure and rehabilitation activities under O. Reg. 35/24. | high |
| #Q019 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Class Environmental Assessment for Proponents | other | A Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) describes a planning and decision-making process for groups (or classes) of activities where a proponent must conduct an environmental assessment. | Applies to activities eligible for review under a Class EA, typically routine activities with predictable effects. | high |
| #Q020 | administrative | operational | recommended | MAAP Platform Requirement | other | If you are completing MAAP to conduct business with the ministry and/or to satisfy a mandatory requirement under the Mining Act, you should complete MAAP through MLAS. | When completing MAAP for business or mandatory Mining Act requirements. | high |
| #Q021 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Small Drinking Water System Regulation Scope | drinking water | Small Drinking Water Systems are regulated under the Health Protection and Promotion Act by Ontario Regulation 319/08 (Small Drinking Water Systems). | If your business makes drinking water available to the public and you do not get your drinking water from a municipal drinking water system | high |
| #Q022 | operational | operational | mandatory | Risk Assessment Directives Compliance | drinking water | Public health inspectors conduct individual site-specific risk assessments then issue a directive, setting out individual requirements for each system. | high | |
| #Q023 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Notice to Operate or Reopen Notification | drinking water | The Small Drinking Water System Identification form is to be used by owners of small drinking water systems to notify in writing the medical officer of health in the health unit where their system is located before supplying drinking water to users of the system following construction or alteration of the small drinking water system or following a shut-down of the system that lasts longer than 7 days. | following construction or alteration of the small drinking water system or following a shut-down of the system that lasts longer than 7 days | high |
| #Q024 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Laboratory Services Notification | drinking water | The Laboratory Services Notification (LSN) form is to be used by small drinking water system owners/operators to notify the local public health unit in writing as to which licensed laboratories will test drinking water samples for their small drinking water systems. | high | |
| #Q025 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notice of Adverse Test Results and Issue Resolution | drinking water | The Notice of Adverse Test Results and Issue Resolution form is to be used by licensed laboratories and owners/operators of small drinking water systems to support required written notifications pertaining to small drinking water system adverse water quality incidents (AWQI). | pertaining to small drinking water system adverse water quality incidents (AWQI) | high |
| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Limit Type | Limit Value | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #P001 | design | operational | mandatory | Design capacity for single sewage works | wastewater, other | requirement | > 10000 litres per day | An environmental permission is required when the sewage works have a design capacity greater than this threshold. | Applies to new or existing single sewage works, including storm water management works. | high |
| #P002 | design | operational | mandatory | Combined design capacity for multiple sewage works | wastewater, other | requirement | > 10000 litres per day | An environmental permission is required when more than 1 sewage works is located on a lot or parcel of land and they have a total combined design capacity exceeding this threshold. | Total capacity of all sewage works on the same lot or parcel of land. | high |
| #P003 | design | operational | mandatory | Rated capacity for ground water or closed loop systems | wastewater, other | requirement | > 10000 liters a day | Ground water or closed loop systems are excluded from exceptions and require approval if their rated capacity is greater than 10,000 liters a day. | Systems that do not drain or discharge directly or indirectly to a surface watercourse. | high |
| #P004 | design | operational | mandatory | Design capacity for agricultural subsurface (septic) systems | wastewater, agricultural water | requirement | > 10000 litres per day | Agricultural operations require an Environmental Compliance Approval for larger subsurface (septic) systems. | 1 or more on same property, or crosses property boundaries. | high |
| #P005 | design | operational | mandatory | Design flow for large subsurface disposal systems | wastewater | requirement | > 10000 litres per day | An ECA is required for on-site sewage works that have a design flow greater than this threshold. | Applies to individual systems, or the combined total if more than one sewage works is on the same parcel of land. | high |
| Req ID | Category | Name | Context | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #D001 | Abatement | An action that is taken by a facility to achieve compliance that includes education, outreach, warnings and issuance of control documents. | high | |
| #D002 | Adverse effect | Impairment of the quality of the natural environment for any use that can be made of it; injury or damage to property or to plant or animal life; harm or material discomfort to any person; an adverse effect on the health of any person; impairment of the safety of any person; rendering any property or plant or animal life unfit for human use; loss of enjoyment of normal use of property; or, interference with the normal conduct of business. | high | |
| #D003 | Bypass | Flows that are diverted from a part of the sewage treatment process but are discharged to the environment through the final effluent outfall of the sewage treatment plant. | high | |
| #D004 | Combined sewer system | A collection system designed to convey both sanitary and storm water runoff through a single pipe to a sewage treatment works. | high | |
| #D005 | Compliance | A state achieved when a person who is bound by a provision of an act, regulation, control document or authorizing document acts in accordance with applicable provisions of ministry legislation, regulations and any control or authorizing documents. | high | |
| #D006 | Control document (orders, direction, or notice) | An authority under ministry legislation to require a person to deal with a violation or other types of incidents. Ministry legislation authorizes Provincial Officers, directors, the minister or a court to issue control documents, and they include orders, directions, reports and notices. A control document imposes legal obligations on the person as opposed to allowing the person to deal with the incident voluntarily. | high | |
| #D007 | Director | A person appointed as a director in writing by the minister under section 5 of the Environmental Protection Act or the Ontario Water Resources Act, or other relevant legislation. | high | |
| #D008 | Effluent | Waste or wastewater that flows out from a treatment plant or individual treatment process. | high | |
| #D009 | Enforcement | Prosecuting alleged violators for the purpose of punishing wrongdoing and deterring further non-compliance. Prosecutions are commenced and conducted under the Provincial Offences Act (POA) and include issuing a Certificate of Offence (ticket) or summons under Part I of the POA, as well as the laying of charges under Part III of the PO. | high | |
| #D010 | Environmental Activity and Sector Registry (EASR) | The Environmental Activity and Sector Registry (EASR) is an online self-registration system. It replaced the approvals process for specific activities and sectors prescribed in regulations that are considered routine, standard, or well-understood. A person engaging in these activities registers the activity on the EASR. | high | |
| #D011 | Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) | The name of the approval that is issued in respect of section 9 and 27 activities under the Environmental Protection Act and section 53 activities under the Ontario Water Resources Act as of October 31, 2011. An ECA replaces a Certificate of Approval (CofA); as such, a CofA will automatically be treated as an ECA as of October 31, 2011. It is not required to be replaced. ECAs are also referred to as approvals, or ministry approvals throughout this document. | high | |
| #D012 | Financial assurance | The provision of financial security by a regulated party. It can be required to ensure compliance with environmental objectives; ensure that requirements are achieved by a specified deadline; or ensure that funds are available for future clean-up and remediation of landfills and other contaminated sites which require long-term care and monitoring. | high | |
| #D013 | Hauled sewage (septage) | Contents removed from septic tanks, portable toilets, privy vaults and holding tanks serving houses, schools, motels, mobile home parks, campgrounds and small commercial endeavors, all receiving sewage from domestic sources. Septage is raw and untreated. | high | |
| #D014 | Ministry | Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, ministry or MECP, unless otherwise stated. | high | |
| #D015 | Non-compliance | Failure to meet a provision of an act, regulation, control document or authorizing document. | high | |
| #D016 | Onsite sewage disposal systems | Sewage systems, such as septic systems or holding tanks, which do not discharge or discharge below the ground surface and are regulated under the Building Code Act. | high | |
| #D017 | Onsite sewage disposal works | Sewage works, such as septic systems or holding tanks, which discharge below the ground surface or do not discharge and are regulated by the ministry. | high | |
| #D018 | Overflows | A combined sewer overflow is a discharge to the environment from a combined sewer system. A sanitary sewer overflow is a discharge to the environment from a sanitary sewer system. A sewage treatment plant overflow is a discharge to the environment from a sewage treatment works at a location other than the final effluent outfall or downstream of the sampling point in the final effluent outfall. | high | |
| #D019 | Owner of a pollutant | The owner of the pollutant immediately before the first discharge of the pollutant, whether into the natural environment or not, in a quantity or with a quality abnormal at the location where the discharge occurs. | high | |
| #D020 | Person having control of a pollutant | The person and the person’s employee or agent, if any, having the charge, management or control of a pollutant immediately before the first discharge of the pollutant, whether into the natural environment or not, in a quantity or with a quality abnormal at the location where the discharge occurs. | high | |
| #D021 | Pollutant | A contaminant other than heat, sound, vibration or radiation. | high | |
| #D022 | Pollution Prevention Control Plan (PPCP) | A plan outlining the nature, cause, and extent of pollution problems associated with combined sewer overflows. The PPCP examines alternatives, proposes remedial measures, and provides recommendations for implementation. | high | |
| #D023 | Provincial Officer | Any person designated as such under section 5 of the Environmental Protection Act or the Ontario Water Resources Act, or other relevant legislation. A Provincial Officer is a peace officer for the purpose of enforcing the legislation they are designated under. | high | |
| #D024 | Pre-application consultation | A dialogue between the proponent, the ministry, and possibly the public, prior to the submission of an application for approval. Pre-application consultation is meant to assist proponents in defining the environmental objectives for the project. Examples of these objectives are: effluent requirements, determining the requirements regarding characterization of the source of raw water, establishing general acceptability of the proposed technology, identifying any special approval related requirements, and determining the need for public consultation or notification. | high | |
| #D025 | Regulated person | Persons who are or were members of the class of persons described in subsection 3 (1) of the Environmental Penalties Regulation (Ontario Regulation 222/07) made under the Environmental Protection Act. | high | |
| #D026 | Responsibility agreement | Legal agreements between a municipal authority and developer which stipulate the conditions under which communal sewage services will be constructed, operated and maintained, as well as, the action to be undertaken in the event of owner default. Responsibility agreements require up-front secured funds for any remedial measures that may be necessary in the event of default. | high | |
| #D027 | Sanitary sewage | Includes domestic, commercial and industrial sewage. | high | |
| #D028 | Sewage | Sewage is defined to include drainage, storm water, commercial wastes and industrial wastes and such other matter or substance as is specified by the regulations in the Ontario Water Resources Act. | high | |
| #D029 | Sewage system | Defined in the Ontario Building Code (Regulation 350 under the Building Code Act) as: a chemical toilet, an incinerating toilet, a recirculating toilet, a self-contained portable toilet and all forms of privy including a portable privy, an earth pit privy, a pail privy, a privy vault and a composting toilet system; a greywater system; a cesspool; a leaching bed system; a system that requires or uses a holding tank for the retention of hauled sewage at the site where it is produced before its collection by a hauled sewage system, where these: have a design capacity of 10,000 litres per day or less, have, in total, a design capacity of 10,000 litres per day or less, where more than one of these are located on a lot or parcel of land, and are located wholly within the boundaries of the lot or parcel of land on which is located the building or buildings they serve. | high | |
| #D030 | Sewage works | Any works for the collection, transmission, treatment and disposal of sewage or any part of such works but does not include plumbing to which the Building Code Act, 1992 applies. | high | |
| #D031 | Spill | When used with reference to a pollutant, means a discharge into the natural environment from or out of a structure, vehicle or other container; and, that is abnormal in quality or quantity in light of all the circumstances of the discharge, and when used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. | high | |
| #D032 | Storm water | Rain, melted snow or any other form of precipitation that has come into contact with the ground or any other surface. This water seeps into the ground, is absorbed by vegetation, evaporates or runs off the land into storm sewers, streams and lakes. | high | |
| #D033 | Municipality | Municipality is within the meaning of the Municipal Act, 2001, and includes any of the following bodies that is established for the purpose of managing public utilities on behalf of or for a municipality: a public utility commission that is deemed to be a municipal service board; a municipal service board established under the Municipal Act; a corporation established under the Municipal Act | high | |
| #D034 | OWRA | Ontario Water Resources Act | high | |
| #D035 | EPA | Environmental Protection Act | high | |
| #D036 | CWA | Clean Water Act | high | |
| #D037 | St. | Saint | high | |
| #D038 | L/d | litres per day | high | |
| #D039 | LEP | licensed engineering practitioner | high | |
| #D040 | NASM | non-agricultural source materials | high | |
| #D041 | POA | Provincial Offences Act | high | |
| #D042 | CofA | Certificate of Approval | high | |
| #D043 | multi-media ECA | A multi-media ECA allows for a single approval that addresses all of a business’s emissions, discharges and wastes. | high | |
| #D044 | ECAs | Environmental Compliance Approvals | high | |
| #D045 | V | five | high | |
| #D046 | IX | nine | high | |
| #D047 | XII | twelve | high | |
| #D048 | ESAR | Environmental Activity and Sector Registry | high | |
| #D049 | MECP | Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks | high | |
| #D050 | X | ten | high | |
| #D051 | etc. | et cetera | high | |
| #D052 | I | one | high | |
| #D053 | III | three | high | |
| #D054 | PO | Provincial Offences Act | high | |
| #D055 | ECA | Environmental Compliance Approval | high | |
| #D056 | EASR | Environmental Activity and Sector Registry | high | |
| #D057 | PPCP | Pollution Prevention Control Plan | high | |
| #D058 | Environmental permissions | Environmental permissions are granted by the ministry to businesses, individuals and public sector organizations that operate in Ontario. Environmental permissions set rules that protect the natural environment and human health. | high | |
| #D059 | EASR registration | An EASR registration provides businesses with permission to operate if they follow standard activity requirements. | high | |
| #D060 | Class X Spill | A Class X Spill under Ontario Regulation 675/98: Classification and Exemption of Spills and Reporting of Discharges is one addressed in a spill contingency plan that meets certain standards for relatively small and manageable spills. | high | |
| #D061 | beyond compliance measure or best management practice | A beyond compliance measure or best management practice is a plant-based pollution prevention or reduction project that aims to benefit human health or the environment beyond the requirements of the law. | high |