| #Q001 | corrective_action | health | mandatory | Medical Officer of Health Notification and Direction | drinking water | A person who, pursuant to section 10 of the Act or otherwise, has an obligation to ensure that water meets a standard set out in Schedule 1, 2 or 3 shall be deemed not to have contravened the obligation if, in circumstances where the water does not meet the standard, the person immediately contacts the medical officer of health and takes such other steps as are directed by the medical officer of health. | in circumstances where the water does not meet the standard | high |
| #Q002 | corrective_action | health | mandatory | Corrective Action Under O. Reg. 170/03 | drinking water | Despite subsection (1), the owner or operating authority of a drinking water system that provides water that does not meet a standard set out in Schedule 1, 2 or 3 shall be deemed not to have contravened paragraph 1 of subsection 11 (1) of the Act only if the owner or operating authority ensures that the appropriate corrective action is taken under Schedule 17 or 18 to Ontario Regulation 170/03 (Drinking Water Systems). | provides water that does not meet a standard set out in Schedule 1, 2 or 3 | high |
| #Q003 | operational | health | guidance | Short-Term Tolerance for Radionuclide Exceedances | drinking water | Radionuclide concentrations that exceed the standard may be tolerated for a short period, as long as the annual average concentrations remain below the standard and the restriction (see immediately below) for multiple radionuclides is met. | as long as the annual average concentrations remain below the standard and the restriction (see immediately below) for multiple radionuclides is met | high |
| #Q004 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Landfilling Site Ownership | other | The holder of an environmental compliance approval to which a landfilling site is subject must own the entire site in fee simple, unless the site is on Crown land. | unless the site is on Crown land | high |
| #Q005 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Identity Change Notification | other | The holder of an environmental compliance approval or the applicant for an environmental compliance approval to which a landfilling site is or will be subject shall notify the Director in writing within 30 days after any change in his, her or its identity or status or any change in ownership of the site or ownership of property rights in the contaminant attenuation zone. | within 30 days after any change in identity, status, or ownership | high |
| #Q006 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Municipal Waste Burning Prohibition | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that no municipal waste is burned at the site as part of the landfilling operation. | does not apply to clean wood and brush burned during daylight hours under controlled conditions | high |
| #Q007 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Scavenging Prohibition | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that there is no scavenging at the site. | | high |
| #Q008 | operational | operational | mandatory | Daily Cover Requirement | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that all waste accepted for disposal at the site is disposed of in the waste fill zone and is covered at the end of each working day by daily cover in accordance with this section. | excludes sites associated with specific forest products operations | high |
| #Q009 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Contingency Plan Financial Assurance | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that financial assurance is provided for the contingency plans for the site, including the construction, operation, maintenance and replacement of works required by the contingency plans. | does not apply to sites owned by a municipality, the Crown, or specific forest products companies | high |
| #Q010 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Contaminant Attenuation Zone Ownership | other | If a contaminant attenuation zone is necessary for proper operation of a landfilling site, the holder of an environmental compliance approval to which the landfilling site is subject must own property rights respecting the contaminant attenuation zone | unless on Crown land or public road with written agreement | high |
| #Q011 | design | operational | mandatory | Design Specifications Report | other | A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a written report has been prepared in accordance with this section. | | high |
| #Q012 | design | operational | mandatory | Buffer Area Requirement | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that the waste fill area is completely surrounded by buffer area in accordance with this section. | Minimum 100 metres wide unless specific study justifies 30 metres | high |
| #Q013 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Closure Financial Assurance | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that financial assurance for the closure of the site and the post-closure care of the site is provided in accordance with this section. | Does not apply to sites owned by a municipality or the Crown | high |
| #Q014 | reporting | operational | mandatory | Site Preparation Report | other | A person shall not place any waste in a newly constructed base or base side slope area of a landfilling site until a written report has been prepared documenting all construction, quality assurance and quality control activities and confirming that the site conditions and details of the construction of the new area are in accordance with the design plans and specifications of the landfilling site. | | high |
| #Q015 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Daily Record Keeping | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that daily records of site operations are made during the operation of the site and that the records are retained for at least two years after they are made. | | high |
| #Q016 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Annual Operations Report | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that, (a) within three months after each anniversary of the date on which waste was first accepted at the site, an annual report is prepared respecting the operation of the landfilling site, including a summary of results from monitoring programs; and (b) all of the reports are retained until at least two years after the site is closed. | | high |
| #Q017 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Surface Water Monitoring Program | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that a program is carried out for monitoring the quality and quantity of the surface water features on the site and of the surface water features that receive a direct discharge from the site. | | high |
| #Q018 | corrective_action | operational | mandatory | Investigative Activities for Trigger Exceedance | other | The owner and the operator of the landfilling site shall ensure that investigative activities are carried out with respect to the cause of an increase in contaminant concentrations if any of the trigger criteria described under paragraph 5 of subsection 12 (2), as they may have been modified under paragraph 2 of subsection (3) of this section, is exceeded for any single monitoring event. | when trigger criteria are exceeded | high |
| #Q019 | operational | operational | mandatory | Final Cover Installation | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that the following materials are applied to the waste fill zone as final cover, from bottom to top: 1. A minimum of 0.6 metres of cover material. 2. A minimum of 0.15 metres of topsoil or other material approved by the Director as able to sustain plant growth. 3. A vegetative cover consisting of vegetation that is suited to local conditions and that is capable with minimal care of providing vigorous, plentiful cover not later than its third growing season. | | high |
| #Q020 | reporting | operational | mandatory | Closure Report | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that a written report on activities for the closure of the site, activities for the post-closure care of the site and the proposed end use of the site is prepared not later than the date 90 per cent of the total waste disposal volume is reached or two years before the anticipated date of closure, whichever comes first. | | high |
| #Q021 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Ground Water Monitoring Program | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that a program is carried out for monitoring ground water quality and quantity. | | high |
| #Q022 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Leachate Monitoring Program | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that a program is carried out for monitoring leachate quality and quantity. | | high |
| #Q023 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Annual Post-Closure Care Report | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that, within three months after each anniversary of the date on which waste was last placed on the site, an annual report is prepared respecting the post-closure care of the landfilling site, including a summary of results from monitoring programs. | | high |
| #Q024 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Contaminating Life Span Property Rights | other | The holder of the environmental compliance approval must continue to own the property rights for all of the contaminating life span of the site. | | high |
| #Q025 | design | operational | mandatory | Final Slope Gradient Requirement | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that the final slopes above grade within the waste fill zone at the time of site closure do not exceed one unit vertical to four units horizontal and are not less than one unit vertical to 20 units horizontal. | does not apply if a written report confirms alternative design for final slopes is acceptable | high |
| #Q026 | corrective_action | operational | mandatory | Contingency Measure Implementation | other | If the monitoring results, investigative activities and implementation criteria indicate the need to implement contingency measures, the owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that the following steps are taken: 1. The Director must be notified of the need to implement contingency measures. 2. Detailed plans, specifications and descriptions for the design, operation and maintenance of the contingency measures must be prepared. 3. The contingency measures must be implemented. | if monitoring results indicate the need to implement contingency measures | high |
| #Q027 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Financial Assurance Annual Update | other | The amount of financial assurance provided shall be updated annually or as otherwise required by the Director. | | high |
| #Q028 | design | operational | mandatory | Ground Water Protection Design Report | other | A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a written report describing the design for the ground water protection features of the site has been prepared in accordance with this section. | | high |
| #Q029 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Contaminant Attenuation Zone Property Rights Content | other | The ownership of the property rights must include the right to, (a) discharge contaminants from the landfilling site into the contaminant attenuation zone; (b) enter into the contaminant attenuation zone and onto the surface above the contaminant attenuation zone for purposes of testing, monitoring, intercepting contaminants and carrying out remedial work; (c) install, operate and maintain works, for the purposes mentioned in clause (b), in or above the contaminant attenuation zone, including on the surface above the contaminant attenuation zone; and (d) prevent the owner of the land in which the contaminant attenuation zone is located from paving, erecting a structure or making any use of land above or in the vicinity of the contaminant attenuation zone that would interfere with the functioning of the contaminant attenuation zone or with the exercise of any of the rights mentioned in this subsection. | | high |
| #Q030 | design | operational | mandatory | Hydrogeological Assessment Report | other | A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a written report on the geologic and hydrogeologic conditions of the site and ground water protection for the site has been prepared in accordance with this section. | | high |
| #Q031 | design | operational | mandatory | Surface Water Assessment Report | other | A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a written report on the surface water conditions of the site and surface water protection for the site has been prepared in accordance with this section. | | high |
| #Q032 | design | operational | mandatory | Leachate Disposal Report | other | A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a written report containing plans, specifications and descriptions for the management and disposal of any leachate collected at the site has been prepared. | | high |
| #Q033 | design | operational | mandatory | Leachate Contingency Plans Report | other | A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a written report containing plans, specifications and descriptions for a leachate contingency plan for the site has been prepared in accordance with this section. | | high |
| #Q034 | design | operational | mandatory | Surface Water Control Report | other | A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a written report containing plans, specifications and descriptions for the control, treatment and discharge of surface water at the site during construction, site operation and following closure has been prepared in accordance with this section. | | high |
| #Q035 | design | operational | mandatory | Subsurface Migration of Landfill Gas Report | other | A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a written report has been prepared in accordance with this section that contains the following: 1. An assessment of the potential for the migration of landfill gas in the subsurface. 2. Plans, specifications and descriptions for the monitoring, control, collection, use or discharge of landfill gas at the site if, on the basis of the assessment, any of these actions are necessary. | | high |
| #Q036 | operational | operational | mandatory | Subsurface Migration Methane Gas Control | other | The design of the site and any plans, specifications and descriptions for the control of landfill gas must ensure that the subsurface migration of landfill gas meets the following conditions: 1. The concentration of methane gas below the surface of the land at the boundary of the site must be less than 2.5 per cent by volume. 2. The concentration of methane gas must be less than 1.0 per cent by volume in any on-site building or enclosed structure... 4. The concentration of methane gas from the site must be less than 0.05 per cent by volume in any off-site building or enclosed structure... | does not apply to leachate or gas collection facilities with specific health and safety measures | high |
| #Q037 | design | operational | mandatory | Atmospheric Emissions of Landfill Gas Report | other | A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a written report has been prepared respecting the design, operation, maintenance and monitoring of facilities for the collection, and for the burning or use, of landfill gas generated by the site during site operation and following site closure. | applies to sites > 1.5 million cubic metres; excludes coal ash sites and specific forest product sites | high |
| #Q038 | design | operational | mandatory | Operation and Maintenance Procedures Report | other | A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a writ ten report has been prepared containing plans, specifications and descriptions of the operation, maintenance, monitoring, closure and post-closure care of the site, including matters related to record keeping, reporting and financial assurance. | | high |
| #Q039 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Financial Assurance Replacement (Contingency) | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that any amount of financial assurance used by the Director under subsection (6) is replaced within six months after it is used unless the Director directs otherwise. | | high |
| #Q040 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Financial Assurance Replacement (Closure) | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that any amount of the financial assurance used by the Director under subsection (10) is replaced within six months after it is used unless the Director directs otherwise. | | high |
| #Q041 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Closure Financial Assurance Update | other | The estimation of costs and the amount of the financial assurance provided shall be updated annually or as otherwise required by the Director. | Applicable to financial assurance for site closure and post-closure care | high |
| #Q042 | corrective_action | operational | mandatory | Trigger Criteria Investigation and Revision Steps | other | The owner and the operator of the landfilling site shall ensure that the steps described in subsection (3) [including reviewing contingency measures, trigger criteria, and monitoring programs] are taken if the investigative activities indicate that the potential exists for a liner/leachate system to fail or for leachate to exceed expected quantities or qualities. | Triggered if investigative activities indicate potential failures or exceedances | high |
| #Q043 | design | operational | mandatory | Final Cover Design Objectives | other | The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that the final cover is designed so that the infiltration rate is in accordance with the site design, existing or anticipated gas control facilities are accommodated, and end-use requirements are met. | | high |
| #Q044 | design | operational | mandatory | Surface Water Discharge and Background Protection | other | The plans, specifications and descriptions must ensure that the concentration of any contaminant in surface water being discharged from the site to a waterbody is in accordance with Ministry of Environment and Energy Guideline B - 1 and Procedure B - 1 - 1, and that background levels for dissolved oxygen, turbidity, temperature, and the hydrologic cycle are not adversely affected. | Applicable to site design and surface water control systems | high |
| #Q045 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Primary Leachate Pipe Inspection | other | Leachate collection pipes must be inspected at least annually for the first five years after placement of waste overtop of each pipe and then as often as future inspections indicate to be necessary. | First five years after waste placement over pipe | high |
| #Q046 | operational | operational | mandatory | Primary Leachate Pipe Cleaning | other | Leachate collection pipes must be cleaned whenever an inspection indicates that cleaning is necessary. | | high |
| #Q047 | operational | operational | mandatory | Primary Leachate Obstruction Removal | other | Leachate must be removed from the collection system in order to avoid obstructions to leachate flows within the system. | | high |
| #Q048 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Secondary Leachate Pipe Inspection | other | Leachate collection pipes must be inspected at least annually for the first five years after the initial production of leachate from the secondary leachate collection system and then as often as future inspections indicate to be necessary. | First five years after initial production of leachate | high |
| #Q049 | operational | operational | mandatory | Secondary Leachate Pipe Cleaning | other | Leachate collection pipes must be cleaned whenever an inspection indicates that cleaning is necessary. | | high |
| #Q050 | operational | operational | mandatory | Secondary Leachate Obstruction Removal | other | Leachate must be removed from the collection system in order to avoid obstructions to leachate flows within the system. | | high |
| #Q051 | operational | operational | mandatory | Geomembrane Puncture Protection | other | The geomembrane must be protected against puncturing and load-induced damage at all times, including during installation. | | high |
| #Q052 | operational | operational | mandatory | Geomembrane Installation Standards | other | During installation, care must be taken to, i. remove wrinkles in the geomembrane, ii. minimize stress concentration, iii. ensure high quality seams, iv. minimize differential settlement, v. minimize exposure to ultraviolet light, vi. prevent damage due to sliding, vii. prevent damage due to installation in cold conditions, and viii. prevent damage due to rodents. | | high |
| #Q053 | operational | operational | mandatory | Clayey Liner Installation Standards | other | During installation, care must be taken to, i. control soil properties and water content, ii. ensure the breakup of clods, iii. control lift thickness and compaction, iv. remove stones larger than 100 millimetres, v. prevent desiccation of the compacted clayey liner, vi. prevent damage to the compacted clayey liner due to freezing, vii. prevent damage to the compacted clayey liner from vehicular traffic, viii. prevent damage to the compacted clayey liner due to rodents, and ix. prevent damage to the compacted clayey liner due to differential settlement. | | high |
| #Q054 | reporting | operational | mandatory | Geotechnical Engineer Liner Confirmation | other | The report of a suitably qualified geotechnical engineer must confirm that there is no evident cracking in the constructed liner or significant occurrence of clods, stones, branches or other material that could shorten the service life of the constructed liner or significantly increase the hydraulic conductivity. | | high |