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Environmental Compliance And Approvals In Ontario
- 1. Environmental Compliance and Approvals in Ontario
- 2. Do I Need to Comply? If your firm impacts the natural environment, you require approval from the government to operate legally in Ontario. Businesses in Ontario must have MOE-issued environmental approvals if they: • release contaminants (pollutants) into the air, onto land, or into water or • store, transport, or dispose of waste.
- 3. Two Ways to Comply Click the links to Visit the Information • Getting approval for your business Website of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment Environmental Activity and Sector Registry (EASR) • register for activities such as space heating, standby power systems and auto body shops refinishing with the ministry, rather than apply for an approval. Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) • A single ECA addresses all of a business's emissions, discharges and wastes.
- 4. Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) • What is the process? Note: this is a simplified process. For more complicated scenarios or multiple sites that require a net new ECAs or Request Info modifications on existing Calculate Fee ones, contact ORTECH. Compile All Complete Information, lik Submit ECA Application e ESDM report, Application Process Monitor Progress and MOE Complete Noise Questions Screening, AAR, if necessary
- 5. If you have any questions, regarding environmental compliance in Ontario. Please contact ORTECH at: info@ortech.ca or 905 822 -4120 x 680
Editor's Notes
- f a business’s activities impact the natural environment, that business needs an approval from the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) to operate legally in Ontario.From small commercial establishments, to large manufacturing facilities, businesses in Ontario must have MOE-issued environmental approvals if they:release contaminants (pollutants) into the air, onto land, or into waterorstore, transport, or dispose of waste.A business’s environmental approval sets out legally enforceable rules of operation. These rules aim to protect the natural environment against emissions, discharges and wastes that are produced by a business’s daily operations.
- Getting approval for your businessEnvironmental Activity and Sector Registry (EASR)The EASR allows businesses to register certain activities with the ministry, rather than apply for an approval. The registry is available for common systems and processes, to which preset rules of operation can be applied.Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA)Businesses whose activities aren't available on the EASR should apply for an ECA. A single ECA addresses all of a business's emissions, discharges and wastes.
- Forward a checklist of information needed for the application documents to Busch; and gather additional information through discussions;Co-ordinate and compile all the required materials including Environmental Bill of Rights issues, application fee, air emission calculations and current regulatory dispersion modeling (O. Reg. 346 as referred in O. Reg. 419/05) and present in the form of an Emission Summary and Dispersion Modelling (ESDM) Report following the MOE Procedure;Prepare a Section 20.18 Order request to address heating sources that would otherwise require EAS RegistrationComplete primary noise screening to verify that a more detailed noise assessment is not required;Complete and submit an application for an ECA, including all other required forms, with the ESDM Report as the supporting documentation;Calculate the fee required by the MOE to review the application (the fee will be paid directly by Busch upon submission of the application);Monitor the progress at the MOE Environmental Approvals Branch (EAB) and Busch in answering questions that the MOE EAB may have; andAssist the Busch in the review of the draft (if provided by the MOE) and final CofA to ensure that it is properly issued.