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Ontario amends Renewable Energy Approval regulations

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Canada
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August 8 2012

On July 1, 2012, amendments to O. Reg. 35909 the Renewable Energy Approval (REA) regulation came into force

Changes to federal environmental assessment regime

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Canada
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March 31 2009

On March 12, 2009, the federal government amended the existing Exclusion List Regulations, 2007 and issued the new Infrastructure Projects Environmental Assessment Adaptation Regulations (the Infrastructure Regulations), both under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA

MOE proposes technical guidance for water-assessment and water-body reports

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Canada
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March 1 2011

The MOE has released draft guidance regarding the completion of the water assessment and water body reports that proponents of renewable energy projects must submit with their REA applications, as required by O. Reg. 35909

Ministry of Labour starts new safety blitz

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Canada
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March 1 2011

The Ministry of Labour (MOL) began a new workplace safety blitz in February, focusing its inspections on hazards in shipping and receiving areas, such as loading docks

Environmental Protection Agency issues chemical data reporting rule

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Canada
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October 14 2011

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) recently issued the final Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA

Natural Heritage Assessment Guide for Renewable Energy Projects released

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Canada
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September 6 2011

On August 5, 2011, the Ministry of Natural Resources released the Natural Heritage Assessment Guide for Renewable Energy Projects under the Environmental Protection Act

Metron Construction fined for criminal negligence causing death

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Canada
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August 8 2012

On July 13, 2012, Metron Construction (Metron) pled guilty to one charge of criminal negligence under the Criminal Code and was fined $200,000 for the deaths of four of its workers, who died in December 2009 when the suspended work platform they were using collapsed

Superior Court stays remediation orders because of creditor proceedings

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Canada
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April 2 2012

On March 9, 2012, the Ontario Superior Court decided several motions regarding five Ontario properties formerly owned by Nortel Networks Corporation, including one property in which Nortel retained a partial interest

Court decision on mining facility disclosure

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Canada
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June 2 2009

On April 23, 2009, the Federal Court of Canada released a decision that requires Environment Canada to report, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), data from mining facilities regarding their releases or transfers of certain pollutants to tailings and waste rock disposal areas as part of the annual National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI