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Anticipated regulations for managing municipal wastewater

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 31 2009

On August 6, 2009, Minister of the Environment, Jim Prentice, announced the federal government’s plans to issue new regulations governing municipal wastewater management

Consultation on source protection plans

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 31 2009

The MOE is currently conducting consultations on the development of source protection plans under the Clean Water Act, 2006 (the Act

Screening assessments under Chemicals Management Plan

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 31 2009

Environment Canada recently released the final screening assessments for 18 substances assessed as part of Batch 4 of the federal government’s Chemicals Management Plan

Proposed amendments to air emissions standards

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 31 2009

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has proposed amendments to O. Reg. 41905 (Air Pollution Local Air Quality

New drinking water sampling guideline

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 2 2009

The province recently published its "Practices for the Collection and Handling of Drinking Water Samples, Version 2.0, April 1, 2009" (the Guideline), offering guidance for the collection, labelling, storage and transportation of all drinking water samples required under the Drinking Water Systems Regulation (Ontario Regulation 17003

Court decision on mining facility disclosure

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • 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

U.S. Supreme Court decides Superfund liability case

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 2 2009

On May 4, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its decision in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States

Proposed amendments to mining legislation

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 2 2009

On April 30, 2009, Bill 173, An Act to amend the Mining Act, was introduced into the Ontario legislature

Green energy legislation comes into force

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 2 2009

On May 14, 2009, the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 came into force

Proposed regulations to green energy legislation

  • Torys LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 30 2009

Ontario has proposed a new regulation and amendments to five existing regulations to establish a new environmental approval process for renewable energy projects under the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009, which came into force last month