| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #Q001 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Valid Certificate Requirement | drinking water | To work as a drinking water operator in a municipal system or a regulated non-municipal system, you must have a valid certificate. | When working as a drinking water operator in a municipal system or a regulated non-municipal system. | high |
| #Q002 | operational | operational | mandatory | Duty of Care and Diligence | drinking water | The Director under Ontario Regulation 128/04 entrusts and expects certified drinking water operators to: exercise care, diligence and skill in respect of the operations and maintenance of drinking water systems | high | |
| #Q003 | operational | operational | mandatory | Duty to Act Honestly and Competently | drinking water | The Director under Ontario Regulation 128/04 entrusts and expects certified drinking water operators to: [...] act honestly, competently and with integrity, with a view to ensuring the protection and safety of the users of drinking water systems | high | |
| #Q004 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Maintain Appropriate Certificate | drinking water | The Director under Ontario Regulation 128/04 entrusts and expects certified drinking water operators to: [...] hold a valid operator certificate appropriate to their role and the type of regulated drinking water subsystem(s) in which they operate | high | |
| #Q005 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Log and Record Maintenance | drinking water | diligently maintain logs and records that are legible, accurate and that reflect the regulatory work I have conducted, so they can be relied upon by other operators, employers, regulators, and others as circumstances may warrant | high | |
| #Q006 | operational | operational | mandatory | Compliance with Legislation and Standards | drinking water | comply with legislation, regulations, related guidance material, standard operating procedures, directives and any other code(s) of conduct or policies required by law or by my employer, to help ensure effective operations | high | |
| #Q007 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Public Display of Certificate | drinking water | make available to the owner or operating authority of the subsystem where I work a valid certificate of qualification so that it can be conspicuously displayed at my workplace or at the premises from which the subsystem is managed | high | |
| #Q008 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Prohibition of Gratuities | drinking water | satisfy my duty to act lawfully, including by: [...] not accepting gratuities | high | |
| #Q009 | administrative | operational | mandatory | System-Specific Certificate Requirement | drinking water | You must earn a certificate in the system you want to work in. | high | |
| #Q010 | administrative | operational | mandatory | OIT Certificate Qualifications | drinking water | To obtain an OIT certificate, you must: have your Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent; pass the Operator-in-Training or Class I exam; pay the exam and certificate fee | high | |
| #Q011 | administrative | operational | mandatory | OIT Certificate Issuance Form | drinking water | After you’ve passed your exam, you need to complete and submit an OIT Certificate and Licence Issuance form with payment to get your certificate. | high | |
| #Q012 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Entry-Level Course Requirement | drinking water | You must take the Entry-Level Course for Drinking Water Operators to: renew an expiring OIT certificate for another 36 months; or obtain a Class 1 certificate | When renewing an expiring OIT certificate or obtaining a Class 1 certificate. | high |
| #Q013 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Class I Operator Qualifications | drinking water | To become a certified Class I drinking water operator, you must: hold, or have previously held, an Operator-in-Training certificate; complete the entry-level drinking water operator course; work at least 1 year in a municipal drinking water system; pass the applicable Class I examination | Applies when becoming a certified Class I drinking water operator. | high |
| #Q014 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Certificate Upgrade Requirements | drinking water | If you are a drinking water operator and you want to upgrade your existing certificate, you must meet the requirements for that certificate, including meeting examination, experience and post-secondary education requirements (depending on the Class of certificate). | Applies when upgrading an existing drinking water operator certificate. | high |
| #Q015 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Certificate Upgrade Class Limit | drinking water | You can’t apply for a certificate that is more than one class above your own. | high | |
| #Q016 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Mandatory Certificate Renewal Course | drinking water | To renew your certificate (Class I - IV), you are required to complete the Mandatory Certificate Renewal Course offered by the Walkerton Clean Water Centre. | Applies when renewing a Class I - IV certificate. | high |
| #Q017 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Certificate Renewal Additional Requirements | drinking water | You must also: complete the annual continuing education and on-the-job training requirements; have 3 months of experience in the past 3 years working as a drinking water operator — or related experience; pay the fee | Applies when renewing a certificate. | high |
| #Q018 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Renewal of Certificate Expired Less Than 1 Year | drinking water | If your certificate expires and you wait less than 1 year to replace it, you must: meet the regular requirements to renew your certificate; pay a late renewal fee, as well as the normal renewal fee | If your certificate expires and you wait less than 1 year to replace it. | high |
| #Q019 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Renewal of Certificate Expired Over 1 Year | drinking water | If your certificate expires and you wait over 1 year to replace it, you must: meet the qualifications in Regulation 128/04 for that type of class – this includes passing the certification exam; complete the Mandatory Certificate Renewal Course (if a certificate has been expired for 10 or more years additional training may be required); pay a late renewal fee, as well as the regular renewal fee | If your certificate expires and you wait over 1 year to replace it. | high |
| #Q020 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Trained Person Qualifications | drinking water | To become a trained person, you must complete and pass the Operation of Small Systems for Trained Persons (O. Reg. 170/03) course. | high | |
| #Q021 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Maintain Trained Person Status | drinking water | To maintain the status of a Trained Person you must complete a course from the list of Director -approved courses for Trained Persons. | high | |
| #Q022 | operational | operational | mandatory | Supervised Person Qualifications and Reporting Duties | drinking water | To become a supervised person, you must: be trained by a certified drinking water operator, who documents your training; work under the supervision of a certified drinking water operator; immediately advise the certified drinking water operator of all test results | high | |
| #Q023 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Outside Ontario Certification Exception | drinking water | If you hold any of the following 3 certificates, you must complete the required Entry Level Course — or training considered equivalent — before being issued a Class I Ontario certificate: Class I Water Treatment; Class I Water Distribution; Class I Water Distribution and Supply | Applies when holding an applicable certificate from outside Ontario. | high |
| #Q024 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Certification Exam Requirement | drinking water | Before you can apply to become a certified drinking water operator, you must pass a certification exam (pass is 70%). | high | |
| #Q025 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Exam Attempt Progression and Timing Restrictions | drinking water | You can only write an exam one class higher than the class of the certificate you now hold and must wait a minimum of 90 days from the date you write your exam to take the next class level exam or to re-write an exam, after failure. | high | |
| #Q026 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Exam Required Materials | drinking water | You must also bring the following items to the exam or you will not be allowed to write it on your scheduled date: the confirmation letter from the Certification Office; a signed Water and Wastewater Operator Certification and Exam Code of Conduct; a government-issued photo ID; a document with your address | high | |
| #Q027 | operational | operational | mandatory | Duty to Seek Guidance | drinking water | seek guidance and information from the Overall Responsible Operator or Operator-in-Charge, as applicable, when needed to help ensure the best course of action | When needed to help ensure the best course of action in operational duties | high |
| #Q028 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Administrative Honesty and Cooperation | drinking water | maintain a professional relationship with the Certification Program Administrator, the Ontario Water Wastewater Certification Office and the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, including by: being honest when completing and submitting any application form, information or documents to support the assessment of my application(s), evaluation(s), or examination process(es); responding to any communications promptly, completely, and in the form requested; cooperating with the Certification Program Administrator as circumstances dictate | high | |
| #Q029 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | Facility Classification Fee Responsibility | drinking water | Facility Classification Drinking Water Systems $475 Paid by owner | Applies to owners of drinking water systems | high |
| #Q030 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Professional Workplace Conduct and Anti-Harassment | drinking water | interact with peers, apprentices, tradespeople, members of other professions or occupations, and all other persons I encounter in my place of work in a manner that: demonstrates courtesy, honesty, integrity, good faith, and respect; is professional and civil; shares my knowledge with other operators; abstains from acts of discrimination and harassment; avoids any abusive behavior towards any individual | high | |
| #Q031 | administrative | operational | mandatory | MLAS Registration Requirement | other | claimholders, lessees, patent holders, or prospector licensees must be registered users in MLAS to do business for mining purposes, in Ontario. | To do business for mining purposes in Ontario | high |
| #Q032 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Mandatory 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 prospector's license applicants/holders, qualified supervisors, and certain landowners/Indigenous community representatives | high |
| #Q033 | operational | operational | mandatory | Early Exploration Standards Compliance | 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. | When carrying out exploration plan or permit activities | high |
| #Q034 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Assessment Work Reporting Requirements | 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 different work types and costs under O. Reg. 65/18 | high |
| #Q035 | administrative | operational | recommended | MAAP Platform Recommendation | 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 ministry business or mandatory requirements | high |
| #Q036 | operational | operational | mandatory | Environmental Assessment Requirement for Class EA Activities | 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. | Applicable to classes of activities subject to the Class EA under the Mining Act, including discretionary tenure decisions and discretionary mine hazard rehabilitation activities. | high |
| #Q037 | operational | operational | mandatory | OIT Supervision Requirement (Water Treatment) | drinking water | OIT water treatment certificate allows you to operate a limited surface water or limited groundwater system under the supervision of an overall responsible operator or operator-in-charge | Applies to OITs operating limited surface or groundwater systems | high |
| #Q038 | operational | operational | mandatory | OIT Supervision Requirement (Water Distribution) | drinking water | OIT water distribution/water distribution and supply certificate allows you to operate a limited groundwater system under the supervision of an overall responsible operator or operator-in-charge | Applies to OITs operating limited groundwater systems | high |
| #Q039 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Average Annual Training Hours Requirement | drinking water | if you operate in a Class 2 system, you must complete an average of 35 hours of training every year. | Specifically applies to Class 2 systems; training can be averaged over 3-year certificate period | high |
| #Q040 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Labour Mobility Documentation Requirement | drinking water | Eligible operators and WQAs from Canadian jurisdictions can work in Ontario for up to 6 months if they provide the required documentation. | Required for 'As of Right' (Deemed Certification) pathway | high |
| #Q041 | administrative | unknown | mandatory | International Certificate Contact Requirement | drinking water | If you hold a certificate from a jurisdiction outside of Canada, please contact the Certification Office for details on obtaining an Ontario certificate. | high | |
| #Q042 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Fee Payment with Application Requirement | drinking water | Please include payment of any applicable fee(s) when you submit your application form. | high | |
| #Q043 | administrative | operational | guidance | Consultation for System Applicability | drinking water | If you are not sure whether your system is affected, contact your local public health unit. | When a business owner is uncertain if their facility is classified as a small drinking water system | high |
| #Q044 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Small Drinking Water System Reopening 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. | Before supplying drinking water following construction, alteration, or a shut-down lasting longer than 7 days | high |
| #Q045 | 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. | When identifying or changing the licensed laboratory used for testing | high |
| #Q046 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Adverse Water Quality Incident Notification | 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). | Upon discovery of adverse water quality test results | high |
| #Q047 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Sewage Works Approval Requirement | wastewater | section 53 of the OWRA requires approval prior to using, operating, establishing, altering, extending or replacing new or existing sewage works | Prior to using, operating, establishing, altering, extending or replacing new or existing sewage works | high |
| #Q048 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | EASR Registration for Storm Water Works | wastewater | You must register your storm water management works in the EASR when they meet all the following criteria: the works are not owned by a municipality or will not be assumed by a municipality in the future; any processing, repair or maintenance of goods and materials at the property where the works are located are conducted indoors; the works or any part of the works does not and will not receive any discharge of process water, cooling water, wash water or sanitary sewage | When works meet specific criteria regarding ownership, indoor processing, and lack of process/sanitary discharge | high |
| #Q049 | operational | operational | mandatory | ECA Condition Compliance | wastewater | You must comply with all the conditions listed in any ECA issued to you by the ministry. | Applies to holders of an Environmental Compliance Approval | high |
| #Q050 | design | operational | mandatory | LEP Retention for EASR Updates | wastewater | If you have registered your storm water management works in EASR, you must retain a LEP to update your storm water management works report or prepare an addendum and upload it into the registry before you make any changes. | Before making changes to storm water management works registered in EASR | high |
| #Q051 | operational | treatment | mandatory | Hauled Sewage Transport and Disposal Duty | wastewater | It is your responsibility to ensure all hauled sewage removed from your sewage works is: transported by a carrier with an approved waste management system; deposited at an approved waste disposal site or dedicated septage treatment works, for example, composting, alkaline stabilization, dewatering trenches | When removing hauled sewage (septage) from sewage works | high |
| #Q052 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Spill Reporting Requirement | wastewater | Part X of the EPA requires spills to be reported forthwith by the person having control of the pollutant that is spilled and any person who causes or permits a spill of a pollutant. | Upon the occurrence of a spill as defined by the EPA | high |
| #Q053 | corrective_action | treatment | mandatory | Spill Cleanup and Environmental Restoration | wastewater | Part X also requires the owner of the pollutant spilled, and the person who had control of the pollutant spilled to promptly clean up and restore the environment if the spill causes or is likely to cause an adverse effect. | If the spill causes or is likely to cause an adverse effect | high |
| #Q054 | operational | operational | mandatory | Spill Prevention and Contingency Planning | wastewater | Under section 91.1 of the EPA, a regulated person shall develop and implement plans to prevent or reduce risk of spills of pollutants, and to prevent, eliminate or ameliorate any adverse effects that result or may result from spills of pollutants. | Applies to regulated persons under O. Reg. 224/07 | high |
| Req ID | Category | Intent | Legal Status | Name | Subdomain(s) | Limit Type | Limit Value | Context | Conditions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #R001 | operational | operational | mandatory | Maximum Gravity Penalty (Most Serious Violations) | wastewater | requirement | <= 100000 $/day | Gravity component for the most serious violations, such as a spill with a significant impact | Applicable to facilities in the nine MISA industrial sectors | high |
| #R002 | operational | operational | mandatory | Serious Violation Gravity Penalty | wastewater | requirement | 10000 $/day | Gravity component for serious violations such as samples failing acute toxicity tests | high | |
| #R003 | operational | operational | mandatory | Minimum Gravity Penalty (Less Serious Violations) | wastewater | requirement | 1000 $/day | Gravity component for less serious violations such as failure to submit a required quarterly report | high | |
| #R004 | operational | operational | mandatory | Standard Penalty Reduction Limit | wastewater | requirement | <= 35 % | Reductions for actions taken to prevent or mitigate the violation and for having an environmental management system | Requested within 15 days of notice of intention | high |
| #R005 | operational | operational | mandatory | Settlement Agreement Reduction (Discharge Violations) | wastewater | requirement | <= 75 % | Reduction of the gravity penalty amount for discharge related violations under a settlement agreement | Agreement to take steps beyond those required by law for pollution prevention/reduction | high |
| #R006 | operational | operational | mandatory | Settlement Agreement Reduction (Non-discharge Violations) | wastewater | requirement | <= 100 % | Reduction of the gravity penalty amount for non-discharge violations under a settlement agreement | Agreement to take steps beyond those required by law for pollution prevention/reduction | high |
| #R007 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Environmental Penalty Notice Review Period | wastewater | requirement | 15 days | Timeframe for a regulated party to submit a written request for review after receiving a notice of intention | From the date of the notice | high |
| #R008 | operational | operational | mandatory | Statute of Limitations for Penalty Issuance | wastewater | requirement | <= 1 year | Time limit for the ministry to issue an environmental penalty order | Later of the date the violation occurred or the date evidence first came to the ministry's attention | high |
| #R009 | operational | operational | mandatory | Environmental Penalty Appeal Window | wastewater | requirement | 15 days | Timeframe to appeal an issued order to the Environmental Review Tribunal | Unless the party agreed not to appeal as part of a settlement agreement | high |
| #R010 | operational | reporting | mandatory | Mandatory Program Review Frequency | wastewater, other | requirement | 5 years | The Minister shall cause a report to be prepared and published on the operation of the environmental penalty program. | At least once every five years | high |
| #R011 | operational | treatment | guideline | Primary Treatment BOD5 Removal (Without TP) | wastewater | requirement | 30 % | Interim guidelines for primary treatment plants remaining in service | Primary treatment without total phosphorus removal | high |
| #R012 | operational | treatment | guideline | Primary Treatment SS Removal (Without TP) | wastewater | requirement | 50 % | Interim guidelines for primary treatment plants remaining in service | Primary treatment without total phosphorus removal | high |
| #R013 | operational | treatment | guideline | Primary Treatment BOD5 Removal (With TP) | wastewater | requirement | 50 % | Interim guidelines for primary treatment plants remaining in service | Primary treatment with total phosphorus removal | high |
| #R014 | operational | treatment | guideline | Primary Treatment SS Removal (With TP) | wastewater | requirement | 70 % | Interim guidelines for primary treatment plants remaining in service | Primary treatment with total phosphorus removal | high |
| #R015 | chemical | treatment | guideline | Conventional Activated Sludge BOD5 Effluent Guideline | wastewater | requirement | 25 mg/L | Criteria which the average annual effluent quality should not exceed | high | |
| #R016 | physical | treatment | guideline | Conventional Activated Sludge SS Effluent Guideline | wastewater | requirement | 25 mg/L | Criteria which the average annual effluent quality should not exceed | high | |
| #R017 | chemical | treatment | guideline | Continuous Discharge Lagoon BOD5 Effluent Guideline | wastewater | requirement | 30 mg/L | Criteria which the average annual effluent quality should not exceed | high | |
| #R018 | physical | treatment | guideline | Continuous Discharge Lagoon SS Effluent Guideline | wastewater | requirement | 40 mg/L | Criteria which the average annual effluent quality should not exceed | high | |
| #R019 | chemical | treatment | guidance | Advanced Treatment (CAS with TP and filtration) TP Design Objective | wastewater | treatment_goal | 0.3 mg/L | Performance level achievable under optimum conditions | With TP removal and filtration | high |
| #R020 | chemical | treatment | guidance | Advanced Treatment (CAS with Nitrification) Ammonia Nitrogen Objective | wastewater | treatment_goal | < 1.0 mg/L | (NH3+NH4+)-N design objective for nitrification process | Expected warm weather effluent concentration | high |
| #R021 | chemical | treatment | guidance | Conventional Activated Sludge BOD5 Effluent Design Objective | wastewater | treatment_goal | 15 mg/L | Level of performance achieved under optimum conditions for normal strength municipal sewage. | high | |
| #R022 | physical | treatment | guidance | Conventional Activated Sludge SS Effluent Design Objective | wastewater | treatment_goal | 15 mg/L | Level of performance achieved under optimum conditions for normal strength municipal sewage. | high | |
| #R023 | chemical | treatment | guidance | Secondary Treatment TP Effluent Design Objective | wastewater | treatment_goal | 1.0 mg/L | Design objective for processes with total phosphorus removal (CAS, Contact Stabilization, EA, Lagoons, etc.). | With TP removal | high |
| #R024 | chemical | treatment | guidance | Advanced Treatment (EA with TP and filtration) BOD5 Design Objective | wastewater | treatment_goal | 5 mg/L | Performance level achievable under optimum conditions for advanced treatment. | Extended Aeration with TP removal and filtration | high |
| #R025 | chemical | operational | guidance | Influent Raw Sewage BOD5 Concentration | wastewater | requirement | 170 mg/L | Assumed raw sewage strength for effluent quality expectations under optimum conditions. | Raw sewage treating conditions | high |
| #R026 | physical | operational | guidance | Influent Raw Sewage SS Concentration | wastewater | requirement | 200 mg/L | Assumed raw sewage strength for effluent quality expectations under optimum conditions. | Raw sewage treating conditions | high |
| #R027 | design | operational | mandatory | Sewage Works Design Capacity Permission Threshold (Single) | wastewater, agricultural water, other | requirement | > 10000 litres per day | Criteria for requiring an environmental permission for new or existing sewage works. | Applies to use, operation, establishment, alteration, extension, or replacement. | high |
| #R028 | design | operational | mandatory | Sewage Works Total Design Capacity Permission Threshold (Combined) | wastewater, agricultural water, other | requirement | > 10000 litres per day | Total design capacity when more than 1 sewage works is located on a lot or parcel of land. | Total combined capacity across multiple works on the same lot. | high |
| #R029 | design | operational | mandatory | Closed-loop System Rated Capacity for Approval Exception Exclusion | wastewater | requirement | > 10000 liters a day | Approval exception for sewage works not discharging to waterbodies does not apply to closed loop systems of this capacity. | Relates to ground water or closed loop systems. | high |
| #R030 | design | operational | mandatory | Agricultural Subsurface Septic System Design Capacity Threshold | agricultural water, wastewater | requirement | > 10000 litres per day | Threshold for requiring an ECA for larger subsurface (septic) systems at agricultural operations. | Can apply to 1 or more systems on the same property or systems crossing property boundaries. | high |
| #R031 | design | operational | mandatory | On-site Sewage Works Design Flow (Single) | wastewater | requirement | > 10000 litres per day | ECA requirement for on-site sewage works or communal sewage works discharging below ground. | Specific to large subsurface disposal systems. | high |
| #R032 | design | operational | mandatory | On-site Sewage Works Total Design Flow (Multiple) | wastewater | requirement | > 10000 litres per day | Combined design flow for multiple sewage works on a single lot or parcel. | Specific to large subsurface disposal systems. | 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 | Spills | the discharge of pollutants into the natural environment originating from a structure, vehicle or other container, and that are abnormal in quality or quantity in light of all the circumstances of the discharge. | high | |
| #D035 | Beyond compliance measure or best management practice | a plant-based pollution prevention or reduction project that aims to benefit human health or the environment beyond the requirements of the law. | high | |
| #D036 | MECP | Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks | high | |
| #D037 | LEP | licensed engineering practitioner | high | |
| #D038 | NASM | non-agricultural source materials | high | |
| #D039 | L/d | litres per day | high | |
| #D040 | POA | Provincial Offences Act | high | |
| #D041 | PO | Provincial Offences Act | high | |
| #D042 | OWRA | Ontario Water Resources Act | high | |
| #D043 | EPA | Environmental Protection Act | high | |
| #D044 | V | five | high | |
| #D045 | IX | nine | high | |
| #D046 | XII | twelve | high | |
| #D047 | ESAR | Environmental Activity and Sector Registry | high | |
| #D048 | CWA | Clean Water Act | high | |
| #D049 | St. | Saint | high | |
| #D050 | X | ten | high | |
| #D051 | etc. | et cetera | high | |
| #D052 | I | one | high | |
| #D053 | III | three | high | |
| #D054 | CofA | Certificate of Approval | high | |
| #D055 | Sewage | Sewage includes everything that you flush down your toilet or rinse down the drain; water that has been used by industries, businesses, institutions such as hospitals; and rainwater and runoff (storm water) that go down street gutters or flows into surface water. | high | |
| #D056 | 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 | |
| #D057 | ECA | Environmental Compliance Approval | high | |
| #D058 | ECAs | Environmental Compliance Approvals | high | |
| #D059 | EASR | Environmental Activity and Sector Registry | high | |
| #D060 | PPCP | Pollution Prevention Control Plan | high | |
| #D061 | SSA | Sole Source Aquifer | high | |
| #D062 | SSA program | EPA's SSA program enables the Agency to designate an aquifer as a sole source of drinking water and establish a review area. | high |