| #Q001 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Post-closure State Determination Request | other | A person who wishes the Minister to make a post-closure state determination shall submit a request to the Minister in the approved form. | When requesting a post-closure state determination | high |
| #Q002 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Progressive Rehabilitation Report | other | For the purposes of subsection 139.1 (2) of the Act, a proponent shall submit to the Minister a progressive rehabilitation report containing the following information: [1 to 7]. | When performing progressive rehabilitation | high |
| #Q003 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Voluntary Rehabilitation Application | other | The applicant shall submit the application for approval required by subsection 139.2 (2) of the Act to the Minister in the approved form. | When applying for voluntary rehabilitation | high |
| #Q004 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Voluntary Rehabilitation Notice to Owners | other | If the lands for which approval is sought has one or more surface rights owners, surface rights holders or recorded holders of a mining claim, the applicant shall provide a copy of the application to all surface rights owners, surface rights holders or recorded holders of mining claims before submitting the application to the Minister. | If the lands have surface rights owners/holders or recorded holders of mining claims | high |
| #Q005 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Aboriginal Consultation Notice | other | Before submitting a closure plan... or an amendment to a closure plan... a proponent shall, (a) give notice to the Minister by submitting a Notice of Project Status or a Notice of Material Change, as appropriate; and (b) conduct consultation with Aboriginal communities as directed. | Before submitting a closure plan or amendment | high |
| #Q006 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Aboriginal Consultation Report | other | Proponents and applicants who have consulted with Aboriginal communities before submitting their notice or application shall include with the notice or application submitted to the Minister a consultation report in the approved form detailing how comments from Aboriginal communities, if any, have been considered. | If consultation has been conducted prior to notice submission | high |
| #Q007 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Prohibition of Closure Plan Submission without Consultation | other | Where a proponent has conducted consultation, the proponent shall not submit a closure plan or an amendment to a closure plan to the Minister before the following criteria are met: 1. The proponent has submitted to the Minister a consultation report... 2. The proponent has received notice from the Minister that the Minister is satisfied that appropriate consultation with Aboriginal communities has been carried out. | When submitting a closure plan after consultation | high |
| #Q008 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notice of Project Status | other | For the purposes of subsections 140 (1), 141 (1), 141.1 (2) and 144 (1) of the Act, a proponent shall submit to the Minister a Notice of Project Status in the approved form. | For advanced exploration or mine production projects | high |
| #Q009 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Public Notice Requirements | other | Public notice under subsection 140 (1), 141 (1) or 143 (1) of the Act shall be given, (a) by holding a public information session in the area... (b) by publishing a notice in a newspaper having general circulation... and (c) by notifying directly the owners of the lands that are adjacent to the project of the public information session. | When public notice is required under the Act | high |
| #Q010 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notice of Material Change | other | For the purposes of subsections 141.1 (2), 143 (1) and 144 (2) of the Act, a proponent shall submit to the Minister a Notice of Material Change in the approved form. | When material changes occur in the project | high |
| #Q011 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Closure Plan Contents | other | Except as otherwise provided under Part VII of the Act or this Regulation, a closure plan must include at least the information set out in Schedule 2, in the order in which the Schedule lists the required information. | When submitting a closure plan | high |
| #Q012 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Financial Assurance Reporting (Corporate Test) | other | A proponent that provides financial assurance by complying with the test under subsection (1) shall, in the closure plan, (a) name the rating services being relied on; (b) submit confirmation from those services of their credit ratings for the proponent; and (c) identify the form and amount of financial assurance that the proponent will provide if the proponent ceases to comply... | If relying on corporate financial tests for assurance | high |
| #Q013 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Phased Financial Assurance Timing | other | The financial assurance must be provided in accordance with the following rules: i. For the purposes of section 16, the financial assurance for the first phase of the project must be submitted together with the closure plan. ii. Financial assurance for each subsequent phase of the project must be received by the Ministry at least 45 days before the start of any activity in the phase. | When using phased financial assurance | high |
| #Q014 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Preparation of Site Plans | other | The proponent of the project to which a filed closure plan relates shall prepare and maintain each year, (a) surface site plans required in the closure plan; (b) plans on a horizontal plane, with separate drawings for each mining level, showing all underground workings, including shafts, tunnels, dams and bulkheads; and (c) plans on a vertical plane of all mine sections... | Annually for projects with filed closure plans | high |
| #Q015 | operational | operational | mandatory | Temporary Suspension - Access Restriction | other | All reasonable measures shall be taken to restrict access to the site and all buildings and other structures to authorized persons only. | During temporary suspension | high |
| #Q016 | operational | operational | mandatory | Temporary Suspension - Electrical Protection | other | All electrical systems shall be protected from inadvertent access. | During temporary suspension | high |
| #Q017 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Temporary Suspension - Monitoring Continuation | other, wastewater, aquatic life | All physical, chemical and biological monitoring programs shall be continued. | During temporary suspension | high |
| #Q018 | treatment | treatment | mandatory | Temporary Suspension - Effluent Control | wastewater, other | All contaminated effluents shall be controlled. | During temporary suspension | high |
| #Q019 | operational | operational | mandatory | Temporary Suspension - Impoundment Stability | other, wastewater | All rock piles and stockpiles of ore, concentrate, overburden and other materials and all tailings, water and other impoundment structures shall be maintained in a stable and safe condition. | During temporary suspension | high |
| #Q020 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Inactivity - Surface Workings Stability | other | All surface and subsurface mine workings shall be assessed for stability in accordance with the Code. | During inactivity | high |
| #Q021 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Inactivity - Tailings and Waste Monitoring | wastewater, other | All tailings, rock piles, stockpiles of ore, concentrate, overburden and other materials, landfill sites and other waste management sites and systems shall be monitored and maintained, removed or rehabilitated. | During inactivity | high |
| #Q022 | treatment | treatment | mandatory | Inactivity - Acid Rock Drainage Treatment | other, wastewater | All materials, or conditions created as a result of mining, that produce or may produce acid rock drainage or metal leaching shall be dealt with in accordance with the Code including with any applicable management plan required under the Code. | During inactivity | high |
| #Q023 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Inactivity - Site Inspections | other | The proponent shall inspect the site at least once every six months to ensure that all required protective measures are in place. | During inactivity | high |
| #Q024 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Close Out - Soil Contamination Testing | other | All soils in the vicinity of areas used for storing or transferring petroleum products, chemicals, ore, concentrates or waste during the life of the project shall be sampled and tested for contamination and, if contamination is found, a risk assessment and action plan for the contaminated soils shall be developed and implemented. | When project is being closed out | high |
| #Q025 | design | operational | mandatory | Close Out - Watercourse Maintenance | other | All remaining on-site watercourses or drainage channels shall be left so as not to require maintenance. | When project is being closed out | high |
| #Q026 | operational | aesthetic | mandatory | Close Out - Revegetation | other | Revegetation measures shall be implemented to achieve the objectives described in the Code. | When project is being closed out | high |
| #Q027 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Outdoors Card Requirement | other | A person shall not be issued a licence to engage in sport fishing unless he or she holds an outdoors card issued under section 3. | Standard sport fishing licence application | high |
| #Q028 | operational | operational | mandatory | Carrying Outdoors Card | other | A person who is required to hold an outdoors card in order to obtain a licence to engage in sport fishing shall carry the outdoors card on his or her person at all times while sport fishing, regardless of whether the sport fishing licence is listed on the card. | While sport fishing | high |
| #Q029 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Notification of Personal Information Change | other | The holder of an outdoors card shall notify the Minister of any change in name, address, contact information or residency no later than 10 days after the change occurs. | Within 10 days of a change in status | high |
| #Q030 | prohibition | reporting | mandatory | Single Card Number Limit | other | A person shall not apply for or possess more than one outdoors card if they have different card numbers. | | high |
| #Q031 | operational | operational | mandatory | Lake Trout Tagging Requirement | other | A licence holder who catches and retains a lake trout from the waters referred to in subsection (1) shall attach the seal provided with the tag to the lower jaw of the lake trout immediately after catching it at the site where it was caught, and shall keep the seal attached to the lake trout while it is being transported and until it is consumed. | Waters of Lake of the Woods (Echo Bay, Clearwater Bay, Cul de Sac Lake) | high |
| #Q032 | design | operational | mandatory | Leech Trap Specifications | other | No holder of a resident or Canadian resident sport fishing licence shall catch leeches for use as bait in fishing unless the holder does so by means of a single leech trap that, (a) does not exceed 45 centimetres in any dimension; and (b) is legibly marked with the holder’s name. | Catching leeches for bait by sport fishers | high |
| #Q033 | operational | operational | mandatory | Aquaculture Escape Prevention | other | It is a condition of an aquaculture licence that the holder, (a) adhere to the measures for preventing the escape of fish described in the application for the licence, if any; | During aquaculture operations | high |
| #Q034 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Aquaculture Escape Reporting | other | It is a condition of an aquaculture licence that the holder... (c) report to the Minister the number of fish that escape in excess of the number permitted in the licence; | Escape exceeding permitted counts | high |
| #Q035 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Aquaculture Disease Reporting | other | The holder of an aquaculture licence shall immediately report to the Minister the discovery in fish of any of the disease organisms listed in Schedule C or of any other disease organism of which the Minister has notified the holder. | Upon discovery of pathogens in Schedule C | high |
| #Q036 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Prohibition on Disposal of Infected Fish | other | Unless the Minister directs otherwise, no holder of an aquaculture licence shall sell or otherwise dispose of fish taken from a location set out in the holder’s licence if the fish are infected with a disease organism listed in Schedule C or any other disease organism of which the Minister has notified the holder of the licence. | Fish infected with Schedule C organisms | high |
| #Q037 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Bait Purchase Receipt Requirement | other | No person shall use bait for fishing or possess bait for use in fishing within a bait management zone unless... (ii) is able to produce immediately on request by a conservation officer a legible receipt which lists the business name, where applicable, and licence number of the licence holder from whom the bait was obtained, the location and date it was obtained from the licence holder, and the quantity of baitfish or leeches obtained; | Possessing bait not harvested from one's own BMZ | high |
| #Q038 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Commercial Fishing Sale Records | other | The holder of a commercial fishing licence shall, (a) make a record of every sale of fish, except a sale to the owner or manager of a fish plant licensed under the Safe Food for Canadians Act (Canada) or under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (Canada), at the time of the sale; and (b) give a copy of the record to the buyer at the same time. | At time of commercial sale | high |
| #Q039 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Commercial Bait Log Book Maintenance | other | The holder of a commercial bait licence shall, (a) keep a log book, in the form required by the Minister, with information respecting the buying, selling, and taking of leeches, frogs or baitfish, including the quantities bought, sold or taken, and the relevant dates; | During licence validity | high |
| #Q040 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Commercial Bait Log Book Retention | other | The holder of a commercial bait licence shall retain the log book for five years after the expiry of the licence that was valid at the time it was kept. | Post-expiry retention | high |
| #Q041 | operational | operational | mandatory | Scientific Collection Gear Decontamination | other | All gear and equipment used for fish collection shall be decontaminated using the decontamination methods outlined for watercraft and watercraft equipment in the document entitled “Best Management Practices for Preventing the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species – Guidance for Watercraft Users”, dated 2021 | Scientific collection under Section 34.1(2) | high |
| #Q042 | design | operational | mandatory | Ice Fishing Hut Identification Display | other | A person shall not place or occupy, for the purpose of fishing, an ice fishing hut on the ice of any of the waters described in section 38 unless one of the following numbers is displayed on the outside of the ice fishing hut in numerals at least two and one-half inches high: 1. For ice fishing huts on Lake Nipissing belonging to a tourist operator, the number assigned... 2. For all other ice fishing huts, the number assigned by the Minister | Placement of ice huts (excluding small tents) | high |
| #Q043 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Ice Fishing Hut Removal Dates | other | A person shall not place, use, occupy or leave an ice fishing hut on the ice, (a) after March 1 in any year, in fisheries management zones 17 and 20; (b) after March 15 in any year, in fisheries management zones 14, 16, 18 and 19; (c) after March 31 in any year, in fisheries management zones 9, 10, 11 and 15; | Seasonal removal | high |
| #Q044 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Production of Outdoors Card | recreational water | On request of a conservation officer, a person who holds an outdoors card shall produce it and show it to the officer. | Upon request by a conservation officer | high |
| #Q045 | operational | operational | mandatory | Maintenance of Document Legibility | recreational water | The holder of a sport fishing licence shall ensure that the following documents remain intact and legible: 1. Every component of the licence, including any document that is deemed to be a sport fishing licence under this Part. 2. Every document that the holder of the sport fishing licence is required to carry on their person while fishing under this Regulation. | While fishing | high |
| #Q046 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Aquaculture Authorized Seller Restriction | aquatic life | The holder of an aquaculture licence shall not buy fish under clause (1) (b) except from a person who is authorized to sell the fish. | Purchasing fish for aquaculture | high |
| #Q047 | corrective_action | operational | mandatory | Aquaculture Deficiency Correction | aquatic life | It is a condition of an aquaculture licence that the holder... correct, as required by the Minister, any deficiencies in such measures [escape prevention] that are identified by the Minister. | Upon identification of deficiencies by the Minister | high |
| #Q048 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Commercial Fishing Daily Return | aquatic life | The holder of a commercial fishing licence shall, if requested by a fishery officer, prepare a daily return of the fish taken but not yet landed on each day, and submit the return to the officer or to a place designated by the officer. | Upon request by a fishery officer | high |
| #Q049 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Commercial Bait Annual Return | aquatic life | The holder of a commercial bait licence shall... make and submit an annual return in the form required by the Minister not later than one month after the expiry of the licence. | Within one month of licence expiry | high |
| #Q050 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Sales Record Retention | aquatic life | A person who holds the documents described in subsection (2) [deemed licence to sell fish] or (3) shall retain them for a period of three years. | Following fish purchase/sale transaction | high |
| #Q051 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Scientific Collection Annual Report | aquatic life | The holder of a licence issued under this section [34.1] shall complete a report in the form required by the Minister and submit it to the Minister by January 31. | Annually | high |
| #Q052 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Credit Rating Downgrade Notification | other | A proponent that has complied with the test shall inform the Minister in writing, (a) within seven days if any rating service named under clause (2) (a) downgrades the proponent’s credit rating or issues a credit watch with respect to the proponent’s credit rating | When a proponent's credit rating is downgraded or placed on credit watch | high |
| #Q053 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Annual Ore Production Statement | other | A proponent that complies with the test under subsection (1) shall, within 60 days after the end of a fiscal year, provide the Minister with a statement of the amount of ore produced or processed during the previous fiscal year, certified by a senior officer of the corporation. | Within 60 days after the end of a fiscal year | high |
| #Q054 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Public Consultation Reporting | other | The proponent shall provide to the Minister the names of the members of the public who attend the public information session and any written comments provided by them, no later than 15 days after the session. | Following a public information session | high |
| #Q055 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Qualified Person Certificate Content | other | If the Code requires or permits the provision of a certificate, certified report or other certified statement by a qualified person, the certificate, report or statement shall be signed by the person and shall, (a) state the person’s name, address, occupation and qualifications; (b) provide a statement of the specific aspects of the closure plan with respect to which the certificate, report or statement relates; (c) indicate whether the person personally examined the project or examined information related to it provided by another source; (d) state the date of an examination carried out under clause (c); (e) if the certificate, report or statement is not based on personal examination of the project, indicate the source of the information assessed before certifying; and (f) contain details of any direct or indirect interest, current or expected, of the person or of a person who has provided information to that person, in the project of a corporate proponent or any of the proponent’s affiliates, including any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the securities of the proponent or any of its affiliates. | When a qualified person provides a certificate or certified statement under the Code | high |
| #Q056 | reporting | operational | mandatory | Site Plan Revision and Submission on Inactivity | other | If the project is placed in a state of inactivity or is closed out, the proponent shall promptly revise the plans to the date of inactivity or close out and submit them to the appropriate office of the Resident Geologist of the Ministry. | When a project is placed in a state of inactivity or closed out | high |
| #Q057 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Delayed Project Notice | other | A proponent shall submit to the Minister a further Notice of Project Status if advanced exploration or mine production begins more than one year after the date specified in the project schedule submitted with the original notice. | If exploration or production starts >1 year after scheduled date | high |
| #Q058 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Adjacent Landowner Notification List | other | The proponent shall provide to the Minister the names of the owners of lands adjacent to the project who were notified of the public information session. | | high |
| #Q059 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Conditional Filing Order Request | other | A proponent shall submit a request for a conditional filing order to the Minister in the approved form. | | high |
| #Q060 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Plan and Assurance Submission | other | The proponent shall submit to the Minister the number of copies of the closure plan or amendment to the closure plan that is specified by the Minister, together with the financial assurance required as part of the closure plan or amendment. | | high |
| #Q061 | corrective_action | operational | mandatory | Financial Assurance Correction After Downgrade | other | If, as a result of a downgrading referred to in clause (3) (a), the proponent no longer complies with the corporate financial test under subsection (1), the proponent shall, within 30 days, provide the Minister with financial assurance in the form and in the amount identified in accordance with clause (2) (c). | Upon credit rating downgrade affecting test compliance | high |
| #Q062 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Temporary Suspension Financial Assurance | other | A proponent that complies with a corporate financial test and that places a project into temporary suspension shall provide 25 per cent of the financial assurance that the proponent would have been required to provide if the proponent had not complied with the test, (a) within 30 days of the submission of the Notice of Project Status indicating that the project has been placed in temporary suspension; and (b) no later than the first, second and third anniversaries respectively of the date of submission of the Notice of Project Status indicating that the project has been placed in temporary suspension. | Proponent using corporate financial test during temporary suspension | high |
| #Q063 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Site Plan Submission on Request | other | The proponent shall, (a) promptly submit copies of the plans to the Minister on request; and (b) make copies of the plans available for inspection at the project site or another mutually agreed on location in Ontario. | Applicable to site plans, horizontal plans of underground workings, and vertical mine sections | high |
| #Q064 | operational | operational | mandatory | Temporary Suspension Explosives Removal | other | All explosives shall be disposed of or removed from the site. | During a state of temporary suspension | high |
| #Q065 | operational | operational | mandatory | Inactivity Explosives Removal | other | All explosives shall be disposed of or removed from the site. | During a state of inactivity | high |
| #Q066 | operational | operational | mandatory | Close Out Explosives Removal | other | All explosives shall be disposed of or removed from the site. | When the project is being closed out | high |
| #Q067 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Public Notice Lead Time and Content | other | Public notice shall be given at least seven days before holding the public information session and shall include the following: 1. The name and address of the proponent. 2. The name of the project. 3. The name, address, email address and telephone number of an authorized contact person. 4. A description of the location of the project site and a map showing the location. The map must be a minimum of seven centimetres per side, include a north arrow and scale and show a minimum of a three kilometre radius and a maximum of a five kilometre radius around the site. 5. A description of the project, indicating its nature and size and the nature and extent of related work to be carried out to complete the project. 6. The proposed starting or restarting date for the advanced exploration or mine production. 7. The time and location of the public information session for the project. | When public notice is required for project status or closure plan amendments | high |
| #Q068 | operational | operational | mandatory | Aboriginal Consultation Adherence | other | A proponent or applicant shall consult with Aboriginal communities in accordance with, (a) a proposed plan for consultation, where one has been required, that has been reviewed by the Minister; and (b) any direction provided by the Minister with respect to consultation with Aboriginal communities. | When consultation with Aboriginal communities is required under the Act | high |
| #Q069 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Closure Plan Omission Justification | other | A proponent may omit from the closure plan any item of information listed in Schedule 2 that is not applicable to a project, but the proponent shall specifically refer to the item in the closure plan, state that it is not applicable and specify the reason why. | When an item in Schedule 2 is not applicable to a project | high |
| #Q070 | operational | operational | mandatory | Temporary Suspension Safety Measure | other | All other reasonable measures shall be taken to prevent personal injury or property damage that is reasonably foreseeable as a result of placing the project in a state of temporary suspension. | During state of temporary suspension | high |
| #Q071 | operational | operational | mandatory | Inactivity Safety Measure | other | All other reasonable measures shall be taken to prevent personal injury or property damage that is reasonably foreseeable as a result of placing the project in a state of inactivity. | During state of inactivity | high |
| #Q072 | operational | operational | mandatory | Close Out Safety Measure | other | All other reasonable measures shall be taken to prevent personal injury or property damage that is reasonably foreseeable as a result of closing out the project. | When project is being closed out | high |
| #Q073 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Abandoned Site Information Research | other | If a closure plan relates to a project with respect to an existing or abandoned site and information is required regarding conditions or events that existed or occurred before the start of the project, the proponent shall, (a) provide the information that is reasonably available; or (b) if the information is not reasonably available, indicate what searches have been undertaken with a view to providing the required information, including a list of any sources searched. | When a closure plan relates to an existing or abandoned site and information on prior conditions is required | high |
| #Q074 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Plan Digitization and Scaling | other | Copies of the plans must be prepared to a legible scale and be digitized or microfilmed or made suitable for digitization or microfilming. | Applicable to site plans and mine sections required to be maintained under Section 25 | high |
| #Q075 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Crown Intervention Notice Requirements | other | A notice to a proponent or prior holder of an unpatented mining claim under subsection 147 (2) of the Act shall, (a) be in writing; (b) identify the lands on which the mine hazard exists; (c) specify the rehabilitation work to be completed; and (d) be given at least 15 days before the Crown or an agent of the Crown enters the lands to rehabilitate the mine hazard. | When the Crown or an agent intends to enter lands to rehabilitate a mine hazard | high |