| #Q001 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Conservation Authority Duties | drinking water | The conservation authority shall exercise and perform the powers and duties of a drinking water source protection authority under this Act for the source protection area established by subsection (1). | | high |
| #Q002 | operational | operational | mandatory | Obligation to Implement Policies | drinking water | A municipality, local board or source protection authority shall comply with any obligation that is imposed on it by a significant threat policy or designated Great Lakes policy that is set out in the source protection plan. | Applies to municipalities, local boards, or source protection authorities where a source protection plan has taken effect. | high |
| #Q003 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Prohibition of Conflicting Actions by Municipalities | drinking water | Despite any other Act, no municipality or municipal planning authority shall, (a) undertake within the source protection area any public work, improvement of a structural nature or other undertaking that conflicts with a significant threat policy or designated Great Lakes policy set out in the source protection plan; or (b) pass a by-law for any purpose that conflicts with a significant threat policy or designated Great Lakes policy set out in the source protection plan. | Applies where a source protection plan is in effect. | high |
| #Q004 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Official Plan Conformity | drinking water | The council of a municipality or a municipal planning authority that has jurisdiction in an area to which the source protection plan applies shall amend its official plan to conform with the significant threat policies and designated Great Lakes policies set out in the source protection plan. | | high |
| #Q005 | monitoring | operational | mandatory | Conduct Monitoring Program | drinking water | If a public body is designated in a source protection plan as being responsible for the implementation of a policy governing monitoring, the public body shall conduct a monitoring program in accordance with the policy. | If designated in a source protection plan. | high |
| #Q006 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Annual Progress Report Submission | drinking water | The source protection authority shall annually prepare and submit to the Director and the source protection committee in accordance with the regulations a report that, (a) describes the measures that have been taken to implement the source protection plan, including measures taken to ensure (b) describes the results of any monitoring program conducted pursuant to section 45; (c) describes the extent to which the objectives set out in the source protection plan are being achieved; and (d) contains such other information as is prescribed by the regulations. | Annual requirement. | high |
| #Q007 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Compliance with Interim Risk Management Plan | drinking water | If a risk management plan is agreed to or established under this section for an activity at a location, a person shall not engage in that activity at that location except in accordance with the plan. | Applies where a risk management plan is agreed to or established. | high |
| #Q008 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Prohibited Activities | drinking water | If a source protection plan that is in effect designates an activity as an activity to which this section should apply and an area within which this section should apply to the activity, a person shall not engage in that activity at any location within that area. | Applies to designated activities in designated areas under an in-effect source protection plan. | high |
| #Q009 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Regulated Activities Requirements | drinking water | If a source protection plan that is in effect designates an activity as an activity to which this section should apply and an area within which this section should apply to the activity, a person shall not engage in that activity at any location within that area unless a risk management plan has been agreed to or established under this section or section 56 for that activity at that location. | Applies to activities designated in source protection plans. | high |
| #Q010 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Compliance with Established Risk Management Plan | drinking water | If a risk management plan is agreed to or established under this section for an activity at a location, a person shall not engage in that activity at that location except in accordance with the plan. | Applies when a risk management plan under Section 58 is established. | high |
| #Q011 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Report on Activity | drinking water | A person who is required to provide a report under subsection (1) shall ensure that it is prepared and submitted to the risk management official in accordance with the order. | Applies when a risk management official orders a report on a regulated activity. | high |
| #Q012 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Record Availability for Inspection | drinking water | Every person required to retain a record pursuant to an order issued under this Part or pursuant to a risk management plan that is agreed to or established under section 56 or 58 shall make the record available to a risk management inspector for inspection on his or her request. | Upon request by a risk management inspector. | high |
| #Q013 | reporting | health | mandatory | Health Hazard Notification | drinking water | A person who has authority to enter property under section 62 or 88 shall immediately notify the Ministry in accordance with the regulations if, (a) the person becomes aware that a substance is being discharged or is about to be discharged into the raw water supply of, (i) an existing municipal drinking water system that serves a major residential development, or (ii) any other existing drinking water system that was considered or is required to be considered in an assessment report or source protection plan; and (b) the person is of the opinion that, as a result of the discharge, an imminent drinking water health hazard exists. | Triggered by the discovery of an imminent drinking water health hazard during property entry. | high |
| #Q014 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Prohibition of Obstruction | drinking water | No person shall hinder or obstruct any of the following persons in the exercise or performance of his or her powers or duties under this Act: 1. A person who has authority to enter property or do any other thing under section 62, 66 or 88. 2. Any other person prescribed by the regulations. | | high |
| #Q015 | prohibition | reporting | mandatory | Prohibition of False Information | drinking water | No person shall orally, in writing or electronically give or submit false or misleading information in any statement or document to the Minister, the Director, an employee or agent of a source protection authority or municipality, a risk management official or a risk management inspector, in respect of any matter related to this Act or the regulations. | | high |
| #Q016 | prohibition | reporting | mandatory | Prohibition of False Information in Documents | drinking water | No person shall include false or misleading information in any document required to be created, stored or submitted under this Act. | | high |
| #Q017 | operational | operational | mandatory | Compliance with ECA Terms | other | Business must comply with the specific terms and conditions set out in their ECA. | Applies to business owners issued an ECA | high |
| #Q018 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | EASR Registration | other | If you meet the regulatory requirements for an Environmental Activity and Sector Registry (EASR), you must register your activity in the EASR. | Applies to activities requiring assessment of air emissions, certain privately owned stormwater management works, and certain waste transportation systems | high |
| #Q019 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Indigenous Community Consultation | other | Identify the consultation requirements for your project and begin consultation with First Nations and Métis communities early. | Requirement prior to application for an ECA | high |
| #Q020 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Neighbour Notification | other | Identify the neighbour notification requirements for your project and notify adjacent property owners as required. | Applies if project disposes of or manages waste (including hauled sewage, septage, disposal sites) and is not subject to Environmental Assessment | high |
| #Q021 | reporting | operational | mandatory | Financial Assurance Re-evaluation Submission | other | If your ECA has terms and conditions that require you to submit a financial assurance (FA) re-evaluation proposal, you must submit your FA re-evaluation to the ministry: | Applies when ECA terms and conditions explicitly require FA re-evaluation | high |
| #Q022 | administrative | operational | recommended | Municipal Consultation and Zoning | other | Consult with the municipality to understand the applicable by-laws, determine if proper zoning is in place and that the activity is permitted under the municipality’s official plan. | Prior to preparing technical aspects of an ECA application | high |
| #Q023 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Air Approvals Policy Compliance | other | Review the pre-submission requirements for industry air approvals (if applicable) and comply with the Cumulative Effects Assessment (CEA) in Air Approvals Policy. | Applies to industry air approvals for new or expanded facilities | high |
| #Q024 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Environmental Assessment Completion | other | Determine if your project is subject to an Environmental Assessment and complete the process as required. | Prior to application for an ECA if project is subject to Environmental Assessment process | high |
| #Q025 | administrative | health | recommended | Source Water Protection Consideration | drinking water | Consider the impacts on sources of drinking water. | Prior to application if the proposed activity is for sewage works or a waste disposal site | high |
| #Q026 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Online Application System Access | other | To apply for an ECA (or an amendment or renewal of an ECA), you need to: sign-in through Ontario.ca Login to access the ministry’s online services for environmental permissions; set up your ministry account. | When applying for an ECA, amendment, or renewal | high |
| #Q027 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Email Payment Security Prohibition | other | Do not submit payment information in your email. | When submitting ECA applications via email | high |
| #Q028 | corrective_action | health | mandatory | Spill Notification and Cleanup Obligation | other | The Environmental Protection Act requires a person who spills a pollutant to notify the ministry and to clean up following the spill. | Triggered when a person spills a pollutant. | high |
| #Q029 | reporting | reporting | mandatory | Annual Environmental Penalty Reporting | other | Ontario is required to release a report annually outlining every environmental penalty issued in the previous calendar year. | Annual requirement for the previous calendar year. | high |
| #Q030 | administrative | operational | mandatory | Five-Year Environmental Penalty Review | other | An environmental penalty review is required once every five years in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act. | Required once every five years. | high |
| #Q031 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Unlawful Pollutant Discharge Prohibition (Industrial Plants) | wastewater, aquatic life, other | the discharge of a pollutant to land or water that causes or may cause an adverse effect or impairs the quality of any waters. | Applies to plants in the 9 specified industrial sectors. | high |
| #Q032 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Unlawful Pollutant Discharge Prohibition (Landfilling Sites) | other | the discharge of a pollutant to the natural environment, including odour, that causes or may cause an adverse effect. | Applies to open and closed landfilling sites. | high |
| #Q033 | operational | operational | mandatory | Authorized Landfilling Site Operation and Equipment | other | the operation or alteration of a landfilling site or the use of equipment or facilities not authorized by the landfilling site’s environmental compliance approval. | Applies to open and closed landfilling sites; prohibits unauthorized activities or equipment. | high |
| #Q034 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Industrial Plant Limit Exceedance | wastewater, other | Limit exceedance — surpassing the maximum or minimum discharge level as identified in an environmental approval, order or regulation, including exceedances of sulphur dioxide (SO2) limits in the petroleum sector and benzene limits specific to INEOS Styrolution Canada Ltd.’s plant. | Applies to the 9 specified industrial sectors. | high |
| #Q035 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Industrial Plant Acute Toxicity Prohibition | aquatic life | Acute toxicity — when a sample proves to be lethal for a benchmark species such as, rainbow trout or water flea. | Applies to the 9 specified industrial sectors. | high |
| #Q036 | operational | operational | mandatory | Industrial Plant Operational Requirements | other | Operational requirements — the contravention of an environmental compliance approval order or a specified provision of a statute or regulation that applies to an industrial plant including requirements to monitor, sample and report to the ministry. | | high |
| #Q037 | operational | operational | mandatory | Landfilling Site Operational Requirements | other | Operational requirements — the contravention of an environmental compliance approval or order that applies to a landfilling site. | | high |
| #Q038 | design | operational | mandatory | Prohibition of New Combined Sewers | wastewater | New 'combined' sewer systems will not be approved. | All new sewer construction within the Province of Ontario | high |
| #Q039 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | CSS Characterization Requirement | wastewater | Monitoring, modelling and other appropriate means shall be used to characterize the CSS and the response of the CSS to precipitation events. The characterization shall include the determination of the location, frequency and volume of the CSOs as well as the concentrations and mass of pollutants resulting from CSOs. | | high |
| #Q040 | administrative | reporting | mandatory | Combined Sewer Record Keeping | wastewater | Records shall be kept for combined sewer systems including the following: location and physical description of CSO outfalls in the collection system, emergency overflows at pumping stations, and bypass locations at STPs; location and identification of receiving water bodies for all combined sewer outfalls; combined sewer system flow and STP treatment capacities; present and future expected peak flow rates during dry weather and wet weather; capacity of all regulators; and location of cross-connections. | | high |
| #Q041 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Dry Weather CSO Elimination | wastewater | Eliminate CSOs during dry-weather periods except under emergency conditions. | Except under emergency conditions (e.g. basement flooding, damage to equipment at treatment works or pumping stations, or treatment process washout). | high |
| #Q042 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Restriction on CSO Volume Increases | wastewater, aquatic life, recreational water | No increases in CSO volumes above existing levels at each outfall will be allowed except where the increase is due to the elimination of upstream CSO outfalls. | | high |
| #Q043 | treatment | health | mandatory | Mandatory Effluent Disinfection | drinking water, recreational water | Effiuent disinfection is required where the effluent affects swimming and bathing beaches and other areas where there are public health concerns. | Where effluent affects beaches or public health concerns are identified by the local Medical Officer of Health. | high |
| #Q044 | treatment | health | mandatory | Dechlorination Requirement | aquatic life | In cases where chlorination is used as the disinfection process, subsequent dechlorination of the sewage works effluents shall be used to minimize the adverse effects of chlorine residuals on public health and the aquatic environment where necessary. | Required where necessary to minimize adverse effects on public health and aquatic environment when chlorination is used. | high |
| #Q045 | monitoring | reporting | mandatory | Monitoring Responsibility | wastewater | The responsibility for providing monitoring shall rest with the municipality or operating authority of the combined sewer system. | | high |
| #Q046 | prohibition | operational | mandatory | Restriction on New Storm Connections | wastewater | New storm drainage systems shall not be pennitted to connect to existing combined systems if that increases the gross area serviced by the combined sewer system except where evaluations indicate that circumstances allow no other practical alternative. | Except where evaluations indicate no other practical alternative; evaluations must be documented in a PPCP. | high |
| #Q047 | prohibition | health | mandatory | Prohibition of Beach Water Quality Violation | recreational water | There should be no violation of the body contact recreational water quality objective (Provincial Water Quality Objectives (PWQO)) for E. coli of 100 E. coli per 100 ml. based on a geometric mean at swimming and bathing beaches as a result of CSOs for at least 95% of the four-month season (June 1 to September 30) for an average year. | Applicable for swimming and bathing beaches affected by CSOs. | high |