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Bill 168, Stormwater Flood Prevention Act, 2024

McCrimmon, Karen

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill enacts the Stormwater Flood Prevention Act, 2024

to require the Minister to publish a final version of the Low Impact

Development Stormwater Management Guidance Manual in the form of a guidance

document that provides technical and procedural guidance for planning, design

and operation of stormwater management practices. The

Act also requires the Minister to prepare a report, 10 years from the day the

guidance document is published and every 10 years thereafter, reviewing the

adequacy of those guidelines, and to publish that report.

Bill 168 2024

Act to implement the Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Guidance

Manual and to report on stormwater management guidelines periodically

Preamble

Total

annual precipitation in Ontario is expected to increase over the next three

decades, posing a risk to flood mitigation infrastructure and urban and rural

stormwater management systems. Stormwater management is required to maintain

the health of streams, lakes and aquatic life, and to mitigate the effects of

urban development on natural drainage systems. Proactive adaptation of

stormwater management systems will help reduce the risk of flood and the

expected financial burden on Ontario municipalities and residents. New

development guidelines and regular review of guideline adequacy will help

ensure that Ontario is building developments based on lessons learned and the

most up-to-date technical and climate modelling and forecasts. These guidelines

are vital to sustainable and resilient developments that do not increase the

risk of local flooding.

Therefore,

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definitions

this Act,

“Manual”

means the Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Guidance Manual,

prepared by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, that was

posted on the Environmental Registry of Ontario on January 27, 2022; (“manuel”)

“Minister”

means the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks or such other

member of the Executive Council as may be assigned the administration of this

Act under the Executive Council Act . (“ministre”)

Publication

of Manual as guidance document

The

Minister shall, within 12 months after the day this Act receives Royal Assent, publish

a final version of the Manual on a Government of Ontario website in the form of

a guidance document that provides technical and procedural guidance for

planning, design and operation of stormwater management practices that can be

consulted for the purposes of environmental compliance approvals under

section

53 of the Ontario Water Resources Act .

Report to Assembly

(1) Ten

years from the day the document described in

section 2 is published, and every

10 years thereafter, the Minister shall, within 90 days after that day, prepare

a report reviewing the adequacy of stormwater management guidelines and table

the report before the Assembly.

Same,

if Assembly not in session

(2) If

the Assembly is not in session on the day the Minister is to table the report,

the Minister shall deposit the report with the Clerk of the Assembly.

Publication

(3) The

Minister shall publish the report on a Government of Ontario website within

five days after the report is tabled before the Assembly or after the report is

deposited with the Clerk of the Assembly, as the case may be.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Stormwater Flood

Prevention Act, 2024 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

March 25, 2024

Second Reading

Vote

Lost on division

March 21, 2024

Second Reading

Question put

Vote deferred

March 21, 2024

Second Reading

Debated

February 26, 2024

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

February 26, 2024

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

February 26, 2024

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading

Second Reading

March 21, 2024

Dowie, Andrew

Windsor—Tecumseh

McCrimmon, Karen

Kanata—Carleton

McMahon, Mary-Margaret

Beaches—East York

Shaw, Sandy

Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas

Question put

March 25, 2024

Lost on division

Vote on second reading - Lost (March 25, 2024)

Ayes

(34) Teresa J. Armstrong

Jessica Bell

Stephen Blais

Guy Bourgouin

Stephanie Bowman

Jeff Burch

Aislinn Clancy

Catherine Fife

John Fraser

Jennifer K. French

Wayne Gates

France Gélinas

Lisa Gretzky

Andrea Hazell

Ted Hsu

Sarah Jama

Bhutila Karpoche

Terence Kernaghan

Sol Mamakwa

Michael Mantha

Karen McCrimmon

Mary-Margaret McMahon

Chandra Pasma

Tom Rakocevic

Peggy Sattler

Mike Schreiner

Sandy Shaw

Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens

Marit Stiles

Peter Tabuns

Monique Taylor

John Vanthof

Jamie West

Kristyn Wong-Tam

Nays

(66) Deepak Anand

Robert Bailey

Patrice Barnes

Will Bouma

Ric Bresee

Rick Byers

Hon. Paul Calandra

Hon. Raymond Sung Joon Cho

Hon. Stan Cho

Hon. Steve Clark

Lorne Coe

Hon. Stephen Crawford

Rudy Cuzzetto

Jess Dixon

Andrew Dowie

Hon. Doug Downey

Hon. Jill Dunlop

Michael D. Ford

Dawn Gallagher Murphy

Goldie Ghamari

Hardeep Singh Grewal

Hon. Mike Harris

Christine Hogarth

Hon. Kevin Holland

Hon. Sylvia Jones

Hon. Trevor Jones

John Jordan

Logan Kanapathi

Vincent Ke

Hon. Michael S. Kerzner

Hon. Andrea Khanjin

Hon. Natalia Kusendova-Bashta

Anthony Leardi

Hon. Stephen Lecce

Hon. Neil Lumsden

Robin Martin

Hon. Todd J. McCarthy

Hon. Graham McGregor

Hon. Caroline Mulroney

Hon. Sam Oosterhoff

Billy Pang

Hon. Michael Parsa

Hon. David Piccini

Hon. George Pirie

Hon. Nolan Quinn

Matthew Rae

Hon. Greg Rickford

Brian Riddell

Sheref Sabawy

Amarjot Sandhu

Stéphane Sarrazin

Brian Saunderson

Hon. Laurie Scott

Hon. Donna Skelly

Dave Smith

David Smith

Hon. Graydon Smith

Laura Smith

Todd Smith

Hon. Nina Tangri

Hon. Vijay Thanigasalam

Hon. Lisa M. Thompson

Hon. Michael A. Tibollo

Daisy Wai

Hon. Charmaine A. Williams

John Yakabuski

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