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Order in Council 626/2021

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas

section 3.2 of the Environmental Assessment Act (Act) provides that where the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks considers that it is in the public interest, having regard to the purpose of the Act and weighing it against the injury, damage or interference that might be caused to any person or property by the application of the Act to any undertaking or class of undertakings, the Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may by order declare that the Act or the Regulations or a matter provided for under the Act does not apply with respect to a proponent, a class of proponents, an undertaking or a class of undertakings subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose;

Whereas the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has been requested to issue a declaration under

section 3.2 of the Act for the undertaking described in the attached order;

And

whereas , having regard to the purpose of the Act and weighing the same against the injury, damage or interference that might be caused to the persons and property indicated in the attached order by the application of the Act to the undertaking described in the attached order, the undersigned, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, considers that it is in the public interest to make an order declaring that the Act and its regulations do not apply to the undertaking;

Therefore , pursuant to the provisions of the Environmental Assessment Act , the attached order that the Act and its regulations do not apply to the undertaking described in that order be approved.

Declaration Order

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change

Approved and Ordered:

May 20, 2021

Updated: June 29, 2022

Published: May 28, 2021