New Guidance for Excess Soil management
The Ministry of the Environment has released its draft Best Management Practices for Soil Management in Ontario for two more months of public comment. The document outlines the MOE’s “recommendations” and “expectations” for managing the reuse of excess soils, a hugely important issue for the construction industry. The general structure is similar to the draft circulated in April: At...
Continue reading the post titled New Guidance for Excess Soil managementWaste exemption becomes less useful: what is "wholly used"?
The Environmental Review Tribunal has reduced the usefulness of an important exception to the “waste” rules in Regulation 347.
Continue reading the post titled Waste exemption becomes less useful: what is "wholly used"?Fine for breach of court order to cleanup waste
A Toronto company was fined $45,000 plus victim fine surcharges of $11,250 for failing to comply with a Court Order to remove waste materials from a mill site. 2023682 Ontario Inc. operate a mill site in Coleman Township. The company was originally convicted of failing to comply with a Ministry of the Environment order. As part...
Continue reading the post titled Fine for breach of court order to cleanup wasteWhat do Polluting Tenants owe their Landlords?
What do polluting tenants owe their landlords? Typically, industrial leases have been interpreted to require polluting tenants to remediate their contamination at the end of the lease.
Continue reading the post titled What do Polluting Tenants owe their Landlords?Sustainable remediation: what is the status?
The United Kingdom program, Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments, provides excellent resources on contaminated site remediation. One of their contributors, the University of Cambridge, is now seeking input on sustainable remediation. Study participants will receive the final report.
Continue reading the post titled Sustainable remediation: what is the status?Does your home renovation make you a “constructor”? Believe me, you need to know!
How often have you undertaken a home renovation project yourself? You might have hired out the more skilled aspects – maybe an electrician, a plumber, or a drywall taper (we all know “a guy”, don’t we?). You’re perfectly capable of overseeing the project generally; there’s no need to hire a general contractor just to finish a basement...
Continue reading the post titled Does your home renovation make you a “constructor”? Believe me, you need to know!More on Drugs in Drinking Water
Are tiny levels of drugs in bottled or tap water a health risk? We just don't know.
Continue reading the post titled More on Drugs in Drinking WaterIndoor Air Quality
Canada has no clear legal standards for indoor air quality in homes. Yet most people spend at least 90% of their time indoors, and indoor air is often more contaminated than outdoor air.
Continue reading the post titled Indoor Air QualityNoise Bylaws
Noise pollution has been around for a long time. There’s even a reference going back to the 3rd millennium B.C., in The Epic of Gilgamesh: “The uproar of mankind is intolerable and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babble.” Noise, often defined as unwanted sound, is not always determined by the loudness...
Continue reading the post titled Noise BylawsNuclear Liability cap in Canada
As Japan battles to prevent nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima, with the assistance of the International Atomic Energy Agency, anxious eyes are turning to nuclear safety in other countries. Canadian reactors boast a relatively safe design, but still require cooling, and are therefore vulnerable to a major earthquake. If a nuclear incident happened here, who would...
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