Ontario. Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch

• Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch

• Ontario. Environmental Approvals Branch

The Environmental Assessment Branch was formed in 1999 as a result of the merger of the Approvals Branch and the Environmental Assessment Branch. In 2011, the branch was re-organized and re-named the Environmental Approvals Access and Service Integration Branch. While the branch still provides a 'single-window' front for the public, it is administered as two separate branch offices.

The Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch provides services for regulatory environmental approvals in Ontario. It is responsible for administering Ontario's Environmental Assessment Act, which applies to the planning of public sector projects and some private sector projects. In addition to environmental assessment, the branch is responsible for reviewing and approving technical applications under the Ontario Water Resources Act and Environmental Protection Act for new or modified waste, wastewater and sewage facilities as well as facilities emitting contaminants (including noise). It also monitors, through an audit and acknowledgement process, compliance with soil and groundwater remediation requirements under the Brownfields Act. As well, the branch is responsible for administration of the Pesticides Act, including licensing requirements for the sale, use and application of pesticides.

Environmental Assessment Act;

Ontario Water Resources Act;

Environmental Protection Act;

Ontario Pesticides Act

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

KWIK indexes, government telephone directories, Info-GO, conversation with MOE staff.

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