Dragun Corporation Staff, Author at Dragun Corporation

Extended Producer Responsibility – Requirements and Recent Enforcement

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Aug 7, 2026 in Blog | 0 comments

With much of the focus on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), management of Excess Soils, and day-to-day traditional environmental compliance issues, it’s easy for the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations to fly under the radar. A recent enforcement action against three battery companies for failing to meet their 2023 minimum management requirements for single-use batteries might put the EPR requirements back on the radar. The Resource Productivity...

Environmental Liability in Canada: Company Directors and Officers

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Jul 22, 2026 in Blog, Environmental Compliance | 0 comments

In our April 7, 2026, blog, we included a report about a company and its directors that were fined $1 million for environmental violations. We have covered this trend of holding officers and directors personally responsible for environmental violations in previous blogs as well. Just over a dozen years ago, corporate officers at Northstar were held liable for the TCE (Trichloroethylene) plume in Cambridge, Ontario. In a 2013 blog, the law firm Suskinds wrote, “Ten...

An Overview of Ontario’s Excess Soil Landfill Restrictions

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Jul 7, 2026 in Blog | 0 comments

In October 2024, the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) announced they were delaying the final phase of the Excess Soil Regulation, the prohibition on landfilling certain soils, until January 1, 2027. That deadline is now just months away. The final phase of the Excess Soil Regulations, O. Reg. 406/19, will restrict most “clean” soils from being disposed of in landfills. For some companies, this may mean some additional planning will be...

The Watch List

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Jun 24, 2026 in Blog | 0 comments

There has been a lot of attention focused on Canada’s Risk Management approach to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as well as the rise of PFAS Class Action Lawsuits. While PFAS will continue to be the environmental issue du jour for the foreseeable future, what will be the next significant environmental issue? While we don’t know what the next emerging contaminant might be, it could come from the new “Watch List.” The Watch List As you may recall, Bill...

Natural Resources: Development and Environmental Compliance

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Jun 3, 2026 in Blog | 0 comments

There has been a significant push to develop Canada’s abundant natural resources in recent years. As we covered in our October 31, 2025, blog, one of the Key Measures of Ontario’s Bill 5 is to “Accelerate mining development in every part of the province.” In our January 13, 2026, blog, we covered the News Release from the Ontario Government regarding the One Project, One Process, One Decision model. The agreement between the provincial and federal governments is...