Dragun Corporation Staff, Author at Dragun Corporation

Summary of Environmental Regulatory Developments in 2024

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Dec 23, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

In 2024, we noted several environmental regulatory developments. In our final blog for the year, we are providing some reminders regarding regulatory changes and some quickly approaching reporting requirements. We begin with the news of a new Federal Environmental Agency. New Standalone Water Agency The Canada Water Agency (Agency) was on an interim basis within the Environment and Climate Change Canada. They are now a standalone agency, headquartered in Winnipeg with...

Plastics Registry Reporting Begins in 2025

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Dec 17, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said he was disappointed that the recent meeting in Busan, Republic of Korea, which included 170 nations, did not reach a conclusion regarding a global treaty to address plastic pollution. Global talks will resume in 2025. Global efforts notwithstanding, Canada continues to move forward on the federal and provincial levels to address plastics in the environment. Provinces and Territories (with the exception of Prince Edward Island,...

Additional GHG Regulations for the Oil and Gas Sector

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Nov 26, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

The federal government continues to develop additional regulatory framework surrounding sustainability and climate-related issues. The most recent focus is on the Oil and Gas sector. We also cover a new voluntary sustainability program and new commitments made by the Canadian Government at the Conference of Parties (COP) 29. Oil and Gas Sector GHG Cap The Government of Canada recently (Canada Gazette, November 9, 2024) released the proposed “Oil and Gas Sector...

Environmental Enforcement Across Canada

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Nov 12, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

Enforcement of environmental laws can result in penalties and fines ranging from a few-thousand dollars up to seven figures or more. In 2020, Volkswagen paid a $196.5 million fine for the class action settlement in what became known as “dieselgate” or “emissionsgate.” This was on top of the agreement to provide benefits and buyback options to Canadian consumers of the non-compliant vehicles up to a maximum of nearly $2.4 billion Regardless of the amount of the fine,...

Amendments to Ontario’s Excess Soil Regulations

Posted by Dragun Corporation Staff on Oct 31, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

The next phase of Ontario’s excess soils regulations is set to take effect on January 1, 2025, (limiting soils that may be landfilled). Ahead of this deadline, there are (additional) proposed amendments to Ontario Regulation 406/19. You may recall that in January 2022, contractors were scrambling to comply with the more stringent soil management requirements. By April 21, 2022, these new requirements were officially paused by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation...