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Plastics Registry Reporting Begins in 2025

Plastics Registry Reporting Begins in 2025

Posted by 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,...

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Additional GHG Regulations for the Oil and Gas Sector

Additional GHG Regulations for the Oil and Gas Sector

Posted by 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...

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Environmental Enforcement Across Canada

Environmental Enforcement Across Canada

Posted by 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,...

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Amendments to Ontario’s Excess Soil Regulations

Amendments to Ontario’s Excess Soil Regulations

Posted by 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...

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The Federal Government Announces Framework to “Modernize” CEPA

The Federal Government Announces Framework to “Modernize” CEPA

Posted by on Oct 15, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

  On October 2, 2024, Steven Guilbeault, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Mark Holland, Minister of Health Canada (HC) announced a framework to “protect the right to a healthy environment through the modernization and administration of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act” (CEPA). In the announcement, they state that the public will have an opportunity to comment on several initiatives including the following: A Draft Implementation...

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Six-Figure Environmental Fines in the News

Six-Figure Environmental Fines in the News

Posted by on Oct 2, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

  While issues such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and managing excess soils are often the topic of discussions at conferences and meetings, it’s still “routine” environmental compliance issues that get the attention of the public, as well as provincial and federal regulators. Below we provide some recent environmental enforcement news, all of which are six-figure fines. Six-Figure Recycling Violation On July 1, 2023, the Blue Box program under the Ontario Resource...

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