DiGiSci Environmental Consulting Inc.

  Changes to Ontario’s environmental assessment program – Environmental Assessment Act The More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 was passed on June 6, 2019 resulting in changes to the Environmental Assessment Act. The changes to the Environmental Assessment Act included: Exempting low-impact projects set out in schedules, groups, or categories in an approved class environmental assessment from environmental assessment requirements. Allowing for class environmental assessments to specify that the Environmental Assessment Act does not apply to a group of projects, including following a screening process, resulting in an exemption from the  Environmental Assessment  Act for projects in the group. Setting out the minister’s and tribunal’s authority to ask for additional information on an individual environmental assessment when reconsidering an approval issued under the Environmental Assessment Act. Updating and clarifying the process for amending class environmental assessments ...