O. Reg. 282/03: MINE DEVELOPMENT AND CLOSURE UNDER PART VII OF THE ACT

 

ontario regulation 282/03

made under the

mining act

Made: June 25, 2003
 Filed: July 3, 2003
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 19, 2003

Amending O. Reg. 240/00

(Mine Development and Closure under Part VII of the Act)

1. Paragraphs 5 and  6 of subsection 3 (1) of Ontario Regulation 240/00 are revoked and the following substituted:

5. Surface stripping on mining lands where the area over which the surface stripping is carried out is greater than 10,000 square metres or where the volume of the surface stripping is greater than 10,000 cubic metres.

6. Surface stripping on mining lands where the area over which the surface stripping is carried out is greater than 2,500 square metres or where the volume of the surface stripping is greater than 2,500 cubic metres, if the surface stripping is carried out within 100 metres of a body of water.

2. Section 11 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

11. For the purpose of the reporting requirements referred to in clauses 140 (4) (b) and 141 (3) (b) of the Act, a closure plan shall include at least the items and information set out in Schedule 2 in the order in which the Schedule sets out the items and information to be included.

3. (1) Section 12 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(1.1) In subsections (2) to (10), a reference to a closure plan includes an amendment to a closure plan.

(2) Clauses 12 (4) (e) and (f) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(d) if the certificate is not based on personal examination of the project, indicate the source of the information assessed before making the certificate; and

(e) contain details of any direct or indirect interest, current or expected, of the person providing the certificate or of a person who has provided information to that person, in the project of a corporate proponent or any of the proponent’s affiliates, including any direct or indirect beneficial ownership in the securities of the proponent or any of its affiliates.

(3) Subsection 12 (5) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “For the purposes of clause (4) (f)” and substituting “For the purposes of clause (4) (e)”.

4. Paragraph 2 of subsection 15 (6) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “mill”.

5. Paragraph 1 of subsection 16 (1) of the Regulation is revoked.

6. Paragraph 1 of subsection 17 (1) of the Regulation is revoked.

7. (1) Section 10 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “30” and substituting “90”.

(2) Paragraph 3 of subsection 41 (2) of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “waterhouse” and substituting “watercourse”.

(3) Subsection 47 (1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) Surface water chemical monitoring shall be conducted for the following:

1. Discharge or seepage exiting on-site sources.

2. Discharge or seepage exiting the property boundary.

3. On-site water bodies and water bodies downstream from the site.

4. Background reference sites.

(4) Section 62 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “plus” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “plugs”.