Order in Council 981/2020

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas subsection 3.2 (1) of the Environmental Assessment Act (“Act”) provides that where the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (“Minister”) considers that it is in the public interest, having regard to the purpose of the Act and weighing it against the injury, damage or interference that might be caused to any person or property by the application of the Act to any undertaking or class of undertakings, the Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council (“LGIC”), may by order declare that the Act or the regulations or a matter provided for under the Act does not apply with respect to a proponent, a class of proponents, an undertaking or a class of undertakings and may revoke an order made under this subsection, subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose;

And whereas pursuant to Declaration Order MNR-75 made under subsection 3.2 (1) of the Act with the approval of the LGIC (Order in Council 1126/2015) and thereafter amended by Declaration Order MNR-75/2 with the approval of the LGIC (Order in Council 642/2019) (collectively “Declaration Order MNR-75”), the Minister declared that the Act does not apply to the undertaking of forest management planning (“Undertaking”) in the area specified in Declaration Order MNR-75, subject to the conditions set out therein;

And whereas having regard to the purpose of the Act and weighing the same against the injury, damage or interference that might be caused to the persons and property indicated in  the attached order by the application of the Act to the Undertaking, the Minister considers that it is in the public interest to make an order revoking Declaration Order MNR-75;

Pursuant, pursuant to subsection 3.2 (1) of the Environmental Assessment Act, the attached order revoking Declaration Order MNR-75 is approved.