This 2000/2001 ECO annual report was submitted to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on Oct 1, 2001. You can download the full report (including articles not yet available here) and see all related communications materials here. Click here to read other ECO Reports to the Legislature.

Contents 1 Having Regard 1.1 Part 3: Significant Issues 1.2 Part 4: Ministry Environmental Decisions 1.3 Part 5: Reviews and Investigations 1.4 Part 8: Developing Issues 1.5 Recommendations

Having Regard

• A Message from the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario

Part 3: Significant Issues

• Hazardous Waste
• Management of Septage and Sewage Sludges
• Transportation and Land Use Planning for the GTA
• Air Issues 2001 Update
• Compliance and Enforcement at MOE
• Updates: Provincial Groundwater Strategy
• Rehabilitating the Abandoned Kam Kotia Mine
• Compliance with the 3R Regulations

Part 4: Ministry Environmental Decisions

• Canada-Wide Standards for Particulate Matter and Ozone
• Toughest Environmental Penalties Act
• Regulatory Improvements for Hazardous Waste Management
• Emission Reporting Regulation for Electricity Generators
• Drinking Water Protection Regulation
• Presqu'ile Provincial Park Management Plan
• New Fishing Regulations for the Northwest Region
• Marshfield Woods
• Bill 42: The Technical Standards and Safety Act
• The Mining Act: Part VII Regulation and the Mine Rehabilitation Code
• Changes to Ontario Regulation 82/95: Minimum Energy Efficiency Levels
• Need for Action

Part 5: Reviews and Investigations

• Protecting the Oak Ridges Moraine
• Protecting the Mellon Lake Conservation Reserve
• Safety-Kleen
• Fisheries Act Contraventions

Part 8: Developing Issues

• Prescribing the Ministry of Education under the EBR
• Cage Aquaculture
• A Review of Ontario's Land Acquisition Program

Recommendations

• 2000/01 Recommendations