ontario regulation 396/07

made under the

Ontario Water Resources Act

Made: July 25, 2007
Filed: July 26, 2007
Published on e-Laws: July 27, 2007
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 11, 2007


Amending O. Reg. 525/98

(Approval Exemptions)

1. Ontario Regulation 525/98 is amended by adding the following section:

3.2 (1) Subsections 53 (1) and (3) of the Act do not apply to a vegetated filter strip system that manages runoff as part of an agricultural operation.

(2) Despite subsection (1), subsections 53 (1) and (3) of the Act apply to vegetated filter strip systems that are exempt from the application of Part IX.2 of Ontario Regulation 267/03 (General) made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002 by section 98.15 of that Regulation.

(3) For the purpose of this section,

“runoff” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 267/03 made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

“vegetated filter strip system” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 267/03 made under the Nutrient Management Act, 2002.

2. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.