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Stakeholder consultation underway
Ontario's environment ministry is currently consulting stakeholders, including construction, on soil management across the province. With large amounts of soil being moved through activities like largescale construction projects, Ontario's environment ministry (MOE) wants to establish best management practices (BMP) to guide the management of excess soils.
"It is the responsibility of all stakeholders who generate, haul or receive excess soil to ensure that the excess soil is being managed in an environmentally sound manner in accordance with all regulatory requirements," an MOE consultation document states.
Excess soil generated by excavation during construction that cannot be reused at the site needs to be managed in a safe and efficient manner off-site. Maintaining a "healthy economy and healthy environment" is the main goal...