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READ MORE Extending grandfathering for infrastructure projects and providing additional flexibility for excess soil reuse ERO In December 2019, Ontario made a new On-Site and Excess Soil Management Regulation (O. Reg. 406/19), supported by risk-based standards that will make it safer and easier for industry to reuse more excess soil locally. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide further clarity and flexibility to support appropriate beneficial reuse of excess soil, we are now proposing amendments to O. Reg. 406/19 and O. Reg. 153/04 under the Environmental Protection Act. READ MORE Proposal to require municipal support for new or increased bottled water takings ERO We are proposing changes to the Ontario Water Resources Act that would give local host municipalities more direct input on allowing bottled water companies to withdraw new or increased amounts of groundwater in their communities. Giving municipalities more direct input on new or increased bottled water takings will help further protect water resources in Ontario by ensuring that local communities also have a say in water bottling permits. READ MORE .IN THE MEDIA Disclaimer: The media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of Professional Geoscientists Ontario, or any employee thereof. Making Ontario better for people and smarter for business Government of Ontario The Ontario government continues to deliver on its commitment to remove regulatory roadblocks, cut red tape and support job creation with the introduction of the Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020. The legislation is part of the province's made-in-Ontario plan for growth, renewal and economic recovery. The bill was introduced in the Legislature recently by Prabmeet Sarkaria, Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction. READ MORE Sampling near old mine sites finds 'no expected health impacts' Haliburton Echo Results from sediment and water sampling at three decommissioned mine sites in the area around Cardiff and Bancroft conducted in 2019 show the public and environment are protected, information released recently by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission says. The Independent Environmental Monitoring Program, mandated under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, requires that staff from the nuclear safety commission collect samples for independent testing and analysis. READ MORE 2 long-term water advisories lifted in Ontario First Nations as feds approach 2021 deadline CBC News Two First Nations in northwestern Ontario are finally able to drink from their taps as they celebrated lifting long-term boil water advisories recently. Community members in Grassy Narrows First Nation, also known as Asubpeeschoseewagong, received a letter from Chief Rudy Turtle on Sept. 29 which read: "As of TODAY the boil water advisory is NOW lifted. This means you can safely consume the tap water." READ MORE Canada Water Agency: Government hopes to consolidate water data and management Great Lakes Now Canada is home to the third largest renewable supply of fresh water in the world, spread across a vast swath of lakes, rivers, aquifers and glaciers. Fresh water is critical to the country’s economy and health, and a key part of the nation’s identity — paddling a canoe through northern waterways is a rite of passage, and more than 30 per cent of Canadians live surrounded by water in the Great Lakes region. READ MORE Geologists raise the speed limit for how fast continental crust can form MIT News Although we can’t see it in action, the Earth is constantly churning out new land. This takes place at subduction zones, where tectonic plates crush against each other and in the process plow up chains of volcanos that magma can rise through. Some of this magma does not spew out, but instead mixes and morphs just below the surface. It then crystallizes as new continental crust, in the form of a mountain range. READ MORE Who is driving whom? Climate and carbon cycle in perpetual interaction Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen The current climate crisis underlines that carbon cycle perturbations can cause significant climate change. New research reveals how carbon cycle and global climate have been interacting throughout the last 35 million years of geologic history, under natural circumstances. The study, led by David De Vleeschouwer from MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen, was recently published in Nature Communications. READ MORE IU study shows coastal flooding will disproportionately impact river delta populations Indiana University Thirty-one million people living in river deltas are at high risk of experiencing flooding and other impacts from tropical cyclones and climate change, according to a study by Indiana University researchers. "To date, no one has successfully quantified the global population on river deltas and assessed the cumulative impacts from climate change," said Douglas Edmonds, the Malcolm and Sylvia Boyce Chair in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and lead author on the study. 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