Requirements for soil re paragraph 2 of subsection 55 (3) of the regulation PART I DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION Definitions and application 1. (1)  In this Regulation, and in any document or provision of a document adopted by reference by this Regulation, "area of natural significance" means any of the following: 1. An area reserved or set apart as a provincial park or conservation reserve under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 . 2. An area of natural and scientific interest (life science or earth science) identified by the Ministry of Natural Resources as having provincial significance. 3. A wetland identified by the Ministry of Natural Resources as having provincial significance. 4. An area designated by a municipality in its official plan as environmentally significant, however expressed, including designations of areas as environmentally sensitive, as being of environmental concern and as being ecologically significant. 5. An area designated as an escarpment natural area or an escarpment protection area by the Niagara Escarpment Plan under the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act . 6. An area identified by the Ministry of Natural Resources as significant habitat of a threatened or endangered species. 7. An area which is habitat of a species that is classified under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, 2007 as a threatened or endangered species. 8. Property within an area designated as a natural core area or natural linkage area within the area to which the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan under the Oak Ridges