79. (1) The vegetation on the site must support the end land use which has been established in the closure plan document. (2) Once a self-sustaining cover has been established and the objectives under section 68 have been attained, the monitoring and inspection program may be discontinued. O. Reg. 240/00, Sched. 1; O. Reg. 282/03, s. 7; O. Reg. 194/06, s. 6; O. Reg. 304/07, s. 4; O. Reg. 229/11, s. 1; O. Reg. 405/19, s. 1; O. Reg. 850/21, s. 2-4. Schedule 2 Item   Column 1   Column 2 

  1.   Letter of transmittal     (i) to be signed and dated by the proponent, where an individual, or where the proponent is a corporation, a senior officer of the corporation. 

            (ii) indicate that closure plan document constitutes entire closure plan under Part VII of the Act. 

            (iii) names of agents or employees, if any, authorized to act on behalf of the proponent. 

  2.   Certification     (i) statement of certification set out in subsections 12 (2) and (3) of the regulation. 

  3.   Project information     (i) name and address of the proponent, location and address of project site. 

            (ii) boundaries of the project site, details of the land tenure of the project, including the proponent’s interest in the mining lands within the boundaries and of the tenure of land not owned but leased or otherwise controlled by the proponent. 

            (iii) a site plan of legible scale indicating the location of all project features, including all openings to the surface, in relation to the site boundaries and the claim numbers, parcel numbers and, where applicable, the township name, lot number and concession number. 

            (iv) plans and sections of proposed new underground development. 

  4.   Current project site conditions     (i) details of the current land use of the site and the immediately adjacent lands that may be affected by the project, including current zoning and official plan designations, where applicable. 

            (ii) topographical details of the site, including a plan of appropriate scale and contour interval where the project will alter existing site topography. 

            (iii) details of the surface waters on or flowing through the site and any surface waters receiving flow from the site, including an assessment of the quality and quantity of such waters that indicates whether and to what extent they will be affected by the project and shall be consistent with the monitoring requirements specified in the Code and a plan of legible scale showing the current location of all such waters and their watershed boundaries. 

            (iv) details of the ground waters within and beyond the site boundaries that may be affected by the project, including the identification of aquifers and an assessment of the quality and quantity of such ground waters that indicates whether and to what extent they will be affected by the project and shall be provided in accordance with the Code. 

            (v) details of the terrestrial plant and animal life that may be affected by the project. 

            (vi) details of the aquatic plant and animal life that may be affected by the project. 

            (vii) complete details of any previous activities that may have resulted in a mine hazard existing on the site or any contamination of the site that has occurred, including the history of the site, an assessment of any physical mine hazards that exist and an assessment of any current contamination of soils, surface and ground waters that exist at the start of the project. 

  5.   Project description     (i) a brief summary of the project. 

            (ii) details of the mineralogy of the ore and host rock within the site. 

            (iii) details of the mining activities anticipated throughout the life of the project, including methods and rates of mine development and mining, and methods and procedures for handling mine backfill. 

            (iv) details of any processing, including a general description of the process, types and rates of any reagents used and a process water balance. 

            (v) details of existing and expected buildings and infrastructure on the site, including their size, type, use and location and a surface plan, at a legible scale, showing their location. 

            (vi) details of the production, handling and disposal of any tailings on the site, including the physical and chemical nature of the tailings, an assessment of the potential for metal leaching and acid mine drainage in accordance with the Code, the rate of production of tailings, methods of handling tailings, the location, size and nature of any tailings impoundment and treatment areas and a surface plan of legible scale showing the location of any such areas with engineering details of any impoundment structures. 

            (vii) details of the production, handling, storage and disposal of waste rock, ore, concentrate and overburden, including the physical and chemical nature of the materials, an assessment of the potential for metal leaching and acid mine drainage in accordance with the Code, the rates of production of such material, methods of handling and the location, size and nature of any storage or disposal areas and a surface plan of legible scale showing the location of any storage or disposal areas. 

            (viii) available details of any existing or proposed waste management systems and treatment or disposal sites, including disposal sites located within tailings areas, a description of the treatment or disposal process or system and a surface plan of legible scale showing the location of any treatment or disposal site and effluent discharge points.  

            (ix) details of any water management or treatment systems, including a description of the processes and physical facilities for such systems. 

            (x) details of storage sites for petroleum products, chemicals, explosives, hazardous substances and toxic substances, including the quantity of materials stored, the size, nature and location of such storage areas and a surface plan of legible scale showing their location. 

            (xi) a proposed schedule. 

  6.   Progressive rehabilitation     (i) details of any such measures anticipated during the life of the project, including a schedule for carrying them out.  

  7.   Rehabilitation measures — temporary suspension     (i) details of measures to restrict access to the project site, buildings and other structures to authorized persons to secure petroleum products, chemicals, waste and waste management systems are made secure and to dispose of or remove explosives from the site. 

            (ii) details of measures for the prevention of unauthorized or inadvertent access to mine openings to the surface. 

            (iii) details of measures to ensure maintenance of mechanical and hydraulic systems in a no-load condition and the safety and security of electrical systems. 

            (iv) details of measures to control effluents of all types 

            (v) details of measures to ensure that all waste rock piles and stockpiles of ore, concentrate, overburden and other materials are maintained in a safe and stable condition. 

            (vi) details of measures to ensure that all tailings, water and other impoundment structures are maintained in a safe and stable condition in accordance with the Code. 

            (vii) a schedule of rehabilitation measures to be implemented in order for the project to be considered in temporary suspension. 

  8.   Rehabilitation measures — state of inactivity     (i) details of measures to restrict access to the project site, buildings and other structures to authorized persons. 

            (ii) details of how all shafts, raises or open stopes are to be secured in accordance with the Code. 

            (iii) details of how all portals of adits and declines are to be secured in accordance with the Code. 

            (iv) details of measures to ensure that all other mine openings to surface that create a mine hazard are stabilized and secured in accordance with the Code. 

            (v) details of measures to ensure that all mechanical and hydraulic systems are maintained in a no-load condition and that non-essential electrical systems are de-energized and all other electrical systems are made safe and secure. 

            (vi) details of measures to monitor, maintain or rehabilitate all tailings impoundment areas.  

            (vii) details of measures to monitor, maintain or rehabilitate all landfill or other waste management sites. 

            (viii) details of measures to remove, dispose of, isolate or manage on site all petroleum products, chemicals and waste, including PCBs, and to ensure that all explosives are disposed of or removed from the site. 

            (ix) details of measures to ensure that all waste rock piles and stockpiles of ore, concentrate, overburden and other materials are maintained in a physically and chemically safe and stable condition. 

            (x) details of measures to ensure that all tailings, water and other impoundment structures are maintained in a safe and stable condition in accordance with the Code. 

            (xi) details of a site inspection program to be conducted at least once every six months to ensure that the required rehabilitative measures are in place and how the site inspections will be recorded and reported to the Director. 

            (xii) a schedule of the rehabilitation measures to be implemented in order for the project to be considered in a state of inactivity. 

  9.   Rehabilitation measures — closed out     (i) details of how all shafts, raises or open stopes shall be secured in accordance with the Code. 

            (ii) details of how all portals of adits and declines are to be secured in accordance with the Code. 

            (iii) details of the measures to be implemented to ensure that all other mine openings to surface that create a mine hazard are stabilized and secured in accordance with the Code. 

            (iv) details of the measures to be implemented to assess the stability of surface and subsurface mine workings and any measures to be used to ensure stability of the ground surface in accordance with the Code, including reports of all studies conducted under sections 30, 31 and 32 of Schedule 1. 

            (v) details of how all buildings, power transmission lines, pipelines, airstrips and other structures and infrastructure will be removed or otherwise disposed of. 

            (vi) details of how all machinery, equipment and storage tanks will be removed or otherwise disposed of. 

            (vii) details of how all transportation corridors will be closed off and revegetated in accordance with the Code. 

            (viii) details of how all concrete structures, foundations and slabs shall be removed or covered and revegetated in accordance with the Code. 

            (ix) details of how all petroleum products, chemicals and waste will be removed or disposed of on-site and that all explosives will be disposed of or removed from the site. 

            (x) details of how any PCBs or PCB contaminated material will be removed or managed on-site. 

            (xi) details of measures to rehabilitate all landfill sites and other waste management sites. 

            (xii) details of measures to test soils in the immediate vicinity of any petroleum product, chemical, explosive or waste storage or transfer sites and measures to be implemented including a risk assessment analysis to control or dispose of any soils found to be contaminated. 

            (xiii) details of measures to ensure physical and chemical stability, erosion control and surface and ground water quality at all tailings areas. 

            (xiv) details of measures to ensure physical and chemical stability, erosion control and surface and ground water quality at all waste rock piles and stockpiles of ore, concentrate, overburden and other materials. 

            (xv) details of measures to breach or stabilize all tailings, water and other impoundment structures against static or dynamic loadings to ensure the containment of materials and to maintain the specified land use. 

            (xvi) details of measures to remove or make inoperable all decant structures, other than dam spillways. 

            (xvii) details of measures to ensure that the physical structure of all water courses and drainage channels remaining on the site will be naturally stable and integrated into the surrounding ecosystem, and that they will be consistent with the specified land uses of the site. 

           (xviii) details of measures to ensure that the revegetation of all disturbed areas will be self-sustaining, integrated with the surrounding ecosystem and consistent with the specified land uses of the site in accordance with the Code. 

            (xix) a schedule of the rehabilitative measures to be implemented before the project can be considered closed out. 

  10.   Monitoring     (i) details of the monitoring programs and procedures in accordance with the Code to ensure that the physical stability of mine hazards located on the site provide the level of protection required for each stage of closure, including the locations, methods and frequencies of monitoring and how the results of the monitoring will be recorded and reported to the Director. 

            (ii) details of the monitoring programs and procedures in accordance with the Code to ensure that the chemical stability of tailings, waste rock, ore stockpiles, concentrate stockpiles, overburden and other stockpiles, and surface and subsurface effluents provide the level of protection required for each stage of closure, including the locations, methods and frequency of sampling, the parameters to be analyzed, the analytical methods to be used and how the results of the monitoring will be recorded and reported to the Director. 

            (iii) details of any biological monitoring programs and procedures to assess the effects of the project on any biological communities. These details shall include the locations, nature, methods and frequency of monitoring, the biological communities to be monitored and how the results of the monitoring will be recorded and reported to the Director. 

  11.   Expected site conditions     (i) details of the specified land uses of the site after close out. 

            (ii) details of the site topography after close out if significant changes to the existing site topography are expected, including a topographic plan of legible scale and contour interval. 

            (iii) details of the expected conditions, after close out, of all surface waters on or flowing through the site and any surface waters receiving flow from the site, including the expected quantity and physical and chemical quality as well as all expected final water elevations of all surface waters that may be affected by the project. 

            (iv) details of the expected conditions, after close out, of all ground waters located within the site that may have been affected by the project, including the expected location of aquifers, the expected quantity, the expected physical and chemical quality, all expected final water elevations and the compatibility with expected land use of all ground waters that may be affected by the project. 

            (v) details of the expected condition of the terrestrial plant and animal life communities, as compared to the condition of such communities prior to the start of the project, that may have been affected by the project, including the methods to be used to assess the health or quality of the communities to demonstrate that the project will sustain terrestrial plant and animal life and that the project can be considered closed out. 

            (vi) details of the expected condition of the aquatic plant and animal life communities, as compared to the condition of such communities prior to the start of the project, that may have been affected by the project, including the methods to be used to assess the health or quality of the communities to demonstrate that the project will sustain aquatic plant and animal life and that the project can be considered closed out. 

  12.   Costs     (i) details of the expected costs of implementing the rehabilitation measures and monitoring programs required to close out the site, including at least a detailed expenditure schedule and an itemized estimate of capital costs and operating costs based on the market value of the material goods and services provided. 

  13.   Financial assurance     (i) the form and amount of the financial assurance to be provided. 

            (ii) all financial and commercial information used to establish the financial assurance. 

  14.   Revoked: O. Reg. 307/12, s. 8 (2). O. Reg. 240/00, Sched. 2; O. Reg. 194/06, s. 7; O. Reg. 307/12, s. 8.