7. (1) The owner and the operator of a landfilling site shall ensure that the waste fill area is completely surrounded by buffer area in accordance with this section.  O. Reg. 232/98, s. 7 (1). (2) The buffer area shall be at least 100 metres wide at every point.  O. Reg. 232/98, s. 7 (2). (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a buffer area if the buffer area is at least 30 metres wide at every point and a written report confirms that, (a) the buffer area provides adequate space for vehicle entry, exit, turning, access to all areas of the site and parking; (b) the buffer area provides adequate space on the surface of the site for all anticipated structures, equipment and activities; and (c) the buffer area is sufficient to ensure that potential effects of the landfilling operation do not have any unacceptable impact outside the site.  O. Reg. 232/98, s. 7 (3). (4) For the purpose of clause (3) (c), potential effects include surface runoff, litter, vectors, vermin, leachate, subsurface migration of landfill gas and aesthetic effects.  O. Reg. 232/98, s. 7 (4). Hydrogeological Assessment

8. (1) A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a written report on the geologic and hydrogeologic conditions of the site and ground water protection for the site has been prepared in accordance with this section.  O. Reg. 232/98, s. 8 (1). (2) The report must contain, (a) plans, specifications and descriptions of the geologic and hydrogeologic conditions of the site and the area in which the site is located; and (b) an assessment of the suitability of the site for the landfilling of municipal waste, taking into account, (i) the design of the site, including existing features and features that will be implemented to control the expected production of leachate and the expected subsurface migration of landfill gas, (ii) regional and site specific geologic and hydrogeologic conditions, (iii) the ability to identify future impacts on the ground water by monitoring, (iv) the feasibility of contingency plans that can be implemented to control leachate produced in a quantity greater than expected or with a quality worse than expected, and (v) the feasibility of contingency plans that can be implemented to control landfill gas migrating in the subsurface in a quantity greater than expected or with a quality worse than expected.  O. Reg. 232/98, s. 8 (2). Surface Water Assessment

9. (1) A person shall not establish a new landfilling site or increase the total waste disposal volume of an existing landfilling site unless a written report on the surface water conditions of the site and surface water protection for the site has been prepared in accordance with this section.  O. Reg. 232/98, s. 9 (1). (2) The report must contain, (a) plans, specifications and descriptions of the surface water features on the site, the surface water features that will receive a direct discharge from the site and the surface water features of the area in which the site is located; and (b) an assessment of the suitability of the site for the landfilling of municipal waste, taking into account, (i) the design of the site, including existing features and features that will be implemented to control the expected production of leachate, the flow of surface water, and erosion and sedimentation resulting from the flow of surface water, (ii) the surface water features on the site, the surface water features that will receive a direct discharge from the site and the surface water features of the area in which the site is located, (iii) the ability to identify future impacts on the surface water features by monitoring, and (iv) the feasibility of contingency plans that can be implemented to control surface water impacts resulting from the production of leachate in a quantity greater than expected or with a quality worse than expected.  O. Reg. 232/98, s. 9 (2). Ground Water Protection