Interpretation
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(1) In this Regulation, “Beneficial Reuse Assessment Tool” means the data file entitled “Beneficial Reuse Assessment Tool” and dated November 19, 2019, as amended from time to time, that is maintained by the Ministry and is available on a website of the Government of Ontario; (“Outil d’évaluation pour la réutilisation bénéfique”) “Class 1 soil management site” means a soil bank storage site or a soil processing site; (“site de gestion des sols de catégorie 1”) “Class 2 soil management site” means a waste disposal site at which excess soil is managed on a temporary basis and that is, (a)  located on a property owned by a public body or by the project leader for the project from which the excess soil was excavated, and (b)  operated by the project leader for the project from which the excess soil was excavated; (“site de gestion des sols de catégorie 2”) “crushed rock” means a naturally occurring aggregation of one or more naturally occurring minerals that is mechanically broken down into particles that are smaller than 2 millimetres in size or that pass the US #10 sieve; (“roche concassée”) “dry soil” means soil that is not liquid soil; (“sol sec”) “dump” has the same meaning as in Regulation 347; (“décharge”) “enhanced investigation project area” means a project area used, (a)  for an industrial use, (b)  as a garage, (c)  as a bulk liquid dispensing facility, including a gasoline outlet, or (d)  for the operation of dry cleaning equipment; (“zone du projet d’étude avancée”) “excess soil” means soil, crushed rock or soil mixed with rock or crushed rock, that has been excavated as part of a project and removed from the project area for the project; (“sols de déblai”) “Excess Soil Standards” means the document entitled “Part II: Excess Soil Quality Standards”, published by the Ministry and dated December 8, 2020, available on a website of the Government of Ontario as Part II of the document entitled “Rules for Soil Management and Excess Soil Quality Standards”; (“normes sur les sols de déblai”) “infrastructure” means all physical structures, facilities and corridors relating to, (a)  public highways, (b)  transit lines and railways, (c)  gas and oil pipelines, (d)  sewage collection systems and water distribution systems, (d.1)  drainage works within the meaning of the Drainage Act, (e)  stormwater management systems, (f)  electricity transmission and distribution systems, (g)  telecommunications lines and facilities, including broadcasting towers, (h)  bridges, interchanges, stations and other structures, above and below ground, that are required for the construction, operation or use of the items listed in clauses (a) to (g), or (i)  rights of way required in respect of existing or proposed infrastructure listed in clauses (a) to (h); (“infrastructure”) “landfilling” has the same meaning as in Regulation 347; (“enfouissement”) “liquid soil” means soil that has a slump of more than 150 millimetres using the Test Method for the Determination of “Liquid Waste” (slump test) set out in Schedule 9 to Regulation 347; (“sol liquide”) “local waste transfer facility” has the same meaning as in Regulation 347; (“installation locale de transfert des déchets”) “Ontario Regulation 153/04” means Ontario Regulation 153/04 (Records of Site Condition — Part XV.1 of the Act) made under the Act; (“Règlement de l’Ontario 153/04”) “project” means any project that involves the excavation of soil and includes, (a)  any form of development or site alteration, (b)  the construction, reconstruction, erecting or placing of a building or structure of any kind, (c)  the establishment, replacement, alteration or extension of infrastructure, or (d)  any removal of liquid soil or sediment from a surface water body; (“projet”) “project area” means, in respect of a project, a single property or adjoining properties on which the project is carried out; (“zone du projet”) “project leader” means, in respect of a project, the person or persons who are ultimately responsible for making decisions relating to the planning and implementation of the project; (“chef de projet”) “public body” means, (a)  a municipality, local board or conservation authority, (b)  a ministry, board, commission, agency or official of the Government of Ontario or the Government of Canada, (c)  a port authority under the Canada Marine Act, or (d)  the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation under the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation Act, 2002; (“organisme public”) “qualified person” means, (a)  subject to clause (b), a qualified person within the meaning of section 5 of Ontario Regulation 153/04, and (b)  for the purposes of subsections 5 (2) to (5), 6 (4), paragraph 7 of subsection 19 (4), section 20 and section 13 of Schedule 1, a qualified person within the meaning of section 5 or 6 of Ontario Regulation 153/04; (“personne compétente”) “Registry” means the registry described in section 50 of the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 (“Registre”) “Regulation 347” means Regulation 347 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General — Waste Management) made under the Act; (“Règlement 347”) “residential development soil depot” means a soil bank storage site that is temporarily operated for the purpose of managing, on a temporary basis, excess soil that will ultimately be transported to a reuse site for final placement in respect of an undertaking at a reuse site; (“dépôt de sols pour aménagement résidentiel”) “retail landscaping soil depot” means a soil bank storage site that is operated for the purpose of producing excess soil for landscaping or gardening products that is to be promptly packaged for retail sale to meet a realistic market demand, or to be offered for retail sale to meet a realistic market demand; (“dépôt de vente au détail de sols pour aménagement paysager”) “reuse site” means a site at which excess soil is used for a beneficial purpose and does not include a waste disposal site; (“site de réutilisation”) “rock” means a naturally occurring aggregation of one or more naturally occurring minerals that is 2 millimetres or larger in size or that does not pass the US #10 sieve; (“roche”) “soil” means unconsolidated naturally occurring mineral particles and other naturally occurring materials resulting from the natural breakdown of rock or organic matter by physical, chemical or biological processes that are smaller than 2 millimetres in size or that pass the US #10 sieve; (“sol”) “soil bank storage site” means a waste disposal site, other than a Class 2 soil management site, at which excess soil is managed on a temporary basis and that is operated, by a person who is not the project leader for all of the projects from which the excess soil was excavated, for the primary purpose of storing the excess soil from one or more projects until the excess soil can be transported to a site for final placement or disposal; (“site d’entreposage pour banque de sols”) “soil processing site” means a waste disposal site, other than a Class 2 soil management site or a soil bank storage site, at which excess soil is managed on a temporary basis, that is operated for the primary purpose of processing excess soil, including processing in order to reduce contaminants in the excess soil; (“site de traitement de sols”) “Soil Rules” means the document entitled “Part I: Rules for Soil Management”, published by the Ministry and as amended from time to time, available on a website of the Government of Ontario as Part I of the document entitled “Rules for Soil Management and Excess Soil Quality Standards”; (“règles concernant les sols”) “supervisee” means an individual who is supervised by a qualified person; (“personne supervisée”) “topsoil” has the same meaning as in subsection 142 (1) of the Municipal Act, 2001; (“sol arable”) “vehicle” includes a trailer or other equipment attached to the vehicle. (“véhicule”) O. Reg. 406/19, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 775/20, s. 1; O. Reg. 555/22, s. 1. (2) For the purposes of the definition of “enhanced investigation project area” in subsection (1), the following terms have the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 153/04: 1.  Bulk liquid dispensing facility. 2.  Dry cleaning equipment. 3.  Garage. 4.  Gasoline outlet. 5.  Industrial use. O. Reg. 406/19, s. 1 (2). (3) For the purposes of this Regulation, two properties are adjoining if the boundary of one property touches or, were it not for an intervening highway, road allowance, railway line, railway allowance or utility corridor, would touch the boundary of the other property. O. Reg. 406/19, s. 1 (3). (4) For the purposes of this Regulation, a requirement to identify or include in a document the location of a site or property shall be complied with by, (a)  if the municipal address is available, identifying or including the municipal address; or (b)  if the municipal address is not available, identifying or including a description of the location by another means. O. Reg. 406/19, s. 1 (4).