Activity requirements, s. 20.21 (1) (c) of the Act
 9.1 (1) For the purposes of clause 20.21 (1) (c) of the Act, (a) a person who engages in an activity prescribed by section 7 of this Regulation that is not referred to in subsection 9 (1) shall ensure that all of the applicable requirements set out in subsection (2) of this section and in the water taking report and the discharge report prepared for the activity are complied with; and (b) a person who engages in an activity prescribed by section 7 of this Regulation that is referred to in subsection 9 (1) shall ensure that all of the applicable requirements set out in subsection (2) of this section and in the discharge report prepared for the activity are complied with. O. Reg. 300/21, s. 10. (2) The requirements referred to in subsection (1) are the following: 1. Prior to the commencement of the activity, the notification protocol shall be implemented in accordance with the protocol set out in the water taking report pursuant to paragraph 5 of subsection 8 (4). 2. A copy of the water taking report and the discharge report shall be provided in paper or electronic format for inspection upon request. 3. A water monitoring plan shall be implemented in accordance with the plan set out in the water taking report, if the applicable circumstances arise. 4. Subject to paragraphs 5 and 6, the method of transfer or discharge recommended in the discharge report shall be implemented with respect to the ground water or storm water, or both, that is taken for the purposes of dewatering the construction site. 5. With respect to any ground water or storm water, or both, that is discharged to land or a storm sewer, there shall be no visible petroleum hydrocarbon film or sheen present. 6. With respect to any ground water or storm water, or both, that is discharged to land or a storm sewer that is within 30 metres of a water body, turbidity of the discharge shall not exceed eight Nephelometric Turbidity Units above the background levels of the nearest water body. 7. Any erosion, flooding, scouring, sediment and total suspended solids control measures identified in the discharge report shall be used, operated and maintained in a manner that satisfies the recommendations of the manufacturer of the control measures or as directed in the discharge report if no such recommendations exist. 8. All control measures referred to in paragraph 7 and all materials collected or trapped by those measures shall be recovered and disposed of when the person is no longer engaging in the activity. 9. A monitoring plan for the discharge shall be implemented in accordance with the plan set out in the discharge report, if the applicable circumstances arise. 10. Any measures identified in the contingency plans set out in the water taking report, pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection 8 (4), and the discharge report, pursuant to paragraph 9 of subsection 8 (5), shall be implemented if the applicable circumstances arise. 11. On or before March 31 in each year, the person engaging in the activity shall provide the Director with a report, in a form and manner approved by the Director, setting out the volume of water taken daily for each dewatered work area in the previous calendar year. 12. If the person receives a complaint with respect to the taking or discharging of ground water or storm water, or both, and the complaint relates to the natural environment, the Ministry shall be notified of the complaint immediately after the complaint is received. 13. If the taking of water is intended to continue for more than 365 days, the person proposing to engage in the activity has given written notice that includes the information set out in subsection (3) to, i. the upper-tier and lower-tier municipalities or the single-tier municipality, as the case may be, within whose area of jurisdiction the proposed water taking is located, and ii. any conservation authority within whose area of jurisdiction the proposed water taking is located. 14. If the taking of water is no longer needed, within 30 days after the day the person has ceased to engage in the activity they shall give notice to the Ministry that the water taking is complete by filing that information in the Ministry’s electronic system. O. Reg. 300/21, s. 10. (3) The following information must be included in a notice referred to in paragraph 13 of subsection (2): 1. The name of the person proposing to engage in the activity. 2. The dates on which the activity is to occur. 3. An identification of the method of transfer or discharge referred to in paragraph 4 of subsection (2) that is to be implemented. 4. If the method of transfer or discharge referred to in paragraph 3 is discharge to land, the location of the discharge. O. Reg. 300/21, s. 10.