5.2 (1) In this section,  “service area”, with respect to a landfilling site, means the geographical area from which the site is permitted, under an environmental compliance approval, to receive municipal waste.  O. Reg. 234/11, s. 6. (2) A municipality that owns or operates a landfilling site is exempt from section 27 of the Act with respect to increasing the service area of the site if the additional area from which the site will receive municipal waste is, (a)  within the boundaries of the local municipality in which the site is located or, if the upper tier municipality in which the local municipality is located is exercising the power to provide landfilling sites for the local municipality, within the boundaries of that upper tier municipality; (b)  within the boundaries of the municipality that owns or operates the site; (c)  within the boundaries of an area that is not organized as a municipality and that abuts the municipality that owns or operates the site; or (d)  within the boundaries of a separated municipality that abuts the municipality that owns or operates the site.  O. Reg. 234/11, s. 6. (3) A municipality that owns or operates a landfilling site that has been filled is exempt from section 27 of the Act with respect to increasing the service area of another landfilling site that it owns and operates if, (a)  the municipality relied on an exemption under this section to expand the service area of the filled site or to increase the rate at which municipal waste was received at the filled site; and (b)  the additional area from which the other landfilling site will receive municipal waste is part or all of the area from which the filled site received municipal waste.  O. Reg. 234/11, s. 6. (4) A person, other than a municipality, who owns or operates a landfilling site is exempt from section 27 of the Act with respect to increasing the service area of the site if, (a)  the additional area from which the site will receive municipal waste is within the boundaries of a municipality from which it already receives municipal waste; (b)  the municipality referred to in clause (a) is a local municipality or an upper tier municipality that is exercising the power to provide landfilling sites for the local municipality; and (c)  the site has an environmental compliance approval that includes terms or conditions establishing a periodic quantity limit for deliveries of waste to the landfilling site.  O. Reg. 234/11, s. 6. (5) An increase in the service area to which subsection (2), (3) or (4) applies is exempt from being the subject matter of a hearing under subsection 20.15 (1) of the Act.  O. Reg. 234/11, s. 6. (6) An increase in the service area of a landfilling site that is owned or operated by a person other than a municipality is exempt from being the subject matter of a hearing under subsection 20.15 (1) of the Act if, (a)  the additional area from which the site will receive municipal waste is within the boundaries of a municipality from which it already receives municipal waste; (b)  the municipality referred to in clause (a) is a local municipality or an upper tier municipality that is exercising the power to provide landfilling sites for the local municipality; (c)  the site has an environmental compliance approval; (d)  the Director imposes a term or condition establishing a periodic quantity limit for deliveries of waste to the site; and (e)  the periodic quantity limit is equivalent to an estimate based on existing terms or conditions defining a service area for the site or on historic deliveries to the site.  O. Reg. 234/11, s. 6. (7) An increase in the rate at which municipal waste may be received at a landfilling site owned or operated by a municipality from areas within its service area is exempt from being the subject matter of a hearing under subsection 20.15 (1) of the Act.  O. Reg. 234/11, s. 6.