Certificates of approval
19. (1) Despite section 30 of the Environmental Protection Act, the Director appointed for purposes of that section may issue or amend a certificate of approval or provisional certificate of approval for a waste management system or waste disposal site without requiring the Environmental Assessment Board to hold a hearing if the certificate is being issued or amended to enable a municipality to comply with section 18. 1992, c. 1, s. 19 (1). Override (2) A certificate of approval or provisional certificate of approval for a waste management system or waste disposal site issued or amended to enable a municipality to comply with section 18 may contain terms, (a) overriding any provision applicable to the system or site that is contained in an agreement made under, (i) the Municipal Act, the Regional Municipality of Durham Act, the Regional Municipality of Peel Act, the Regional Municipality of York Act or the Regional Municipalities Act, as those Acts read immediately before their repeal under the Municipal Act, 2001, (ii) the City of Toronto Act, 1997 (No. 1) or the City of Toronto Act, 1997 (No. 2), as those Acts read immediately before their repeal under the Stronger City of Toronto for a Stronger Ontario Act, 2006, or (iii) the Planning Act, the Municipal Act, 2001, the City of Toronto Act, 2006 or any Act designated under clause 18 (8) (d); (b) overriding any condition applicable to the system or site that is imposed by a regional or area municipality or city under an Act referred to in clause (a); and (c) imposing any condition that a regional or area municipality or city might have imposed under an Act referred to in clause (a). 1992, c. 1, s. 19 (2); 1997, c. 26, Sched.; 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table; 2006, c. 32, Sched. C, s. 69 (2). Notice (3) Before issuing or amending a certificate of approval or provisional certificate of approval to enable a municipality to comply with section 18, the Director shall give notice to the regional municipalities of Peel, Durham and York, any area municipality in which the system or site is located, the City of Toronto and the public. 1992, c. 1, s. 19 (3); 1997, c. 26, Sched. Idem (4) Notice to the public shall be given by advertising at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area encompassed by the regional municipalities and city. 1992, c. 1, s. 19 (4); 1997, c. 26, Sched. Content (5) The notice shall state the location of the system or site or proposed system or site and shall advise that an application for a certificate of approval has been made in respect of the system or site, that every person has a right to make submissions in relation to the system or site and that to exercise that right a person must make the submission in the manner and within the time set out in subsection (6). 1992, c. 1, s. 19 (5). Submissions (6) A submission to the Director must be in writing and must be delivered to him or her not later than twenty-one days after notice is given under subsection (3) or such later date as the Director specifies. 1992, c. 1, s. 19 (6). Director (7) The Director shall consider any submissions made under subsection (6) but is not required to hold a hearing or to give any further notice in respect of any decision he or she makes. 1992, c. 1, s. 19 (7). Reasons (8) The Director shall, after considering the submissions, ensure that written reasons for any decision he or she makes are made available to members of the public at no cost. 1992, c. 1, s. 19 (8). Idem (9) The written reasons must contain a summary of the submissions. 1992, c. 1, s. 19 (9).