WATERSHED PLANNING

ERCA assists municipalities in watershed planning to meet Planning Act/Provincial Policy Statement responsibilities by identifying natural hazard and natural heritage features and providing policy support and advice related to natural heritage systems, development and stormwater servicing, water quality and natural resource planning concerns.

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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

ERCA administers the Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alteration to Shorelines and Watercourses Regulation, approved by the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry and known as Ontario Regulation 158/06, as amended. The Regulation allows ERCA to control development within hazardous lands through a permitting process. These lands could be unsafe for development because of naturally occurring processes associated with flooding, erosion, unstable soils, dynamic beaches, unstable slopes or in areas where conservation of lands could be impacted by development. Our goal is to reduce risk to life, prevent damage to property, and reduce social disruptions resulting from natural hazards.