Hear about how the 2011 changes to the Modified Generic Risk Assessment (MGRA) and traditional Risk Assessment (RA) regimes have played out on the ground.  Have they actually been promoting greater consistency and predictability in the RA process?  How much discretion still remains with Ontario's Ministry of the Environment (MOE) and Qualified Persons.  Hear the perspectives from our expert faculty including from the MOE.

Three years ago on July 1, 2011, the MOE brought in sweeping legislative amendments to Ontario’s contaminated land and Records of Site Condition regime.  These changes were the most significant since 2004.  They included the introduction of a less complex risk assessment process known as the MGRA.  The MGRA process, a more streamlined approach than the traditional Risk Assessment, sets out an alternative to applying the MOE’s generic Standards.  The MOE also enhanced the traditional RA by prescribing required elements by regulation.

PROGRAM CHAIR

Marc McAree, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP

SPEAKERS

Bryan Buttigieg, Miller Thomson LLP
Rebekah Blok, Ministry of the Environment, Streamlined Risk Assessment Coordinator-Ecological Standards
Dr. Glenn Ferguson, Ph. D., Q.P., Vice President, Intrinsik