Ontario Regulation Governing Excess Soil Management

The province of Ontario has implemented the On-Site Soil Management Regulation (Regulation 406/19) to ensure the best management of excess soil from construction projects.  Phase 1 of Ontario's on-site soil management project came into effect on January 1^st, 2021. The soil that is affected by this regulation is any soil that has been excavated from a construction site. The purpose of the regulation is to ensure that the most amount of soil is reused on a future construction site. The goal ultimately from the province is to reduce the amount of soil that is designated as waste.

Ontario's On-Site Soil Management Regulation (Regulation 406/19) regulation project is to ensure that resources from a job site are not poorly wasted and the materials are able to see their full reuse potential. When the province refers to "Excess Soil", it is talking about soil, including soil that includes rocks that have been excavated from a project area. This does not include hazardous