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Policy and Procedures for Managing Excess Soils
Published by City of Markham
This is the City of Markham’s document, as published on its website on 18 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice
- Type
- Guide
- Published by
- City of Markham
- Date
- January 2024
- Also called
- Policy and Procedures for Managing Excess Soils (January 2024) [PDF]
- For
- contractor
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 64
- Instruments
- O.Reg. 406/19 · Environmental Protection Act
Overview
The City of Markham's Policy and Procedures for Managing Excess Soils, dated January 2024, built around Ontario Regulation 406/19 on on-site and excess soil management. It sets out definitions, then procedures at a project area, from when the regulation applies and when a notice is filed on the Excess Soil Registry to reuse planning documents such as the assessment of past uses, sampling and analysis plan and tracking system, then procedures at a reuse site, best practices, resources and references. Appendices hold flowcharts, step-by-step registry filing instructions and checklists.
What it covers
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Procedures for Management of Excess Soil at a Project Area
- Procedures for Management of Excess Soil at a Reuse Site
- Best Practices
- Resources
- References
- Appendix A Flowcharts
- Appendix B Step-by-Step Instructions for Filing a Notice in the Registry
- Appendix C Checklists
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