This consultation was open from:
June 26, 2020
to July 26, 2020
Decision summary
The ministry has issued direction that would allow for the disposal of contaminated groundwater in the New Liskeard Lagoons sewage treatment system. The contaminated groundwater was encountered during the excavation of soil for the replacement of a culvert located at Calamity Creek on Highway 11.
Location details
Site address
Bedard Road
City of Temiskaming Shores,
ON
P0J 1P0
Canada
Site location details
New Liskeard Lagoons
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The Corporation of the City of Temiskaming Shores
Post Office Box No. 2050
Haileybury,
ON
P0J 1K0
Canada
Decision details
Following a request from the Corporation of the City of Temiskaming Shores, on August 7, 2020, the director provided authorization to the municipality allowing them to accept contaminated groundwater from the Calamity Creek Culvert replacement project on Highway 11 until September 30, 2020.
Specifically, the city was granted permission to accept at their New Liskeard Lagoons, contaminated water (Industrial Wastewater) from the project site. The lagoons are described in the City’s approvals No. 9205-ANYPRW and 5490-A3NJRQ.
In granting the authorization, the director also imposed additional operation and reporting requirements for the duration of the authorization.
Effects of consultation
No comments were received.
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How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from May 13, 2021 to begin the appeal process.
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Appeal process for decisions published before June 1, 2021
If you’re an Ontario resident, you can start the process to appeal this instrument decision.
First, you’ll need to seek leave (i.e. get permission) from the relevant appellate body to appeal the decision.
If the appellate body grants leave, the appeal itself will follow.
Seek leave to appeal
To seek leave to appeal, you need to do these three things:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- mail your application to three parties
1. Prepare your application
You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following things in your application:
- A document that includes:
- your name, phone number, fax number (if any), and/or email address
- the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
- a statement about whether you are a resident in Ontario
- your interest in the decision, and any facts you want taken into account in deciding whether you have an interest in the decision
- the parts of the instrument that you’re challenging
- whether the decision could result in significant harm to the environment
- the reason(s) why you believe that no reasonable person – having regard to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind – could have made the decision
- the grounds (facts) you’ll be using to appeal
- the outcome you’d like to see
- A copy of the instrument (approval, permit, order) that you you are seeking leave to appeal. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry
- Copies of all supporting documents, facts and evidence that you’ll be using to appeal
What is considered
The appeal body will consider the following two questions in deciding whether to grant you leave to appeal:
- is there is good reason to believe that no reasonable person, with respect to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind, could have made the decision?
- could the decision you wish to appeal result in significant harm to the environment?
2. Provide your notice
You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re seeking leave to appeal.
In your notice, please include a brief description of the:
- decision that you wish to appeal
- grounds for granting leave to appeal
You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:
College Park 5th Floor, 777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3
3. Mail your application
You’ll need to mail your application that you prepared in step #1 to each of these three parties:
- appellate body
- issuing authority (the ministry official who issued the instrument)
- proponent (the company or individual to whom the instrument was issued)
The Corporation of the City of Temiskaming Shores
Post Office Box No. 2050
Haileybury,
ON
P0J 1K0
Canada
Environmental Review Tribunal
Attention: The Secretary
655 Bay Street
Floor 15
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
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This is not legal advice. Please refer to the Environmental Bill of Rights for exact legal requirements. Consult a lawyer if you need help with the appeal process.
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George Lajeunesse
5520 Hwy 101 E
PO Bag 3080
South Porcupine,
ON
P0N 1H0
Canada
Original proposal
Proposal details
The Calamity Creek Culvert Rehabilitation Project (Project) is a Ministry of Transportation (MTO) project which involves in-water work in Calamity Creek for the purposes of replacing a culvert beneath Highway 11, just north of Toblers Road in the City of Temiskaming Shores (City).
In 2019, contaminated groundwater was intercepted during preliminary work on the project site. The origin of the contamination is thought to be from creosote treated wood that had historically been used as building material at the site.
On May 14, 2020, the environmental consultant, Story Environmental Inc., submitted a letter to the City regarding disposal of water from the Calamity Creek Project. It was indicated in this letter that, following treatment using an adsorptive media filtration system, the water produced by the dewatering activities at the Calamity Creek construction site can be managed within the New Liskeard Sewage Lagoon without any ill effects.
On May 28, 2020, the City sent information to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks outlining its proposal to accept industrial wastewater originating at the project site. The City’s proposal assumes a maximum of 28,000 litres of industrial wastewater being received per day, seven days per week, for the remainder of the project. The proposal is based on directing the industrial wastewater to the Gray Road Lift Station, which is part of the works as described in the City’s ECA No. 9205-ANYPRW, at a maximum rate of one (1) 28,000 litre truck load per hour.
It is anticipated that the current need for industrial wastewater hauling will depend on weather, site conditions and the progress of the project, and may last until September 30, 2020. A maximum of approximately 3,000,000 litres of industrial wastewater may require hauling and disposal in the works in 2020.
The report is proposed to provide an alternative to long-distance hauling of industrial wastewater from the Project to reduce:
- The potential spread of COVID-19
- The environmental impact of hauling
- The cost to the Crown
Additional notice of this proposal has been given to the Mayor & Council of the City of Temiskaming Shores.
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Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from June 26, 2020
to July 26, 2020
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George Lajeunesse
5520 Hwy 101 E
PO Bag 3080
South Porcupine,
ON
P0N 1H0
Canada
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