This consultation was open from:
December 15, 2021
to January 14, 2022
Decision summary
This decision is to renew Permit to Take Water No. 3322-A3KQET for Kimesskanemenow GP Inc., as general partner for and on behalf of Kimesskanemenow Limited Partnership. Water will be taken from watercourses for road construction and maintenance purposes in the District of Kenora, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
James Bay Winter Road
Unsurveyed Territory, District of Kenora,
ON
Canada
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Kimesskanemenow GP Inc., as general partner for and on behalf of Kimesskanemenow Limited Partnership
125 St. George Street West
Guelph/Eramosa,
ON
N1M 1H8
Canada
Decision details
This decision is to renew Permit to Take Water No. 3322-A3KQET for Kimesskanemenow GP Inc., as general partner for and on behalf of Kimesskanemenow Limited Partnership. Water will be taken from 10 watercourse intakes for construction and maintenance of the James Bay Winter Road in the District of Kenora, Ontario. Permit to Take Water No. 0386-CCBL36 was issued on March 15, 2022 for a period of 10 years. Details of water taking are as follows:
Source name: Wapiskau (Halfway Creek) River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Lubwabiskau River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Antein River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Kinoshed River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Albany River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 5,300,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Big Willow River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 490,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Kapiskau River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Lawashi River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Attawapiskat River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 1,413,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: 190 Ferguson Road (Moose River)
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 2,000
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 600,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
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How to Appeal
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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)
Kimesskanemenow GP Inc., as general partner for and on behalf of Kimesskanemenow Limited Partnership
125 St. George Street West
Guelph/Eramosa,
ON
N1M 1H8
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
Include the following:
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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Client Services and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Original proposal
Proposal details
This proposal is to renew Permit to Take Water No. 3322-A3KQET for Kimesskanemenow GP Inc., as general partner for and on behalf of Kimesskanemenow Limited Partnership. Water will be taken from 10 watercourse intakes for construction and maintenance of the James Bay Winter Road in the District of Kenora, Ontario. Details of water taking are as follows:
Source name: Wapiskau (Halfway Creek) River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Lubwabiskau River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Antein River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Kinoshed River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Albany River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 5,300,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Big Willow River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 490,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Kapiskau River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Lawashi River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 625,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: Attawapiskat River
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 1,364
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 1,413,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
Source name: 190 Ferguson Road (Moose River)
- purpose of water taking: construction - road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 2,000
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 600,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 120
- period of water taking: December 1 to April 30 for 10 years
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This consultation was open from December 15, 2021
to January 14, 2022
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