This consultation was open from:
February 4, 2022
to March 6, 2022
Decision summary
This decision is for a new Permit to Take Water for 2706913 Ontario Inc. for construction dewatering to facilitate construction at the Cedar Crescent Village development, located at 122 Elgin St., Saugeen Shores, Ontario. The permit, No. 4582-CKGU5H was issued on November 8, 2022, with an expiry date of December 31, 2023.
Location details
Site address
122 Elgin Street
Port Elgin,
ON
Canada
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
2706913 Ontario Inc.
603 Goderich Street
Port Elgin,
ON
N0M 2C0
Canada
Decision details
The Permit to Take Water (PTTW) issued to 2706913 Ontario Inc. contains strict conditions and safeguards to protect existing water users and the natural environment, including:
- conditions that require the permit holder to collect and record the daily amount of water taken, comply with the terms and conditions in the permit, immediately report complaints or interference to the ministry, report water takings each year to the ministry
- a condition requiring the permit holder to undertake continuous groundwater level monitoring in observations wells during construction dewatering activities
- conditions requiring the permit holder to monitor the quality of discharge to local sewers to ensure the protection of water entering in Lake Huron
The ministry is satisfied that the water taking does not interfere with private water supply wells located in the area, nor will the water taking result in unacceptable impacts to the environment, including to Lake Huron. The ministry is satisfied that the approved PTTW is protective of the environment.
Details of the water taking are as follows:
- source of water: dewatering array (wells/sumps/wellpoints)
- purpose of taking: construction, dewatering
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 690
- maximum number of hours of taking a day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 990,000
- maximum number of days of taking in a year: 168
- length of taking: from January 1 to December 31, for 14 months
Information about Permits to Take Water
Issued Permits to Take Water can be viewed and downloaded at Access Ontario, by searching the approval number, 4582-CKGU5H, in the search field located at the top of the map, see “I want to…Search by Approval Number”, here:
Access Environment displays the following information:
- business name
- facility address and location on an interactive map
- type of approval or registration from the ministry (view a PDF copy)
- date of issue
- status of the approval (approved, amended, revoked and/or replaced)
- status of the registration (registered, suspended, removed)
Effects of consultation
The following municipalities / conservation authorities were notified by email:
- Bruce County
- Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority
- The Town of Saugeen Shores
No comments were received from the municipal / conservation authority stakeholders.
Comments relevant to the water taking proposal were considered as part of the review of the application. A summary of the comments and how they were considered follows:
- Concerns with the proposed water taking, including the potential for impacts on private wells, ground settlement, and concerns related to the requested volume of water taking. 2706913 Ontario Inc. was required to undertake scientific studies to assess potential impacts of this proposed water taking, and the ministry has completed its technical review of this information. Based on our review, the ministry is satisfied that the water taking will not have an impact on existing water users, or structures. Following our review of this application, the volume of water approved for taking was reduced from 3,843,000 litres/day to 990,0000 litres/day. Further, the ministry has included conditions in the permit to monitor groundwater levels throughout construction, to confirm the finding of the supporting studies and monitor for unanticipated impacts.
- Concerns with the potential impacts to Lake Huron and impacts to fish habitat. Based on our review, the ministry does not anticipate any impacts to the natural environment. The ministry has included monitoring conditions to assess the quality of discharge to confirm the quality prior to discharge to local sewers.
- Concerns with the location of boreholes compared to the final development layout. To address this concern, the ministry required the applicant to undertake additional assessment during our review, including advancing an additional four boreholes (3 completed as monitoring wells) to better characterize the geology/hydrogeology within the development area.
- It is noted that the ministry utilizes an adaptive management approach as part of the Permit to Take Water program and can amend permits at any time to reflect changing conditions.
- Other comments were received that were outside the scope of the Permit to Take Water review, including concerns regarding the project design, siting, concerns with construction noise, traffic and duration of the project.
Supporting materials
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135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from December 5, 2022 to begin the appeal process.
Carefully review the information below to learn more about the appeal process.
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Start the process to appeal
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)
2706913 Ontario Inc.
603 Goderich Street
Port Elgin,
ON
N0M 2C0
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
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 for a new Permit To Take Water for 2706913 Ontario Inc. Water will be taken for construction dewatering purposes for the Cedar Crescent Village Development, located in the Town of Saugeen Shores, Ontario. Details of the water taking are as follows:
Source of water: wells/sumps/well points
- purpose of taking: construction dewatering
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 2,669
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 3,843,000
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 3 years
Supporting materials
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Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from February 4, 2022
to March 6, 2022
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Client Services and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comments received
Through the registry
79By email
21By mail
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