This consultation was open from:
April 8, 2022
to May 9, 2022
Decision summary
A new amended Environmental Compliance Approval is granted to Hacienda North Farms Inc. for stormwater management works serving the greenhouse site (phases 1, 2 & 3) located at 20968 Coatsworth Road, in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
2961 Talbot Trail
Wheatley,
ON
Canada
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Hacienda North Farms Inc.
2961 Talbot Trail
Wheatley,
ON
N0P 2P0
Canada
Decision details
A new amended Environmental Compliance Approval is granted to Hacienda North Farms Inc. for stormwater management works serving the Phase 3 greenhouse expansion site located at 2961 Talbot Trail,Lot 193, Concession Romney Talbot Road West, in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, together with existing stormwater management works serving Phases 1 & 2 greenhouses.
The approved facilities consist of the following:
- roof water drainage pipe systems, swales and on-site storm sewers, discharging roof top runoff and other surface runoff to the stormwater detention ponds
- stormwater management pond (catchment area 18.215 ha): stormwater management pond located at the north west corner of the property (serving Phases 1 and 2)
- the Phase 1 and 2 stormwater management facility is:
- designed to contain the 1:100 year storm event providing a pond storage volume of 21,273.60 cubic meters with a maximum water depth of 2.506 meters and a release rate of 796.0 litres per second
- complete with a 304 millimeter freeboard and a 750 millimeter diameter outlet pipe and an emergency spillway, discharging into the Coatsworth-Robinson Extension Drain post-development peak flows for all storm events up to and including the 100-year return storm event
- one oil/grit separator, receiving discharge from approximately 0.55 hectare parking lot, having:
- a sediment capacity of 1,000 litres
- oil capacity of 500 litres
- a total holding capacity of 1,500 liltres
- a maximum treatment flow rate of 24 litres per second
- discharge via sewers into the stormwater detention pond of the Phases 1 & 2 described above
- the Phase 3 stormwater management facility located near the East property limit that has:
- a storage volume of 10,826.80 cubic meters with a maximum water depth of 1.98 meters and a release rate of 1078.0 liters per second
- a 370 millimeter freeboard and a 600 millimeter diameter outlet pipe and outlet structure discharging into Lake Erie
- an emergency spillway available to allow discharging into the east line ditch
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- provide notice to the minister
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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:
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- 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
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In your notice, please include a brief description of the:
- decision that you wish to appeal
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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)
Hacienda North Farms Inc.
2961 Talbot Trail
Wheatley,
ON
N0P 2P0
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
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Original proposal
Proposal details
This proposal is for an amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval No. 9565-AP8QCB for stormwater management works to serve the Hacienda North Farms Phase 3 Greenhouse Expansion, located at 2961 Talbot Trail in Wheatley, Ontario.
The stormwater management facilities consist of the following:
- Roof water drainage pipe systems, swales and on-site storm sewers, discharging roof top runoff and other surface runoff to the stormwater detention ponds.
- Stormwater management pond located at the north west corner of the property serving Phases 1 and 2, designed to contain the 1:100 year storm event providing a pond storage volume of 21,273.60 cubic meters with a maximum water depth of 2.506 meters and a release rate of 796.0 litres per second. This facility is complete with a 304 millimeter freeboard and a 750 millimeter diameter outlet pipe and an emergency spillway, discharging into the Coatsworth-Robinson Extension Drain located along the 2nd Concession Line.
- Phase 3 contains approximately 15.23 hectares of greenhouse roof area, to attenuate post-development peak flows for all storm events up to and including the 100-year return storm event. The Phase 3 stormwater management facility is located near the East property limit provides a storage volume of 10,826.80 cubic meters with a maximum water depth of 1.98 meters and a release rate of 1078.0 liters per second. This facility is complete with a 370 millimeter freeboard and a 600 millimeter diameter outlet pipe and outlet structure discharging into Lake Erie. In addition, an emergency spillway is available to allow discharging into the east line ditch.
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Comment
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This consultation was open from April 8, 2022
to May 9, 2022
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