Notice of Study Completion: Master Drainage Plan Municipal Class Environmental Assessment

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The Corporation of the County of Northumberland has completed Approach 1 of the Master Planning process. As such, the Master Plan has served to provide background for a Schedule “B” and Schedule “C” Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for assessing drainage related issues and concerns for the areas draining to the Hamilton Unnamed 07 East tributary, in Northumberland County.

The preferred alternative, Alternative 3, identified through the Class EA process, is to convey existing flows to the outlet of the Hamilton Unnamed 07 East tributary based on the following key strategies:

  • Runoff from Area B and County Road 2 will be controlled and released at current flow rates.
  • Discharge from County Road 2 will be directed to Reach 8 and the New Amherst Storm sewer system in keeping with the New Amherst Stormwater Management Plan.
  • Infiltration within Area B and County Road 2 will be achieved to match existing conditions.
  • A new outlet will be created from Area B westerly to the existing wetland, subject to the implementation of a Schedule ‘B’ class EA.
  • Reach 3 will require improvements using natural channel design principles to repair and prevent degradation, subject to the implementation of a Schedule ‘B’ class EA.
  • Reach 4 will require improvements using natural channel design principles to increase capacity and prevent aggradation, subject to the implementation of a Schedule ‘B’ class EA.
  • The capacity of the County Road 2 concrete box culvert will be increased.
  • Reach 8 and Reach 10 will require improvements using natural channel design principles to repair degradation and aggradation, respectively, subject to the implementation of a Schedule ‘B’ class EA.

Through the Class EA process, mitigation frameworks were identified with respect to impacts to the natural environment and economic environment. The Class EA Project File will be made available for public comment during the 30-day public review period following the issuing of this Notice of Study Completion on the County’s website.

To request a copy of the Class EA Project File, please submit a request to our Document Request Form.

Interested persons may provide written comments to our project team by April 22, 2021. All comments and concerns should be sent directly to Northumberland County or its’ Consultant (D.M. Wills Associates Limited) at the following addresses:

Denise Marshall, P.Eng.
Manager, Project Engineering
County of Northumberland
555 Courthouse Road
Cobourg, ON K9A 5J6
Telephone: (905) 372-3329
Fax: 905-372-1696
Email Denise Marshall, P.Eng.

Or

Ken Smith, P.Eng.
Project Manager
D.M. Wills Associates Ltd.
150 Jameson Drive
Peterborough, ON K9J 0B9
Phone: (705) 742-2297
Email Ken Smith, P.Eng.

In addition, a request may be made to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for an order requiring a higher level of study (i.e. requiring an individual/comprehensive EA approval before being able to proceed), or that conditions be imposed (e.g. require further studies), only on the grounds that the requested order may prevent, mitigate or remedy adverse impacts on constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights. Requests on other grounds will not be considered. Requests should include the requester contact information and full name.

Requests should specify what kind of order is being requested (request for conditions or a request for an individual/comprehensive environmental assessment), how an order may prevent, mitigate or remedy potential adverse impacts on Aboriginal and treaty rights, and any information in support of the statements in the request. This will ensure that the ministry is able to efficiently begin reviewing the request.

The request should be sent in writing or by email to:

Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks
777 Bay Street, 5th Floor
Toronto ON M7A 2J3
Email the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

and

Director, Environmental Assessment Branch
Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks
135 St. Clair Ave. W, 1st Floor
Toronto ON, M4V 1P5 EAB
Email the Director of the Environmental Assessment Branch

Requests should also be copied to Northumberland County by mail or by e-mail. Please visit the ministry’s website for more information on requests for orders under section 16 of the Environmental Assessment Act.

All personal information included in your request – such as name, address, telephone number and property location – is collected, under the authority of section 30 of the Environmental Assessment Act and is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public. As this information is collected for the purpose of a public record, the protection of personal information provided in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) does not apply (s.37). Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain confidential.

This Notice issued March 25th, 2021