Notice of approval

Proponent: City Of London
Environmental assessment file number: MU-0555-02

Take notice that the date for receipt by me of submissions or requirements for a hearing on the above Environmental Assessment and/or its Review; provided for in the Notice of Completion of Environmental Assessment Review, dated October 1995, expired on November 1, 1995. I received no requirements for a hearing by that date. I do not consider it advisable to require a hearing.

Acceptance of the environmental assessment

Having considered those matters set out in Section 8 and pursuant to Section 9, I accept the Environmental Assessment.

Approval of the undertaking

Under Section 13 of the Act, before the decision on approval to proceed with the undertaking can be made, the proponent and the person who made a submission each have the opportunity to require a hearing by the Environmental Assessment Board.

The proponent and the submitter each waived this right.

Having considered the purpose of the Act, the Environmental Assessment of the undertaking as accepted, and the submissions received, I hereby give approval to proceed with the undertaking subject to the following terms and conditions:

  1. The proponent will comply with the provisions of the environmental assessment as accepted which are hereby incorporated by reference in the approval.
  2. With regard to construction noise, the proponent shall:
    1. identify all noise sensitive areas;
    2. include general noise control measures in the contract documents;
    3. investigate all noise complaints; and,
    4. in the event of persistent complaints, require the contractor to comply with the noise emission standards for construction equipment as contained in the Publications NPC-115 and NPC-118 of this Ministry’s Model Municipal Noise Control By-law Final Report, August 1978.
    5. The proponent shall incorporate all noise control measures in the design and construction reports.

Reasons

The reasons for giving approval are:

  1. On the basis of the proponent’s EA, the components necessary to meet the requirements of Section 5(3) of the Environmental Assessment Act are present.
  2. the deficiencies identified through the Technical Review of the EA have either been addressed by the proponent or through the terms and conditions listed above.

Dated the 14th day of February, 1996 at Toronto

Original signed by:
Minister of Environment and Energy
135 St. Clair Avenue West, 12th floor
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 1P5