Chatham-Kent Waste Disposal Site
Learn about the decision to designate this project as a Part II.3 project subject to comprehensive environmental assessment requirements.
Current status
We have made a regulation under the Environmental Assessment Act, designating the proposed project as a Part II.3 project subject to comprehensive environmental assessment requirements.
Get details on the regulation.
Project summary
York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd. has proposed to resume landfill operations and expand on-site waste handling, processing and transfer operations at the existing waste disposal site, formerly known as the Dresden Tile Yard, in the former Township of Camden, within the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.
Proponent
York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd.
Location
29831 Irish School Road, former Township of Camden, Municipality of Chatham-Kent
Project type
Waste
Reference number
24008
Contact
Environmental Assessment Branch
Project history
Designation regulation: filed
Expiry of public comment period: May 10, 2024
Decision date: June 28, 2024
Designation
The Environmental Assessment Act (Act) allows for a project to be designated, by regulation, as a project to which the Act applies.
In March 2024, the ministry sought feedback from the public on a proposal to make a regulation that would designate York1’s proposed waste management project as a Part II.3 project under the Act and make it subject to comprehensive environmental assessment requirements. All comments received were carefully considered before a decision was made.
With the regulation in place, a comprehensive environmental assessment (the highest level of environmental assessment in Ontario) must be undertaken before the project can be implemented.
The process requires the assessment of potential environmental impacts and public consultation, and the project cannot be implemented unless a decision is made by the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, to give approval under the Act to proceed with the project.
Learn more on the Environmental Registry of Ontario.