An Environmental Assessment (EA) has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change by the City of Elliot Lake for the proposed undertaking, which is a horizontal expansion of the municipal landfill as part of the City’s Solid Waste Management Plan. The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change has prepared a Ministry Review (Review) of the EA for agency, Indigenous community and public comment. The Review of the EA does not make a decision about the EA. That decision is made by the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change after the comment period is over and all submissions have been considered.

You can submit comments on the undertaking, the Environmental Assessment, and the Ministry Review. You may also request a hearing by the Environmental Review Tribunal. If you request a hearing you must state in your submission, whether you are requesting a hearing on the whole application or only on specified matters related to the application.

How to get the information you need

You can inspect the EA and the Ministry Review during normal business hours at the following locations:

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
Environmental Approvals Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st floor
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 1P5
Toll-free: 1-800-461-6290

City of Elliot Lake
Clerk’s Department
45 Hillside Drive North
Elliot Lake, Ontario
P5A 1X5
Telephone: 705-848-2287

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
Sudbury District Office
1201-199 Larch Street
Sudbury, Ontario
P3E 5P9
Toll-free: 1-800-890-8516

Copies are also available for viewing at the The City of Elliot Lake Public Library:

The City of Elliot Lake Public Library
99 Spine Road
Elliot Lake, Ontario
P5A 3S9
Telephone: 705-848-2287

Be sure to express your views

If you make a submission or request a hearing before the above date, you will be notified of any decisions about this environmental assessment. Otherwise, the undertaking may proceed without further notice to you. If no submissions or requests for a hearing are received, the undertaking may be approved with no further public notice. This will allow the undertaking to proceed.

Send written comments to:

Director
Environmental Approvals Branch
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st floor
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 1P5
Attention: Carolyn Lee, Project Officer
E-mail: carolyn.lee@ontario.ca

Please ensure your written comments are received by December 23, 2016.

All personal information included in a submission – such as name, address, telephone number and property location of requester – is collected, maintained and disclosed by the ministry for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in section 37 of Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Personal information that is submitted will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless a request is made that personal information remain confidential. For more information, the ministry’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator can be contacted at 416-327-1434.