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Goderich Signal Star, 2011-10-05, Page 27uder$ch Sial-Star • Wednesday, October 5, 2011 NOTICE OF DRAFT SITE PLAN Issued by K2 Wind Ontario Inc. regarding a Proposal to Engage in a Renewable Energy Project ct Name: K2 Wind Power Project (the "Project"). ct Location: The Project is being proposed for the Township hfield-Colbome-Wawanosh, in the County of Huron, Ontario map). The general Project area would be located in the area ded by Blyth Road to the south, Bruce County Road 86 to the , Bluewater Highway 21 to the west and Saratoga Line/Lucknow to the east. • At: Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, County of this 211' day of September, 2011. ind Ontario Inc, in its capacity as General Partner, for and on if 'of K2 Wind Ontario LP (together the "Proponent") is planning velop, construct and operate a wind energy project (formerly ed to as the Kingsbridge 0 Wind Power Project) in respect of the issuance of a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) is required. Proponent is a partnership among Capital Power LP, Samsung wable Energy Inc., and Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada The dlstributn of this Notice of Draft Site Plan and the Project are subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act tario (Act) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). notice is being distributed in accordance with section . 54.1 of the dation prior to an application being submitted and assessed for lateness by the Ministry of the Environment. In accordance with egulat, this Draft Site. Plan is required to take into consideration fisting residences es and other known noise receptors (as defined Regulation) one (1) day. p rior to the first date of publication of otice. Pursuant to section 54(1.2) of the Regulation, K2 Wind rio will not be ,required to take into account residences and other receptors (as defined by the Regulation) that did not exist on mbar 20', 2011. t Description: Pursuant to the Act and Regulation, the Project sidered to be a Class 4 wind facility. If approved, the Project have a total maximum name plate capacity of approximately egawatts (MW). The Project would include up to 142 wind es located on privately owned leased lands, and would include chyard/substation, a transformer station, up to 3 meteorological an electrical collector system made up of collector lines from es and a transmission line from the transformer station to the hyard/substation (the "collector system") and other ancillary s such as turbine access roads and temporary construction The proposed layout considers up to 142 potential turbine and 4 potential meteorological tower locations. Final selection . be based on the results of consultations, detailed design and eering work, and conditions experienced during construction: $ raft Site Plan which was published on April 13, 2011 for- the t has been revised based on using Siemens SWT -2.3-10'1 e technology. merits for . Public Inspection: The Draft Project Description rt titled Kingsbndge 11 Wind Power Project Description rt, February, 2010 was first made available for public review ebruary 3, 2010. The updated Draft Project Descnption rt titled Kingsbridge 0' Wind Power Project Description rt, June, 2010 has been made available for review at the Id-Colborne-Wawanosh Township Office (82133 Council Goderich), County of Huron Administration Department urt .Nouse Square, Goderich), and Capital Power's Goderich (46 Victoria Street North, Goderich) and is also available online .capitalpower.com!K2Wind. A Draft Project Description rt including details of the Siemens turbine technology will be available for public review at 'least 60 days prior to the final open house for the Project. l updated Draft Site Plan, including the proposed e layout map, is available for public review online at .capitalpower.com/K2WInd and at the following locations: �AkI 041/4011 paten AUIRRI / `--. WI AAIUN! ./ 0„'r""t' ! 1 • 1 ! Legend .. I� • P'RpPc)sED WINO 1URYIhIE r ■ (T a: PRc>PQSED TRANSFORMER SI TE 1 . PROPOSED 3w1TCHW410i 8t*8TATION { 44:. -) GE **PAL PROJICT AIWA • OUP .....,...--OW. mane ow. i Huron County Public Library Goderich Branch 52 Montreal Street, Goderich, ON County of Huron Administration Department Jacob Memorial Budding, 77722D London Road, Clinton, ON 1 1 1 Pee tale .I..ILO Ashfleld-Colborne- Wawanosh Township Office 82133 Council Line, Godench, ON Capital Power Goderich Office 46 Victoria Street North, Goderich, ON The revised layout and Project infrastructure rnap includes additional Project information details, Please note that the proposed turbine and Project infrastructure locations have not changed since the Notice of Draft Site Plan for the Project was published on September 21, 2011 Project Contacts and Information: To learn more about the proposed Project, public open houses, to communicate questions or comments, or to be added to our - Project distribution list, please contact the Project team via e-mail at K2Windecapitalpower.com or by telephone at 519-524-2760. Comments and questions can also be directed to the following: K2 Wind Ontario Glenn Hubbers, P. Eng. 46 Victoria Street North Goderich, ON N7A 2R6 Telephone. 519.524.2760 E-mail: K2Wind@capitalpower.com More information on K2 Wind Ontario can be found at www.capitalpow.r.com/K2Wind. Notice first issued on Wednesday, September 21, 2011. This Notice of Draft Site Plan is providing Notice of an update to the Dred Site Plan first issued on October 5, 2011. County plans changes to PRISM Cheryl Heath QM! Agency Huron County's EMS Chief is urging the county's nine member municipali- ties to take the bull by the horns when it comes to the emergency Protective Response interactive Systems Manage- ment (PRISM) 911 system. Indeed, EMS Chief David Lew's rec- on naendations are coming at the heels , of questions put forth by Huron East Mayor Bernie MacLellan at an earlier county session. "I understand why PRISM wasn't used for the Goderich tornado because there wasn't enough time, said MacLel- lan. "The Wednesday after the tornado hit warnings were issued, specifically naming Blyth. A lot of people wondered afterward why PRISM was not used for that?" The short answer to that, says Lew, is the PRISM 911 system must beacti- vated by the lower tiers, which is some- thing that could be changed. Fromabottomline perspective, we teed all the information so we can get the message out." -- David Lew, EMS Chief "It would be pretty rare for a county- wide event to occur but there could be a situation where the county could take the lead role for specific .events," says Lew. "if the county thinks it could .take a dead role, there has to be parameters." Lew says the No. 1 challenge is get- ting county residents to sign in given that current statistics show about 41 per cent have done so. In response to that reality, Lew set forth a number of rec- ommendation that will see the lower tiers hand over their tax roll informa- tion in order to ensure as many county residents as possible are enrolled in PRISM. "From a bottom line perspective, we need all the information so we can get the message out," says Lew, noting municipalities can release the names, addresses and phone numbers of those on the tax rolls as long as ratepayers are apprised of the move. Ultimately, councillors approved all four of Lew's recommendations, though county council must endorse the deci- sions before they are enacted. Lew's other two recommendations are to explore options for improving the deliv- ery of Emergency Notification Cam- paigns, including with social media for- mats, and to organize a PRISM 911 presentation for various municipal partner councils to explain both the system and activation process.