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NOTICE OF POSTING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGISTRY
Regarding a Proposal to Engage in a Renewable Energy Project
Project Name: Jericho Wind Energy Centre
Project Location: Municipality of Lambton Shores and the Township of Warwick, in Lambton County, Ontario and in the Municipality of North Middlesex, in Middlesex County, Ontario
Dated at Lambton and Middlesex Counties this July 24, 2013
Jericho Wind, Inc., (a wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Canada, ULC) is planning to engage in a renewable energy project of which the issuance of a renewable energy approval is
required. The proposal to engage in the project and the project Itself is subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation).
This notice is being distributed in response to the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) accepting the application for a renewable energy approval submitted to the MOE by Jericho Wind, Inc.
The MOE has screened the submission according to the requirements set out in the Regulation and the application has been deemed complete. The MOE will now begin a technical review
of the submission.
Project Description: Pursuant to the Act and Regulation, the facility, in respect of which this project is to be engaged in, is a Class 4 Wind Facility. If approved, this facility would have a total
maximum name plate capacity of 150 -megawatts (MW). Please refer to Figure 1 for the proposed location of the turbines, the substation in addition to the electrical transmission line study
area.
Filing of Application for a Renewable Energy Application
A proposal for an approval in respect of this renewable energy project has been posted on the Environmental Registry referred to in Section 5 of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993.
Comments in respect of the proposal may be submitted to the Director through the Environmental Registry which can be found at: www.ebr.gov.on.ca. The posting number for the application
Is 011-9647. Comments will be accepted for a period of 45 days from the time of posting until August 31, 2013.
Documents for Public Inspection:
The Project Description Report titled "Project Description Report — Jericho Wind Energy Centre" describes the project as consisting of 97 wind turbines (however, only approximately 92 will
be constructed), turbine access roads, pad -mounted step-up transformers, an operations and maintenance building, meteorological towers, construction staging areas and electrical collector
lines in the Wind Energy Centre Study Area and an overhead 115 kV transmission line from the proposed Jericho Transformer Substation to the proposed Bomish Switchyard and continuing
to the proposed Parkhill Transformer Substation.
Jericho Wind, Inc. has prepared the following supporting documents in order to comply with the requirements of the Act and Regulation: Project Description Report; Construction Plan Re-
port; Consultation Report; Design and Operations Report; Decommissioning Plan Report; Wind Turbine Specifications Report; Natural Heritage Assessment Report; Water Assessment and
Water Body Report; Stage 1 and 2 Archaeological
Assessment Reports; Heritage Assessment Report;
and Noise Study Report. These documents were
made available for public Inspection starting on July
18, 2013 at
www.NextEraEnerayCanada.corn and at the
Municipality of Lambton Shores, Township of
Warwick, Lambton County, Municipality of North
Middlesex and Middlesex County municipal offices
on July 22, 2013.
Municipality of Lambton Shores
7883 Amtelecom Parkway, Forest, ON
Township of Warwick
6332 Nauvoo Road, Watford, ON
Municipality of North Middlesex
229 Parkhill Main Street, Parkhill, ON
Lambton County
789 Broadway Street, Wyoming, ON
Middlesex County
399 Rldout Street North, London, ON
Project Contact and Information:
To learn more about the project proposal or to
communicate concems please contact:
Derek Dudek, Community Relations Consultant
NextEra Energy Canada, ULC
390 Bay Street, Suite 1720
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2
Toll-free Project Line: 1-877-257-7330
Email: Jericho.Wind@NextEraEnergy.com
Website: www.NextEraEnergyCanada.com
Figure 1: Jericho Wind Energy Centre Project Layout
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