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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-02-28, Page 10WA — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 28, 1990 f ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT BOARD Mill NM Mil IBA MUM AZ= Ontario IN THE MATTER OF the Environmental Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1980, c.140, as amended, and the regulations thereunder; -and- JN THE MATTER OF the Intervenor Funding Project Act, 1988, S.O. 1988, c.71; -and- IN THE MATTER OF an Undertaking by Ontario Hydro consisting of a Pogram in respect of activities associated with meeting future electricity requirerrients in Ontario. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TAKE NOTICE THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD TO. CONSIDER ONTARIO HYDRO'S PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR MEETING FUTURE ELECTRICITY REQUIRE- MENTS IN ONTARIO, AND RELATED MATTERS. AND TAKE NOTICE THAT IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND AT THE HEARING OR MAKE A WRITTEN REPRESENTATION, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT BOARD MAY PROCEED WITH THE HEARING IN YOUR ABSENCE AND YOU WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE IN THESE PROCEEDINGS. PLEASE EXAMINE THIS NOTICE` CAREFULLY. YOU MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE OUTCOME OF THIS HEARING. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT Ontario Hydro has published a Demand/Supply Plan Report setting out proposals to ensure that a continuing reliable electricity supply is provided in Ontario. That Report, and its Environmental Analysis, have been submitted for review under the Environmental Assessment Act. Each alternative Demand/Supply Plan includes: • management of the demand for electricity; • non-utility generation; e rehabilitation and retirement of generating stations; redevelopment, extensions and new developments at eleven hydraulic generation sites; • the purchase of electrical power and energy from Manitoba; and, o new fossil and nuclear generation. The approval being requested is set out in Chapter 19 of the Demand/Supply Plan Report, and pertains to: a) the requirement and rationale for transmission in Ontario to incorporate purchases from Manitoba; and, b) the requirement and rationale for specified generation and transmission facilities, including nuclear, fossil and hydraulic generation. The approval requested in this application relates only to the requirement and rationale for additional facilities. Site- specific issues and construction approvals will be the subject of future applications. Locations to be considered for new facilities will include at least those locations shown on the map included in this notice, as well as additional locations which may be identified following siting studies. Additional radial transmission facilities would be required to connect new generation into the power system. The transmission connections required for each of the alternative generation sites are set out in the Environmental Assessment documentation. A copy of the Demand/Supply Plan Report may be obtained from: Mr. C.L. Taylor Community Studies and Public Hearings Department Ontario Hydro Room H19 D12 700 University Avenue TORONTO, Ontario M5G 1X6 Tel. (416) 592-3393 (collect) EVIEW OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT The Minister of the Environment has: a) instructed that a review be prepared of the Environmental Assessment, pursuant to Section 7(1)(a) of the Environmental Assessment Act; and, b) required that the Environmental Assessment Board hold a hearing in respect of the matters set out in Section 12(2)(c), (d) and (e) of the Environmental Assessment Act. Upon completion, the Review of the Environmental Assessment will be made public. A Notice advertising the completion of the Review will be published by the Minister in or about June, 1990. POWERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT BOARD The purpose of the Environmental Assessment Board Main Hearing is to enable the Environmental Assessment Board to make a decision regarding: i) the acceptance or amendment and acceptance of the environmental assessment; ii) whether approval to proceed with the undertaking in respect of which the environmental assessment was submitted, should or should not be given; and, iii) whether the approval mentioned in clause (ii) should be given subject to terms and conditions and, if so, the provisions of such terms and conditions. TIME AND PLACE OF PRELIMINARY HEARING The Environmental Assessment Board will convene: AT: Hearing Room 1, 2nd Floor, 5 Park Home Avenue, North York (at North York Civic Centre subway stop) ON: 4 April, 1990 AT: 9:00a.m. for the purpose of dealing with preliminary and procedural matters, including, but not necessarily restricted to: a) identification of the parties; b) identification of issues; c) arranging for the exchange among parties of documents relevant to the issues; d) establishing a procedure for filing witness statements; e) the schedule for the hearing; and, f) setting and announcing the dates and location(s) for the presentation of evidence to the Environmental Assessment Board. NO EVIDENCE OR OPENING STATEMENTS WILL BE GIVEN AT THE PRELIMINARY HEARING. FUNDING FOR INTERVENORS A PARTY IN THIS PROCEEDING MAY APPLY TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT BOARD PURSUANT TO PART I OF THE INTERVENOR FUNDING PROJECT ACT 1988, FOR INTERVENOR FUNDING. At the Preliminary Hearing on 4 April, 1990, the Board will decide which persons who have applied for party or intervenor status will be granted such status and the Board will set a deadline for receipt of applications for funding for those persons granted status. ONLY THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE GRANTED STATUS AS A PARTY OR AN INTERVENOR WILL BE ELIGBULE FOR INTERVENOR FUNDING. Following the Board's determination of which persons will be granted party or intervenor status, a Funding Panel will be appointed under the Intervenor Funding Project Act, 1988. In accordance with the criteria set out in that Act, the Funding Panel will consider the funding applications and will determine whether, to whom, and in what amounts funding will be granted to the intervenors and parties who applied for funding. At the completion and publication of the Review by the to determine the dates, times and location for the Hearing as it proceeds. The Environmental Assessment Board accepts collect calls. A toll-free information number will be available during the Hearing to provide pre-recorded information as to the status of the proceedings. Notice of the time, date and location of the Main Hearing will also appear in various Ontario newspapers at least orTe month in advance of the commencement of the Main Hearing. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Environmental Assessment Board will give notice of its decision and reasons by placing them in the record of public hearing. DATED at Toronto this 15th day of February, 1990. "James Curren" Board Secretary (Pour obtenir une copie du present avis en frangais, communiquer avec le secretaire de la Commission au (416) 323-4806.) Lake of ,h ✓ Oods Site-specific issues and construction approvals will be the subiect of future applications. Locations to be considered for new facilities will include at least the following: 1 Nipigon Missinarbi River JAMES BAY Moose River Abitibi Rive, 7 . Ottawa ' River Sudbury HYDRAULIC 1 Little Jacklish 2 Moose River Basin Sites 3 Big Chute 4 Sir Adam Beck 5 Lake Gibson ® NUCLEAR 6 Darlington 7 Bruce H i FOSSIL 8 Lennox 9 Hearn 10 Lakeview 11 Nanticoke 12 Lambton 13 J.C. Keith UNDEVELOPED SITES (NUCLEAR OR FOSSIL) A 14 Wesleyville mg 15 North Channel Siting Zone 3 Severn River 6 14 4 Niagara River Manitoba Purchase Incorporation (North Ontario Transmission Expansion) Potential radial transmission to incorporate new generation Minister of the Environment, the Board may reconvene the Preliminary Hearing to identify any additional persons who may then wish to seek status as parties or intervenors and to set another deadline for receipt of applications for funding for those persons granted such status on that occasion. Those applications will also be determined by the Funding Panel in accordance with the criteria set out in the Intervenor Funding Project Act, 1988. IF YOU INTEND TO SEEK STATUS AS A PARTY OR INTERVENOR AT THE HEARING If you intend to seek status as a party or an intervenor at the Preliminary Hearing whether or not you intend to apply for intervenor funding, you are asked to complete the enclosed registration form and forward it to the Board Secretary by 13 March, 1990. You should also obtain the Environmental Assessment Board's Rules of Practice from the Office of the Environmental Assessment Board at 2300 Yonge Street, Suite 1201, Toronto, Ontario, M4P 1E4 (telephone: (416) 323-4806; fax: (416) 323-4997). IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO SEEK STATUS AS A PARTY OR INTERVENOR If you do not wish to participate in the Preliminary Hearing but do wish to receive a copy of the Environmental Assessment Board's Order resulting from the Preliminary Hearing, telephone collect (416) 323-4806 or complete the enclosed registration form and mail it to the Board Secretary. It is your responsibility to contact the Board Secretary REGISTRATION FORM If you wish to participate in the Preliminary and Main Hearings or if you wish to receive copies of all Orders and Decisions of the Environmental Assessment Board, please complete this form and mail it by 13 March, 1890 to Board Secretary Environmental Assessment Board 2300 Yonge Street, Suite 1201 Toronto, Ontario M4P 1 E4 Please assist the Board with its scheduling for the Hearings by providing the following information (placing a check mark in each applicable box) NAME: ADDRESS: POSTAL CODE TELEPHONE: DAY ( ) EVENING ( ) ❑ I Intend to make a submission on procedural matters at the Preliminary Hearing ❑ I Intend to make a submission at the Main Hearing. ❑ Even though I do not wish to take an active part in the proceedings, I nevertheless wish to receive copies of at Orders and Decisions of the Environmental Assessment Board. O I Intend to apply for Intervenor funding. My interest in the Hearing relates to: The extent to which I Intend to participate is L J A