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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-10-09, Page 10Pave 10—Ltcknow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 9, 1985 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT SUBSECTION 7(1) NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REVIEW Re: Southwestern Ontario Transmission Study. Environmental Assessment Proponent: Ontario Hydro EA File No.: 1-76-0002-002 Theshaded area on ;hlh map shows the Approximate study area. figural. r///r.,/,;,113731 Bruce1/ NPD ♦ rr/ � r Site N even • GS. • rs NPD 1 .enn.Anny '11J1na W a Net nn nnl•n HOW,' x(f ebn,bn. Alleln,ll.ve Hinoe TAKE NOTICE that an Environmental Assessment has ' been received from the proponent of the above undertaking and a.Review of it prepared by Ontario Government Ministries and agencies: Ontario .Hydro's undertaking is to acquire property . • rights for and to design; construct, operate, and • maintain an integrated system of overhead alternat-' • ing current transmission lines and related station communication and control facilities located yvithiii the boundaries ' of the shaded geographic area shown on Figure 1. • Ontario Hydro has indicated that an essential component of their undertaking is that the facilities to . be constructed and operated must comprise a • complete set of facilities fully integrated into, and compatible with, the existing bulk electricity system. Ontario Hydro is specifically requesting approval for the integrated set of facilities they nave designated "System Plan 7".'System Plan 7 consists of: • A single circuit.500,000 volt (500 kV) transmission line 'from the/ Bruce Nuclear 'Power Development (NPD) to 'the.Essa Transformer Station, (TS) near Barrie: This line would run north of Chesley, southwest of Markdale and Flesherton, and cross , the Niagara Escarpment near Lavender: ' • A. new, 500/230 kV transformer station west of London and three four circuit, 230 .kV lines 'from the new transformer station to existing 230 kV lines in the area. This station would be located in Lots 1 to4; Concession ill of Caradoc Township. •. A double circuit 500 kV transmission line from the Bruce NPD to the new transformer station. ThiSrline would pass east of Ripley and Zurich, and west of Ailsa Craig. ' A single circuit 500 kV transmission line eastwardly from the new transformer station; • mostly 'following existing rights of way, to the Nanticoke Generating Station. This line would pass northof the Caradoc Indian Reserve, and: . follow an existing 115 ,kV right of way east of St. Thomas, just south of Otterville and north • of • Boston to the Six Nations Indian Reserve,' then turn south and follow an existing 500 kV right of way to ' the Nanticoke Generating Station. The recommended „routes and • Hydro's' acceptable • alternative routes for these facilities are shown on Figure' 1. A copy of the Environmental /Assessment and the Review may be inspected in the Public Record File during normal business hours at the following location: . Ministry of the Environment Environmental Assessment Branch • 7th Floor, 135 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5 Files containing the Environmental Assessment and the Review are available at the following Regional Offices: • Ministry of the Environment Central Region 4th Floor,.7 Overlea Boulevard Toronto, Ontario M4H IAB. 1 • Ministry of the Environment Cambridge District.Office PO. Box 219, 400. Clyde Road Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5T8 Ministry of the Environment Owen. Sound District Office 1180 -20th Street Owen Sound, Ontario N4K 6H6 Ministry of the Environment Southwestern Region 985 Adelaide Street London; Ontario N6E.1V3 Ministry of the Environment Barrie District Office 12 Fairview Road Barrie, Ontario L4N 4P3 Ministry of the Environment Clinton Sub -Office c/o Ministry. of Agriculture and Food P.O. Box 688 Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0 r/ A .copy of the •Review of • the Environmental Assessment will be forwarded to County; Regional Municipality and Township offices in the study area prior to the commencement of the hearing mentioned below. It is my understanding that Ontario Hydro has ' forwarded copies of the Environmental Assessment to -these locations. • The Review is intended to assist the public in the consideration of the Environmental Assessment and • the undertaking. The Review represents a preliminary' position- based on the comments of the staff of the Provincial Ministries and agencies involved in the Review. It does not represent a decision. Preliminary Public Hearings will be held beginning on October 16, 1985, commencing at 10:30 o'clock in the morning'' at the Holiday Inn, 601 Scottsdale Road in Guelph. At that time the Joint Board will consider procedural matters, including but not necessarily restricted' to: identification of'parties and participants, identification of issues, and, considering additional locations for the presentation of evidence to the Joint Board as part of the main hearing. ' Persons desiring to be a party or participant in the hearing or wishing to make submissions to the Joint Board ion procedural matters should contact the Joint Board by writing to the Hearings Registrar or attend or be represented at the Preliminary Hearing. The address of the Joint Board is: Hearings Registrar Joint Boards, 5th Floor, 1St. Clair Avenue West .Toronto, Ontario M4V 1K6 (416) .965-2531 • Before these matters are considered, any person ' • may make a written submission pursuant to. Subsection '7(2) of the Environmental Assessment Act with regard to the undertaking, the Environmental Assessment andthe Review thereof. The submission. should be sent by registered mail or delivered to me at theaddress below. A submission may be made in any form that clearly indicates the purpose of the document. Regulation 293 under ,the Act provides a form which may be used for a submission, but use of the form is not mandatory. Any submission; should be received, by me no later than November 11, 1985... All submissions received by me will be forwarded to the Joint Board for their consideration in the' hearing into'this matter. Persons making a submission to me will be placed oh the Joint Board's mailing list for all subsequent notices 'or orders that the Joint Board may issue, Dated the 199. of September, 1985 at Toronto: The Honourable Jim Bradley Minister, of the Environment 15th Floor 135 St. Clair Avenue West Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5 Ministry . Hon. Jim Bradley of the Minister • Rod McLeod, O.C. Environment Deputy Minister Ontario . Bruce County Cross -Country meet on Oct. 17 On Oct. 17, beginning at 10.30 a.m.,. runners from allover Bruce County will be meeting at the Saugeen Valley Conserva- tion onservation Authority to participate in the Bniee County Cross -Country Meet. The age categories for this event are as follows: Senior - 12 years old and up as of Sept. 1; Junior 10 and 11 years old, • as of Sept. 1 and Tyke - 9 years old and' younger as of Sept. 1. Awards will be presented to all first, second and third place runners for their age group. Also there will be trophies presented to the first place teams for each division. All •runners who participate will receive a ribbon acknowledging their parti- cipation. a In the event of rain on Oct. 7, the meet will be rescheduled to Oct. 18. Buses should beleaving to return home by appn ximately 2.30 p.m. If a cancellation is necessary, it will be, announced on CKNX radio early in the morning. / Atlas Day coming The A Day or Atlas Day is drawing nigh, After three years and some controversy, the Huron County historical atlas will be released on : Wednesday, October 23, Goderich Township Reeve Grant Stirling announced at the September session of county council. • A "corning out" event is in the process of being organized for that day, when the atlas arrives from the printing company in St. Catherines. Although' no confirmations .. have been received, Premier David Peter- son, Minister of Health Murray Elston and Minister of Agriculture Jack Riddell will be invited as will Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff. When undertaken by Huron County Coun- cil in late 1983, the atlas contemplated was similar in size and style to the original Beldon Atlas of 1879 and a subsequent Perth atlas published in 1982. However, Reeve Stirling said increasing public interest and participation have resulted in a much larger book consisting .of 350 pages. Atlas Co-ordinator Bev Browncautioned that people arriving to pick up atlases should note that the books are heavy. Editor .A.Y. McLean said each book weighs . 7.5 Pounds. Special arrangements have been Made to assist patrons and those who have purchas- ed pre -publication copies of the atlas to pick up their copies on presentation of their cer- tificate and receipt. A temporary office in a Laidlaw transport van will be located next to the north entrance to the Court House in Goderich. It was noted that Laidlaw donated the use of the transport van. Brown said copies of the atlas will be available for distribution from the Court House location commencing at 10 a.m. Wednesday, October 23, continuing daily Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for two weeks until November 6. After those. • dates, copies of the atlas may be picked up from inside the Court House or by delivery after paying $6 per copy to cover shipping and handling. Brown also noted that pictures which have been on loan for use in the atlas may bepick- ed' up at the temporary office. Reeve Stirling pointed out that the present pre-publiction . price of $45 for the pre- publication certificate would continue to be in effect until October 22, the day before the atlases actually arrive in Goderich. Apr plications for this specialprice should be forwarded to the atlas office. The post - publication price of $59.50 will become effec- tive with the publication and release of the ;atlas on October 23. Following publication, copies of the atlas will also be available at •a number of retail outlets in the county, Reeve Stirling said. Containing nearly one million words and 1,000 pictures, the atlas includes 16 township maps showing property, owners, nearly 50 maps of towns, villages and hamlets, and lists of small lot owners (under 40 acres ), In addition, the stories of some 600 families, organizations, churches and businesses, as well as 26 Huron municipalities, are featured in the atlas. • "It will be a bench mark," said Brown about the atlas.