Lakeshore Advance, 2013-04-10, Page 22 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, April 10, 2013
First Nation examining fina
A contractor working for the Depart-
ment of National Defence is demolish-
ing 23 buildings at Camp 1pperwash as
the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation
considers a final settlement for the
land's return.
All 23 of the former military buildings
being demolished are unoccupied and
deteriorating, National Defence spokes-
person Mike Graham said in an email.
"Some demolition work.of uninhab-
ited and derelict building is already
underway" he said.
"The remainder will be demolished
in the near future."
Some of the buildings scheduled to
be demolished were found to contain
asbestos.
Graham said the contractor is carry-
ing out the work "following the site spe-
cific health and safety, and abatement
plans they submitted" in accordance
with Ontario's Occupational 1 lealth and
Safety Act.
National Defence completed a previ-
ous abatement process in the buildings
in the slid -1990s "that removed many
of the accessible substances at the
time," Graham said.
Lorraine George, First Nation
manager at Kettle and Stony Point, said
the First Nation was consulted before
the demolition work began.
"'she First Nation is certainly aware of
it, including our residents who reside in
the camp:"
The about 2,211 acres of the l:1rst
Nations' land at (:amp 1pperwash was
appropriated by the federal government
in 1942 for a military training ramp it
wanted to build in the region during the
Second World War.
The First Nation initially received
about $50,00( in compensation and
several families were forced from their
homes,
in 0 deal reached in 1901, the first
Nation received an additional $2.5 mil-
lion in federal compensation and a
promise the land would be returned
once it was no longer needed by the
military.
Several members of the First Nation
began an occupation of the camp in the
early 1990s and the federal government
announced in 1994 it would close the
facility and begin negotiations with Ket-
tle and Stony Point.
In September 1995 a group of First
Nation protesters occupied
MUNICIPALITY OF BLUEWATER
MUNICIPAL CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
FOR SEWAGE PUMPING AND TREATMENT FACIUTY UPGRADES
(HENSALL SEWAGE TREATMENT LAGOONS)
NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION CI NTRE
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS (1996):
In 1996 the former Village of Ilensall initiated a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) process
to evaluate options for upgrading the community's sanitary sewage treatment facilities Several deficiencies
had been Identified with these facilities, Including excessive flows which exceeded the hydraulic capacity of
the facility and Inadequate sewage treatment. The Class EA process was conducted to examine these
deficiencies In detail, and to Investigate alternative solutions to address the problems
As an outcome of the Class EA process, the then Village of Ilensall selected a preferred strategy for upgiading
the existing treatment facllltles. The preferred alternative selected through the Class EA process was
documented In an Environmental Study Report (ESR) which was presented at a public information meeting
and described In a Notice of Completion the project did not proceed to construction, following municipal
amalgamation, due to financial constraints
PROJECT REVIEW PROCESS:
The Municipality of Rluewaler recently received funding assistance for this project through a Provincial grant
program and Is planning to proceed with project Implementation during the 2013 and 2014 construction
seasons.
The Class EA procedure document mandates that a review process must occur for any project which has not
commenced within five years of the filing of the Notice of Completion. This review allows for a reassessment
of the project within the context of the current environmental setting The Municipality initiated this review
and based upon study findings to date, It has been concluded that the preferred upgrading plan, which
Includes Improvements to the main sewage pumping station, chemical (alum) addition, construction of
effluent sand filters, removal of accumulated sludge In the existing lagoon cells. and relocation of the plant
outfall location, Is still the most appropriate plan to address ongoing deficiencies with the system.
PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE:
A Public Information Centre (PIC) is planned to provide Information to the public on the results of addendum
process and the upgrades planned for the sewage treatment system servicing the community of ilensalt
Costs associated with the project, Including capital costs proposed to be levied against the current users of
the system, will also be presented
Date:
Time:
Location:
Thursday, April 18t, 2013
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Presentation at 7:30 p.m.)
Hensall Community Centre, 157 Oxford Street West, Mansell
For further information on this project, or to review the Class EA process, please contact the project
engineers:.R M Ross and Associates, 62 North Street, Goderlch, Ontario, N7A 2T4 Telephone (519)) 524
2641. Fax (519) 5244403, Attention: Kelly Vader, Environmental Planner (e-mail: kvaderibmross net)
This Notice Issued April 10, 2013
Steve McAuley, C.A.Q.
Municipality of Rluewater
BLUE WATER
2001
settlement
Camp Ipperwash
neighbouring Ipperwash Provincial Park as it was
closing for the season.
The park MS created its the 1930s from beach
front land at Stony Point that had been part of a
disputed earlier sale of First Nations land.
Dudley George, one of the park occupiers, was
shot and killed by OPP Sgt. Kenneth Dean in a
confrontation between protesters and police.
i)ean was later convicted of criminal negligence
causing death and George's death was the subject
of the Ipperwash Inquiry.
The park never reopened 1111(1 the ilrovincial
government said the land would be returned to
the First Nation.
In 2010, the Ontario Legislature approved a
motion to convert the land at Ipperwash Province
Park to Crown land, clearing the way for it to even-
tually be added to the first Nations' reserve lands
by tht' federal government.
From the files of Lynda Hillman -Replay
Ottawa and the First Nation concluded their
negotiations in March 2012 with a final settlement
agreement resolving all outstanding issues regard-
ing the former Catnp 1pperwash (ands, Michelle
Perron, spokesperson for Aboriginal Affairs and
Northern Development Canada, said in an email.
"No settlement can he finalized until the
approval of the First Nation's membership in 0
community vote is secured," she said.
A community ratification vote hasn't been
scheduled yet, George said.
"There's some analysis we needed to do, both
for ourselves, but also as a requirement of the
agreement, to make sure we have our own legal
review and those types of things," she said.
"So, we're going through that profess"
George said details of the settlement are not
being released.
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