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Start the process to appeal

If you’re an Ontario resident, you can appeal this Renewable Energy Approval by submitting a notice of appeal to the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT).

The ERT usually has to issue their decision within six months of receiving your notice.

Notice of appeal

To appeal this decision you need to do these three things:

1. prepare an application
2. provide notice to the minister
3. mail your application to three parties

1. Prepare your application

You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following two things in your application:

1. A document that includes:

• your name, mailing address, phone number and/or email address
• the name and address of anyone representing you
• the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
• that you’re appealing a decision about a Renewable Energy Approval
• the parts of the Renewable Energy Approval that you’re challenging
• how this project could cause serious harm to human health
• how this project could cause serious and irreversible harm to plant life, animal life or the natural environment
• the issues and facts you plan to present at the hearing
• the outcome you’d like to see
• whether you’ll request that the decision be postponed (i.e. seek a stay)

2. A copy of the decision (i.e. Renewable Energy Approval) that you’re appealing. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry.

What is considered

The only grounds for appealing a Renewable Energy Approval are that engaging in the project in accordance with the Renewable Energy Approval will either:

• cause serious harm to human health
• cause serious and irreversible harm to plant life, animal life or the natural environment

2. Provide your notice

You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re appealing this decision. Please include a brief description of the:

• decision that you wish to appeal
• grounds for your appeal

You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:

College Park 5^th Floor, 777 Bay Street
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3

3. Mail your application

You’ll need to mail your package that you prepared in step #1 to each of these three parties:

• appellate body
• issuing authority (the ministry official who issued the instrument)
• proponent (the company or individual to whom the instrument was issued)

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