Cette consultation a eu lieu :
du 22 octobre 2025
au 6 décembre 2025
Résumé de la décision
The decision is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval for a wastewater treatment system serving the Pure Springs Research Facility operated by Big Rideau Enterprises Inc. The Pure Springs Research Facility is a proposed aquaculture facility which is located at 181 Enright Road, Shannonville, Ontario, in Tyendinaga Township.
Détails de l'emplacement
Adresse du site
181 Enright Road
Tyendinaga,
ON
Canada
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Big Rideau Enterprises Inc.
180 Kent Street
Ottawa,
ON
K1P 0B6
Canada
Détails de la décision
This decision is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval for a wastewater treatment system serving the Pure Springs Research Facility operated by Big Rideau Enterprises Inc. The Pure Springs Research Facility is a proposed aquaculture facility which is located at 181 Enright Road, Shannonville, Ontario, in Tyendinaga Township.
The approved wastewater treatment system (WWTS) will consist of a 9000 L settling tank, a 4800 L Waterloo WaterNOx-LS tank, and a 100 m2 pond/wetland with a limestone and shale filter. The settling tank will be a 9000 L three-chamber tank that will provide removal of solids prior to wastewater entering the Waterloo WaterNOx-LS tank. The settling tank will provide 20% to 30% Phosphorus reduction, the Waterloo WaterNOx-LS tank is designed to provide 91.7% nitrogen reduction, and the limestone and shale filter will provide 98% phosphorous removal and some additional nitrogen removal. The pond/wetland will be planted with a variety of native plant species selected to provide additional nitrogen and phosphorous removal. Effluent quality and quantity discharged to the environment will be monitored
Effets de la consultation
One comment was received from an unnamed member of the public expressing concern about potential impacts on private water wells resulting from groundwater takings associated with the facility.
The comment is not directly related to the issued Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) for sewage works, as concerns regarding groundwater taking were previously considered during the review and issuance of the facility's Permit to Take Water (PTTW) No. P-300-3143110220, issued on April 18, 2024.
This concern was discussed with the applicant, Connor Elliott, who advised that the facility's water supply is sourced from an artesian well. The well flows naturally due to artesian pressure, and no active pumping of groundwater from the aquifer is required. The facility diverts a portion of the naturally flowing water from the artesian well for use in its operations. As such, the proposed operation does not involve the active extraction of groundwater that could be expected to affect neighbouring wells.
Documents justificatifs
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345 College St E
Belleville,
ON
K8N 5S7
Canada
How to Appeal
Cet avis de décision peut être porté en appel. Vous avez jusqu’à 15 jours à partir du 4 août 2026 pour entamer le processus d’appel.
Veuillez lire les renseignements suivants attentivement pour en savoir plus sur le processus d’appel.
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Start the process to appeal
If you’re an Ontario resident, you can start the process to appeal this instrument decision.
First, you’ll need to seek leave (i.e. get permission) from the relevant appellate body to appeal the decision.
If the appellate body grants leave, the appeal itself will follow.
Seek leave to appeal
To seek leave to appeal, you need to do these three things:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- mail your application to three parties
1. Prepare your application
You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following things in your application:
- A document that includes:
- your name, phone number, fax number (if any), and/or email address
- the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
- a statement about whether you are a resident in Ontario
- your interest in the decision, and any facts you want taken into account in deciding whether you have an interest in the decision
- the parts of the instrument that you’re challenging
- whether the decision could result in significant harm to the environment
- the reason(s) why you believe that no reasonable person – having regard to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind – could have made the decision
- the grounds (facts) you’ll be using to appeal
- the outcome you’d like to see
- A copy of the instrument (approval, permit, order) that you you are seeking leave to appeal. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry
- Copies of all supporting documents, facts and evidence that you’ll be using to appeal
What is considered
The appeal body will consider the following two questions in deciding whether to grant you leave to appeal:
- is there is good reason to believe that no reasonable person, with respect to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind, could have made the decision?
- could the decision you wish to appeal result in significant harm to the environment?
2. Provide your notice
You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re seeking leave to appeal.
In your notice, please include a brief description of the:
- decision that you wish to appeal
- grounds for granting leave to appeal
You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:
College Park 5th Floor, 777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3
3. Mail your application
You’ll need to mail your application 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)
Big Rideau Enterprises Inc.
180 Kent Street
Ottawa,
ON
K1P 0B6
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
Inclure les éléments suivants:
Il ne s'agit pas d'un avis juridique. Veuillez vous reporter à la Charte des droits environnementaux de 1993 pour connaître les exigences exactes prévues par la loi. Consultez un avocat si vous avez besoin d'aide avec le processus d'appel.
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Client Services and Permissions Branch
40 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 2
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1M2
Canada
Proposition initiale
Détails de la proposition
The proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval for a wastewater treatment system serving the Pure Springs Research Facility operated by Big Rideau Enterprises Inc. The Pure Springs Research Facility is a proposed aquaculture facility which is located at 181 Enright Road, Shannonville, Ontario, in Tyendinaga Township.
The proposed wastewater treatment system (WWTS) will consist of a 9000-litres settling tank, a 4800-litres Waterloo WaterNOx-LS tank, and a 100 square metres pond/wetland with a limestone and shale filter. The settling tank will be a 9000-litre three-chamber tank that will provide removal of solids prior to wastewater entering the Waterloo WaterNOx-LS tank. The settling tank will provide 20% to 30% Phosphorus reduction, the Waterloo WaterNOx-LS tank is designed to provide 91.7% nitrogen reduction, and the limestone and shale filter will provide 98% phosphorous removal and some additional nitrogen removal. The pond/wetland will be planted with a variety of native plant species selected to provide additional nitrogen and phosphorous removal.
The ministry may require monitoring of the wastewater effluent discharge leaving the site.
Documents justificatifs
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Certains documents justificatifs peuvent ne pas être accessibles en ligne. Si tel est le cas, vous pouvez demander à consulter les documents en personne.
Veuillez communiquer avec le bureau mentionné ci-dessous pour savoir si les documents sont accessibles.
40 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 2
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1M2
Canada
Commentaire
La consultation est maintenant terminée.
Cette consultation a eu lieu 22 octobre 2025
au 6 décembre 2025
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40 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 2
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1M2
Canada
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