The Osler Bluff Ski Club Limited - Permit to take water

Instrument type: Permit to take water

ERO number
019-7583
Ministry reference number
5727-CV8KML
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Ontario Water Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Comment period
September 13, 2023 - October 13, 2023 (30 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
September 13, 2023
to October 13, 2023

Decision summary

The Permit to Take Water No. 4775-9B2NLA was issued to The Osler Bluff Ski Club Limited on March 28, 2024, to renew the permit 4775-9B2NLA. Water will be taken from two ponds and one watercourse for the purposes of making snow for ski trails at the Osler Bluff Ski Club, located in the Town of the Blue Mountains, County of Grey, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

589914 Grey Road 19
Lot 10, Concession 1
The Blue Mountains, ON
Canada

Site location details

Lot 38 and 39, Concession 12, Geographic Township of Nottawasaga Clearview, Ontario

and

795534 The Blue Mountains-Clearview Townline
Lot 9, Concession 1
The Blue Mountains, Ontario

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Proponent(s)

The Osler Bluff Ski Club Limited
795534 The Blue Mountains-Clearview Townline
The Blue Mountains, ON
L9Y 3Y9
Canada

Decision details

The Permit to Take Water No. 4775-9B2NLA was issued to The Osler Bluff Ski Club Limited on March 28, 2024, to renew the permit 4775-9B2NLA. Water will be taken from two ponds and one watercourse for the purposes of making snow for ski trails at the Osler Bluff Ski Club, located in the Town of the Blue Mountains, County of Grey, Ontario.

Details of the water taking is as follows:

Source of water: Black Ash Creek

  • source type: watercourse
  • purpose of taking: snowmaking
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 3,030
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 4,363,200
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 120
  • period of taking: November 1 to April 1 for 10 years

Source of water: Upper Reservoir

  • source type: pond
  • purpose of taking: snowmaking
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 4,540
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 6,537,600
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 120
  • period of taking: November 1 to April 1 for 10 years

Source of water: pond - Oslerview Reservoir

  • source type: pond
  • purpose of taking: snowmaking
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 18,927
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 27,254,880
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 120
  • period of taking: September 1 to April 1 for 10 years

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Supporting materials

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Client Services and Permissions Branch (Policy and Program Development Section)
Address

135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from April 2, 2024 to begin the appeal process.

Carefully review the information below to learn more about the appeal process.

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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:

  1. prepare your 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 things in your application:

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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:

  1. 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?
  2. 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)

Issuing authority
Neil Taylor
Permit to Take Water Surface Water Specialist

Environmental Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Avenue West
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

416-388-0961

Proponent(s)

The Osler Bluff Ski Club Limited
795534 The Blue Mountains-Clearview Townline
The Blue Mountains, ON
L9Y 3Y9
Canada


Appellate body

Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca

About the Ontario Land Tribunal


Include the following:

ERO number
019-7583
Ministry reference number
5727-CV8KML

This is not legal advice. Please refer to the Environmental Bill of Rights for exact legal requirements. Consult a lawyer if you need help with the appeal process.

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Original proposal

ERO number
019-7583
Ministry reference number
5727-CV8KML
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Ontario Water Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Proposal posted

Comment period

September 13, 2023 - October 13, 2023 (30 days)

Proposal details

This proposal is for a renewal of Permit to Take Water No. 4775-9B2NLA for The Osler Bluff Ski Club Limited. Water will be taken from two ponds and one watercourse for the purposes of making snow for ski trails at the Osler Bluff Ski Club, located in the Town of the Blue Mountains, County of Grey, Ontario. Details of the water taking are as follows:

Source of water: Black Ash Creek

  • source type: watercourse
  • purpose of taking: snowmaking
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 3,030
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 4,363,200
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 120
  • period of taking: November 1 to April 1 for 10 years

Source of water: Upper Reservoir

  • source type: pond
  • purpose of taking: snowmaking
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 4,540
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 6,537,600
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 120
  • period of taking: November 1 to April 1 for 10 years

Source of water: pond - Oslerview Reservoir

  • source type: pond
  • purpose of taking: snowmaking
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 18,927
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 27,254,880
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 120
  • period of taking: September 1 to April 1 for 10 years

There are 3 categories of a Permit to Take Water:

  • Category 1: water takings are anticipated to have a lower risk of causing an unacceptable environmental impact/interference
  • Category 2: water takings are anticipated to having a higher potential of causing unacceptable environmental impact or interference
  • Category 3: water takings are anticipated to have the highest potential of causing unacceptable environmental impactor interference

The proposed water taking qualifies as a Category 1 permit.

Supporting materials

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Some supporting materials may not be available online. If this is the case, you can request to view the materials in person.

Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.

Client Services and Permissions Branch (Policy and Program Development Section)
Address

135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from September 13, 2023
to October 13, 2023

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