This consultation was open from:
September 27, 2023
to October 27, 2023
Decision summary
Permit to Take Water 4221-D99QV3 was issued to Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited to amend PTTW No. 9498-7GLQZZ for the purposes of dust suppression, construction, road building and dewatering at the Pakenham Quarry site located in the township of Pakenham and township of McNab/Braeside, Ontario for 10 years.
Location details
Site address
Pakenham Quarry
Lots 1, 27 and 26, Concession 9
Mississippi Mills,
ON
Canada
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
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Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited
9094 Cavanagh Road
Ashton,
ON
K0A 1B0
Canada
Decision details
Permit to Take Water 4221-D99QV3 was issued to Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited to amend PTTW No. 9498-7GLQZZ for the purposes of dust suppression, construction, road building and dewatering at the Pakenham Quarry site located in the township of Pakenham and township of McNab/Braeside, Ontario for 10 years.
Details of the water taking are as follows:
Source of water: well
- purpose of taking: pit and quarry dewatering
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 12,274
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 17,674,560
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 10 Years
Source of water: well
- purpose of taking: aggregate washing
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 12,274
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 17,674,560
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 10 Years
Source of water: well
- purpose of taking: construction and road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 12,274
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 1,000,000
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 10 Years
Source of water: well
- purpose of taking: dust suppression
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 12,274
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 1,000,000
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 10 Years
Source of water: Dugout Pond
- purpose of taking: construction and road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 4,546
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 6,546,240
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 10 Years
Source of water: dugout pond
- purpose of taking: dust suppression
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 4,546
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 6,546,240
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 10 Years
Issued Permits to Take Water can be viewed and downloaded at Access Ontario, by searching the approval number, 4221-D99QV3, in the search field located at the top of the map, see "I want to...Search by Approval Number", here: Access Environment
Access Environment displays the following information:
- business name;
- facility address and location on an interactive map;
- type of approval or registration from the ministry (view a PDF copy);
- date of issue;
- status of the approval (approved, amended, revoked and/or replaced);
- status of the registration (registered, suspended, removed)
Effects of consultation
Comments relevant to the water taking proposal were considered as part of the review of the application. The main concerns raised were regarding the large volume of water taking requested, potential adverse impacts to private water supply wells in the area, and questions related to the discharge of the water.
A comprehensive technical review was completed, and multiple conditions were included in the Permit to monitor and mitigate any potential negative impacts of the taking including conditions 3.3 to 3.6, and 4.2 to 4.6. The Qualified Person demonstrated that under the revised quarry extraction scenario, the depth of the quarry will remain at or above the contact between the Bobcaygeon Formation and the Gull River Formation (i.e., no extraction of the Gull River Formation will take place), and no extraction will take place west/southwest of existing borehole DDH04-01 on the South Quarry property. The depth and aerial limitation for extraction will reduce the potential impacts to private wells to the south, southwest and west of the South Quarry. In addition, a groundwater monitoring plan, surface water monitoring plan and a complaint response program will be implemented as described in conditions 4.2 to 4.4 of the Permit.
The Permit Holder is required to obtain an Environmental Compliance Approval which regulates the discharge of water from this water taking. Discharge of the water is not within the scope of Permit to Take Water.
Supporting materials
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Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.
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 October 25, 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:
- 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)
Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited
9094 Cavanagh Road
Ashton,
ON
K0A 1B0
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
Include the following:
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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Client Services and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Original proposal
Proposal details
This proposal is for an amendment to Permit to Take Water No. 9498-7GLQZZ to serve Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited for the purposes of dust suppression, construction, road building and dewatering at the Pakenham Quarry site located in the township of Pakenham and township of McNab/Braeside, Ontario.
This amendment includes the addition of a new water taking source for the water pumped from a sump located within the excavation floor.
Details of the water taking are as follows:
Source of water: well
- purpose of taking: pit and quarry dewatering
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 12,274
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 17,674,560
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 10 Years
Source of water: well
- purpose of taking: aggregate washing
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 12,274
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 17,674,560
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 10 Years
Source of water: well
- purpose of taking: construction and road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 12,274
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 1,000,000
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 10 Years
Source of water: well
- purpose of taking: dust suppression
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 12,274
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 1,000,000
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 10 Years
Source of water: Dugout Pond
- purpose of taking: construction and road building
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 4,546
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 6,546,240
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 10 Years
Source of water: dugout pond
- purpose of taking: dust suppression
- maximum rate per minute (litres): 4,546
- maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
- maximum volume per day (litres): 6,546,240
- maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
- period of taking: January 1 to December 31 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 3 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.
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from September 27, 2023
to October 27, 2023
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135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
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M4V 1P5
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