HYDRO ONE NETWORKS INC - Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage)

ERO number
025-0688
Ministry reference number
1000351400
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Proposal
Proposal posted
Comment period
June 24, 2025 - August 8, 2025 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:

June 24, 2025
to August 8, 2025

Proposal summary

This proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (industrial sewage) with Operational Flexibility for Hydro One Networks Inc. This application is for the approval of stormwater management works to serve an electrical power switching station (Pickle Lake switch station) located at 5 Pickle Crow Road, in the Township of Pickle Lake.

Location details

Site address

5 Pickle Crow Road
Pickle Lake, ON
Canada

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Proponent(s)

HYDRO ONE NETWORKS INC
483 BAY Street, 14th floor
Toronto, ON
M5G 2P5
Canada

Proposal details

This proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (industrial sewage) with Operational Flexibility for Hydro One Networks Inc. This application is for the approval of stormwater management works to serve an electrical power switching station (Pickle Lake switch station) located at 5 Pickle Crow Road, in the Township of Pickle Lake, Ontario which has been in service since 2022 and operates 24 hours/day, seven days/week.

The proposed stormwater management works consist of one shunt reactor spill containment pit and oil water separator to capture any electrical insulating oil that may spill or leak from the proposed oil-filled shunt reactor, and on-site storm piping network discharging to a ditch at the north-west side of the station, flowing east to Fault Creek, and then north to Kawinogans River.

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135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

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The comment period was from June 24, 2025
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