This consultation was open from:
October 16, 2020
to November 30, 2020
Decision summary
We have issued an Environmental Compliance Approval No. 5113-BWZKRY to Prodigy Gold Inc., for the collection, transmission, treatment, and disposal of snowmelt, precipitation, stormwater, groundwater seepage, and dewatering water to Spring Lake during the construction phase of the Magino Gold Project site, in the Finan Unorganized Township, ON.
Location details
Site address
Goudreau Road
(approximately 10 kilometres southeast of Dubreuilville)
Finan,
ON
P0S 1B0
Canada
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
Prodigy Gold Inc.
3 Dree Road
Dubreuilville,
ON
P0S 1B0
Canada
Decision details
Sewage works for the construction phase of the Magino Gold Project site consist of the following:
- ditching, sumps, and conveyance system designed to collect and convey snowmelt, precipitation, stormwater, groundwater seepage, and dewatering water from the Plant Site Area, Open Pit Area, and MRMF and Overburden Stockpile and treatment is provided by the existing tailings pond, polishing pond, and Lovell Lake Treatment Pond
- dams, surge ponds, sumps, and conveyance system are designed to collect and convey snowmelt, precipitation, stormwater, groundwater seepage, and dewatering water from the construction areas of TMF Stage 1 Embankment and the water quality control pond, and treatment is provided by the Water Quality Control Pond (WQCP) (formerly known as Waterbody 7) and Waterbody 3 Sediment Pond (formerly known as Waterbody 3)
- non-contact water from dewatering activities associated with construction of the TMF Stage 1 Embankment is collected by dams, surge ponds, sumps, and conveyance system, discharging directly or indirectly to Lovell Lake or Spring Lake
- also some sewage works for the collection, transmission, treatment, and disposal of water from dewatering activities to support fish salvage activities.
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135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
70 Foster Drive
Suite 110
Sault Ste. Marie,
ON
P6A6V4
Canada
How to Appeal
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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)
Prodigy Gold Inc.
3 Dree Road
Dubreuilville,
ON
P0S 1B0
Canada
Environmental Review Tribunal
Attention: The Secretary
655 Bay Street
Floor 15
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
The proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (Construction Phase) for industrial sewage treatment and stormwater management works, for a new approximately 10,000 tonne per day open pit gold mine and processing facility (the Magino Project) being developed by Prodigy Gold Inc., approximately 40 km northeast of Wawa Ontario at the site of a former underground gold mine.
Industrial sewage treatment works will consist of collection systems and sediment/aging ponds for the management of runoff and seepage contact waters derived from:
- construction of the ore processing plant
- initial development of the open pit to supply construction rock
- construction of Tailings Management Facility Stage 1 dams and the Water Quality Control Pond
Construction phase effluents from these facilities will be discharged from two final effluent control ponds (Lovell Lake and Waterbody 3) to the Spring Lake and the McVeigh Creek system. The effluent treatment works are designed to achieve protection of aquatic life criteria at the final discharge points.
Stormwater management works will consist of on-site ditching and detention ponds to direct contact waters to the sewage treatment works, and clean, non-contact water away from the treatment works.
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
70 Foster Drive
Suite 110
Sault Ste. Marie,
ON
P6A6V4
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from October 16, 2020
to November 30, 2020
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M4V 1P5
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