Rio Algom Limited - Permit to take water

Instrument type: Permit to take water

ERO number
019-3212
Ministry reference number
1020-BY5NFN
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
February 26, 2021 - March 28, 2021 (30 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
February 26, 2021
to March 28, 2021

Decision summary

This decision is for the renewal of Permit to Take Water No. 2635-8HVQ4R, issued to Rio Algom Limited to take water for the purpose of impoundment of water from Westner Lake to prevent acid generation. Permit was released on March 30, 2021 under permit No. 7475-BYRMXV.

Location details

Site address

Mining Claim S66610
Elliot Lake, ON
Canada

Site location details

Westner (Spillane) Lake Dam

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Proponent(s)

Rio Algom Limited
130 3rd Avenue South
Saskatoon, SK
S7K 1L3
Canada

Decision details

This is for the renewal of Permit to Take Water No. 2635-8HVQ4R, issued to Rio Algom Limited to take water for the purpose of impoundment of water from Westner Lake to prevent acid generation. The water taking details are as follows:

  • source name: Westner Lake
  • purpose of taking: dam/reservoir
  • maximum rate per minute (litres per minute): 79,200
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume of taking per day: 114,048 litres
  • maximum number of days of taking in a year: 365
  • earliest calendar date of taking (mm/dd): 01/01
  • latest calendar date of taking (mm/dd): 12/31
  • length of taking: 10 years

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Supporting materials

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Environmental Permissions Branch - Permit to Take Water Unit
Address

135 St Clair Ave W
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

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How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from March 31, 2021 to begin the appeal process.

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

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For instrument decisions published on or after June 1, 2021, please refer to the updated instructions for information on how to appeal a decision.

Appeal process for decisions published before June 1, 2021

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
Danielle Beausoleil
M.E.S.; Environmental Scientist

Environmental Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave W
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

(519) -859-9650

Proponent(s)

Rio Algom Limited
130 3rd Avenue South
Saskatoon, SK
S7K 1L3
Canada


Appellate body

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

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Include the following:

ERO number
019-3212
Ministry reference number
1020-BY5NFN

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
019-3212
Ministry reference number
1020-BY5NFN
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

February 26, 2021 - March 28, 2021 (30 days)

Proposal details

This proposal is for the renewal of Permit to Take Water No. 2635-8HVQ4R, issued to Rio Algom Limited to take water for the purpose of impoundment of water from Westner Lake to prevent acid generation. The water taking details are as follows:

  • source name: Westner Lake
  • purpose of taking: dam/reservoir
  • maximum rate per minute (litres per minute): 79,200
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume of taking per day: 114,048 litres
  • maximum number of days of taking in a year: 365
  • earliest calendar date of taking (mm/dd): 01/01
  • latest calendar date of taking (mm/dd): 12/31
  • length of taking: 10 years

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Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from February 26, 2021
to March 28, 2021

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