Amendment to the Renewable Energy Approval for the Whitesand First Nation Cogeneration and Pellet Mill Project

On October 21, 2021, we amended Renewable Energy Approval No. 4623-9W7K5Q to extend the expiry date of the approval.

Due to the complications associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, Sagatay Cogeneration LP has been unable to construct the facility. The extension of the approval expiry date will provide the company with an additional three years to construct the facility. Sagatay Cogeneration LP will be still be required to construct the facility in accordance with their renewable energy approval and the application that they submitted to the ministry.

No new environmental effects are expected beyond those that were previously identified, documented and consulted on through the renewable energy approval process as there are no physical changes to the facility.

Re-confirmation letters from the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry and the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries are not required because the change was administrative

This Class 1 thermal treatment facility, known as the Whitesand First Nation Cogeneration and Pellet Mill Project, is located in an unorganized territory of the Thunder Bay District, near Whitesand First Nation and the community of Armstrong.

Third party hearing provisions

Any resident of Ontario may require a hearing by the Ontario Lands Tribunal (OLT) about a renewable energy approval, or a change to a renewable energy approval, within 15 days after the date this Decision is loaded to the Environmental Registry by written notice served upon all of the following:

Appellate body

In response to COVID-19, all in-person service counters are closed until further notice. Where possible, please use email to contact the OLT:

Document Submission: OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
General Inquiries: OLT.General.Inquiry@ontario.ca

Telephone Contact Hours: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday – Friday
Tel: (416) 212-6349 or toll free (866) 448-2248
TTY: (800) 855-1155 via Bell relay

If submitting in hard copy, applications should be addressed to:

Ontario Lands Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, ON M5G 1E5

Issuing authority

Mohsen Keyvani, P.Eng.
Director, Section 47.5, Environmental Protection Act
Environmental Permissions Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto Ontario
M4V 1P5
Phone: (416) 432-7253
Toll Free Phone: (800) 461-6290
Email: enviropermissions@ontario.ca

Proponent

Sagatay Cogeneration Ltd., as general partner for and on behalf of Sagatay Cogeneration LP
c/o David Mackett
4A Whitesand Road, PO Box 68
Armstrong, Ontario
P0T 1A0
Email: davidmac@tbaytel.net

An applicant for a hearing shall state in the notice requiring the hearing:

1. A description of how engaging in the renewable energy project in accordance with the renewable energy approval will cause either:
   • serious harm to human health
   • serious and irreversible harm to plant life, animal life or the natural environment
2. The portion of the renewable energy approval in respect of which the hearing is required
3. The relief sought.

Further information is provided on the OLT’s website at:

https://olt.gov.on.ca/about-olt/