Generation PGM Inc. - Permit to take water

Instrument type: Permit to take water

ERO number
019-5024
Ministry reference number
7565-CB9NU9
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 4, 2022 - March 6, 2022 (30 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
February 4, 2022
to March 6, 2022

Decision summary

This decision is for an amendment to Permit to Take Water No. 2443-BVER62 for Generation PGM Inc. Water will be taken from 22 water taking locations for exploratory drilling purposes, located in the Thunder Bay District, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

Thunder Bay, ON
Canada

Site location details

Unnamed Waterbodies in Sally Boyer Geordie and Marathon, Unsurveyed Territory

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Proponent(s)

Generation PGM Inc.
100 King Street West, Suite 7010
P.O. Box No. 70
Toronto, ON
M5X 1B1
Canada

Decision details

This decision is for an amendment to Permit to Take Water No. 2443-BVER62 for Generation PGM Inc. Water will be taken from 22 water taking locations for exploratory drilling purposes in the Thunder Bay District, Ontario. This amendment is to:

  • include an additional exploration zone with new water taking locations
  • remove previously approved water taking locations.

Permit to Take Water No. 7445-CF2SJE was issued on June 30, 2022 for a period of four years. Details of the water taking are as follows:

Source of water: unnamed lake (Geordie #1, 2)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Geordie #3)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Sally #1)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Sally #3)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Sally #4)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Sally #5)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Sally #6)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Dove lake (Sally #7)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Willie lake (Sally #8)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Boyer #1)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Boyer lake (Boyer #3)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Boyer #4)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Marathon #1)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Marathon #2)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Marathon #3)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Marathon #4)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Marathon #5)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Claw lake (Marathon #6)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Geordie #4)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Four Dams #1)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Skipper lake (Four Dams #2)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Lacobeer lake (Four Dams #1)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

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Effects of consultation

Three comments were received identifying no concerns with the proposal. One comment was requesting a copy of the proposal documents. The Ministry contacted Generation PGM Inc. and had the company provide the proposal documents, not further questions were received.

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135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

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How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from July 5, 2022 to begin the appeal process.

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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
Dan Hughes
Environmental Scientist

Permit to Take Water Unit
135 St Clair Ave W
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

226-964-1812

Proponent(s)

Generation PGM Inc.
100 King Street West, Suite 7010
P.O. Box No. 70
Toronto, ON
M5X 1B1
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
019-5024
Ministry reference number
7565-CB9NU9

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
019-5024
Ministry reference number
7565-CB9NU9
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 4, 2022 - March 6, 2022 (30 days)

Proposal details

This proposal is for an amendment to Permit To Take Water No. 2443-BVER62 for Generation PGM Inc. Water will be taken from 23 water taking locations for exploratory drilling purposes in the Thunder Bay District, Ontario. This amendment is to include an additional exploration zone with new water taking locations, and to remove previously approved water taking locations. Details of the water taking are as follows:

Source of water: unnamed lake (Geordie #1, 2)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Geordie #3)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Sally #1)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Sally #3)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Sally #4)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Sally #5)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Sally #6)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Dove lake (Sally #7)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Willie lake (Sally #8)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Boyer #1)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Boyer lake (Boyer #3)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Boyer #4)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Marathon #1)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Marathon #2)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Marathon #3)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Marathon #4)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Marathon #5)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Claw lake (Marathon #6)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Geordie #4)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: unnamed lake (Four Dams #1)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Skipper lake (Four Dams #2)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

Source of water: Lacobeer lake (Four Dams #1)

  • purpose of taking: exploratory drilling
  • maximum rate per minute (litres): 69.40
  • maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24
  • maximum volume per day (litres): 100,000
  • maximum number of days of taking per year: 365
  • period of taking: January 1 to December 31 for 4 years

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