Amendment to Renewable Energy Approval (REA) No. 0871-AV3TFM for Nation Rise Wind Farm

On March 15, 2022, we amended Renewable Energy Approval No. 0871-AV3TFM. This amendment will make an administrative change to extend the date by which the Acoustic Audit for the Transformer Substation is due.

The Acoustic Audit will be required to be submitted to the Director and the District Manager no later than twelve months after the facility begins operations. The Nation Rise Wind Farm reached commercial operation on June 14, 2021.

No new environmental effects are expected beyond those that were previously identified, documented and consulted on through the renewable energy approval process. Amending the renewable energy approval to update the date the Acoustic Audit is due is considered an administrative change.

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 did not result in relocating any project components beyond the project location that was already assessed.

This Class 4 wind facility, known as the Nation Rise Wind Farm, is located within an area generally bounded by the Municipality of The Nation and Township of Russell to the north, Courville Road and MacMillan Road to the east, Township of South Stormont to the south, and the Township of North Dundas to the west, in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.

Third party hearing provisions

Any resident of Ontario may require a hearing by the Ontario Lands Tribunal (OLT) 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 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday
Telephone: (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, Ontario
M5G 1E5

Issuing authority

Denton Miller, 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) 725-2157
Toll Free Phone: (800) 461-6290
Email: enviropermissions@ontario.ca

Proponent

Nation Rise Wind Farm GP Inc. as general partner for and on behalf of Nation Rise Wind Farm Limited Partnership
c/o Kenneth Little
EDP Renewables Canada Ltd.
219 Dufferin Street, Suite 217c
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 3J1
Email: Ken.Little@edp.com

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/