Roelands Plant Farms Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage)

ERO number
019-7970
Ministry reference number
9863-CXRSDY
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Comment period
December 4, 2023 - January 18, 2024 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
December 4, 2023
to January 18, 2024

Decision summary

Environmental Compliance Approval number 0992-D68QGF was issued to Roelands Plant Farms Inc. for the establishment of stormwater management works in support of a proposed greenhouse and bunkhouse development, for the collection, transmission, treatment and disposal of stormwater run-off.

Location details

Site address

Part of Lot 29, Concession 13
Municipality of Lambton Shores, ON
Canada

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Proponent(s)

Roelands Plant Farms Inc.
5894 Douglas Line
Lambton Shores, ON
N0N 1J5
Canada

Decision details

Environmental Compliance Approval number 0992-D68QGF was granted to Roelands Plant Farms Inc. for the establishment of stormwater management works, in support of a proposed greenhouse development and agricultural workers' bunkhouse development; for the collection, transmission, treatment and disposal of stormwater run-off from a site located on Lot 29, Concession 3, in the Municipality of Lambton Shores, County of Lambton, Ontario.

The stormwater management works systems consist of a wet pond to control peak flows for the 2-year through 100-year design storms; as well as two existing stormwater management wet ponds to control post development peak flows to 2 year pre-development levels, discharging via the Manning Drain, within the Hickory Creek Watershed and ultimately to Lake Huron.

Comments received

Through the registry

2

By email

0

By mail

0
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Effects of consultation

Two comments were received online on the Environmental Registry. One comment was marked as irrelevant, and the other comment is as follows:

"There are no details in this proposal to understand the environmental impacts. In the absence of meaningful information this is not public consultation it is public informing."

The above comment is addressed as follows:

Supporting documents for the application can be requested to be viewed in person and contact information was available on the Registry Proposal notice. No adverse impact is anticipated for the proposed development of stormwater management facilities to service a greenhouse and bunkhouse expansion, as the proposed stormwater management works are designed in accordance to Ministry guidelines.

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.

Sarnia District Office
Address

1094 London Road
Sarnia, ON
N7S 1P1
Canada

Office phone number

How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from June 27, 2024 to begin the appeal process.

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

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Start the process to appeal

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
Aziz Ahmed
Manager

Client Services and Permissions Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West
1st Floor
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

416-314-4625

Proponent(s)

Roelands Plant Farms Inc.
5894 Douglas Line
Lambton Shores, ON
N0N 1J5
Canada


Appellate body

Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca

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Include the following:

ERO number
019-7970
Ministry reference number
9863-CXRSDY

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
019-7970
Ministry reference number
9863-CXRSDY
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Proposal posted

Comment period

December 4, 2023 - January 18, 2024 (45 days)

Proposal details

This proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage) to be issued to Roelands Plant Farms Inc. for the establishment of sewage works, in support of a proposed agricultural workers' bunkhouse development; for the collection, transmission, treatment and disposal of stormwater run-off from a site located on Lot 29, Concession 3, in the Municipality of Lambton Shores, County of Lambton, Ontario.

The sewage works system will consist of an extended detention wet pond to control peak flows for the 2-year through 100-year design storms; discharging via the Manning Drain, within the Hickory Creek Watershed and ultimately to Lake Huron.

Supporting materials

View materials in person

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.

Client Services and Permissions Branch
Address

135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

Office phone number

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from December 4, 2023
to January 18, 2024

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