PELEE ACRES INC. - Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (sewage)

ERO number
026-0764
Ministry reference number
1000413002
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Ontario Water Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Proposal
Proposal posted
Comment period
July 29, 2026 - September 12, 2026 (45 days) Open
Last updated

This consultation closes at 11:59 p.m. on:
September 12, 2026

Proposal summary

This proposal is for an Amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval No. 5724-BYHM8Z by Pelee Acres Inc. located at 407 Essex Road 14, Municipality of Leamington, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

407 ESSEX ROAD 14
Essex Town, ON
Canada

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Proponent(s)

PELEE ACRES INC.
407 ESSEX ROAD 14
Essex Town, ON
N8H3V8
Canada

Proposal details

This proposal is for an Amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval No. 5724-BYHM8Z by Pelee Acres Inc. located at 407 Essex Road 14, Municipality of Leamington, Ontario.

The expansion of an existing sewage works designed to treat domestic sewage generated by an agricultural employment population, which includes an expanded moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) wastewater treatment system with an increase in rated capacity from 65 m3/d to 130 m3/d, consisting of pre-treatment, flow equalization, primary treatment, secondary treatment, tertiary treatment and UV disinfection. The final effluent will continue to discharge to the Silver Creek Drain, within the Ruscom River Watershed.

Annual phosphorus loading in the final effluent will be restricted to the current approved loading.

The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) will require monitoring of the treated wastewater effluent discharge leaving the site.

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Toronto, ON
M4V 1M2
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