Notice of Completion: Highway 7 Sewage Pumping Station – Class Environmental Assessment

Kawartha Lakes – The City of Kawartha Lakes (City) has completed a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) study to determine the preferred solution to expand the wastewater collection system for the community of Lindsay. The City intends to construct a new sewage pumping station and associated forcemain located within the new Gateway Subdivision.

This study was carried out in accordance with the requirements for a Schedule “B” Municipal Class Environmental Assessment. The planning and decision-making process which includes consultation with public, first nations, and review agencies, assessment of environmental impacts of alternative solutions, and identification of the preferred solution has been completed. A hard copy of the project report is available for viewing at City Hall in Lindsay, it can also be obtained by emailing the project contacts listed below.

The 30-day public review period will commence on September 3, 2024. For more information or to provide comments please email one of the following project contacts by October 3, 2024:

Marten Leclerc
Senior Engineering Tech
City of Kawartha Lakes
26 Francis Street, Lindsay, ON, K9V 5R8
705-324-9411 extension 1131
mleclerc@kawarthalakes.ca

Tony Guerrera, P.Eng.
The Greer Galloway Group Inc.
1620 Wallbridge Loyalist Road
Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5
Phone: 613-966-3068
Fax: 613-966-3087
tguerrera@greergalloway.com

The public has the ability to request a higher level of assessment on a project if they are concerned about potential adverse impacts to constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights. Additionally, the minister may issue an order on his or her own initiative within a specified time period. The director (of the Environmental Assessment Branch) will issue a Notice of Proposed Order to the proponent if the minister is considering an order for the project within 30 days after the conclusion of the comment period provided in the Notice of Completion. Further, the proponent may not proceed after this time if:

• a Section 16 Order request has been submitted to the ministry regarding potential adverse impacts to constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights, or
• the Director has issued a Notice of Proposed Order regarding the project.

Members of the public must ensure that concerns are directed to the proponent for a response, and that in the event there are outstanding concerns regarding potential adverse impacts to constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights, Section 16 Order requests on those matters should be addressed in writing to:

Minister, Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
777 Bay Street, Fifth Floor,
Toronto ON, M7A 2J3
minister.mecp@ontario.ca