Waste Management Plan

The Township of Algonquin Highlands has completed the Algonquin Highlands Waste Management Plan Environmental Assessment, which defines a waste management strategy for the Township for a period of 25 years. As required under Section 6.2 (1) of the Environmental Assessment Act and according to the Terms of Reference approved by the Minister of the Environment on January 17, 2005, the Township of Algonquin Highlands has submitted its environmental assessment to the Ministry of the Environment for review and approval.

The alternatives to the undertaking were objectively evaluated based on natural, social, cultural, and economic environmental criteria. The Preferred Alternative will include the enhancement of the Township’s waste diversion program, and the expansion of capacity at the Township’s Maple Lake waste disposal site to accommodate waste for the next 25 years, which is the project subject to approval through this EA under the Environmental Assessment Act. The current capacity of the Maple Lake waste disposal site is 46,860 cubic metres and the proposed capacity is 196,860 cubic metres. The Maple Lake waste disposal site is located on part Lot 20, Concession 5, in the geographic township of Stanhope and is accessible from McPhail Road, approximately seven kilometers north of Carnarvon.

As required under the Environmental Assessment Act, the environmental assessment will be available for public review and comment from February 26, 2010 to April 16, 2010. The Township invites interested parties to review the Maple Lake Waste Disposal Site Capacity Expansion Environmental Assessment Report at the following locations:

• The Township of Algonquin Highlands Municipal Office
  (1123 North Shore Road, Minden, Ontario), (705) 489-2379
  Monday to Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm
• The Township of Algonquin Highlands Dorset Office
  (1051 Main Street, Dorset, Ontario), (705) 766-2211
  Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am-4:30pm
  Wednesday 1:00pm-4:00pm
• The Township of Algonquin Highlands WebPage: www.algonquinhighlands.ca/admin/waste_mgt.htm
• Stanhope Public Library
  (1109 North Shore Road, Minden, Ontario), (705) 489-2402
  Tuesday 12:30pm-2:30pm and 6:30pm-8:30pm
  Wednesday 1:00pm-3:00pm
  Thursday and Saturday 10:00am-12noon
• Dorset Public Library
  (1051 Main Street, Dorset, Ontario), (705) 766-9969
  Tuesday and Thursday 6:00pm-8:30pm,
  Wednesday 2:00pm-4:30pm,
  Saturday 10:00am-12noon
• Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Peterborough District Office
  (300 Water Street, Peterborough, Ontario), (705) 755-4300
  Monday to Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm
• Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch
  ( 2 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A, Toronto, Ontario), (800) 461-6290
  Monday to Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm

Anyone wishing to provide comments on the environmental assessment must submit their comments in writing and/or by fax to the Ministry of the Environment by April 16, 2010. All comments must be submitted to:

Mr. Kevin Plautz, Project Officer
Ontario Ministry of the Environment Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch
2 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A Toronto, Ontario M4V 1L5
Phone: (416) 314-7184/1-800-461-6290
Fax: (416) 314-8452
Email: Kevin.Plautz@ontario.ca

A copy of all comments will be forwarded to the proponent for its consideration.

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Available for public review are the following documents:
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Note: Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Environmental Assessment Act, unless otherwise stated in the submission, any personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location included in a submission will become part of the public record files for this matter and can be released, if requested, to any person.
Dated at the Township of Algonquin Highlands on the 9th day of February, 2010
         Juanita Dempster-Evans
         CAO Township of Algonquin Highlands
         1123 North Shore Road, RR #2 Minden, Ontario K0M 2K0
         Phone: (705) 489-2379
         Fax: (705) 489-3491
         Email: jdempster-evans@algonquinhiglands.ca