The City of Sault Ste. Marie has completed a Waste Management Environmental Assessment. 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, Conservation and Parks in September 2005, the City of Sault Ste. Marie has submitted its environmental assessment to the Ministry of the Environment Conservation, and Parks for review and approval.
The City of Sault Ste. Marie’s existing landfill is projected to reach capacity in 2027. The undertaking consists of an expansion of the Sault Ste. Marie Landfill footprint located at 402 Fifth Line East in the City of Sault Ste. Marie. The service area will be the same as the existing landfill, (i.e. the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Prince Township and Batchewana First Nation’s Rankin Reserve). The expansion will have a disposal capacity of 3.17 million m³ of waste and daily/intermediate cover (i.e. 1.78 million tonnes of waste). It is forecasted that waste will be landfilled at a maximum rate of approximately 76,000.
As required under the Environmental Assessment Act, the environmental assessment will be available for public review and comment from January 12, 2024 to March 1, 2024.
You may review the environmental assessment during normal business hours at the following locations:
1. Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Environmental Approvals Access and Service Integration Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor
Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5
416-314-8001/1-800-461-6290
Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
2. Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Sault Ste. Marie District Office
70 Foster Drive #110
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario P6A 6V4
Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
3. City of Sault Ste. Marie
99 Foster Drive
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 5X6
Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
4. James L. McIntyre Centennial Library
50 East St.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 3C3
Monday to Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Friday 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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, Conservation and Parks by March 1, 2024. All comments must be submitted to:
Devon Wills, Project Officer
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Environmental Approvals Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor
Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5
Tel: 416-270-4457 /1-800-461-6290
Fax: 416-314-8452
A copy of all comments will be forwarded to the proponent for its consideration.
If you have any questions or need further information about this project, please contact:
Catherine Taddo, P.Eng.
Manager, Development and Environmental Engineering
City of Sault Ste. Marie
Tel: 705-759-5380
Email: c.taddo@cityssm.on.ca
Rick Talvitie, P.Eng.
Project Manager
AECOM Canada Ltd.
Tel: 705-971-2612
Email: rick.talvitie@aecom.com
All personal information included in a submission – such as name, address, telephone number and property location – is collected, maintained and disclosed by the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for the purpose of transparency and consultation. The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s.37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain confidential. For more information, please contact the Project Officer or the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Park’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at 416-327-1434.
This Notice Published January 3rd, 6th and 10th, 2024.