The 2011 Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury’s (Town) Master Servicing Plan Update identified the need for additional wastewater treatment capacity to meet the servicing requirement to accommodate future growth. The Town completed the Environmental Assessment process for the expansion in 2012, as documented in a report entitled the Bradford West Gwillimbury Water Pollution Control Plant Environmental Study Report Phases 3 and 4 Final (The ESR) in March 2012. The preferred design identified in the 2012 ESR outlined the need for several plant upgrades including tertiary system upgrades to reduce phosphorus in the effluent.
Considering the lapse in time from the completion of the ESR to the start of construction of the plant upgrades and the proposed changes to the preferred design from ballasted flocculation to membrane treatment technology, the Project was required to undergo an Addendum to the original 2012 ESR. As part of the Addendum, the planning and decision-making process was reviewed, as well as the current environmental setting to ensure project and mitigation measures still meet the current planning context. The process followed is documented in the completed ESR Addendum.
The Addendum is available for public, government agency and Indigenous Community review in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (MCEA). Subject to comments received following this Notice, the Town intends to proceed with the construction of this project in the summer of 2025.
The addendum is available for review on the Town's website.
Comments and/or Concerns
If you would like to provide feedback or express any concerns about this project, please reach out the Town’s contact below. All submissions must be received within the 30-day public review period from October 4, 2024, ending November 4, 2024, in accordance with the MCEA process.
The Town is committed to ensure that all services, programs, and facilities are inclusive and accessible for persons with disabilities. Please contact the Town if you need any accommodations to provide comments or feedback for this study.
Town Contact:
John Mabira
Senior Project Manager,Capital Projects
Phone: (905) 775-5366 x 2114
Email: [email protected]
In addition, a request to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for an order imposing additional conditions or requiring an individual environmental assessment may be made on the grounds that the requested order may prevent, mitigate or remedy adverse impacts on constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights. Requests on other grounds will not be considered.
Requests should include the requester contact information and full name. Requests should specify what kind of order is being requested (request for conditions or a request for an individual/comprehensive environmental assessment), how an order may prevent, mitigate, or remedy potential adverse impacts on Aboriginal and treaty rights, and any information in support of the statements in the request.
The request should be sent in writing or by email to the following Ministry contacts:
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Hon. Andrea Khanjin Or Director, Environmental Assessment Branch Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks |
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Requests should also be copied to the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury by mail or by e-mail. Please visit the Ministry’s website for more information on requests for orders under section 16 of the Environmental Assessment Act at: https://www.ontario.ca/page/class-environmental-assessments-part-ii-order
All personal information included in your request – such as name, address, telephone number and property location – is collected, under the authority of section 30 of the Environmental Assessment Act and is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the public. As this information is collected for the purpose of a public record, the protection of personal information provided in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) does not apply (s.37). 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.
This Notice was first issued on October 3, 2024.
