Blind River Municipal Waste Management Plan
Learn about the environmental assessment process for a plan to manage waste disposal in the Town of Blind River over a 25-year period.
Current status
The ministry review of the Town of Blind River Municipal Waste Management Plan EA is available for a 5-week comment period from June 20, 2025, to July 28, 2025.
You can submit comment until 5 p.m. on July 28, 2025.
Learn how to submit your comments.
Project summary
The Town of Blind River is developing a plan for the disposal of 201,203 cubic metres of waste over a 25-year period. The waste will include:
- residential and commercial waste
- non-hazardous solid industrial waste
- iron sludge waste generated from a potable water treatment facility
- biosolids waste generated from the municipal sewage treatment plant
Learn more on the Blind River Municipal Waste Management Plan website.
Proponent
Town of Blind River
Location
Town of Blind River, located approximately halfway between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury
Type
Waste management
Reference number
07018
Contact
Devon Wills, Environmental Assessment Branch
devon.wills@ontario.ca
Project history
Environmental assessment: submitted
Date submitted: August 30, 2024
Expiry of public comment period for ministry review: July 28, 2025
Terms of reference: approved
Date submitted: February 20, 2008
Expiry of public comment period: March 25, 2008
Decision date: July 11, 2008
Environmental assessment
The Town of Blind River has submitted its final environmental assessment for the Blind River Municipal Waste Management Plan project to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for review. This assessment evaluated long-term solid waste management options and has identified expansion of the existing landfill as the preferred alternative.
An invitation to comment on the environmental assessment was posted on this webpage on August 30, 2024. Comments were accepted until October 18, 2024.
Notice of completion of ministry review
The ministry has prepared a review of the environmental assessment for Indigenous community, public, agency and stakeholder comment.
The review the environmental assessment is not the decision about the project. That decision is made by the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (minister) after the comment period is over and the minister has considered all submissions.
The minister’s decision is subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Read the ministry review.
Submit a comment
You can submit comments on the:
- project
- environmental assessment
- ministry review
You may also request a hearing by the Ontario Land Tribunal. If you request a hearing, you must state in your submission whether you are requesting a hearing on the whole application or only on specified matters related to the application.
To have your comments or request for a hearing considered by the minister, we must receive your written comments by 5 p.m. on July 28, 2025.
Send your written comments by email to:
Director
Environmental Assessment Branch
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Attention: Devon Wills, Project Officer
devon.wills@ontario.ca
If you make a submission or request a hearing before 5 p.m. on July 28, 2025, you will be notified of any decisions about this environmental assessment. Otherwise, the project may proceed without further notice to you.
If no submissions or requests for a hearing are received, the project may be approved with no further public notice. This will allow the project to proceed.
Your privacy
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 all submissions become part of the public record files for this matter and can be released, if requested, to any person.
Terms of reference
On July 11, 2008, the minister approved the terms of reference for this project.
View the notice of approval.