An environmental assessment (EA) has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change by the Regional Municipality of Niagara for the undertaking, a vertical expansion of the Humberstone Landfill in the City of Welland. The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change has prepared a Review of the EA for public and agency comment. The Review of the EA does not make a decision about the EA. That decision is made by the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change after the comment period is over and consideration of all submissions.

You can submit comments on the undertaking, the environmental assessment, and the Ministry Review. You may also request a hearing by the Environmental Review Tribunal. If you request a hearing you must state in your submission, whether you are requesting a hearing on the whole application or on only specified matters related to the application.

How to get the information you need

You can inspect the EA and the Ministry Review during normal business hours at the following locations:

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
Environmental Approvals Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 1
Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5
1-800-461-6290

Regional Municipality of Niagara
Clerks Department
2201 St. David’s Road
Thorold, Ontario L2V 4T7
1-800-263-7215

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
Niagara District Office
203 St. Paul Street, Floor 9
St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 7R4
1-800-263-1035

Copies are also available for viewing at the office of the City of Welland, and the Welland Public Library:

City of Welland
Clerks Department
60 East Main Street
Welland, Ontario L3B 3X4
905-735-1700

Welland Public Library
50 The Boardwalk
Welland, Ontario L3B 6J1
905-734-6210

Please ensure your written comments are received by: October 16, 2015.

Send written comments to:

Director
Environmental Approvals Branch
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor
Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5
Attention: Sasha McLeod, Project Officer
E-mail: sasha.mcleod@ontario.ca
Phone: 416-314-8214 or 1-800-461-6290
Fax: 416-314-8452

Be sure to express your views

If you make a submission or request a hearing before the above date, you will be notified of any decisions about this environmental assessment. Otherwise, the undertaking may proceed without further notice to you. If no submissions or requests for a hearing are received, the undertaking may be approved with no further public notice. This will allow the undertaking to proceed.

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.

Original signed by
Kathleen Hedley
Director
Environmental Approvals Branch
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change