An environmental assessment (EA) has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change by the Regional Municipality of York for the undertaking, which includes:

  • A water reclamation centre treating 40 megalitres per day (MLD)
  • A project-specific phosphorus off-setting program.
  • Modifications to the existing York Durham Sewage System (YDSS)

The project extends to areas in the Towns of Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, and Newmarket.

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, 1st Floor
Toronto, Ontario M4V 1 P5
Phone: 416-314-8001
Toll Free: 1-800-461-6290
Fax: 416-314-8452

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
Central Region
5775 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario M2M 4J1
Phone: 416-326-6700
Fax: 416-326-6345

Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
York Durham District Office
230 Westney Rd South, 5th Floor
Ajax, Ontario L1S 7J5
Phone: 905-427-5600
Toll Free: 800-376-4547
Fax: 905-427-5602

Administrative Centre Clerk’s Office
The Regional Municipality of York
17250 Yonge Street
Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 6Z1
Phone: 905-830-4444 Ext. 71320
E-mail: regionalclerk@york.ca

Copies are also available for viewing at offices of:

Town of Newmarket Clerk’s Office
395 Mulock Drive
P.O. Box 328 Station Main
Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 4X7
Phone: 905-895-5193

Town of Aurora Clerk’s Office
100 John West Way, Box 1000
Aurora, Ontario L4G 6J1
Phone: 905-727-1375 / TTY: 905-726-4766

Town of East Gwillimbury Clerk’s Office
19000 Leslie Street
Sharon, Ontario LOG 1VO
Phone: 905-478-4282

Town of Georgina Clerk’s Office
26557 Civic Centre Road, RR 2
Keswick, Ontario L4P 3G1
Phone: 905-476-4301

UYSS Project Office
1195 Stellar Drive, Unit 1
Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 7B8
Phone: 905-830-5656

Send written comments to:

Ms. Kathleen Hedley, Director
Environmental Approvals Branch
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor
Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5
Attention: Dorothy Moszynski, Project Officer
E-mail: dorothy.moszynski@ontario.ca
Phone: 416-314-3352 or 1-800-461-6290
Fax: 416-314-8452

Please ensure your written comments are received by February 26, 2016.

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
Director
Environmental Approvals Branch
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change