Sault Ste. Marie solid waste management plan
Learn about the environmental assessment process for a plan to manage waste disposal in Sault Ste. Marie and the surrounding area over the next 25 years.
Current status
You can comment on the environmental assessment for this project until March 1, 2024.
Learn how to submit your comment.
Project summary
The City of Sault Ste. Marie is proposing to add 3.17 million cubic metres (m³) of waste disposal capacity to the existing Sault Ste. Marie landfill.
This will allow the city to continue accepting solid non-hazardous residential, industrial, commercial and institutional, construction and demolition waste, and biosolid waste, providing waste disposal services until 2049.
No changes to the types of waste are proposed.
Learn more on the Sault Ste. Marie waste management plan website.
Proponent
City of Sault Ste. Marie
Location
Sault Ste. Marie
Type
Waste
Reference number
04075
Contact
Devon Wills
Environmental Assessment Branch
Project history
Environmental assessment: submitted
Date submitted: January 12, 2024
Expiry of public comment period: March 1, 2024
Terms of reference: approved
Date submitted: March 11, 2005
Expiry of public comment period: April 11, 2005
Decision date: September 26, 2005
Environmental assessment
The City of Sault Ste. Marie has submitted its final environmental assessment for the Sault Ste. Marie landfill expansion project to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for review.
This assessment evaluated options to determine the preferred way of addressing waste management needs within the existing service area (consisting of the city, Prince Township and Batchewana First Nation’s Rankin Reserve) and included opportunities for waste diversion and disposal.
Submit a comment
We encourage the public, agencies, Indigenous communities and other interested parties to participate in the environmental assessment process.
Read the notice of submission to learn how to review the environmental assessment and submit your comments.
The commenting period closes at 5 p.m. on March 1, 2024.
Terms of reference
On September 26, 2005, the Minister of the Environment approved the terms of reference for the Sault Ste. Marie solid waste management plan.
Get details on the notice of approval.