W12A landfill expansion project

Project summary

The City of London is proposing to expand its W12A landfill, which has an existing approved capacity of 12.5 million cubic metres. The proposed expansion would add approximately 13.8 million cubic metres of waste disposal capacity.

The City of London is also proposing to extend the landfill’s service area. The new regional service area would include:

• City of London
• County of Huron
• County of Perth
• County of Elgin
• County of Lambton
• County of Middlesex

Learn more on the W12A landfill expansion project website.

Proponent

City of London

Location

City of London

Project type

Waste management

Reference number

18016

Contact

Devon Wills, Environmental Assessment Branch

• Tel: 416-270-4457
• Toll-free: 1-800-461-6290

Project history

Environmental assessment: submitted
Date submitted: February 4, 2022
Expiry of public comment period for ministry review: July 28, 2023
Terms of reference: approved
Date submitted: October 12, 2018
Expiry of public comment period: November 12, 2018
Decision date: July 30, 2019

Environmental assessment

The City of London has submitted its final environmental assessment for the W12A landfill expansion project to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for review. This assessment looks at how the landfill expansion could impact the environment.

Notice of completion of ministry review

The ministry has prepared a review of the environmental assessment for Indigenous community, public and agency comment.

The review of the environmental assessment is not the decision about the undertaking. That decision is made by the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks after the comment period is over and consideration of 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 undertaking, the environmental assessment, and the 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 on only specified matters related to the application.

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, 2023, 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.

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

Notice of approval

Environmental Assessment Act subsection 6(4) approval of terms of reference for the preparation of an environmental assessment.

Proponent: The City of London
Terms of reference: W12A landfill expansion environmental assessment
Environmental assessment file number: 18016

As provided for by subsection 6(4) of the Environmental Assessment Act, terms of reference, as submitted for approval to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks on October 12, 2018 and revised with through the submission of an amended terms of reference dated February 7, 2019 is hereby approved.

Pursuant to subsection 6.1(1) of the Environmental Assessment Act, any environmental assessment for the above-noted undertaking, submitted to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks pursuant to subsection 6.2(1) of the Environmental Assessment Act, must be prepared in accordance with the amended terms of reference as hereby approved.

Reasons

I am satisfied that an environmental assessment prepared in accordance with the amended terms of reference will be consistent with the purpose of the Environmental Assessment Act and the public interest for the following reasons:

1. The terms of reference provides that the environmental assessment will include an identification and evaluation of a reasonable range of alternative methods and that these alternative methods will be assessed during the environmental assessment process.
2. The terms of reference requires the proponent to implement a comprehensive consultation plan during the preparation of the environmental assessment. In addition, the Environmental Assessment Act requires consultation and documentation of the consultation during the preparation of the environmental assessment. As well, there will be additional opportunities for public and government agency consultation when the environmental assessment is submitted to the ministry.
3. The terms of reference provides that the environmental assessment will be prepared using a comprehensive public, Indigenous community and government agency consultation process that is open and transparent and in particular will include consultation on the selection and evaluation of alternative methods during the environmental assessment.
4. The terms of reference requires that the proponent meet the intent of the Environmental Assessment Act by providing for the identification of issues and concerns, and the preferred means of addressing them with due regard to adoption of environmental management, protection and mitigation measures.
5. There are no outstanding issues that have not been incorporated into the terms of reference or that cannot be addressed during the preparation of the environmental assessment.

Dated the 30^th day of July, 2019 at Toronto.

Original signed by:
Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
77 Wellesley Street West, 11^th Floor, Ferguson Block
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 2T5