Category: Application for a 10 Year Permit To Take Water

Policies & Threats Related to Greenspaces

Appeal settled

Appeal of Water Taking Permit at Leitrim Settled On March 23, 2010, the Environmental Review Tribunal accepted a settlement that had been reached between the developers of Findlay Creek Village and the Appellants (the Greenspace Alliance and Sierra Club Canada) acting on behalf of the Friends of Leitrim Wetland. In July 2009, the Tribunal had granted leave to appeal a 10-year Permit To Take Water on three narrow grounds. Ever since,

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Appeal of the 10-year PTTW (May – Aug 2009)

On May 20, 2009 the Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital and the Sierra Club Canada filed an application with the Environmental Review Tribunal for Leave to Appeal a 10-year Permit To Take Water issued on April 27, 2009. They also filed a Motion for an Interim Stay. (Supporting the Motion was an Affidavit sworn by Erwin Dreessen – 497 KB.) That motion was denied because the Tribunal concluded it had

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Friends of Leitrim meet provincial officials

On March 9, 2009, at the invitation of Peter Taylor, the Ministry of Environment official responsible for issuing Permits To Take Water at Leitrim, some of the Friends of Leitrim Wetland met with him and several of his colleagues at MOE. Officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources, the South Nation Conservation Authority and Fisheries and Oceans also attended. The Friends presented a list of thirteen objectives they want to

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Sample letters re PTTW at Leitrim

Here are two sample letters to government officials. When you have sent your letters, please forward them to leitrim ( at ) greenspace-alliance.ca . Thank you! ———————————————————————————————— Sample letter to the Ontario Minister of the Environment: The Honourable John Gerretsen, Minister Ontario Ministry of the Environment Email: minister (at ) ene.gov.on.ca Copies to: Peter Taylor, Water Resources Supervisor, Ontario Ministry of the Environment Email: peter.g.taylor ( at ) ontario.ca Gary

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LEITRIM ACTION ALERT — 7 October 2008

Protect Leitrim Wetland: please write to the Ministry of the Environment to oppose the developers’ application for a 10-year drainage permit (deadline: October 16). On July 11, 2008, developers submitted a proposal to pump up to 17 million litres per day for ten years from the Leitrim Wetland area (EBR # 010-4134). The Greenspace Alliance and others have commented on this proposal. On September 16, an amended proposal was posted

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Application for a 10-year Permit to Take Water

On July 11, 2008, a proposal to pump up to 17 million litres per day from the Leitrim Wetland area was posted on the Environmental Bill of Rights web site (EBR # 010-4134).  This permit would be good for ten years.  The comment period was to end on August 10 but an extension to September 5 was granted because the Ministry was late in providing the supporting documents. Here are

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Dr. Clarke Topp: Comments on Hydrogeological Evaluation in support of a PTTW for sewer construction on Phase 2 Findlay Creek

Comments on “Hydrogeological Evaluation in support of a PTTW for sewer construction on Phase 2 Findlay Creek Subdivision” prepared by Golder Associates Ltd. August 2007. This report is fully dependent on a single calculation using one equation taken from a US Army, Navy and Air Force Publication (1971) to determine the zone of influence caused by pumping the water table down 4 m. Although this simple equation may be valid

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