Category: Application for Permit to Take Water

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Appeal of “last” short-term Permit abandoned

On October 14, 2008, it was decided to abandon our appeal of the latest, and supposedly last, short-term permit to pump water at Leitrim Wetland. The Permit was valid until September 30 and the Ministry has given strong indication that no extension or further short-term permit will be issued. Another short-term Permit, which came to light only recently, is for surface water diversion (up to 32.4 million liters/day) and remains

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Yet another PTTW application

While an application to take water over the next ten years is still pending, the developers of Findlay Creek Village have filed yet another short-term application, so they may dig a deep trench to start the final major phase of their development. The application was posted on the EBR web site under EBR # 010-5426. Here is a Site Plan, showing the trench the developer wishes to dig (the red

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Motion to dismiss the Leave to Appeal application fails

On July 21, 2008, the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal dismissed a motion by Findlay Creek Properties Ltd.  The motion sought to dismiss an application for Leave to Appeal a permit issued by the Ministry of the Environment to pump water out of Leitrim Wetland.  The appeal is spearheaded by the Greenspace Alliance and the Sierra Club of Canada on behalf of the Friends of Leitrim Wetland. The Permit To Take

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Leave to appeal the PTTW to the Environmental Review Tribunal

On Tuesday, March 11, the Greenspace Alliance and the Sierra Club filed for Leave to Appeal a Permit to take Water issued by the Ministry of Environment on February 22. The permit would allow withdrawal of up to 17 million litres per day until September 30, 2008, in order to allow laying of water and sewer mains in Phase 2 of the Findlay Creek Village development. A summary of the

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Action Alert

November 2, 2007 Updated January 2, 2008 Updated January 26, 2008 Leitrim Wetland, an ecosystem unique in Canada, under threat by developer amid disturbing sightings of unauthorized drainage. Please write to the provincial official responsible for Permits To Take Water, and to provincial and federal Ministers, demanding that no Permits for further drainage be issued. See sample letters here. Taggart Construction, without a key permit from the Ontario government, has

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