As previously communicated, on March 26, 2024, Chatham-Kent received notice from the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks regarding a posting to the Environmental Registry of Ontario (ERO). The Government of Ontario is now considering making a Regulation under the Environmental Assessment Act to designate the landfill and waste processing facility proposed by York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd. as a project subject to a comprehensive environmental assessment. The latest correspondence from the Ministry can be found here: https://www.letstalkchatham-kent.ca/42320/widgets/176727/documents/126810
This project proposed by York1 was initially posted to the ERO as two separate proposals to amend existing Environmental Compliance Approvals for a landfill and waste processing facility at the same property. On February 26, 2024 Council requested that Mayor Canniff author a letter to the Minster of Environment, Conservation and Parks outlining community concerns and Council’s opposition to the proposed waste management facility. Also, as directed by Council, Chatham-Kent submitted comments to the Ministry on March 15, 2024 regarding the waste processing facility, which can be found here: https://www.letstalkchatham-kent.ca/42320/widgets/176727/documents/125883.
The Municipality also completed a second submission on April 9, 2024 in response to the landfill proposal ERO posting, which can be found here: https://www.letstalkchatham-kent.ca/42320/widgets/176727/documents/127522
In response to the latest ERO posting that the Government of Ontario is considering making a Regulation under the Environmental Assessment Act to designate the landfill and waste processing facility proposed by York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd. as a project subject to a comprehensive environmental assessment, the Municipality has now completed it’s third submission, which can be found here: https://www.letstalkchatham-kent.ca/42320/widgets/176727/documents/129783
As a reminder, any member of the public can provide comments to the latest ERO posting by the May 10, 2024 deadline, which can be found here: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8417
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Media Contact:
Eric Labadie
Manager, Corporate Communications
Municipality of Chatham-Kent
519-360-1998 x 2039
ericl@chatham-kent.ca
