Contacts / The Process
Contact Information
- Mr. Michael Harrison
Supervisor, Project Review Unit, Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch
Ministry of the Environment
2 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A
Toronto, ON M4V 1L5
416 314-7237
Michael.Harrison2@ontario.ca - Ms. Agatha Garcia-Wright
Director, Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch
Ministry of the Environment
2 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A
Toronto, ON M4V 1L5
416 314-8001
Agatha.GarciaWright@ontario.ca - General Enquiry
Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch
Ministry of the Environment
2 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A
Toronto, ON M4V 1L5
416 314-8001
eaabgen.moe@ontario.ca - Trion Clarke
Senior Environmental Scientist, Hatch Energy
4342 Queen Street, Box 1001
Niagara Falls, ON L2E 6W1
905 374-0701 ext 5298
TClarke@hatchenergy.com - Tony Clement, MP
169 Manitoba Street
Bracebridge, ON P1L 1S3
705 645-1593
Clement.T@parl.gc.ca - Norm Miller, MPP
165 Manitoba Street, Unit 1
Bracebridge, ON P1L 1S3
705 645-8538
norm.millerco@pc.ola.org - Brad Duguid
Ontario Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
BDuguid.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org - The Honourable John Wilkinson
Minister of the Environment
77 Wellesley Street West
11th Floor, Ferguson Block
Toronto ON M7A 2T5
416 314-6790
minister.moe@ontario.ca - Linda Jeffrey
Minister of Natural Resources
LJeffrey.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org
Contact information for all District of Muskoka Chair and Councillors is at http://www.muskoka.on.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?PageID=67
Township of Muskoka Lakes representatives on District of Muskoka Council
Ellis, Karen - Mayor - KEllis@muskokalakes.com - 705 765-5412
Hare, Brian - BHare@muskokalakes.ca - 705 706-4800
Grady, Mary - MGrady@muskokalakes.ca - 705 762-3409 - Ward “A”
Thompson, Nancy - NThompson@muskokalakes.ca - 705 769-3252
Contact information for all Township of Muskoka Lakes Mayor and Councillors is at http://www.muskokalakes.ca/siteengine/activepage.asp?PageID=39
Ward “A” - Councillors - (Bala, Torrance & Walker’s Point)
Grady, Mary - MGrady@muskokalakes.ca - 705 762-3409
Patricia Arney - PArney@muskokalakes.ca - 705 762-1900
Dianne Davidson - DDavidson@muskokalakes.ca - 705 762-5312
It seems our best chance to defeat this destructive proposal is by way of the Environmental Assessment process. The developer is charged with completing this process and satisfactorily addressing any concerns raised by a member of the public. The Environmental Assessment process takes into account everything from soup to nuts. It includes social, economic, cultural, aquatic, community, and transportation impacts to name just a few.
There are three planning processes that proponents follow to meet the requirements and intent of the Environmental Assessment Act. They are as follows:
1. Environmental Screening Process: This is a self-assessment process, driven by those running a project, called proponents. The public consultation in this process allows proponents to identify and address public concerns and issues, and to provide the public with an opportunity to receive information and make meaningful input concerning the project review and development.
2. Class Environmental Assessments: Certain projects with predictable and mitigatable environmental effects are grouped into classes, which have a series of environmental criteria that must be met. A proponent who receives approval for a class of undertakings does not need to obtain separate approval for each specific project, provided the class planning process is adhered to for the specific project.
During the review period, members of the public and agencies with outstanding environmental concerns will have the opportunity to request that the project be elevated. Projects can be elevated either to an Environmental Review within the Environmental Screening Process, or to an Individual Environmental Assessment.
3. Individual Environmental Assessments: Some electricity projects that have the potential to cause significant adverse environmental effects must follow the individual environmental assessment process. Unlike projects planned under the Class Environmental Assessment process, each individual EA project requires the involvement of a Government Review Team and final approval by the Ontario Minister of the Environment.
The Ministry of the Environment has information on the Environmental Assessment process here. To find out more detailed information regarding environmental assessment requirements for electricity projects, please contact the company or group overseeing a particular project OR refer to the Guide to Environmental Assessment Requirements for Electricity Projects – available on the Ministry of the Environment’s website at http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envision/gp/4021e.pdf