Evelyn VanStarkenburg
Administrative Assistant
Development & Property/Public Works & Engineering
A Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Schedule B was completed assessing various options to address the deteriorating conditions of the Broomes Creek Dam (County Structure C201). These options included:
- Do nothing
- Decommission the dam in its entirety to remove the asset and restore the natural landscape; and
- Remove and replace the dam in its entirety
The above project is being planned under Schedule B of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment.
Subject to comments received as a result of this Notice, and the receipt of necessary approvals, the County of Renfrew intends to proceed with the replacement of the dam with a concrete weir.
The project plans and other information are available by contacting:
Lee Perkins, C.E.T., MBA
Director of Public Works and Engineering County of Renfrew
9 International Drive Pembroke, ON K8A 6W5
Email: [email protected] Phone: 613-732-4353 ext. 441
Interested persons should provide written comment to the County on the proposal within 30 calendar days from the date of this Notice. Comments should be directed to Lee Perkins at the County of Renfrew.
If concerns arise regarding this project, which cannot be resolved in discussion with the County, or there are outstanding concerns regarding potential adverse impacts to constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights, a person or party may request that the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks order a change in the project status and require a higher level of assessment under an individual Environmental Assessment process (referred to as a Part II Order).
A Part II Order request must be provided within 30 calendar days of this Notice. Part II Order Request Form must be used to request a Part II Order, which is available online on the Forms Repository Website (http://www.forms.ssb.gov.on.ca) by searching “Part II Order Request” or “012-2206E” (the form number). The completed Part II Order Request should be addressed in writing to:
Minister Jeff Yurek
Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks 777 Bay Street, 5th Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 2J3
[email protected]
Director, Environmental Assessment Branch Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks 135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor
Toronto, ON M4V 1P5
[email protected]
If there is no request received by March 11, 2022, the County of Renfrew will proceed to design and construction of the Broomes Creek Dam (C201) as presented in the planning documentation.
Please note that ALL personal information included in a Part II Order submission – such as name, address, telephone number and property location – is collected, maintained and disclosed by the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for the purpose of transparency and consultation.
The information is collected under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act or is collected and maintained for the purpose of creating a record that is available to the general public as described in s.37 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Personal information you submit will become part of a public record that is available to the general public unless you request that your personal information remain confidential.
For more information, please contact the ministry’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at 416-327- 1434.
The subject Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Schedule B has been completed for the Broomes Creek Dam (County Structure C201).
A copy is available at the Foresters Falls Post Office and on the County of Renfrew website.
All relevant agencies and stakeholders such as the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry will continue to be consulted throughout detailed design.
This Notice issued on February 9, 2022
