This consultation was open from:
August 2, 2018
to September 1, 2018
Decision summary
Approval is granted for the establishment of sewage works consist of sanitary and storm sewers, two (2) oil/grit separators, stormwater outlet pipes discharging stormwater runoff from a portion of the western area of the site to the Shirley’s Brook.
Location details
Site address
236 Walden Drive
Kanata,
ON
K2K 2M3
Canada
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The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
KNL Developments Inc.
2193 Arch Street
Ottawa,
ON
K1G 2H5
Canada
Decision details
Decision on instrument
Approval is granted for the establishment of sewage works consist of sanitary and storm sewers, two (2) oil/grit separators, stormwater outlet pipes discharging stormwater runoff from a portion of the western area of the site to the Shirley’s Brook, stormwater runoff from the majority of the site and Walden Drive discharging to the existing stormwater management Beaver Pond, and a sanitary sewer crossing below the existing channel of Kizell Creek connecting to an existing sanitary manhole located in Kimmins Court.
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Effects of consultation
One comment was received.
Summary of comment
1. Flooding concerns along Shirley's Brook, Kizell Creek and Kizell Municipal Drain.
2. The ministry included conditions in the ECA that requires KNL Development Inc. to obtain any other legal approvals, especially regarding the discharges to any receivers. Concerns about the existing Beaver Pond Stormwater Management Facility.
Ministry's response
1. The design of the sewage works submitted to the ministry for review meet the design criteria established by the City of Ottawa and the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority, and if constructed, operated, and maintained properly will not cause adverse impact to the environment.
2. The ministry issued an environmental compliance approval number 5190-7L6RRY on November 26, 2008 to the City of Ottawa for the treatment and disposal of stormwater runoff from a catchment area of 397 hectares serving Kanata Lakes Subdivision (which included the proposed development catchment area), to provide Enhanced Level water quality protection and to attenuate post-development peak flows to a maximum flow rate of 0.96 cubic metre per second for the 100 year storm event will not change.
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135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from May 28, 2019 to begin the appeal process.
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Appeal process for decisions published before June 1, 2021
If you’re an Ontario resident, you can start the process to appeal this instrument decision.
First, you’ll need to seek leave (i.e. get permission) from the relevant appellate body to appeal the decision.
If the appellate body grants leave, the appeal itself will follow.
Seek leave to appeal
To seek leave to appeal, you need to do these three things:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- mail your application to three parties
1. Prepare your application
You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following things in your application:
- A document that includes:
- your name, phone number, fax number (if any), and/or email address
- the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
- a statement about whether you are a resident in Ontario
- your interest in the decision, and any facts you want taken into account in deciding whether you have an interest in the decision
- the parts of the instrument that you’re challenging
- whether the decision could result in significant harm to the environment
- the reason(s) why you believe that no reasonable person – having regard to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind – could have made the decision
- the grounds (facts) you’ll be using to appeal
- the outcome you’d like to see
- A copy of the instrument (approval, permit, order) that you you are seeking leave to appeal. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry
- Copies of all supporting documents, facts and evidence that you’ll be using to appeal
What is considered
The appeal body will consider the following two questions in deciding whether to grant you leave to appeal:
- is there is good reason to believe that no reasonable person, with respect to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind, could have made the decision?
- could the decision you wish to appeal result in significant harm to the environment?
2. Provide your notice
You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re seeking leave to appeal.
In your notice, please include a brief description of the:
- decision that you wish to appeal
- grounds for granting leave to appeal
You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:
College Park 5th Floor, 777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3
3. Mail your application
You’ll need to mail your application that you prepared in step #1 to each of these three parties:
- appellate body
- issuing authority (the ministry official who issued the instrument)
- proponent (the company or individual to whom the instrument was issued)
KNL Developments Inc.
2193 Arch Street
Ottawa,
ON
K1G 2H5
Canada
Environmental Review Tribunal
Attention: The Secretary
655 Bay Street
Floor 15
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
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Description of instrument
This proposal is for a new environmental compliance approval for the establishment of sewage works for KNL Development Inc. to serve stage 9 of KNL residential development site consisting of single family lots and street townhouses. This site is bounded by an existing railway line to the north, the Goulbourn Forced Road to the west, the Beaver Pond to the south and the Kizell Creek to the east, in the Kanata Lakes area of Kanata North, City of Ottawa.
The proposed sewage works consist of:
- sanitary and storm sewers,
- two (2) oil/grit separators,
- stormwater outlet pipes which will convey stormwater runoff from a portion of the western area of the site to the Shirley’s Brook, the majority of the site and Walden Drive to the existing stormwater management Beaver Pond, and
- a sanitary sewer crossing below the existing channel of Kizell Creek which will connect to an existing sanitary manhole located in Kimmins Court.
Supporting materials
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Some supporting materials may not be available online. If this is the case, you can request to view the materials in person.
Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from August 2, 2018
to September 1, 2018
Comments received
Through the registry
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0By mail
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