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St. Catharines Hydro Generation Inc. has submitted a proposal for the construction of a hydroelectric dam across Twelve Mile Creek near downtown St. Catharines, Ontario. Twelve Mile Creek flows north towards Lake Ontario and provides habitat for the American eel, an endangered species, as well as more than twenty other cold-water fish species. A recreational trail runs along... (more)
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The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MEI) is proposing a new Statement of Environmental Values (SEV). The proposed wording has been posted to the Environmental Registry for a 45 day comment period, from December 23, 2009 to February 6, 2010.
The new SEV is being developed because of the restructuring that led to the creation of the MEI in 2008. The MEI was formed from... (more)
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In 2004, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (the Ministry or the MNR) introduced policies and procedures to govern applications to develop wind or waterpower energy projects on Crown land, as defined under the Public Lands Act. The policies and procedures are referred to here as: the Windpower Policy, the Windpower Procedures, the Waterpower Policy, and the Waterpower... (more)
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The Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) is one of Canada’s oldest laws. The NWPA was not revolutionary; it drew from a variety of well-established and respected conventions, including tradition, principles of common law, Magna Carta, and the Code of Justinian. In this sense, the NWPA was “born with a grey beard”, coming into force on the shoulders of centuries-old... (more)
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We writing on behalf of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Fraser Riverkeeper and Ottawa
Riverkeeper regarding Health Canada's draft Guidelines for Canadian Recreational
Water Quality, Third Edition prepared by the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working
Group on Recreational Water Quality of the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on
Health and the Environment and dated... (more)
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Docket Management Facility (M-30)
U.S. Department of Transportation
West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590-0001
Re: Docket # USCG-2001-10486: Standards for Living Organisms in Ships’ Ballast Water
discharged in U.S. Waters
To Whom It May Concern:
The undersigned members of the Waterkeeper Alliance... (more)
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For our Lafarge case, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper commissioned an expert report by Henry S. Cole and Associates that explained how the Great Lakes have an effect on how air pollutants are carried by the wind and dispersed into the environment. This report shows how the Great Lakes can make air pollution problems worse for shoreline communities.
To view the full report in PDF... (more)
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York Region and Durham Region (the Regions) have proposed an expansion to the York-Durham Sewage System (YDSS) that would significantly expand the volume of sewage entering Lake Ontario through the Duffin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) in Pickering. The Duffin Creek WPCP is jointly owned by the Regional Municipalities of York and Durham and is located in the City of... (more)
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In 2004, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (the Ministry or the MNR) introduced policies and procedures to govern applications to develop wind or waterpower energy projects on Crown land, as defined under the Public Lands Act. The documents provide guidance for Ministry staff and prospective proponents on how to navigate the energy project development process.
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