Yonge Street Aquifer Well Capacity Restoration - Notice of Addendum
In 2016, The Regional Municipality of York completed a Schedule B Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) study to identify a recommended plan to restore the full permitted capacity of York Region’s wells within the Yonge Street Aquifer (YSA). The study recommended rehabilitating existing Aurora Well 5, Aurora Well 6 and Newmarket Well 15, and construction of new wells at Well Area 6 (Green Lane Water Treatment Plant) and Well Area 11 (Aurora Well 7).
A Notice of Completion for the Yonge Street Aquifer Well Capacity Restoration was issued on December 22, 2016.
Addendum to Project File
Since the completion of the Class EA, updates were recommended to improve the overall distribution system water quality, requiring an addendum to the 2016 Project File.
The revised recommended plan includes increasing total capacity at the proposed Green Lane Water Treatment Plant (GLWTP) from 105 L/s to 200 L/s to replace the lost capacity from Aurora Well 6 and Newmarket Well 15 and maximize well production capability. In addition, the GLWTP will include iron and manganese removal and provisions for future methane removal treatment should it become necessary.
This notice places the Project File Report Addendum on public record for review and comment for 30 calendar days from June 29, 2023, through to July 31, 2023. The Project File Report Addendum is available for public review on york.ca/ea. An accessible version of the material is available upon request. This notice was issued on June 29, 2023.
We invite you to review the Project File Report Addendum as it relates to the revised capacity, the iron and manganese removal treatment and provision for future methane removal treatment and direct written comments to:
Allanna Yahoda
Project Manager
The Regional Municipality of York
17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket, ON L3Y 6Z1
[email protected]
1-877-464-9675 ext. 75107
For more information on requests for orders, visit Ontario’s Class Environmental Assessments: Section 16 Order
In addition, a request to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks for an order may be made on the grounds that the requested order may prevent, mitigate or remedy adverse impacts on constitutionally protected Aboriginal and treaty rights.
Requests should include your full name and contact information and should specify what kind of order is being requested (additional conditions or individual environmental assessment), explain how an order may prevent, mitigate or remedy potential adverse impacts, and can include any supporting information.
Requests must be received by the Ministry by July 31, 2023, and should be addressed in writing to:
Minister David Piccini
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
777 Bay Street, 5th Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 2J3
@email
and
Director, Environmental Assessment Branch
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
135 St. Clair Ave. W, 1st Floor
Toronto, ON M4V 1P5
[email protected]
With a copy to York Region at:
The Regional Municipality of York
Clerk’s Department
17250 Yonge Street Newmarket,
ON L3Y 6Z1
@email
Personal information submitted (e.g., name, address and phone number) is collected, maintained and disclosed under the authority of the Environmental Assessment Act and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the purposes of creating a public record and consultation purposes. 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.
