ebook img

Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund : permits and other requirements. PDF

2013·0.59 MB·English
Save to my drive
Quick download
Download
Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.

Preview Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund : permits and other requirements.

Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund Permits and Other Requirements The following are permits and other requirements that DISCLAIMER: Applicants must note that may be required for projects under the Great Lakes the following is for illustrative purposes only and does not constitute advice of any Guardian Community Fund (GLGCF). There may be kind from the Ministry of the Environ- additional permits/approvals needed depending on your ment on how an applicant must comply project. This document is designed to help develop your with any requirements of law. Applicants application as completely as possible. Note that per- must not rely on the following informa- mits do not have to be in place in order to submit your tion as being a comprehensive list of application. However, an approved permit, if required, permits or other requirements that may will enable your project to start on time. If permits and be required for their particular project and approvals are not yet in place, the Province will take this should consult with their own legal coun- into account in evaluating the feasibility of the project. sel in this regard. Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund Permits and Other Requirements Permits and Other Description Examples of GLGCF Projects Additional and Contact Information Requirements Permit to Take • Projects taking more than • Creation or restoration of a www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/industry/ Water (PTTW) 50,000 litres of water/day wetland assessment_and_approvals/water_taking/ Ministry of the from a lake, river, stream STDPROD_075554.html Environment) or groundwater source, require a PTTW from the Ministry of the Environ- ment (with a few excep- tions). 2 Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund Permits and Other Requirements Permits and Other Description Examples of GLGCF Projects Additional and Contact Information Requirements Work Permit • Specific activities or works • Filling shore lands, creating a Additional Information: under the Pub- on Crown lands including beach, constructing shoreline www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/CrownLand/ lic Lands Act lake and river beds and protection works such as shore- 2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_165786.html (Ministry of Nat- shore lands (e.g., Crown/ line stabilization Note that a work permit can take 8 weeks to ural Resources) private lands seasonally or • Adding or removing rocks/boul- process and is required before the project can permanently under water) ders from shores or a lake, river start. • Ensures activities do not or stream bed Contact the Lands Specialist at your local MNR harm the environment • Constructing trails on Crown office for guidance on work permits www.mnr. or impact nearby Crown land gov.on.ca/en/ContactUs/2ColumnSubPage/ land/private land inter- STEL02_179002.html ests • Constructing water crossings, (e.g., a bridge, culvert or cause- Other provincial, municipal and federal author- way) on Crown land izations may be required. For example, altera- tions to the channel, water level and/or flow of • Removing aquatic vegetation a lake or river may need MNR approval under the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act. Fish stocking requires a licence under MNR’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. 3 Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund Permits and Other Requirements Permits and Other Description Examples of GLGCF Projects Additional and Contact Information Requirements Letter of Opin- • Under the Pesticides Act, • Projects that involve the appli- More information ion for the use a Letter of Opinion is cation of Class 9 pesticides to: www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/Biodiversity/2 of pesticides required from the Min- control/radicate invasive species ColumnSubPage/270465.html (Ministry of Nat- istry of Natural Resour- (e.g., Pharmites control on dry www.mnr.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/ ural Resources) ces for natural resource land); benefit a species that is lr/@mnr/@biodiversity/documents/document/ management projects that native to Ontario (e.g. control- stdprod_089643.pdf involve the application of ling terrestrial vegetation to Class 9 pesticides enhance habitat where a species Contact your local MNR office www.mnr. at risk may ocur); OR, protect gov.on.ca/en/ContactUs/2ColumnSubPage/ or restore the components of STEL02_179002.html a rare ecosystem (e.g. control existing vegetation to restore tall grass prairie) 4 Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund Permits and Other Requirements Permits and Other Description Examples of GLGCF Projects Additional and Contact Information Requirements Protection or • Authorizes an activ- • Enhancing a wetland where at- Species at Risk in Ontario (SARO) recovery per- ity that could adversely risk plant and turtle species are List www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/ mit under the affect a species listed as likely to occur Species/2ColumnSubPage/276722.html Endangered endangered, threatened • Conducting stream inventory Endangered Species Act www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/ Species Act or extirpated on the Spe- work where at-risk fish species Business/Species (Ministry of Nat- cies at Risk in Ontario are known to occur ural Resources) (SARO) List Contact the Species at Risk Biologist at your • In-water works such as expand- local MNR office www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/ • The main purpose of the ing sediment traps where at- ContactUs/2ColumnSubPage/STEL02_179002. activity must be to assist risk mussels may occur html in the protection or recov- ery of the subject species 5 Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund Permits and Other Requirements Permits and Other Description Examples of GLGCF Projects Additional and Contact Information Requirements Project Permit • Permits may be required • Bridge replacement or creation Find a Conservation Authority in your area (Conservation for projects located within by map: • Shoreline protection Authorities) the watershed boundaries http://conservationontario.ca/find/index.html of a Conservation Author- • Pond maintenance ity for work in or adjacent Contact information for Conservation • Changing or interfering with to river or stream valleys, Authorities: the existing channel of a river, Great Lakes and inland creek, stream or watercourse http://conservationontario.ca/about/cas.html lake shorelines, water- courses, hazardous lands • Changing or interfering with a and wetlands wetland • Hazardous lands means land that could be unsafe for development because of naturally occurring processes associated with flooding, erosion, dynamic beaches or unstable soil or bedrock 6 Great Lakes Guardian Community Fund Permits and Other Requirements Permits and Other Description Examples of GLGCF Projects Additional and Contact Information Requirements Permit/letter • Written permission from • In-water and shoreline works For more information including a list of specific (Parks Canada) Parks Canada is required water bodies that are part of the Trent-Severn • Shoreline stabilization or for in-water and shoreline Waterway and Rideau Canal rehabilitation works on properties adja- www.pc.gc.ca/docs/r/poli/index.aspx cent to the Trent-Severn • In-water and shoreline works in Waterway and Rideau Canal wetlands or contact Beth McEachern at 705-750-4900 or • In-water and shoreline [email protected] works means all work tak- ing place and all structures built on or over these waterways and those at the shoreline ontario.ca/GreatLakesFund 1-800-565-4923 [email protected] @environmentont facebook.com/OntarioEnvironment PIBS 9235e © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2013

See more

The list of books you might like

Most books are stored in the elastic cloud where traffic is expensive. For this reason, we have a limit on daily download.