SUMMARY OF Public Consultation on the Assessment Reports (2009-2011)
The Clean Water Act and its regulations require that affected property owners, the general public, municipalities, First Nations and others have the opportunity to comment on the Assessment Reports.
There were a number of ways to access the documents during the consulation periods:
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Online – www.trentsourceprotection.on.ca
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Hard Copies – available during office hours at local municipal offices and at the following Conservation Authority offices:
- Crowe Valley Conservation Authority
- Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority
- Kawartha Conservation
- Lower Trent Conservation
- Otonabee Conservation
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Digital Copies (DVD) – available at conservation authority and municipal offices.
The public were advised of the following public consultation opportunities through newspaper ads, distribution of notice/correspondence to landowners, press releases and website.
1. Pre-Consultation on Technical Findings
Nine Open Houses were held in conjunction with Source Protection Committee meetings between September 15 and December 17, 2009.
2. Consultation on Draft Proposed Assessment Reports
The Source Protection Committee prepared the Draft Proposed Assessment Reports and made them available for a 37 day comment period which ended July 9, 2010. Six public meetings were held during that time period in various communities throughout the Source Protection Region (Baltimore, Norland, Havelock, Peterborough, Blackstock, Stirling).
Official Public Notice (PDF)
3. Consultation on the Proposed Assessment Reports
A second 30-day comment period ending on October 10, 2010 was conducted on the Proposed Assessment Reports.
Official Public Notice (PDF)
4. Consultation on the revised Assessment Reports
During the preparation of the Proposed Assessment Reports in 2010, tight deadlines required that some work be deferred until 2011. The remaining technical studies were completed early in 2011 and the documents were amended and made available for public review and comment from May 4 to June 3, 2011. Based on comments received by the Province and others, the Trent and Ganaraska Amended Proposed Assessment Report were updated and submitted to the Ministry of the Environment for approval on June 28, 2011. They were approved October 6, 2011.