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NEXTERA ENERGY CANADA, ULC SUMMERHAVEN WIND ENERGY CENTRE APPLICATION FOR A RENEWABLE ENERGY APPROVAL

Site Plan Report

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Report Number: 10-1151-0035

Distribution:

Ministry of Environment - 3 copies

NextEra Energy Canada, ULC - 3 copies

Air Energy TCI Inc. - 2 copies

Golder Associates Ltd. - 2 copies

Submitted to: Director, Ministry of Environment 2 St. Clair West, Floor 12A Toronto, Ontario M4V 1L5

SUMMERHAVEN SITE PLAN REPORT

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Table of Contents

1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 1

2.0 PROJECT LOCATION...................................................................................................................................................... 2

3.0 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................................. 6

TABLES

Table 1: Design and Operations Report requirements under O. Reg. 359/09 ............................................................................ 1

Table 2: Modifications to the Project Design Relative to the Draft REA Reports ........................................................................ 3

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Figure 1 Site Plan


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1.0 INTRODUCTION The attached Site Plan diagram (Site Plan) (Figure 1, end of the Report) has been prepared to provide

information to the public, Aboriginal communities, municipalities and local authorities regarding the proposed

Summerhaven Wind Energy Centre (the Project). The Site Plan is a required component of an Application for a

Renewable Energy Approval (REA Application) under Ontario Regulation (O. Reg.) 359/091 made under the

Environmental Protection Act (EPA).

This Site Plan has been prepared to address the requirement for providing a Site Plan as identified in O. Reg.

359/09 and Technical Bulletin Two: Guidance for preparing the Design and Operations Report (MOE, 2010).

Table 1 summarizes information to be included in the Report based on Table 1 of O. Reg. 359/09 and directs

readers to the associated section(s) of this document.

Table 1: Design and Operations Report requirements under O. Reg. 359/09

Requirement as per O. Reg. 359/09 Report section where information can be found

The proposed Site Plan Figure 1

Additional information about the Project can be found in the Construction Plan Report (Golder, 2011a), Design

and Operations Report (Golder, 2011b), Decommissioning Plan Report (Golder, 2011c), and Project Description

Report (Golder, 2011d). A description of the Site Plan design is provided in the Design and Operations Report.

As it is broadly applicable to all of the REA Reports, and to avoid redundancy, the Site Plan diagram has been

provided as a stand-alone document (this Report).

Technical studies associated with the REA Application requirements were initiated in 2007 and extended into

2010. Additional information about the Project and results of technical studies and assessments of negative

environmental effects are available in the following reports:

Wind Turbine Specifications Report (Golder, 2011e);

Natural Heritage Assessment Report (Golder, 2011f);

Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment Report (Golder, 2010a);

Heritage Assessment Report (Golder, 2011j);

Noise Study Report (Golder, 2011g);

Water Assessment Report (Golder, 2011h);

Site Plan Report (this Report); and

Consultation Report (Golder, 2011i).

Stage 2, Stage 3 and Stage 4 Archaeological Assessment Reports are not required as part of the REA

Application for this Project (Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, 2010) and are typically not publically available

documents due to the confidential nature of the content. Stage 2, Stage 3 and Stage 4 Archaeological

1 As amended by O. Reg. 521/10 which came into force on January 1, 2011.


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Assessment Reports will however be made available to the Ministry of Tourism and Culture (MTC) for review

and their issuance of a Comment Letter in advance of construction and hard copies of this information will be

provided to Aboriginal communities with an interest in the Project, as identified by the Director, and as agreed to

by individual Aboriginal communities.

The Project, as depicted on the Site Plan, consists of the site preparation, construction, operation, and

decommissioning of a 59 turbine wind generating facility with a total installed nameplate capacity of 131.04 MW.

The Project will be owned and operated by NextEra Energy Canada, ULC (NextEra Energy Canada) and will be

located in the vicinity of Nanticoke, Haldimand County, Ontario. The Project lifespan from obtaining the REA

Approval to the end of Decommissioning is estimated to be 27 years.

2.0 PROJECT LOCATION This section provides details on the proposed Project Location and the collective Project design including a

summary of changes relative to October and December 2010 draft Project designs (Golder, 2010c, 2010d). A

summary of design modifications and rationale for these changes are provided in Table 2. Design modifications,

including the selection of the substation and transmission line option, were based on the consideration of many

factors including, but not limited to, discussions with Haldimand County, Hydro One, Haldimand Hydro,

landowners, outcomes of the consultation process, and reducing potential negative environmental effects

through constraints avoidance and mitigation by design.

As part of the draft REA Reports which were available in October 2010, there were two substation location

options (Option 1 and Option 2) and two transmission line options (Option A and Option B) which were being

considered by NextEra Energy Canada (Golder, 2010c). For the Project design provided in the December 2010

reports and this Report, Substation Option 1 and transmission line Option A were selected and substation Option

2 and Transmission line option B information were removed from the Site Plan and all REA Reports. As shown

on Figure 1, the substation will be located on the south side of Concession Road 5 in the vicinity of Turbine 17

and Turbine 24. From the substation, a 230 kV transmission line will follow Concession Road 5 traveling west for

approximately 1.9 km to a point north of Turbine 23. At this point the transmission line will turn and continue

southwest through private lands between Concession Roads 4 and 5 for approximately 3.6 km. Part of this

section of the transmission line, south of Turbine 22, was straightened out relative to the October 2010 Project

Location (Golder, 2010c). From Lot 11 Concession 5, Township of Walpole, the transmission line will travel

generally southwest for approximately 2 km crossing Concession Road 4 and ending at the switchyard area.

Relative to the December 2010 REA Reports, five additional modifications were made to the Project Location, as

outlined in Table 2 below.


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Table 2: Modifications to the Project Design Relative to the Draft REA Reports

Modifications to the Project Design since Draft REA Reports NextEra Energy Canada rationale for Modification

Relative to the Draft Summerhaven Project Location made publicly available in October 2010

Turbine 2 and associated access road and 34.5 kV buried collection line removed

Feedback from Haldimand County regarding overlap with urban expansion.

Turbine 60 and associated access road and 34.5 kV buried collection line removed

Landowner no longer participating in Project.

Turbine 36 construction staging area and turnaround reorientation. Landowner request to reduce impacts to agricultural practices. Access road and 34.5 kV buried collection line to Turbine 36 straightened

to run at the same orientation of parcel boundaries.

Turbine 44 construction staging area and turnaround reorientation. Landowner request to reduce impacts to agricultural practices. Access road and 34.5 kV buried collection line between Turbine 44 and

Turbine 45 adjusted to travel directly north-south.

Access road from Turbine 42 to Regional Road 8 removed. Landowner request to reduce impacts to agricultural practices.

East/west portion of access road and 34.5 kV buried cable from Turbine 43 moved to follow southern parcel boundary.

Landowner request to reduce impacts to agricultural practices.

Additional access road included between Turbine 46 and Turbine 47 in eastern direction.

Improved turbine access during construction and facility operations.

Access road and 34.5 kV buried cable moved to the west of Turbine 55 and Turbine 56.

Reduce predicted negative effects to natural features by avoiding candidate significant woodland.

Addition of a 7.3 m wide emergency services road east of Turbine 7 traveling south to Concession Road 6

Request from Haldimand County Planning and Economic Development Department, specifically Emergency Medical Services.

Switchyard area relocated approximately 10 m in southerly direction. Consultation with Hydro One.

Four meteorological towers added to the Project design. Two meteorological towers in the south-east of the Project Area (SMT2 and SMT4) are connected to the SCADA system which connects the individual turbines, substation, and meteorological towers to the Operations Building.

Assessment of meteorological conditions and wind resources requires permanent meteorological stations to be established. Stations used for pre-development wind resourcing studies determined to be insufficient for long term monitoring during Operations.

Access road near Turbine 59 rerouted to the east and south to connect with Turbine 16 and cable and road crossing of watercourse removed.

Reduce predicted negative effects to natural features by avoiding a water crossing.

Access road west of Turbine 14 that connected to the access road leading to Turbine 13 (and south to Turbine 20) was removed.

Reduce predicted negative effects to significant natural features by removing section of proposed road and constructing portion of the underground cable in or adjacent to natural features using horizontal directional drilling.

A section of the 34.5 kV buried collection line between Turbine 13 and Turbine 14 shifted to the north.


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A section of the 34.5 kV underground collection line heading north from Turbine 20 that intersects with the underground line between Turbines 13 and 14 was shifted slightly to the west.

Reduce predicted negative effects to natural features by shifting portions of the cable outside of a valleyland and Regulation Limit.

Section of the 34.5 kV buried collection line heading west and north from Turbine 5 was rerouted.

Reduce predicted negative effects to natural features and avoid being in a wetland treated as significant.

Section of the Turbine 43 access road and 34.5 kV buried collection line route (connecting with Kohler Road) moved south.

Reduce predicted negative effects to natural features by avoiding a woodland that was not previously assessed (note that the December 2010 Project Location moved this infrastructure north, and the current Project Location moved the infrastructure back south to the previous, October 2010 Project Location).

A section of the access road and the 34.5 kV underground collection line between Turbines 25 and 26 was rerouted to the north.

Reduce predicted negative effects to a natural feature by moving the access road and cable and avoiding the northern edge of a woodlot.

A section of the 34.5 kV underground collection line transitioning to an overhead collection line south of Turbines 25 and 26 was rerouted to the north.

Reduce predicted negative effects to a natural feature by reducing the crossing length/number of crossings of a significant valleyland and a watercourse. Where the overhead cable coming from the east meets the edge of the valleyland, it will go under the valleyland via horizontal directional drilling, and then will continue as an underground cable to the north.

A section of the 34.5 kV overhead collection line east of Turbines 58 and 26 west of Regional Road 53 was moved underground.

Reduce predicted negative effects to a natural feature by changing an overhead water crossing to underground using horizontal directional drilling.

A section of the 34.5 kV overhead collection line between Turbines 10 and 11 was moved underground.


A section of the 34.5 kV overhead collection line north of Turbine 27 was moved underground.


A section of the access road and the 34.5 kV underground collection line north of Turbine 30 was rerouted.

Reduce predicted negative effects to a natural feature by avoiding woodland, and realigning the access road and collection line to follow lot boundaries.

A section of the 34.5 kV overhead collection line heading north from Turbines 48-51 along Fisherville Road was shifted to the east side of the road, and a portion of the shifted cable was moved underground.

Modify design to address space constraints and engineering limitations that may be associated with overhead cable. Reduce predicted negative effects associated with alternate design by moving


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cable underground beneath edge of woodland boundary using horizontal directional drilling.

A section of the 34.5 kV underground collection line to Turbine 51 was shifted to the other side of the access road.

Minimize negative effects to a non-significant natural feature by minimizing the length of a cultural thicket that is crossed by the cable and access.

A section of the 34.5 kV underground collection line along Concession Road 5 was moved underground.


Two sections of the 34.5 kV underground collection line south of Turbine 5 and along Concession Road 6 was moved underground.


Alteration of transmission line route and pole placement at crossing of Concession Road 4.

Adjust transmission line alignment to avoid vegetation removal within a wetland feature and reduce interference to agricultural practices by shifting alignment to west side of field.

Sections of the 34.5 kV overhead collection line along Concession Road 4 east of Turbine 16 was moved to the north side of the road.

Avoid natural features that were located on the south side of the road.

Sections of the 34.5 kV overhead collection line along Concession Road 4 east of Turbine 16 was moved underground.


A section of the 34.5 kV overhead collection line along Fisherville Road between Concession Road 3 and 4 was moved underground.


A section of the access road and the 34.5 kV underground collection line heading west of Turbine 55 connecting with Reicheld Road was rerouted such that it now extends north to Dover Dunnville Road.*

Landowner where the former road and cable west to Reicheld Road decided to no longer participate in the Project.

* Note that the access road and underground collection line through the following land parcel is currently being confirmed: PT W1/2 LT 16 CON 1 RAINHAM PT 1 18R3593; HALDIMAND COUNTY.


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3.0 REFERENCES Golder Associates Ltd. 2010a. Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment Report. Prepared for: Ministry of Tourism

and Culture and Ministry of the Environment.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2010c. Site Plan Report, Version 1. Prepared for: Ministry of the Environment. October

5, 2010.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2010d. Site Plan Report, Version 2. Prepared for: Ministry of the Environment.

December 17, 2010.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2011a. Construction Plan Report. Prepared for: Ministry of the Environment.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2011b. Design and Operations Report. Prepared for: Ministry of the Environment.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2011c. Decommissioning Plan Report. Prepared for: Ministry of the Environment.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2011d. Project Description Report. Prepared for: Ministry of the Environment.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2011e. Wind Turbine Specifications Report. Prepared for: Ministry of the Environment.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2011f. Natural Heritage Assessment Report. Prepared for: Ministry of Natural

Resources and Ministry of the Environment.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2011g. Noise Study Report. Prepared for: Ministry of the Environment.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2011h. Water Assessment Report. Prepared for: Ministry of the Environment.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2011i. Consultation Report, Version 2. Prepared for: Ministry of the Environment.

Golder Associates Ltd. 2011j. Heritage Assessment Report. Prepared for: Ministry of Tourism and Culture and

Ministry of the Environment.

Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure. 2010. Letter to Justin W. Rangooni, Ontario Policy Manager & Legal

Counsel, CanWEA. Exemption from having completed the Stage 2 Archaeology Assessment prior to

submission of the REA Application. June 14, 2010.

Ministry of the Environment (MOE). 2010. Technical Bulletin Two: Guidance for preparing the Design and

Operations Report. Queen’s Printer for Ontario. PIBS 7437e.


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