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SUMAC RIDGE WIND PROJECT CONSULTATION REPORT Appendix D1 – Draft REA Reports Distribution List

Draft REA Report Distribution List

Sent First Name

Last Name Title Organization Name

Address City Prov Postal Code

Courier Tues, Apr 17, 2012

Angela Gillies Band Administrator Alderville First Nation

Alderville Administration Office 11696 2nd Line Rd. PO Box 46

Alderville ON K0K 2X0


Janice Taylor Band Manager Chippewas of Georgina Island

55 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 907

Toronto ON M4T 1M2


Richard Holy Coordinator - Current Planning, Development Services - Planning Division

City of Kawartha Lakes

RR #2 Box N-13 Sutton West

ON L0E 1R0


Keith Knott Chief Curve Lake First Nation

180 Kent Street West Lindsay ON K9V 2Y6

Courier Tues, Apr 17, 2012 additional as per letter received from Curve Lake requesting that Karry gets copies

Karry Sandy-MacKenzie

Williams Treaties First Nations

8 Creswick Court Barrie ON L4M 2J7


Band Administrator Hiawatha First Nation - Mississaugas of Rice Lake

Omemee Service Centre 1King St. W. Box 1000

Omemee ON K0L2W0


Kris Nahrgang Chief Kawartha Nishnawbe First Nation

City of Kawartha Lakes, PO Box 9000, 26 Francis St.

Lindsay ON K9V 5R8

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SUMAC RIDGE WIND PROJECT CONSULTATION REPORT Appendix D1 – Draft REA Reports Distribution List

Sent First Name

Last Name Title Organization Name

Address City Prov Postal Code


Métis Nation of Ontario

Lindsay Municipal Service Center 180 Kent St. W. 2nd Flr.

Lindsay ON K9V 2Y6


Sophie Sliwa Mississaugas of Scugog First Nation

26 Francis Street, P.O. Box 9000

Lindsay ON K9V 5R8


Wayne Trudeau President Northumberland Métis Council

26 Francis Street, P.O. Box 9000

Lindsay ON K9V 5R8


City of Kawartha Lakes Library. Bethany Branch

Box 210, 147 4 Highway 7A, Bethany ON L0A 1A0

Behanny ON L0A 1A0


Judy Currins City Clerk City of Kawartha Lakes

123 Paudash St. Hiawatha ON

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April 17, 2012

City of Kawartha Lakes Library

Bethany Branch

1474 Highway 7A

Bethany, ON L0A 1A0

RE: Document for Public Review

Dear Ms. Wood,

Further to our phone conversation on April 17, 2012 I am enclosing 1 printed copy and 2 CD copies of

the Draft Renewable Energy Approval documents for the Sumac Ridge Wind Project. If you could please

make these items available to the public no sooner than Thursday April 19th

, 2012 at 8am we would be

very much appreciative. If you should have any questions regarding these documents please do not

hesitate to contact me at 905-822-4120 x.305 or at [email protected]

Thanks kindly,

Leah Deveaux

ORTECH Environmental

905-822-4120 x.305

[email protected]

-enclosures

mailto:[email protected]

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April 18, 2012

Judy Currins

City Clerk


PO Box 9000, 26 Francis St.

Lindsay, ON K9V 5R8

Ms. Currins,

Please find attached the Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting (Notice)

for the Sumac Ridge Wind Project. As described in the Notice, wpd Canada Corporation (wpd)

is planning to engage in a onshore wind power project, known as the Sumac Ridge Wind Project

(previous names included Ballyduff Wind Farm and Sedge Hill Wind Farm), with a maximum

contract nameplate capacity of 11.5MW. This project is located just east of Ballyduff in the City

of Kawartha Lakes, in the former Township of Manvers. This class 4 wind energy project is

subject to the issuance of a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) through the Ministry of the

Environment. Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting for this project will

be published in ‘Kawartha Lakes This Week’, on April 19, 2012 and ‘The Lindsay Post’ on April

17, 2012. wpd Canada has retained ORTECH Environmental (ORTECH) to assist them in the

REA process for this project.

The Notice also serves to notify the public of the second project meeting, which will take place

on Tuesday June 19, 2012 from 5:30 to 8pm at Rolling Hills Public School in Bethany.

As a component of this process wpd has prepared a Draft Renewable Energy Approval

submission. A written copy of this report is being made available for public inspection at the

following location:


Bethany Branch

1474 Highway 7A,

Bethany, ON

705-277-2321

Additionally this submission can be viewed on line at http://canada.wpd.de/ca/projects/in-

canada/sumacridge.html or by contacting ORTECH directly at the information provided in this

letter. Please find included in this package one (1) draft copy of the Renewable Energy Approval

Submission for the Project and one (1) CD copy. You will note some minor changes have

occurred to the reports you received in October of 2011. Also included is a copy of the Notice of

Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting.

Municipal Correspondence Item 020

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The distribution of a Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting and the

project itself are subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (ACT) Part V.0.1

and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). A notice must be distributed in accordance with

section 15 of the Regulation prior to an application being submitted and assessed for

completeness by the Ministry of the Environment.

Thanks kindly,

Leah Deveaux


905-822-4120 x.305

[email protected]

-enclosures

NOTICE OF A DRAFT SITE PLAN AND NOTICE OF FINAL PUBLIC MEETING

SUMAC RIDGE WIND PROJECT DRAFT REA SUBMISSION

c.c. Khlaire Parré, wpd Canada

c.c. Richard Holy, City of Kawartha Lakes


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April 18, 2012

Richard Holy

Coordinator-Current Planning Development Services – Planning Division


180 Kent St. West

Lindsay, ON K9V 2Y6

Mr. Holy,

Please find attached the Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting (Notice)

for the Sumac Ridge Wind Project. As described in the Notice, wpd Canada Corporation (wpd)

is planning to engage in a onshore wind power project, known as the Sumac Ridge Wind Project

(previous names included Ballyduff Wind Farm and Sedge Hill Wind Farm), with a maximum

contract nameplate capacity of 11.5MW. This project is located just east of Ballyduff in the City

of Kawartha Lakes, in the former Township of Manvers. This class 4 wind energy project is

subject to the issuance of a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) through the Ministry of the

Environment. Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting for this project will

be published in ‘Kawartha Lakes This Week’, on April 19, 2012 and ‘The Lindsay Post’ on April

17, 2012. wpd Canada has retained ORTECH Environmental (ORTECH) to assist them in the

REA process for this project.

The Notice also serves to notify the public of the second project meeting, which will take place

on Tuesday June 19, 2012 from 5:30 to 8pm at Rolling Hills Public School in Bethany.

As a component of this process wpd has prepared a Draft Renewable Energy Approval

submission. A written copy of this report is being made available for public inspection at the

following location:


Bethany Branch

1474 Highway 7A,

Bethany, ON

705-277-2321

Additionally this submission can be viewed on line at http://canada.wpd.de/ca/projects/in-

canada/sumacridge.html or by contacting ORTECH directly at the information provided in this

letter. Please find included in this package one (1) draft copy of the Renewable Energy Approval

Submission for the Project and one (1) CD copy. You will note some minor changes have

occurred to the reports you received in October of 2011. Also included is a copy of the Notice of

Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting.



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The distribution of a Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting and the

project itself are subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (ACT) Part V.0.1

and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). A notice must be distributed in accordance with

section 15 of the Regulation prior to an application being submitted and assessed for

completeness by the Ministry of the Environment.

Thanks kindly,

Leah Deveaux


905-822-4120 x.305

[email protected]

-enclosures

NOTICE OF A DRAFT SITE PLAN AND NOTICE OF FINAL PUBLIC MEETING

c.c. Khlaire Parré, wpd Canada

c.c. Judy Currins, City of Kawartha Lakes


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April 17, 2012 <Aboriginal Group> <Address> RE: Sumac Ridge Wind Project Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting Dear <Contact>, Please find attached the Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting (Notice) for the Sumac Ridge Wind Project (previous names included Ballyduff Wind Farm and Sedge Hill Wind Farm). As described in the Notice, wpd Canada Corporation (wpd) is planning to engage in an onshore wind power project, known as the Sumac Ridge Wind Farm, with a maximum contract nameplate capacity of 11.5MW. This project is located just east of Ballyduff in the City of Kawartha Lakes, in the former Township of Manvers. This Class 4 wind energy project is subject to the issuance of a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) through the Ministry of the Environment (MOE). wpd Canada has retained ORTECH Environmental (ORTECH) to assist them in the REA process for this project. Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting (The Notice) for this project will be published in two local papers, ‘Kawartha Lakes This Week,’ and ‘The Lindsay Post’, on April 19, 2012 and April 17, 2012 respectively. Please let us know if you would also like a copy of the Notice to be published in a newspaper within your community. The attached Notice serves to notify the public of the second project meeting, which will take place on Tuesday June 19 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm at Rolling Hills Public School in Bethany. It also serves to notify the public that the draft project report documents are available for public review. The distribution of a Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting, and the project itself are subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (ACT) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). A Notice must be distributed in accordance with section 16 of the Regulation prior to an application being submitted and assessed for completeness by the MOE. This project is being proposed in accordance with the requirements of the Act and Regulation. A Draft Project Description report titled Draft Project Description Report for the Sumac Ridge Wind Farm describes the facility as a Class 4 wind facility, consisting of five turbines, with a maximum contract nameplate capacity of 11.5MW. The project also includes an electrical distribution line, interconnection line, and ancillary facilities such as access roads. All project related materials can be viewed online at http://canada.wpd.de/ca/projects/in-canada/sumacridge.html or by contacting ORTECH directly. For your convenience we have included in this package one hardcopy and one electronic copy of the Draft REA Submission.

http://canada.wpd.de/ca/projects/in-canada/sumacridge.html�

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In accordance with Regulation, we respectfully request that your community provide in writing, any information that should be considered in preparing related project documents. In particular, please provide us with any information your community may have about any adverse impacts that the project may have on any constitutionally protected aboriginal or treaty rights, and any measures for mitigating those adverse impacts. wpd is committed to open and ongoing stakeholder consultations with First Nations and Métis communities. We hope that you can attend the Public Meeting on June 19, 2012.We are also open to meeting with you personally at any time in the near future. Alternatively, to provide the project team with your written comments or for further information about the project, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.

Thanks kindly, Leah Deveaux ORTECH Environmental 905-822-4120 x.305 [email protected] -enclosures

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING

DRAFT RENEWABLE ENERGY APPROVAL APPLICATION c.c. Khlaire Parré, wpd Canada Corp.

mailto:[email protected]�

NOTICE OF DRAFT SITE PLAN AND NOTICE OF FINAL PUBLIC MEETING S. 15(1)(b) and S. 54(1) ONTARIO REGULATION 359/09

To be held By wpd Canada Corp. regarding a Proposal to Engage in a Renewable Energy Project Project Name: Sumac Ridge Wind Project (Project) (previously named Ballyduff Wind Farm and Sedge Hill Wind Farm) Project Location: City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario Dated at: The City of Kawartha Lakes, this the 19th of April, 2012 wpd Canada (wpd) is planning to engage in a renewable energy project in respect of which the issuance of a renewable energy approval is required. The distribution of this Notice of Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting (Notice) and the Project itself are subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (ACT) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). This Notice must be distributed in accordance with section 15 of the Regulation prior to an application being submitted and assessed for completeness by the Ministry of the Environment. The legal effect of the publishing of this Notice is such that pursuant to Section 54(1.2) of the Regulation, wpd does not have to take into account a noise receptor as defined by the Act that did not exist as of the day before wpd published the Turbine location.

Meeting Location: Date: Tuesday June 19, 2012

Time: 5:30pm to 8:00pm Place: Rolling Hills Public School

694 Highway 7A & Highway 35 RR #1Bethany, ON L0A 1A0

There will be no set time for any formal presentation. Members of the community are welcome to drop-in from 5:30-8:00 pm. Project Description: The Project is being proposed in accordance with the requirements of the Act and Regulation. The Project is a Class 4 wind facility, consisting of five turbines, with a maximum contract name plate capacity of 11.5MW. The Project would also include an interconnection line, a switching station, d a t a c o m m u n i c a t i o n l i n e s and ancillary facilities such as access roads. ORTECH Environmental has been retained to assist in the Renewable Energy Approvals process. The Project location is described in the map adjacent. Documents for Public Inspection: A written copy of the updated Draft Project Description Report, Titled Project Description Report Sumac Ridge Wind Project, which describes the facility and draft supporting documents, required to comply with the requirements of the Act and Regulation, will be made available for public inspection at City of Kawartha Lakes Library, Bethany Branch, and online at http://canada.wpd.de/ca/projects/in-canada /sumacridge.html as of April 19, 2012.

For further information on this Project, public consultation or to communicate concerns, please contact: Website: http://canada.wpd.de/ca/projects/in-canada/sumacridge.html Project Email: [email protected] Phone: 1-888-712-2401 x118 Mail: Leah Deveaux Khlaire Parré

ORTECH Environmental wpd Canada Corporation 804 Southdown Road 2233 Argentia Road Mississauga, ON L5J 2Y4 Mississauga, ON L5N 2X7 Phone: 1-877-774-6560 x 305 www.ortech.ca Phone: 1-888-712-2401 x112

Information will be collected and used in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and solely for the purpose of assisting wpd Canada Corp. in meeting Renewable Energy Approvals requirements. This material will be maintained on file for use during the study and may be included in Project documentation. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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April 17, 2012

<Address>

RE: Sumac Ridge Wind Project

Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting

Dear <Contact>,

Please find attached the Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting (Notice) for the

Sumac Ridge Wind Project (previous names included Ballyduff Wind Farm and Sedge Hill Wind Farm).

As described in the Notice, wpd Canada Corporation (wpd) is planning to engage in an onshore wind

power project, known as the Sumac Ridge Wind Farm, with a maximum contract nameplate capacity of

11.5MW.

This project is located just east of Ballyduff in the City of Kawartha Lakes, in the former Township of

Manvers. This Class 4 wind energy project is subject to the issuance of a Renewable Energy Approval

(REA) through the Ministry of the Environment (MOE). wpd Canada has retained ORTECH

Environmental (ORTECH) to assist them in the REA process for this project.

Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting (The Notice) for this project will be

published in two local papers, ‘Kawartha Lakes This Week,’ and ‘The Lindsay Post’, on April 19, 2012

and April 17, 2012 respectively. Please let us know if you would also like a copy of the Notice to be

published in a newspaper within your community.

The attached Notice serves to notify the public of the second project meeting, which will take place on

Tuesday June 19 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm at Rolling Hills Public School in Bethany. It also serves to

notify the public that the draft project report documents are available for public review.

The distribution of a Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting, and the project itself

are subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (ACT) Part V.0.1 and Ontario

Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). A Notice must be distributed in accordance with section 16 of the

Regulation prior to an application being submitted and assessed for completeness by the MOE.

This project is being proposed in accordance with the requirements of the Act and Regulation. A Draft

Project Description report titled Draft Project Description Report for the Sumac Ridge Wind Farm

describes the facility as a Class 4 wind facility, consisting of five turbines, with a maximum contract

nameplate capacity of 11.5MW. The project also includes an electrical distribution line, interconnection

line, and ancillary facilities such as access roads. All project related materials can be viewed online at

http://canada.wpd.de/ca/projects/in-canada/sumacridge.html or by contacting ORTECH directly. For your


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convenience we have included in this package one hardcopy and one electronic copy of the Draft REA

Submission.

In accordance with Regulation, we respectfully request that your community provide in writing, any

information that should be considered in preparing related project documents. In particular, please

provide us with any information your community may have about any adverse impacts that the project

may have on any constitutionally protected aboriginal or treaty rights, and any measures for mitigating

those adverse impacts.

wpd is committed to open and ongoing stakeholder consultations with First Nations and Métis

communities. We hope that you can attend the Public Meeting on June 19, 2012.We are also open to

meeting with you personally at any time in the near future. Alternatively, to provide the project team with

your written comments or for further information about the project, please do not hesitate to contact me

directly.

Thanks kindly,

Leah Deveaux


905-822-4120 x.305

[email protected]

-enclosures


DRAFT RENEWABLE ENERGY APPROVAL APPLICATION

c.c. Khlaire Parré, wpd Canada Corp.


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April 17, 2012 Contact Address RE: Sumac Ridge Wind Project Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting Dear ________ , Please find attached the Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting (Notice) for the Sumac Ridge Wind Project (previous names included Ballyduff Wind Farm and Sedge Hill Wind Farm). As described in the Notice, wpd Canada Corporation (wpd) is planning to engage in an onshore wind power project, known as the Sumac Ridge Wind Farm, with a maximum contract nameplate capacity of 11.5MW. This project is located just east of Ballyduff in the City of Kawartha Lakes, in the former Township of Manvers. This Class 4 wind energy project is subject to the issuance of a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) through the Ministry of the Environment (MOE). wpd Canada has retained ORTECH Environmental (ORTECH) to assist them in the REA process for this project. Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting (The Notice) for this project will be published in two local papers, ‘Kawartha Lakes This Week,’ and ‘The Lindsay Post’, on April 19, 2012 and April 17, 2012 respectively. Please let us know if you would also like a copy of the Notice to be published in a newspaper within your community. The attached Notice serves to notify the public of the second project meeting, which will take place on Tuesday June 19 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm at Rolling Hills Public School in Bethany. It also serves to notify the public that the draft project report documents are available for public review. The distribution of a Notice of a Draft Site Plan and Notice of Final Public Meeting, and the project itself are subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (ACT) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). A Notice must be distributed in accordance with section 16 of the Regulation prior to an application being submitted and assessed for completeness by the MOE. This project is being proposed in accordance with the requirements of the Act and Regulation. A Draft Project Description report titled Draft Project Description Report for the Sumac Ridge Wind Farm describes the facility as a Class 4 wind facility, consisting of five turbines, with a maximum contract nameplate capacity of 11.5MW. The project also includes an electrical distribution line, interconnection line, and ancillary facilities such as access roads. All project related materials can be viewed online at http://canada.wpd.de/ca/projects/in-canada/sumacridge.html or by contacting ORTECH directly. For your


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convenience we have included in this package one hardcopy and one electronic copy of the Draft REA Submission. In accordance with Regulation, we respectfully request that your community provide in writing, any information that should be considered in preparing related project documents. In particular, please provide us with any information your community may have about any adverse impacts that the project may have on any constitutionally protected aboriginal or treaty rights, and any measures for mitigating those adverse impacts. wpd is committed to open and ongoing stakeholder consultations with First Nations and Métis communities. We hope that you can attend the Public Meeting on June 19, 2012.We are also open to meeting with you personally at any time in the near future. Alternatively, to provide the project team with your written comments or for further information about the project, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.





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