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NOTICE OF SUBMISSION OF TERMS OF REFERENCE

New Transmission Line to Pickle Lake Environmental Assessment Wataynikaneyap Power

As part of the planning process for the New Transmission Line to Pickle Lake Project (the Project), a Terms of Reference has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment for review, as required under the Environmental Assessment Act. If approved, the Terms of Reference will serve as a framework for the environmental assessment (EA) of the Project. This Notice is to inform of the submission of the Terms of Reference and the start of a 30-day public comment period on the Terms of Reference. Wataynikaneyap Power has completed an engagement program on the Draft Terms of Reference, including collecting feedback on corridor options. Feedback from this engagement program was incorporated into the Terms of Reference that has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment. The New Transmission Line to Pickle Lake Project Wataynikaneyap Power is proposing the Project, which consists of a 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line in , in support of Ontario’s Long Term Energy Plan. The Project will improve existing power supply in the Pickle Lake region and potentially enable the connection of remote First Nation communities currently serviced by diesel generation. Wataynikaneyap Power is a new transmission company that has been formed between the Central Corridor Energy Group (CCEG), representing 13 , and Goldcorp Canada Ltd. The main Project components include a 2-km-wide transmission corridor, 230 kV transmission line to be located within the corridor, a transformer station at Pickle Lake and a connection facility at Dinorwic. The transmission line will extend approximately 300 kilometres from Dinorwic, near Dryden, to Pickle Lake. The figure below shows the preferred corridor within which the 230 kV transmission line will be located. Beginning May 13, 2013, you will be able to review the proposed Terms of Reference on the Wataynikaneyap Power website at www.wataypower.ca and during normal business hours at these locations: Ministry of the Environment Mishkeegogamang Band Wabigoon Band Office Library 2 St Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A Office Site 115, R.R. #1 21 5th Avenue , Ontario 1 First Nation Street Dryden, Ontario Sioux Lookout, Ontario Tel: 416-314-8001/1-800-461-6290 Mishkeegogamang, Ontario Tel: 807-938-6684 Tel: 807-737-3660 Monday to Friday 8:30 am – 5 pm Tel: 807-928-2414 Eagle Lake Band Office Pickle Lake Municipal Office Ministry of the Environment Saugeen Band Office Migisi Sahgaigan, Ontario 2 Anne Street Regional Office , Ontario Tel: 807-755-5526 Pickle Lake, Ontario Suite 331B, 435 James Street South Tel: 807-928-2824 Tel: 807-928-2034 MNO Northwest Métis Council Thunder Bay, Ontario Lac Seul Band Office - 34A King Street, Dryden, ON Pickle Lake Library Tel: 807-475-1205/1-888-875-7722 Frenchman’s Head Tel: 807-223-8082 14 Koval Street Monday to Friday 8:30 am – 5 pm Hudson, Ontario Pickle Lake, Ontario Township of Municipal Tel: 807-582-3503 Tel: 807-928-2371 Ministry of Environment Office Area Office Slate Falls Band Office 34 Highway 17 West Dryden Municipal Office 808 Robertson Street, PO Box 5150 48 Lakeview Drive Ignace, Ontario 30 Van Horne Avenue Kenora, Ontario P9N 1X9 Slate Falls, Ontario Tel: 807-934-2202 Dryden, Ontario Tel: 807-468-2718/1-888-367-7622 Tel: 807-737-5700 Tel: 807-223-1147 Monday to Friday 8:30 am – 5 pm Ignace Public Library Cat Lake Band Office 36 Main Street Dryden Public Library Windigo First Nations Council Cat Lake, Ontario Ignace, Ontario 36 Van Horne Avenue 160 Alcona Drive Tel: 807 347-2100 Tel: 807-934-2280 Dryden, Ontario Sioux Lookout, Ontario Tel: 807-223-1475 Tel: 807-737-1585 Eabametoong Band Office Sioux Lookout Municipal Office Eabamet Lake, Ontario 25 5th Avenue Tel: 807-242-7221 Sioux Lookout, Ontario Tel: 807-737-2700 Your written comments about the Terms of Reference must be received by June 11, 2013. All comments should be submitted to: Lorna Zappone, Special Project Officer Ministry of the Environment Environmental Approvals Branch 2 St Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A Toronto, Ontario, M4V 1L5 Tel: 416-314-7106/1-800-461-6290 Fax: 416-314-8452 Email: [email protected] Copies of all comments will be forwarded to Wataynikaneyap Power for consideration. For more information about the Project or the EA please contact: Brian McLeod, Project Management Office Central Corridor Energy Group 366 Kingston Crescent, , MB R2M 0T8 Tel: (204) 415-5973, Email: [email protected]

Adele Faubert, Manager of Aboriginal Affairs Goldcorp P.O. Box 7500 STN P, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6S8 Tel: (807) 928-3017, Email: [email protected]

Allen Eade, Project Manager for EA, Golder Associates Ltd. 6925 Century Avenue, Suite 100, Mississauga, ON L5N 7K2 Tel: (905) 567-4444, Email: [email protected]

Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Environmental Assessment Act, unless otherwise stated in the submission, any personal information such as name, address, telephone number and property location included in a submission will become part of the public record files for this matter and will be released, if requested, to any person.