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Draft Water Assessment and Water Body Report Barlow Solar Energy Centre Water Assessment and Water Body Report FINAL DRAFT REPORT Prepared for: Barlow Energy Centre Limited Partnership 53 Jarvis Street, Suite 300 Toronto, Ontario M5C 2H2 Prepared by: Stantec Consulting Ltd 70 Southgate Drive, Unit 1 Guelph ON N1G 4P5 File No. 160950879 January 17, 2017 Sign-off Sheet This document entitled Barlow Solar Energy Centre Water Assessment and Water Body Report was prepared by Stantec Consulting Ltd. (“Stantec”) for the account of Barlow Energy Centre Limited Partnership (the “Client”). In connection with the Client’s application for a Renewable Energy Approval, this document may be reviewed and used by the following entities in the normal course of their review and approval process: (a) the MOECC; (b) the MNRF; (c) the MTCS; and (d) the Environmental Review Tribunal. Except as set forth in (a) through (d) above, any reliance on this document by any third party is strictly prohibited. The material in it reflects Stantec’s professional judgment in light of the scope, schedule and other limitations stated in the document and in the contract between Stantec and the Client. The opinions in the document are based on conditions and information existing at the time the document was published and do not take into account any subsequent changes. In preparing the document, Stantec did not verify information supplied to it by others, unless otherwise stated therein. Any use which a third party makes of this document is the responsibility of such third party. Such third party agrees that Stantec shall not be responsible for costs or damages of any kind, if any, suffered by it or any other third party as a result of decisions made or actions taken based on this document. Prepared by (signature) Mark Pomeroy, B.Sc. Fisheries Biologist Prepared by (signature) Nancy Harttrup, B.Sc. Senior Fisheries Biologist Reviewed by (signature) Kathleen Todd, M.Sc. Senior Aquatic Ecologist BARLOW SOLAR ENERGY CENTRE WATER ASSESSMENT AND WATER BODY REPORT Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................................................... I 1.0 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................1.1 1.1 STUDY AREA AND PROJECT LOCATION ...................................................................... 1.1 1.2 REPORT REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................. 1.2 2.0 WATER ASSESSMENT ....................................................................................................2.1 2.1 DEFINITION OF A WATER BODY .................................................................................... 2.1 2.2 METHODS ........................................................................................................................ 2.1 2.2.1 Records Review ........................................................................................... 2.1 2.2.2 Site Investigations ........................................................................................ 2.2 2.2.3 Qualifications ............................................................................................... 2.2 2.3 RESULTS ............................................................................................................................ 2.3 2.3.1 Mapped Features ........................................................................................ 2.3 2.3.2 Additional Water Bodies ............................................................................. 2.4 2.3.3 Summary ....................................................................................................... 2.4 3.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS AND PREDICTED IMPACTS ....................................................3.1 3.1 EXISTING CONDITIONS ................................................................................................... 3.1 3.2 PREDICTED IMPACTS ...................................................................................................... 3.2 3.3 ADDITIONAL APPROVALS.............................................................................................. 3.9 4.0 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ....................................................................................................4.1 4.1 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION-RELATED IMPACTS ........................................................... 4.1 4.2 CULVERTS AND ACCESS ROADS .................................................................................. 4.1 4.3 ELECTRICAL LINES ........................................................................................................... 4.1 4.3.1 Overhead ..................................................................................................... 4.1 4.3.2 Underground ................................................................................................ 4.2 5.0 STANDARD MITIGATION MEASURES FOR WORKING NEAR WATER ...........................5.1 5.1 GENERAL MITIGATION MEASURES ................................................................................ 5.1 5.2 NEW CULVERT CROSSINGS ........................................................................................... 5.2 5.2.1 Design ............................................................................................................ 5.2 5.2.2 Construction ................................................................................................. 5.2 5.3 ELECTRICAL LINES ........................................................................................................... 5.3 5.3.1 Overhead ..................................................................................................... 5.3 5.3.2 Underground ................................................................................................ 5.4 6.0 CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................6.1 7.0 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................7.1 BARLOW SOLAR ENERGY CENTRE WATER ASSESSMENT AND WATER BODY REPORT LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1: Water Assessment Report and Water Body Report Requirements for O. Reg. 359/09 ................................................................................................... 1.3 Table 2.1: Water Body Assessment Summary; Barlow Solar Energy Centre ................ 2.7 Table 2.2: Summary of Water Bodies and Project Components; Barlow Solar Energy Centre .................................................................................................... 2.7 Table 3.1: Summary of Water Body Characteristics within the 120 m Zone of Investigation for the Barlow Solar Energy Centre.......................................... 3.3 LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX A: FIGURES Figure 1: Site Location Figure 2: Background Information Figure 3: Site Investigation Stations and Results APPENDIX B: PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD APPENDIX C: FIELD NOTES APPENDIX D: CURRICULA VITAE BARLOW SOLAR ENERGY CENTRE WATER ASSESSMENT AND WATER BODY REPORT Abbreviations APRD Approval and Permitting Requirements Document CRA Commercial, Recreational or Aboriginal DFO Fisheries and Oceans Canada ECCC Environment and Climate Change Canada ha hectare(s) HWM High Water Mark Hydro One Hydro One Networks Inc. km kilometre kV kilovolt LIO Land Information Ontario MW megawatt MOECC Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change MNRF Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry NHA Natural Heritage Assessment O. Reg. Ontario Regulation REA Renewable Energy Approval RRCA Raisin Region Conservation Authority Stantec Stantec Consulting Ltd. ZOI Zone of Investigation i BARLOW SOLAR ENERGY CENTRE WATER ASSESSMENT AND WATER BODY REPORT Introduction January 17, 2017 1.0 INTRODUCTION Barlow Energy Centre Limited Partnership (the Proponent), is proposing the development of a 10 megawatt alternating current (MWac) solar energy generating facility, known as the Barlow Solar Energy Centre (the Project) approximately 10 kilometres (km) west of the city of Cornwall in the Township of South Stormont, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario. The Point of Common Coupling will be located adjacent to the Project Location, in the City of Cornwall, Ontario. A map showing the location of the Project is provided in Figure 1, Appendix A. The Project will require a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) as per Ontario Regulation (O. Reg.) 359/09, under Part V.0.1 of the Environmental Protection Act (MOECC 2009, amended 2016). The Proponent is proposing to develop, construct and operate the Project on 38 hectares (ha; 94 acres) of land in response to the Government of Ontario’s Large Renewable Procurement (LRP) initiative to promote the development of renewable electricity in the province. The Proponent has retained Stantec to prepare a REA application, as required under O. Reg. 359/09. The proposed solar PV distribution grid connected system would be considered a Class 3 Solar Facility under O. Reg. 359/09, s. 4. 1.1 STUDY AREA AND PROJECT LOCATION The Project is located in the Township of South Stormont within the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. The Point of Common Coupling is located on the boundary of the City of Cornwall and Township of South Stormont. The Project is being proposed on up to two parcels of privately-owned land, totaling approximately 38 ha on the north side of Cornwall Centre Road, west of Power Dam Drive.
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