Brookfield Renewable Power and Stantec are working with federal authorities to determine any requirements for federal permits or approvals under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA).
- CEAA is a federal environmental process overseen by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.
- CEAA applies to projects where the federal government has decision making authority such as issuing a permit or approval, providing funding, or allocating land.
- Planning for the Gosfield-Comber Wind Energy Projects addresses CEAA's guiding principles:
o Achieving sustainable development through high quality environmental assessment
o Integrating environmental factors into planning and decision-making processes
o Anticipating and preventing degradation of environmental quality
o Undertaking stakeholder participation.
- Brookfield Renewable Power is fulfilling the requirements of CEAA concurrently with the provincial Environmental Screening Process.
The Environmental Screening Process, or ESP, is a process established by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for electricity projects under Ontario Regulation 116/01 of the Environmental Assessment Act.
- The ESP ensures that Brookfield Renewable Power is designing a project that provides for the protection, conservation, and wise management of the environment.
- The ESP requires studies of:
o natural environment (such as wildlife, vegetation and fish habitat)
o socio-economic environment (such as recreation, employment and land use)
o physical environment (such as soils, climate and water quality)
We encourage you to get involved, provide us with any questions or comments you might have by using the Contact Us section of the website.