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MUNICIPAL WATER PROJECTS AND CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS IN ONTARIO: A Case Study of the Mannheim Artificial Recharge System
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机译：MUNICIPAL WATER PROJECTS AND CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS IN ONTARIO: A Case Study of the Mannheim Artificial Recharge System
In 1987 the Regional Municipality of Waterloo completed a Master Water Supply Study, the primary recommendation of which was to develop an artificial aquifer recharge system using water withdrawn from the Grand River. The Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) process used to plan the project is evaluated. Class EAs were developed to achieve a reasonable application of the Environmental Assessment Act of Ontario to provincial and municipal projects which occur frequently and have a predictable range of relatively minor effects on the environment (MOE, 1988a). Projects of a more serious nature are dealt with as Individual Environmental Assessments, a process that is generally more comprehensive and rigorous. It is argued that the Master Water Supply Study should not have been developed as a Class EA because it incorporates relatively unknown technology, is not a "minor" undertaking, and has some potentially serious environmental considerations. As a result of not submitting the project to the full, Individual EA process, problems of inadequate public participation, inadequate alternative evaluation, and inadequate formal review have arisen. It is proposed that the Ontario Ministry of Environment develop a pre-submission phase similar to that already existing in the Individual EA process. The purpose would be to determine which municipal projects can be developed as Class EAs, and which require a full Individual EA.
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