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Attachment Eastern Power Inc Proposed Gas-Powered Electricity Plant (IAA Ref # 83696) Impact Assessment Planning Phase

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Ecojustice
  • Reference number: 47
  • Submitted: 2022-11-10 - 2:30 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Please see the attached submission
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  • 1 Reid Gomme Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Ottawa 216-1 Stewart Street Ottawa ON K1N 6N5 T: 613 562 5800 ext. 708 F: 613 562 5319 rgomme@ecojustice.ca November 10, 2022 Delivered via E-mail: hydrogen-hydrogene@iaac-aeic.gc.ca; ministre-minister@ec.gc.ca bholbein@easternpower.on.ca Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 600-55 York Street Toronto, ON M5J 1R7 The Honourable Steven Guilbeault MP Fontaine Building 12th Floor 200 Sacre-Coeur Blvd Gatineau, QC K1A 0H3 Eastern Power Inc. 2275 Lake Shore Blvd. W. Suite 401 Toronto, ON M8V 3Y3 Dear Agency, Minister and Eastern Power Inc: Re: Eastern Power Inc Proposed Gas-Powered Electricity Plant (IAA Ref # 83696) Impact Assessment Planning Phase We are legal counsel to the Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development (“Pembina”) and write to highlight the need for an impact assessment of Eastern Power Inc.’s proposed Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project (the “Project”). The Project is a large fossil fuel electricity generating station being proposed in a region of Canada that has been burdened by large amounts of environmental pollutants. At 614 MW of generating capacity, it is over three times higher than the 200 MW threshold level in the Physical Activities Regulations for projects that are presumptively subject to an impact mailto:hydrogen-hydrogene@iaac-aeic.gc.ca mailto:ministre-minister@ec.gc.ca mailto:bholbein@easternpower.on.ca 2 assessment.1 While sold as a “hydrogen-ready” facility, Eastern Power Inc. (the “Proponent”) plans to burn a significant amount of natural gas well past Canada’s 2035 proposed timeline for a net zero electricity grid, ...
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Attachment Hydrogen ready power plant will likely increase emissions

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Seniors for Climate Action Now!
  • Reference number: 46
  • Submitted: 2022-08-21 - 10:37 AM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • The St Clair power plant will burn hydrogen made by Steam Methane Reforming using natural gas. This produces so-called 'blue hydrogen' and the process to make the hydrogen always produces greenhouse gases. Always. The carbon capture and storage process being developed has never fully eliminated these emissions and is not expected to do so despite the industry's fervent claims of success.  Please contact me for the links to the peer reviewed papers on this subject. So, the hydrogen substituting for natural gas at this power plant will NOT reduce emissions. Moreover, combusting hydrogen can produce emissions of N2O which is also a greenhouse gas even though it does not contain carbon. Only green electrolytic hydrogen will reduce emissions from a natural gas power plant and this is not the hydrogen being produced for this plant. Furthermore, there is no  justification for a new fossil fuel power plant in Ontario. The IESO should consider transmission links with Quebec's hydropower reources, the installation of more wind power in the province, and ways to flattern peak demand by storage behind the meter and vehicle to grid connections. For the EIA, this is essential to expose the fact that the company is trading on the public's perception that all hydrogen is clean and emission free.  It's not. Only green hydrogen made by the electrolysis of water using renewable energy is emssion-free in its manufacture; but not completely when it is burned as a fuel.  
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  • Blue hydrogen is far from clean 02/03/2022 Martin Bush 1 Comment Canada, Energy policy, hydrogenEdit Canada doesn’t need a hydrogen policy crafted by the oil and gas industry in Alberta. Eastern Canada has the potential to be a global player in the production of green hydrogen. In many respects, hydrogen is the perfect fuel: it burns with absolutely no emissions of carbon—producing only water. The gas has been used as a feedstock in the petrochemical industries for decades, but as energy-intensive industries move towards decarbonization, it is now being touted as the fuel of the future: an essential element of the roadmap that brings the world to net zero emissions by 2050. The International Energy Agency foresees the demand for hydrogen growing sixfold from today’s level of about 90 million tonnes (Mt) a year, rising to 10% of total final energy consumption by 2050. Bloomberg is even more enthusiastic: estimating that hydrogen could provide almost a quarter of global energy demand by 2050, with production rising to 700 Mt a year. Canada is well placed to be in the vanguard of countries that will produce a large part of the future global supply of hydrogen. Alberta is lobbying hard for the federal government to support the province’s Action Plan for the production of what it calls ‘clean hydrogen’. The province has drafted a Hydrogen Roadmap that ‘integrates hydrogen with the province’s existing energy system and propels Alberta into the global hydrogen economy.” For the oil companies operating in Alberta, the production of hydrogen from natural gas is seen as a game changer. “If we turn our natural gas into hydrogen, then it is now part of the long- term future for ...
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Attachment Various Individuals to IAAC - Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project - New polluting gas plant requires a FULL assessment - Compilation

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Various Individuals
  • Reference number: 43
  • Submitted: 2022-07-27 - 10:04 AM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • [Note: The following text was submitted by 2,611 individuals (identified in the tables on pages 2 and 18) to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada] Subject: New polluting gas plant requires a FULL assessment Dear Impact Assessment Agency, I’m writing to communicate my concerns regarding the proposed new gas plant in Ontario, the so-called “Hydrogen Ready Power Plant” south of Sarnia, and ask you to conduct a full assessment (with a Review Panel) on the project. This is necessary because: 1. Ontario is not on track to meet its own weak greenhouse gas emissions targets. Adding gas plants to the electricity grid will make it even more difficult for Ontario to do its fair share to bring down Canada’s emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. 2. Burning fossil gas accounts for one-third of all carbon emissions in Ontario and gas plant pollution is rapidly increasing. With Ontario’s plan to continue to increase the use of gas-powered electricity, greenhouse gas emissions from Ontario’s gas plants are set to skyrocket by almost 400 per cent by 2030 and by more than 600 per cent by 2040 (compared to the 2017 level). 3. Ontario and Canada can and must transition to renewable electricity grids. Ontario’s phase-out of coal plants led to declining emissions between 2005 and 2017. After achieving such a success and with so many renewable energy and storage options available, it is unthinkable for Ontario and Canada to be investing in dirty gas plants. 4. The gas plant would undermine a clean electricity standard (CES). The federal government has committed to a net-zero electricity supply by 2035 through its clean electricity standard. The federal government must start acting now to ensure ...
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Attachment Re: Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project - Update on Next Steps in Planning Phase

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Lyn Folkes
  • Reference number: 41
  • Submitted: 2022-07-26 - 12:16 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project,    Thank you for this update. I'm excited to see planning progressing for a major project that addresses the climate emergency, if that is indeed what this does.   The timeline for worsening climate impacts is moving much faster than any scientist has predicted - hence the thousands of heat-related deaths around the world recently, including hundreds in Canada. When the Federal government isn't demanding an EIS for the Bradford/Hwy 413 highways in Ontario which will only serve to accelerate the climate emergency, don't you see how hypocritical it would be to demand a full EIS for a project which is designed to save our society and is decades overdue?   Please do a FULL EIS for any major roadway or new fossil fuel-related infrastructure, and reasonably and safely, speed up the process for any projects that will definitely address the negative impacts of climate changes on Canadians, and the world's population in turn.   We need to regain common sense in our leadership today - not in the PC Party slogan sense - but in the real sense of urgency that the climate emergency demands! We're already late enough to be mitigating the worst climate changes that will befall us.    As I learned at the University of Waterloo in my graduate program in the 1990's, the climate crisis is real and it will kill most if not all of us if we don't act quickly. Well, now we're dying and still moving too slowly. We need a Federal leader that will form a program for all provinces and territories to cooperate -- and it must be mandatory and enforced by ...

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Attachment MNO Letter - Comments on Hydrogen Ready Power Plant

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Métis Nation of Ontario
  • Reference number: 39
  • Submitted: 2022-07-18 - 4:24 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please see the attached submission.
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  • Métis Nation of Ontario Lands, Resources and Consultations 311 – 75 Sherbourne Street, Toronto ON M5A 2P9 | Tel: 416-977-9881 | metisnation.org 18 July 2022 Ian Lindsay Project Analyst Ontario Regional Office Impact Assessment Agency of Canada ian.lindsay@iaac-aeic.gc.ca VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL RE: MNO Comments Submission on Initial Project Description of Eastern Power’s Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project (CIAR No. 83696) Dear Ian Lindsay, On behalf of the Métis Nation of Ontario’s (MNO) Clear Waters Métis Council, Thames Bluewater Métis Council, Grand River Métis Council and the Niagara Region Métis Council (the “Councils”) and pursuant to the authorities in the MNO Region 9 Consultation Protocol, I am writing in response to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada’s (IAAC) notification to the MNO, dated 13 June 2022, indicating that the Initial Project Description for the Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project (“the Project”) is available for review and comment. Thank you for the initial meeting with the MNO Region 9 Consultation Committee (R9CC) on 29 June 2022 and for your participation at a Region 9 community meeting on 12 July 2022. We also appreciate the funding provided to engage on the Project at this stage and for the extension on the deadline to submit comments (to 18 July 2022). Please accept this letter as our formal submission of comments on the Project at this stage:  The MNO is concerned about greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the project construction as climate change is expected to disproportionately affect Métis peoples. As such the MNO would like GHG offsets to be purchased to offset ...

Attachment MECP re HRPP - Enclosure 1 - Provincial Advice Record - Summary of Issues and Potential Cooperation Plan

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks submitted by Mark Badali
  • Reference number: 32
  • Submitted: 2022-07-18 - 3:02 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Please find the attached comments provided on the "Enclosure: Provincial Advice Record: Summary of Issues and Potential Cooperation Plan" template. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this stage of the federal impact assessment process.
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  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Page 1 of 8 CIAR reference number: 83696 Enclosure: Provincial Advice Record: Summary of Issues and Potential Cooperation Plan Project: Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Proponent: Eastern Power Inc. CIAR No.: 83696 Response invited by: July 18, 2022 All comments should be submitted via the Submit a Comment feature available on the Project’s Canadian Impact Assessment Registry page (reference 83696)1. Letters and forms can be uploaded using this feature. If you have any difficulties submitting this way, please contact the Agency at Hydrogen-Hydrogene@iaac-aeic.gc.ca. 1. Confirm whether your ministry would participate in the federal impact assessment process for this Project. Yes No If yes, please provide contact details for the person(s) who will be working with the Agency. Department/Agency: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Date of Advice: July 18, 2022 Primary Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Mark Badali, Regional Environmental Planner, Project Review Unit Email: Mark.Badali1@ontario.ca Phone: 416-457-2155 Alternate Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Andrew Evers, Manager, Environmental Assessment Services Email: Andrew.Evers@ontario.ca Phone: 647-961-4850 Alternate Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Katy Potter, Supervisor, Project Review Unit Email: Katy.Potter@ontario.ca Phone: 416-804-2793 Alternate Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Erin White, Senior Environmental Officer, Sarnia District Office Email: Erin.E.White@Ontario.ca Phone: 226-932-2547 Generic Email (for public): N/A 2. Expertise Please identify and describe the area of expertise within your ministry that is relevant to an assessment ...
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Attachment Enclosure 2 - Federal Authority Advice Record

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Women and Gender Equality Canada submitted by Joeveen Dhari
  • Reference number: 31
  • Submitted: 2022-07-15 - 6:07 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Please find the attached document for the Enclosure 2 - Federal Authority Advice Record. 
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  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Page 1 of 13 CIAR reference number: 83696 UNCLASSIFIED - NON CLASSIFIÉ Enclosure 2: Federal Authority Advice Record: Summary of Issues, and Potential Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Plans Project: Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Proponent: Eastern Power Inc. CIAR No.: 83696 Response due by: July 6, 2022 All comments should be submitted via the Submit a Comment feature available on the Project’s Canadian Impact Assessment Registry page (Reference 83696)1. Letters and forms can be uploaded using this feature. If you have any difficulties submitting this way, please contact the Agency at Hydrogen-Hydrogene@iaac-aeic.gc.ca for assistance. Department/Agency: Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) Date of Advice: 2022-06-16 Primary Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Denise Gareau, Director, GBA Plus Directorate, Research Results & Delivery and Center of Expertise Branch. Email: FEGC.EvaluationImpacts- ImpactsAssessment.WAGE@fegc-wage.gc.ca Phone: 819-938-1132 Alternate Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Jessica Bialek, Analyst, GBA Plus Directorate, Research Results & Delivery and Center of Expertise Branch. Email: Jessica.Bialek@fegc-wage.gc.ca Phone: 819-938-1132 1. Expertise Please identify and describe the specialist or expert information or knowledge within your department or agency that is relevant to an assessment of the Project. The mandate of Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) is to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression through the inclusion of people of all genders, including women, in Canada’s economic, social, and poli tical life. In addition to ...
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Attachment Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation - Comment of the IPD for the Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation
  • Reference number: 38
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 10:41 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please see the attached submission. 
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  • Enclosure 1 Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Page 1 of 7 CIAR reference number: 83696 Comment Form – Information to Inform the Summary of Issues Project: Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Proponent: Eastern Power Inc. CIAR No.: 83696 End of comment period: July 13, 2022 Indigenous Group Name: Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation Contact Name: Consultation Department Telephone: 519-786-6753 Address: 9119 W Ipperwash Rd, Lambton Shores, ON N0N 1J2 Fax: Email: consultation@kettlepoint.org The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada invites your community to provide information it has available at this time on the Project and its potential effects or impacts (both positive and negative) to the environment and to your community and your Aboriginal and/or Treaty Rights. We also welcome your input on how you would like to be engaged throughout the potential assessment process. Your comments will inform the Summary of Issues1 with respect to the Project and will be provided to the Proponent to address. You may use this form or use another format of your choice. All comments should be submitted via the Submit a Comment feature available on the Project’s Canadian Impact Assessment Registry page (Reference 83696 at http://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/83696?culture=en-CA). Letters and forms can be uploaded using this feature. If you have any difficulties submitting this way, please contact the Agency at Hydrogen- Hydrogene@iaac-aeic.gc.ca for assistance. 1. General environmental effects Please identify any environmental effects of the Project that are of concern to your community, including any that you think of that were not identified in the Initial Project Description. ...
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Attachment Comments on the Initial Project Description for the Gas Plant Project, IAAC File Number 83696

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Kenneth Love
  • Reference number: 30
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 9:04 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • See attached PDF
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  • KENNETH A. LOVE 60 McLeod Street Tel: 613- 230-4651 Unit 707 Cell: 613-299-3834 Ottawa, Ont., K2P 2G1 Email: love.li@sympatico.ca 13 July 2022 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 600-55 York Street Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7 BY ONLINE SUBMISSION VIA: https://iaac- aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/identification/logindisclaimer?ReturnUrl=%2F050%2Fevaluations%2 Fproj%2F83696%2Fparticipation%2Fcommenting-area-expanded%2Ftrue AND BY EMAIL, AS A PDF, TO: hydrogen-hydrogene@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Dear Sir or Madam, Re: Comments on the Initial Project Description for the Gas Plant Project, IAAC File Number 83696 I am writing in my personal capacity to provide my comments on the initial project description for the above-captioned Project. Overall Submissions at the Planning Phase of the Project First, I would encourage the Environment Minister to exercise his discretion under s. 17 of the Impact Assessment Act (the “IAA”) to reject the Project as soon as possible on the basis that it will cause unacceptable environment impacts within federal jurisdiction. Simply put, Ontario already has more gas plant capacity to generate electricity than it needs, at a time when all of Ontario’s new electricity generation must come from non-emitting sources – including the purchase of hydroelectricity from Quebec – if Canada is to have any hope of meeting its Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations, committing Canada to cut its GHG emissions to 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2030. Second, if the Minister is not prepared to reject the project at this stage, I urge the Impact Assessment Agency (the “Agency”) to decide that an ...
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Attachment Federal Authority Advice Record - Employment And Social Development Canada

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Employment And Social Development Canada
  • Reference number: 40
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 5:55 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please see the attached submission. 
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  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Page 1 of 4 CIAR reference number: 83696 Table 1: Key Issues and Solutions that are Material and Relevant to Decision-making Comment ID Document Reference Valued Component Description of Key Issue (Context and Rationale) Solutions for the Proponent Summary of Issues Please identify comments by organization and comment number. e.g.: IAAC-01 If the comment is related to a specific section of the Initial Project Description, please provide a reference. You may also choose to copy the relevant text here. Identify the valued component(s)—within the mandate of your department or agency— to which the effect or issue applies. This may include components of the environment, health, social or economic conditions. Provide context for the effect or issue. Describe, to the extent possible:  The positive or negative pathway of effect or nature of the issue  Any powers, duties or functions that your department or agency has that may mitigate, manage, or set conditions related to the effect  Operational guidance or standard and well-understood mitigation or monitoring measures that would address the effect  Any established or emerging policies or directives that are relevant  The potential for residual effects after mitigation has been applied Where applicable and necessary,  provide instructions for how the Proponent would build confidence about the management of the potential effect, in the Detailed Project Description and Response to the Summary of Issues, and/or  identify, at a high-level, required information or studies to assess the effects, should an impact assessment be required ...
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  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Page 1 of 6 CIAR reference number: 83696 UNCLASSIFIED - NON CLASSIFIÉ Enclosure 2: Federal Authority Advice Record: Summary of Issues, and Potential Tailored Impact Statement Guidelines and Plans Project: Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Proponent: Eastern Power Inc. CIAR No.: 83696 Response due by: July 6, 2022 All comments should be submitted via the Submit a Comment feature available on the Project’s Canadian Impact Assessment Registry page (Reference 83696)1. Letters and forms can be uploaded using this feature. If you have any difficulties submitting this way, please contact the Agency at Hydrogen-Hydrogene@iaac-aeic.gc.ca for assistance. Department/Agency: Employment And Social Development Canada Date of Advice: July 8th, 2022 Primary Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Cathy Grimes; a/Dir– Skills and Employment Branch, PISP Email: Cathy.Grimes@servicecanada.gc.ca Phone: Alternate Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Andre Gossignac, Manager, IA, SEB-PISP Email: andre.gossignac@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca Phone: 1. Expertise Please identify and describe the specialist or expert information or knowledge within your department or agency that is relevant to an assessment of the Project. As a federal authority, ESDC provides advice on: social development; learning, skills development, employment, unemployment, underrepresented groups, and; working conditions and workplace relations, including relevant programming with respect to Indigenous Peoples. 1 http://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/83696 http://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/83696 Hydrogen Ready Power Plant ...
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Attachment MNRF Comments on Initial Project Description

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry submitted by Jeffrey Dennis
  • Reference number: 29
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 5:39 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please find attached the Provincial Advice Record comments provided by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry for the Hydrogen Ready Power Plant project.
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  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Page 1 of 5 CIAR reference number: 83696 The Duty to Enclosure: Provincial Advice Record: Summary of Issues and Potential Cooperation Plan Project: Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Proponent: Eastern Power Inc. CIAR No.: 83696 Response invited by: July 13, 2022 All comments should be submitted via the Submit a Comment feature available on the Project’s Canadian Impact Assessment Registry page (reference 83696)1. Letters and forms can be uploaded using this feature. If you have any difficulties submitting this way, please contact the Agency at Hydrogen-Hydrogene@iaac-aeic.gc.ca. 1. Confirm whether your ministry would participate in the federal impact assessment process for this Project. Yes No If yes, please provide contact details for the person(s) who will be working with the Agency. Department/Agency: Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) Date of Advice: July 13, 2022 Primary Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Jeffrey Dennis, Resource Development Planning Coordinator, Southern Region Email: Jeffrey.dennis@ontario.ca Phone: 437-998-4004 Alternate Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Adam Kennedy, Regional Planner, Southern Region Email: adam.kennedy@ontario.ca Phone: 705-761-3374 Generic Email (for public): 2. Expertise Please identify and describe the area of expertise within your ministry that is relevant to an assessment of the Project. • MNRF, Petroleum Operations Section, administers the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act. This Act provides the ministry authority to review and approve applications for all aspects of oil, gas and salt operations, as well as, determine ownership responsibility for ...
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Attachment MNRF Comments on Initial Project Description

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry submitted by Jeffrey Dennis
  • Reference number: 28
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 5:37 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please find attached the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry's comments on the Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project.
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  • Petroleum Resources in Ontario 1 Municipal Planning: Petroleum and Salt Resources Operations   Introduction    Since 1858, when the first commercial oil well began operating in Southwestern Ontario, tens of  thousands of wells have been drilled in this region. Numerous wells were drilled without record or  regulation. Many may pose a hazard to people or the environment if undetected or disturbed by  development.    Today, these operations are governed by the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act (OGSRA) framework,  which provides oversight for the exploration, development and decommissioning of oil, gas and  solution‐mined salt resource‐related activities.      This document provides guidance to Southwestern Ontario municipalities on legacy and currently  active petroleum operations to support municipal planning decisions and development of official  plans.     The information provided supports the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS), which requires that:   known petroleum resources and petroleum resource operations be identified and protected  from incompatible development, and   hazards associated with current or previous petroleum resource operations be mitigated or  rehabilitated, and any contaminants be remediated, before development can take place on,  abutting or adjacent to lands affected by such hazards.     Prior to making site‐specific planning application decisions and in developing official plans and zoning  bylaws, municipalities in Southwestern Ontario should ensure that the following steps have been  taken:    1) Determine the location of any active or previously‐operated wells, solution‐mined salt  caverns and related pipelines and equipment in their municipality.    2) ...
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Attachment St. Clair Region Conservation Authority

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: St. Clair Region Conservation Authority submitted by Sarah Hodgkiss
  • Reference number: 27
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 5:27 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Describe the mandate of the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority? The core mandate of Conservation Authorities is to undertake watershed-based programs to protect people and property from flooding and other natural hazards, and to conserve natural resources for economic, social and environmental benefits. St. Clair Region Conservation Authority has reviewed the project information under the context of Ontario Regulation 171/06, "Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses”, as it pertains to flooding and erosion hazards, and impacts to wetlands. Has the Proponent adequately articulated potential effects (both positive and negative) of the Project?  If not, itemize, with appropriate rationale, specific potential effects that require attention by the Proponent? The Proponent has recognized that the project is proposed within lands regulated by the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority under Ontario Regulation 171/06, as shown on the attached map Has the Proponent clearly demonstrated how potential adverse effects would be managed?  Are there other well-understood mitigation measures or existing guidance documents that might be applicable? Section 5.2 of the Environmental Screening and Review Report notes that “… the project will not be located in any area of known flooding, erosion or human-made hazards.” The proposed development is located within the estimated floodplain hazard. Given its mandate, what role does the St. ...
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  • GOVERNMENT DRAIN NO 10 SECOND LINE DRAIN GOVERNMENT DRAIN NO 10 WH EL LE R DR AIN MILLIKEN DRAIN GOVERNMENT DRAIN NO 10 MUNDY DRAIN NO 2 LUMLEY DRAIN Hig hw ay 40 Oil Springs Line Proposed Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Lot 26, Con 2 Moore Produced by the SCRCA under license with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Copyright Queen's Printer Friday, March 11, 2022. May not be reproduced without permission. THIS IS NOT A PLAN OF SURVEY | Aerial Photography Date: Spring 2020 K:\Maps\Screening Maps\Planning Screening Map 2021.mxd Ü0 210 420105 Meters Legend Areas Affected by Regulations SCRCA Estimated Floodplain Wetlands (MNRF, March, 2021) Wetland Adjacent Lands (30 m) Wetland Adjacent Lands (120 m) Watercourses Subject Property (approx.) Map EA#2022-0003

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Attachment Comments on Initial Project Description for Eastern Gas Inc HRPP project.

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Wilderness Committee submitted by Katie Krelove
  • Reference number: 26
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 5:22 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please see attached comments from Wilderness Committee.  
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  • July 13, 2022 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 22nd Floor, Place Bell 60 Elgin Street , Ottawa ON K1A 0H3 Re: Comments on the Initial Project Description for the Eastern Power Inc Power Plant Project, IAAC File Number 83696 The Wilderness Committee is a national charity dedicated to protecting wilderness, defending wildlife, and fighting for strong climate action. We are writing to express our concerns regarding Eastern Power Inc’s proposed new gas power plant in Ontario, south of Sarnia, the so-called “Hydrogen Ready Power Plant”. We urge the Minister of the Environment to use his discretion to reject this new fossil fuel burning electricity production project on the basis that it will cause unacceptable environmental impacts within federal jurisdiction, specifically an increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that is inconsistent with Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan and the targets of the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act . Failing immediate rejection, we strongly urge the IAAC to conduct a full impact assessment (with a Review Panel) to determine the project’s compatibility with reaching net-zero electricity supply in Canada by 2035, a key element of the Government of Canada’s plan to achieve its Paris climate commitments. In addition to climate impacts, an appropriate assessment of endangered species and migratory birds is required due to the proximity of the project to an important wetland, the provincially designated and protected Bickford Oak Woods Conservation Reserve. Climate Impacts Eastern Power is seeking a contract from Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to build a new 600-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant that ...
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Attachment Comment Form - Information to Inform the Summary of Issues Project: Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Proponent: Eastern Power Inc.

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Caldwell First Nation submitted by Zack Hamm
  • Reference number: 25
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 3:59 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Enclosure 1   Comment Form – Information to Inform the Summary of Issues Project: Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Proponent: Eastern Power Inc. CIAR No.: 83696 End of comment period: July 13, 2022 Indigenous Group Name: Caldwell First Nation (CFN) Contact Name: Michelle McCormack and Zack Hamm Telephone: 519 322 1766 Address: 14 Orange St. Leamington, ON Fax: 519 322-1533 Email: ecc@caldwellfirstnation.ca (mailto:ecc@caldwellfirstnation.ca) and ecc2@caldwellfirstnation.ca (mailto:ecc2@caldwellfirstnation.ca) The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada invites your community to provide information it has available at this time on the Project and its potential effects or impacts (both positive and negative) to the environment and to your community and your Aboriginal Rights. We also welcome your input on how you would like to be engaged throughout the potential assessment process. Your comments will inform the Summary of Issues[1] (#_ftn1) with respect to the Project and will be provided to the Proponent to address. You may use this form or use another format of your choice. All comments should be submitted via the Submit a Comment feature available on the Project’s Canadian Impact Assessment Registry page (Reference ...
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  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Page 1 of 6 CIAR reference number: 83696 Enclosure 1 Comment Form – Information to Inform the Summary of Issues Project: Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Proponent: Eastern Power Inc. CIAR No.: 83696 End of comment period: July 13, 2022 Indigenous Group Name: Caldwell First Nation (CFN) Contact Name: Michelle McCormack and Zack Hamm Telephone: 519 322 1766 Address: 14 Orange St. Leamington, ON Fax: 519 322-1533 Email: ecc@caldwellfirstnation.ca and ecc2@caldwellfirstnation.ca The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada invites your community to provide information it has available at this time on the Project and its potential effects or impacts (both positive and negative) to the environment and to your community and your Aboriginal Rights. We also welcome your input on how you would like to be engaged throughout the potential assessment process. Your comments will inform the Summary of Issues1 with respect to the Project and will be provided to the Proponent to address. You may use this form or use another format of your choice. All comments should be submitted via the Submit a Comment feature available on the Project’s Canadian Impact Assessment Registry page (Reference 83696 at http://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/83696?culture=en-CA). Letters and forms can be uploaded using this feature. If you have any difficulties submitting this way, please contact the Agency at Hydrogen- Hydrogene@iaac-aeic.gc.ca for assistance. 1. General environmental effects Please identify any environmental effects of the Project that are of concern to your community, including any that you think of that were not identified in the Initial Project ...
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Attachment BCSE comments on Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Bowman Centre for Sustainable Energy submitted by Marshall Kern
  • Reference number: 24
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 3:31 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • The proponent offers the use of hydrogen as a fuel as an expectation for the future.  If the project is moved ahead for further review, a schedule for the use of hydrogen should become a commitment and requirement for approval. If the project is moved froward for further review there must be consideration and analysis of the carbon intensity of the use of hydrogen as a fuel in a blend with natural gas.  This will determine the extent to which the project will impair the carbon-intensity of the Ontario electricity grid.  We recommend that the carbon intensity of the Ontario electricity grid not be impaired. If the project is moved forward, we recommend that further review must include an analysis of LCOE.  This will permit an objective comparison to other technologies for generating electricity.  It will also allow the final review to assess the economic impact on user rates. If the proposed project is not rejected during this stage, then the Bowman Centre for Sustainable Energy recommends any approval to be contingent on a commitment by the proponent to schedule the use of hydrogen as a fuel, that the carbon intensity of the electricity generated by the proponent not impair the carbon intensity of the Ontario grid, and that the proponent demonstrate that the LCOE contributes to the affordability of user rates.
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  • The Bowman Centre (www.bowmancentre.com) Western Research Park, Sarnia-Lambton 1086 Modeland Road Sarnia, ON, Canada N7S 6L2 Bowman Centre for Sustainable Energy Comments on Hydrogen Ready Power Plant July 13, 2022 REGARDING: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada – registry reference number 83696 (details below): • Location: Courtright (Ontario) • Nature of Activity: Other, not otherwise specified • Assessment Status: In progress • Start Date: 2022-06-13 • Proponent: Eastern Power Inc. • Authorities: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada • Assessment Type: Planning Phase for Impact Assessment • Reference Number: 83696 The Bowman Centre for Sustainable Energy offers these comments on the cited project. Commitment to use hydrogen: Eastern Power Inc. is proposing a natural-gas electricity generating facility that will also be able to use a combination of natural gas and hydrogen. The Initial Project Description provides no explanation of the source of hydrogen to be used in the facility. The Initial Project Description provides no commitment by the proponent to use hydrogen in the facility. The proponent offers an expectation that providers of natural gas will eventually provide a blend of hydrogen and natural gas. If the project proceeds towards further review and approval, will a condition for further review be that after a given date the fuel consumed in the facility must be blended hydrogen and natural gas? Impact on the carbon intensity of Ontario’s electricity grid: Eastern Power Inc. is proposing a natural-gas electricity generating facility that will be designed to include hydrogen as a fuel. The product of the facility, electricity, ...
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Attachment COTTFN comments on Initial Project Description for HRPP

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Chippewas of the Thames First Nation submitted by Jennifer Mills
  • Reference number: 23
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 3:25 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • See comments in attachment
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Attachment Equitable inclusion of Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse persons

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Temiskaming Native Women's Support Group submitted by Alexandra Bridges
  • Reference number: 22
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 2:34 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • To whom it may concern,???  While Indigenous Peoples are frequently regarded as key partners in project assessments, Indigenous women’s concerns and aspirations regarding industrial and resource extraction projects have historically been marginalized, as have the opportunities and benefits from such developments. Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people are frequently made invisible in impact assessment processes and their systematic exclusion has contributed to the significantly higher rate of gendered violence, poverty and homelessness experienced. Our project aims to help remediate intergenerational impacts of colonization that have marginalized Indigenous women from decision-making processes that affect their wellbeing and economic security.? ?  We would like to express our approval of the extensive inclusion of nearby First Nations communities however, there is a lack of reference to the inclusion of Métis or Inuit communities. Recognizing that not all Indigenous Peoples fall into one lens of First Nation is essential. Likewise recognizing that the diversity of First Nations people is not represented by engaging with Chiefs or Band Councils alone is imperative to conducting inclusive and effective Impact Assessments. Effort should be made to provide opportunities more completely to the members of each community to participate and be considered. The IPD clearly outlined the eight potentially affected and nearby First Nation communities, providing each community’s distance from the project and details on engagement actions taken. Despite this, the plan lacks explicit details regarding which community members were given the opportunity to participate in ...

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Attachment Eastern Power Project - Climate Impact

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Climate Action Sarnia-Lambton submitted by Leslie Chekan
  • Reference number: 21
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 10:18 AM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • We are writing on behalf of Climate Action Sarnia-Lambton (CASL).  We are a group of professionals, students, activists, and nature lovers. Our goals are to advocate for: 1) Sustainable practices to address risks to our water, air, and land 2) Climate Change awareness 3) The need to act NOW and make transformative changes It is clear to us this project does not support the above goals.  We endorse and support comment/input reference # 18 by Peter Smith, et al. 2022 (https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/83696/contributions/id/58605).  We cannot afford any increase in GHG emissions and must act NOW to make meaningful transformative change.    Thank-you for your attention to our concerns. Marian Blonde Leslie Chekan  Allan McKeown  Paul Stebbins   Rose Stebbins  Pat Tait  Doug Winch 

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Attachment Comments on the Initial Project Description for the Gas Plant Project

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Environmental Defence Canada submitted by Tim Gray
  • Reference number: 20
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 9:27 AM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please see the comments of Environmental Defence, which are attached.    
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  • July 13, 2022 Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 22nd Floor, Place Bell 160 Elgin Street Ottawa ON K1A 0H3 Re: Comments on the Initial Project Description for the Gas Plant Project, IAAC File Number 83696 We are writing to provide comments on the initial project description for the so- called Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project. Environmental Defence strongly urges the Minister of the Environment to exercise his discretion under s. 17 of the Impact Assessment Act to reject the project as soon as possible on the basis that it will cause unacceptable environmental impacts within federal jurisdiction. According to the proponent’s own overly optimistic calculations, the project will generate over 2 million tonnes of carbon emissions (CO2 equivalent) between 2035 and 2040, which is contrary to the federal government’s commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2035. The actual emissions will be far higher when realistic fuel mix assumptions are used and upstream emissions are counted.1 The project is completely inconsistent with Canada’s target and commitment to achieve net-zero electricity generation by 2035, Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan, and the binding carbon targets under the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act and Canada’s international agreements. If the Minister is not prepared to reject the project at this stage, Environmental Defence strongly urges the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the “Agency”) to decide that an impact assessment is required under s. 16 of the Impact Assessment Act. In addition to the major adverse climate impacts, an appropriate assessment of endangered species and migratory birds is required due to ...
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Attachment The Proposed Hydrogen Ready Ignores Scientific Evidence and Will Condemn us to Further Climate Threats

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Justin Singer
  • Reference number: 19
  • Submitted: 2022-07-13 - 3:04 AM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • It is unconscionable that the federal government would even consider allowing the construction of a natural gas-fueled hydrogen power plant when the scientific community has been abundantly clear that the fossil fuel era must end in order for us to secure a liveable world for current and future generations. Going forward, the federal government must refuse to consider any new fossil fuel developments and begin the process of shutting down existing fossil fuel infrastructure.

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Attachment Eastern Power Project - Economics and Impacts

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Peter Smith
  • Reference number: 18
  • Submitted: 2022-07-12 - 7:49 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please see attached file 
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  • 1 EASTERN POWER PROJECT – ECONOMICS AND IMPACTS If built, we believe the proposed Eastern Power “Hydrogen Ready Power Plant” Project will result in higher costs to consumers and business than other options, discourage investment in Ontario and increase Ontario’s GHG emissions. Therefore, the project should not be approved. Economics and Impacts The proposed plant is a 600 MW capacity combined cycle facility, firing natural gas but with an option to convert to hydrogen at some point in the future. There are many arguments against building such a facility. 1) A natural gas fired gas-turbine combined cycle plant is not the best choice for electricity generation today, even if firing hydrogen in the future. Ontario has gone to significant cost and effort to reduce the GHG emissions intensity associated with generating electricity by 87% since 20051. Since emissions accumulate in the atmosphere resulting in warming, it is vitally important that we continue to reduce emissions and keep them low in order to stay within our carbon budget. Ontario has the opportunity to both increase generation from renewable sources and to import additional generation from Quebec, which can be done at a lower cost than the proposed gas fired plant. 2) Ontario has received interest from a number of new industries looking to locate in an area that can offer very low GHG emission electricity. These companies recognize the value of offering their customers a product with low associated manufacturing emissions (i.e. low Scope 2 emissions), and they do not want to locate into a jurisdiction that is forecasting higher future emissions. In 2021 Ontario’s percentage of electricity generated from ...
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Attachment The Hydrogen Ready Power plant project is merely a sign of greed, corruption and a willingness to worsen our declining environment and us forgotten, poverty stricken Nations.

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Margaret Eckhart
  • Reference number: 17
  • Submitted: 2022-07-12 - 5:21 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • I am an MMIW & 60s scoop survivor. Abducted as a baby.  I was raised white, educated white, and brainwashed into being embarrassed about my aboriginal heritage. I finally broke free of my abusive adopted criminals.  I have been researching my roots and am ashamed of the unjust, continual racism by the federal government-regulated body that runs the Nations.  I see no reconciliation achievement.  The Hydrogen Ready Power plant has all the right legal project plan to follow Federal Legislation and regular requirements to continue without our input. It has already started with our without our concerns.  Will they really care what the Aboriginal Nations and eligible individuals federal impact statements from  They need to really consider the United Nations call to action that states that protection and realization of the rights of indigenous peoples and redoubling efforts to ensure collaborative and coherent United Nations system action to support the rights and well-being of indigenous Nations?  As an abducted aboriginal and first nation band member am living with cultural genocide. I was taught to feel guilt and shame for everything about my traditional cultures and communities. The Hydrogen Ready Power plants project and energy goals we know will forge onward without us. Canada and the corporations have not listened to or cared about our input on a range of projects, from solar and geothermal to mining within Indigenous territories. Nobody has successfully gained our trust or followed through with recognizing our Indigenous cultural traditions, land, and way of life ever. We are ...

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Attachment Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project - Request to Review Initial Project Description by July 13, 2022 - MTCS Comments (Reference 83696)

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) submitted by Joseph Harvey
  • Reference number: 16
  • Submitted: 2022-07-12 - 1:24 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Jeff Balsdon,  Please find attached comments from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport on the Initial Project Description for the Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project (Reference 83696). Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns.  Regards,  Joseph Harvey, Heritage Planner, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
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  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Page 1 of 6 CIAR reference number: 83696 Enclosure: Provincial Advice Record: Summary of Issues and Potential Cooperation Plan Project: Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Proponent: Eastern Power Inc. CIAR No.: 83696 Response invited by: July 13, 2022 All comments should be submitted via the Submit a Comment feature available on the Project’s Canadian Impact Assessment Registry page (reference 83696)1. Letters and forms can be uploaded using this feature. If you have any difficulties submitting this way, please contact the Agency at Hydrogen-Hydrogene@iaac-aeic.gc.ca. 1. Confirm whether your ministry would participate in the federal impact assessment process for this Project. Yes No If yes, please provide contact details for the person(s) who will be working with the Agency. Department/Agency: Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport Date of Advice: July 6, 2022 Primary Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Joseph Harvey, Heritage Planner, Heritage Planning Unit Email: joseph.harvey@ontario.ca Phone: 613-242-3743 Alternate Contact Name, Title, Work Unit: Karla Barboza, Team Lead, Heritage Planning Unit Email: karla.barboza@ontario.ca Phone: 416-660-1027 Generic Email (for public): heritage@ontario.ca 2. Expertise Please identify and describe the area of expertise within your ministry that is relevant to an assessment of the Project. The Ministry of Tourism Culture and Sport (MTCS) will review any technical cultural heritage studies related to this Project to ensure compliance with the Ontario Heritage Act and more generally support fulfilment of due diligence related to heritage. MTCS has an interest in undertakings such as ...
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Attachment Look for Alternatives

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Danilo Ilic
  • Reference number: 15
  • Submitted: 2022-07-12 - 12:03 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • New projects utilizing fossil fuels must be stopped and the use of renewables must be scaled up if we are to limit the loss of our biosphere diversity, displacement of hundreds of million of people and animals, and risk of global catastrophe. We have all the data we need that this will happens if we do not take bold and forward looking actions that prioritize lives over profits. We need to make the transition sooner than later and playing politics and economy gurus is not helping. It's a tough transition within small time frame but without alternative. The alternative is to leave our children with a future full of grief, worry and have them fight for survival.

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Attachment Eastern Power's proposed 600 MW gas-fired power plant near Sarnia

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Administrator on behalf of Jack Gibbons - Chair, Ontario Clean Air Alliance
  • Reference number: 35
  • Submitted: 2022-07-12 - 6:38 AM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • Please see the attached submission. 
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  • 160 John St., Suite 300, Toronto ON M5V 2E5 Telephone: 416-260-2080 | contact@cleanairalliance.org CleanAirAlliance.org 1 July 11, 2022 By Email: hydrogen-hydrogene@iaac-aeic.gc.ca Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project Impact Assessment Agency of Canada 600- 55 York Street Toronto M5J 1R7 Dear Impact Assessment Agency of Canada: Re: Eastern Power’s request for permission to build a 600-megawatt gas-fired power plant near Sarnia To support Premier Ford’s plan to increase Ontario’s gas-fired electricity generation by more than 600% by 2040, Eastern Power is seeking a 20-year contract from Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator to build a new 600-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant near Sarnia. In an attempt to justify its proposed new power plant, Eastern Power states that it will be a dual fuel facility which will also be able to operate on a blend of gas and hydrogen as hydrogen becomes available. But Eastern Power fails to note the following two key facts about hydrogen. First, 96% of the world’s hydrogen is produced by fossil fuels. Second, the greenhouse gas emissions of a fossil hydrogen power plant are even greater than those of a gas-fired power plant. That is, hydrogen power plants are only climate friendly if their hydrogen is produced by zero emissions renewable energy. But Eastern Power has made no commitment to use green hydrogen to fuel its proposed power plant. ...
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Attachment Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project

  • Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project
  • Author: Ronald Corkum
  • Reference number: 13
  • Submitted: 2022-07-11 - 3:07 PM
  • Project phase: Planning
  • Participation notice: Public Notice - Public Comments Invited on a Summary of the Initial Project Description
  • I am very concerned that this project will set back Ontario and Canada's greenhouse gas emission targets. This project will ramp up carbon dioxide emissions through the combustion of natural gas fossil fuel. The provisional plan for suplementation of hydrogen as a fuel for energy production is very weak with no real assurance that if hydrogen is used at all it will come from green hydrogen produced by electrolysis rather than hydrogen produced from natural gas. If Ontario wishes to address climate change seriously it must put significant resources into increasing renewable energy and renewable energy grids, not investing in increasing fossil fuel combustion.

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