Public Notice - Environmental Protection and Enhancement Action Notice of Application

In accordance with the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, the Town of Ponoka has applied to Alberta Environment and Protected Areas (EPA) for the renewal of an existing approval for the Town’s wastewater treatment facility.

The Town is proposing to upgrade current wastewater treatment processes of the facility to meet more stringent discharge limits for the Surface Water Quality Management Framework for the Battle River as required by EPA. The Town’s proposed facility upgrades will include design and construction of treatment processes with a final treated wastewater outfall discharging to Battle River located in the N ½ 10-043-25-W4M.

A directly affected person may provide input into certain regulatory decisions, as allowed by the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (section 73). Specifically, any person who is directly affected by this application may submit a written statement of concern within 30 days of the date of this notice to:

Environment and Protected Areas Regulatory Assurance Section Approvals Unit
5th Floor, South Petroleum Plaza
9915 - 108 St.
Edmonton, AB T5K 2G8
Fax: 780-422-0154
Email: epa.epeaapplications@gov.ab.ca

The written statement of concern should include the following:

• The application number 015-1075;
• Describe concerns that are relevant to matters regulated by the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act;
• Explain how the filer of the concern will be directly affected by the activities proposed in the application;
• Provide the legal land location of the land owned or used by the filer where the concerns described are believed to be applicable;
• State the distance between the land owned or used by the filer and the site in the application; and
• Contact information, including the full name and mailing address of the filer.

Please provide a telephone number and/or email address for ease of contact.

Environment and Protected Areas will review each written statement of concern, seek more information if needed, and notify each filer by letter of the decision to accept or reject their written submission as a valid statement of concern. The Public Notice of this application will also be posted on the Department’s website at https://avw.alberta.ca/PublicNoticesViewer.aspx.

Statements of concern submitted regarding this application are public records which are accessible by the public and the applicant. Failure to file a statement of concern may affect the right to file a Notice of Appeal with the Environmental Appeals Board. Copies of the application and additional information can be obtained from:

McElhanney Ltd.
Attention: Karen Sutherland
290 Nanaimo Ave. W
Penticton, BC V2A 1N5
Phone: 250-492-7399
Email: ksutherland@mcelhanney.com