BY MAIL AND EMAILMarch 5, 2010Noel Boucher, Environmental CoordinatorHatch4342 Queen Street, Suite 500 Niagara Falls, ON L2E 7J7Email: nboucher@hatch.caCC: Department of Fisheries and Oceans Transport Canada Environment Canada Health Canada Ontario Ministry of the Environment Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Ontario Ministry of Transportation Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority Environmental Commissioner for Ontario Dear Mr. Boucher:Re: Environmental Screening Report Shickluna Hydroelectric Project, St. Catharines Hydro Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry # 08-01-44418Please find enclosed Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s comments on the proposal by St. Catharines Hydro to construct and operate a dam in Twelve Mile Creek, St. Catharines. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact our counsel, Joanna Bull, at 416-861-1237.Yours truly,Mark MattsonWaterkeeper & President 600 Bay Street, Suite 410. Toronto, ON M5G 1M6T 416-861-1237 admin@waterkeeper.ca www.waterkeeper.caProud member of Waterkeeper Alliance1BACKGROUND St. Catharines Hydro Generation Inc. (SCHGI) has submitted a proposal for the construction of a hydroelectric dam across Twelve Mile Creek near downtown St. Catharines, Ontario. The Shickluna Generating Station (“the dam”), would produce between 3.5 and 5.5 MW of electricity, and consist of a powerhouse, four spillway gates, and a fish-way or fish ...
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