Notice of intent to make a determination

Nigigoonsiminikaaning Wastewater Treatment and Collection System Project Public Comments Invited

June 4, 2021 – Indigenous Services Canada must determine whether the proposed Nigigoonsiminikaaning Wastewater Treatment and Collection System Project, located in Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation / Rainy Lake Reserve 26A is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. To help inform this determination, Indigenous Services Canada is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination.

Written comments must be submitted by July 4, 2021 to:

Robyn Bolton

100 Anemki Place, Suite 101

Fort William First Nation, Ontario P7J 1A5

Robyn.bolton@canada.ca

The Proposed Project

Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation (Rainy Lake 26A) is located in northwestern Ontario approximately 40 kilometres east of Fort Frances, on Highway No. 11 (Trans-Canada Hwy), and is comprised of approximately 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres) of land. The project includes development of a communal wastewater collection and treatment system in the community for a design period of 20 years. The wastewater system will consist of approximately 3,500 m of small diameter low-pressure sewer system with individual septic tank effluent pumping (STEP) systems at each house/building and a packaged membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment plant located in a new building. The existing individual on- site septic systems will be removed or decommissioned.

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