<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div>Hello everyone</div><div><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;">Notice of Completion of the EA for Strasburg Road Extension has been issued. Now is the time to invoke a Part II order requests which must be <span style="font-weight: bold;">received by the Minister by January 22, 2014</span>. </div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;">Info on the approval is in the attachment. A Part II order can be used to bump up an EA process to a higher review process, it could be used to request the cancellation of a project or to facilitate a mediation process. </div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;">Info on how to write a Part II order request is here: </div><div style="background-color:
transparent;"><a href="http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/industry/assessment_and_approvals/environmental_assessments/STDPROD_075721">http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/industry/assessment_and_approvals/environmental_assessments/STDPROD_075721</a><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;">This project has a number of ecological constraints including: Potential impacts for rare species such as Queen Snake, Blandings, Impacts to fisheries, old growth forests, recharge areas and heritage farmlands. Related news articles here;</div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4225553-strasburg-road-extension-environmental-assessment-sent-to-province/">http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4225553-strasburg-road-extension-environmental-assessment-sent-to-province/</a><br></div><div
style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/controversy-over-plans-to-expand-strasburg-road-1.1257917">http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/controversy-over-plans-to-expand-strasburg-road-1.1257917</a><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">Info on the project can be found on the Kitchener city website here; </div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><a
href="http://www.kitchener.ca/en/businessinkitchener/Environmental_assessments.asp" style="font-size: 14pt;">http://www.kitchener.ca/en/businessinkitchener/Environmental_assessments.asp</a></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;">Please feel free to circulate this information.</div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent;">Louisette Lanteigne</div></div></body></html>