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</div><div class="ydpd17d2b1ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Hi folks</div><div class="ydpd17d2b1ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydpd17d2b1ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">If you want to give a comment, email <span style='text-align: left; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; background-color: transparent;'>esaguelph@ontario.ca </span></div><div class="ydpd17d2b1ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br></div><div class="ydpd17d2b1ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Thanks</div><div class="ydpd17d2b1ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydpd17d2b1ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">Lulu </div><div class="ydpd17d2b1ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydpd17d2b1ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydpd17d2b1ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">
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<div><b>From:</b> Lanteigne <water.lulu@yahoo.ca></div><div><b>To:</b> esaguelph@ontario.ca <esaguelph@ontario.ca></div><div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 18, 2019 07:51:15 PM EST</div><div><b>Subject:</b> Public comment re: ER number 013-4528</div><div><br></div>
<div><div id="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879"><div><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style='text-align:justify;color:rgb(45, 81, 74);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:"Arial", "Helvetica", "sans-serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;float:none;background-color:transparent;'>On April 2, 2015, the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry issued a permit under clause 17(2)(c) of the </span><em style="text-align:justify;color:rgb(45, 81, 74);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;background-color:transparent;">Endangered Species Act</em><span style='text-align:justify;color:rgb(45, 81, 74);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:"Arial", "Helvetica", "sans-serif";font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline !important;white-space:normal;orphans:2;float:none;background-color:transparent;'>, 2007 to Schlegel Urban Development. The permit authorized Schlegel Urban Development to kill, harm, harass, capture, possess, and transport Jefferson Salamander and damage and destroy approximately 4 hectares of habitat of Jefferson Salamander for the purpose of constructing a subdivision, stormwater pond, asphalt trail and maintenance road in the City of Kitchener, Regional Municipality of Waterloo. </span></div><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br></div><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I am writing to oppose the permit application for the following reasons.</div><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" id="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpa170063fyiv0169112345yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_4731" style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;background-color:transparent;" dir="ltr">Ontario's Source Water Protection Act allows for protection zones immediately around wellheads and intakes but there are no laws to protect primary recharge outside those areas which gathers the water that feeds the wells. To address this issue I have previously used protection of Jefferson Salamanders as a means to stop bad projects from ruining our local water supplies in Waterloo Region. One such example of my success with this approach is an Ontario Municipal Board appeal I launched, file PL071044. The case was settled at the Experts meeting where I got the experts of the developers, to sign off on the fact their studies were insufficient. My senior hydrogeologist secured mapping while my Fish and Salamander expert, Dr. Dean Fitzgerald of Cornell University, helped me sure the rest of the concessions. </div><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" id="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpa170063fyiv0169112345yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_4731" style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;background-color:transparent;" dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" id="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpa170063fyiv0169112345yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_4731" style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;background-color:transparent;" dir="ltr">I know for a fact that salamanders are excellent indicators of primary recharge because because they breath through their skin and require moist habitats and loose substraits. They are sensitive to surface toxins and are also an indicator of excellent water quality. We really need good water in Waterloo Region to dilute residential contaminates, pesticides, road salts etc. or we will loose local wells and the ability go grow as a community. </div><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" id="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpa170063fyiv0169112345yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_4731" style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;background-color:transparent;" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" id="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpa170063fyiv0169112345yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_4731" style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;background-color:transparent;" dir="ltr">Just last week we had a spill of jet fuel on the 401 that closed multiple wells in Cambridge Ontario. We have booms on tributaries of the Grand River which is a primary water supply for downstream communities. Now is not the time to squander clean water supplies. There is never a good time to do that. </div><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" id="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpa170063fyiv0169112345yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_4731" style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;orphans:2;background-color:transparent;" dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9128274-water-wells-closed-in-cambridge-following-jet-fuel-spill-on-hwy-401/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9128274-water-wells-closed-in-cambridge-following-jet-fuel-spill-on-hwy-401/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>We can't afford to loose more wells but our area is at high risk because we are so dependent on groundwater. In the attachments you will see that topography is not enough to protect our aquifers. It is vitally important we protect our wetlands and source water areas from road salts and contaminates because if we don't protect it, it comes at a significant costs.<font face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"> The values given in the chart I provide are purely the cost of potable water. It doesn't count the value of the function of it's use which could be for anything from growing crops, providing for industry or simply to sustain growth. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">In my view this application and all others that threaten to ruin habitats of Jefferson Salamanders are by their very nature economically costly to public and it provides no net benefit for either the salamanders or the taxpayers when you consider the natural capital assets we lose in allowing development in unsustainable places like marshlands and vernal pond areas. It only facilitates long term economic loses by way of reduced potable water. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">Just clearing an area of vegetation and compressing the soil is enough to ruin the function of primary recharge. This increases the amount of stormwater runoff and contaminates heading into tributaries, the Grand River and downstream water supplies. It also serves to increase localized flood risks. Every time we put development in the area where water normally infiltrates, it must be displaced somehow and somewhere and that costs taxpayers a great deal of money. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"></font><br></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">Stormwater ponds can hold volumes but it doesn't guarantee good water quality. When open ponds are available it draws in geese with high nitrate and high phosphate wastes and due to lack of predation by areas near subdivision this creates issues of algae blooms. We have ignored this issue for so long we are losing Lake Erie as a future potable water supply. Add to that zebra mussel issue because the intakes would clog quickly if they are not constantly cleaned and again this is costly to taxpayers. The same mussel is costing us millions along Lake Ontario Nuclear power plants. </font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif">The algae issues are not getting better. <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/01/18/epa-lake-erie-pollution/1043683001/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/01/18/epa-lake-erie-pollution/1043683001/</a></font></div><div><br></div><div>So the best chance Waterloo Region has to survive in the age of climate change, is to let the water get in the ground where the natural recharge areas exist. Do not disrupt these cycles. The Jefferson Salamander as an indicator species for these locations that are vital to protect.</div><div><br></div><div>It's time we get to the word NO. All the net benefit we give to this animal will not replace the recharge areas we destroy in the process. Protect water quality water flow, water volumes and flow rates as nature designed it. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you</div><div><br></div><div>Louisette Lanteigne</div><div>700 Star Flower Ave.</div><div>Waterloo Ontario</div><div>N2V 2L2 </div><div><br></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br></div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><div class="ydpa56d8b09yiv1582118879ydpe37725b8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div></div></div></div>
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