Public Notice

Thornbury Harbour Fuel System Replacement 2021 – Public Comments Invited

February 4, 2021 – Fisheries and Oceans Canada must determine whether the proposed Thornbury Harbour Fuel System Removal and Replacement project located in Thornbury, ON is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this determination, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public and may be posted online. For more information, individuals should consult the Privacy Notice <https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/protection> on the Registry website.

Written comments must be submitted by March 6, 2021 to:

William Wilson

867 Lakeshore Rd, Burlington, ON, L7S1A1

416-986-7138

William.Wilson@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

The Proposed Project

Thornbury Harbour, Thornbury, ON,  is a 250 berth facility located on the south end of Nottawasaga Bay at the mouth of the Beaver River. The harbour is non-core recreational facility owned by  Fisheries and Oceans Canada's (DFO) Small Craft Harbours Branch (SCH), managed by  the Town of the Blue Mountains. The Town intends on a contracting project to decommission and replace two (2) existing underground fuel tanks and replacing them with an aboveground tank system. The underground system being removed consists of one (1) 15,000L double-wall steel gasoline tank and one (1) 10,000L double-wall steel diesel fuel tank. The replacement aboveground system will consist of one (1) 15,000L double-wall steel gasoline tank and one (1) 10,000L double-wall steel diesel fuel tank. The fuel distribution system (pump islands, piping, and all other associated components) will be removed and replaced as part of this project.