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Dufferin Wind Power Project Natural Heritage Assessment Records Review Report May 2012 Dillon Consulting Limited Page 4 Dufferin Wind Power Inc. 3. PROJECT LOCATION The proposed wind farm facility will be located entirely within the Township of Melancthon in Dufferin County, approximately 14 km north of the Town of Shelburne. All wind turbines will be situated entirely on privately owned land and the majority of this land is currently under agricultural production, used as pastureland or is not being used. Other project components will be located on private land, County‐ owned land and within municipal road right‐of‐ways. Please see Figure 1 for the general location of the Project location. “Project location” is defined in Ontario Regulation 359/09 to be “a part of land and all or part of any building or structure in, on or over which a person is engaging in or proposes to engage in the project”. For GIS mapping purposes, the project location has been divided into 4 extents; Extent A is the buildable area where turbines are proposed to be located, Extents B‐D are the proposed areas for the power lines. Please see Figure 2a‐d for the Project Location. The wind farm is bound by the following roads: The Melancthon‐Osprey Townline to the north; The Melancthon‐Mulmur Townline to the east; Sideroad 15 in Melancthon to the south; and 5 th Line/6 th Line Northeast/Sideroad 240/County Road 2 to the west. There are currently two options to connect the project to the provincial grid. Only one option would be constructed. A description of each power option is presented below: OPTION 1: A dual 69 kV power line that would connect the project substation to a point of interconnection 35.6 km south in the Town of Mono, crossing the Townships of Melancthon, Mulmur and Amaranth. With the exception of 3 locations along the 69 kV power line where poles will need to be installed by the Proponent, most of this line infrastructure already exists, and as such, is not discussed as part of the Natural Heritiage Assessment, (Figure 2c). OPTION 2: The second transmission option is a 230 kV power line that would connect the project substation to the existing Orangeville Transformer Station (TS). The 230 kV power line would cross the Townships of Melancthon and Amaranth and the Town of Shelburne and connect into a switching station adjacent to the Orangeville TS within the Township of Amaranth. At this time, the location of a portion of the 230 kV line extending from the southwest area of the project location on Figure 2a to approximately Highway 10 (Figure 2b) is undetermined, however this portion of the 230 kV line will be constructed through the “230 kV Private Easement Study Area”. A pre‐construction commitment to assess features within this area is outlined in the Site Investigation, Evaluation of Significance. The features identified will
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3. PROJECT LOCATION
The proposed wind farm facility will be located entirely within the Township of Melancthon in Dufferin
County, approximately 14 km north of the Town of Shelburne. All wind turbines will be situated entirely
on privately owned land and the majority of this land is currently under agricultural production, used as
pastureland or is not being used. Other project components will be located on private land, County‐
owned land and within municipal road right‐of‐ways. Please see Figure 1 for the general location of the
Project location. “Project location” is defined in Ontario Regulation 359/09 to be “a part of land and all
or part of any building or structure in, on or over which a person is engaging in or proposes to engage in
the project”. For GIS mapping purposes, the project location has been divided into 4 extents; Extent A is
the buildable area where turbines are proposed to be located, Extents B‐D are the proposed areas for
the power lines. Please see Figure 2a‐d for the Project Location.
The wind farm is bound by the following roads:
The Melancthon‐Osprey Townline to the north;
The Melancthon‐Mulmur Townline to the east;
Sideroad 15 in Melancthon to the south; and
5th Line/6th Line Northeast/Sideroad 240/County Road 2 to the west.
There are currently two options to connect the project to the provincial grid. Only one option would be
constructed. A description of each power option is presented below:
OPTION 1: A dual 69 kV power line that would connect the project substation to a point of
interconnection 35.6 km south in the Town of Mono, crossing the Townships of Melancthon,
Mulmur and Amaranth. With the exception of 3 locations along the 69 kV power line where
poles will need to be installed by the Proponent, most of this line infrastructure already exists,
and as such, is not discussed as part of the Natural Heritiage Assessment, (Figure 2c).
OPTION 2: The second transmission option is a 230 kV power line that would connect the
project substation to the existing Orangeville Transformer Station (TS). The 230 kV power line
would cross the Townships of Melancthon and Amaranth and the Town of Shelburne and
connect into a switching station adjacent to the Orangeville TS within the Township of
Amaranth. At this time, the location of a portion of the 230 kV line extending from the
southwest area of the project location on Figure 2a to approximately Highway 10 (Figure 2b) is
undetermined, however this portion of the 230 kV line will be constructed through the “230 kV
Private Easement Study Area”. A pre‐construction commitment to assess features within this
area is outlined in the Site Investigation, Evaluation of Significance. The features identified will
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be either assessed for significance or treated as significant. Potential negative environmetnal
effects are outlined in the Environmental Impact Study Report. The power line options are
discussed more thoroughly in the Project Description Report, the Construction Plan Report and
the Design and Operations Report.
To provide flexibility during the construction stage to locate infrastructure components in suitable areas,
“buildable areas” have been identified (see Figures 2a‐d). Infrastructure (temporary and permanent)
not specifically shown on the maps, including access roads to turbines, connection lines, laydown areas,
parking areas, etc., will be constructed within the proposed buildable areas.
Of importance for the NHA, the 230kV Transmission Line will be placed either along a non‐active railway
bed adjacent to Provincially Significant Wetland (PSW) boundaries and associated wildlife habitat, or will
be placed underground using horizontal directional drilling.
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