Plans, Reports and Studies

The Municipality of Greenstone has plans, reports and studies in place to work towards a vibrant and growing community.

Asset Management Plan

Our Asset Management Plan and Strategic Asset Management Policy outline how we plan to handle aging infrastructure through maintenance and replacement. Asset infrastructure includes roads, bridges, sidewalks, lights and improved water and sewer systems.

Corporate Strategic Plan

The Municipality of Greenstone's Corporate Strategic Plan identifies key priorities for the municipality over the next five years.

Municipal Emergency Plan

Our Municipal Emergency Plan helps protect our community's safety from the effects of a natural, technological, or human-caused emergency. If Council declares an emergency, all Greenstone staff, residents, and emergency services will follow the plan for a coordinated response.

Your responsibility in an emergency

Emergency preparedness begins with you. Learn how you can prepare for any type of emergency. By being ready for emergencies, you help to reduce the impact of a crisis in our community.

Municipal Emergency Management Program

The Municipal Emergency Management Program strives to improve our level of preparedness. Our Municipal Emergency Plan, adopted by Council, outlines our detailed plan to keep everyone safe. Our initiatives to support the emergency plan include:

Emergency exercises
Hazard identification and support plans
Public education and awareness
Training programs

Emergency Operations Control Group

In the event of an emergency, our Emergency Operations Control Group will meet to coordinate an emergency response to keep our community safe.

Community Emergency Management Coordinator

The Community Emergency Management Coordinator manages our emergency preparedness initiatives and ensures our plan is up to date.

Official Plan

The Official Plan outlines land use planning in the Municipality of Greenstone. Review our Official Plan before you take on a new building or development project.

Water and Wastewater Financial PlanS

The Municipality of Greenstone has developed a Water and Wastewater Financial Plan that outlines our financial position and plans to keep our water infrastructure up to date.

WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING and REPORTING

Major development projects are subject to the requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act. We often undertake public consultation with the help of a project consultant who assists us through the stages of the Environmental Assessment (EA) process. The EA process is an important part of planning future developments. With respect to waste management in Greenstone, an EA may be required for changes to existing landfill sites or the development of a new site. If we are working on a project, a notice will be advertised on the Municipal website and other media streams required by the Act.

Planning & Consultation for a New Landfill Site

In 2021 the Municipality retained a landfill engineering consultant to assist the Municipality with the Environmental Assessment required for the development of new regional landfill site. Scroll down to "Greenstone Waste Management Environmental Assessment" for more information on public engagement for this project.

Closure of the Geraldton Landfill

In order to comply with Environmental Compliance Approval A7004401 authorizing the operation of the Geraldton Waste Disposal Site (Landfill), the site will be permanently closed effective December 31, 2021. The Municipality will continue with activities required by the Site Closure Plan approved by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks.

Beardmore Landfill Expansion Project

Environmental Monitoring Reports for all Municipal Landfills

GREENSTONE WASTE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

The Municipality of Greenstone is starting an Environmental Assessment process. During this process, engineers will study ways to reduce and manage waste within the region of Greenstone. The goal is to create a long-term plan to manage and dispose of the Municipality of Greenstone's solid waste.

Three rounds of engagement are planned with the communities of Greenstone, Indigenous groups, and organizations in the area. Meetings with select rights-holder and stakeholder groups will occur in Fall 2022 with public workshops open to the public to follow. To learn more about the public engagement process, timeline, and ways to get involved, please click on the tabs below.

KGS Group and Scatliff + Miller + Murray have been retained to assist the Municipality of Greenstone in the development of the plan.

Project Contact:

Tony Gallo

KGS Group

GreenstoneEA@kgsgroup.com

UPDATES

August 26, 2022 – Public Notice of Commencement

Public Open House Events

BACKGROUND

There are four municipal operated landfills in the communities of Geraldton, Longlac, Nakina, and Beardmore.

Current Capacity

Geraldton landfill was closed in 2021 at 102% capacity.
Longlac was at 57% capacity as of September 2020. The landfill serves Longlac, Camp 25 Area, Caramat, Pamela & Margo Lake Area, Long Lake #58 First Nation, and Ginoogaming First Nation. As of December 2021, it started servicing Geraldton.
Nakina landfill was at 50% capacity as of Decmeber 2021.
Beardmore landfill is over capacity as of December 2021 and currently serves Beardmore, Jellicoe, and Wildgoose area.

Existing landfill sites map

A long-term solution is need for the management of solid waste for the region. Development of this solution requires initiating an Environmental Assessment study to evaluate alternatives for waste management, identification of a preferred system, and selection of a preferred site.

The Environmental Assessment process is guided by the Municipality of Greenstone Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Plan Environmental Assessment Terms of Reference. The Terms of Reference was completed in 2013 and approved by Ministry of Environment in 2014. It acts as a road map for the current process including steps required in the study and consultation process.

TIMELINE

DETERMINE WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

The Municipality will study different ways to manage waste. Part of this process will be to make sure any new system is supported by the community and protects the environment. Some examples of new waste management systems are:

• Incineration;
• Compost;
• Landfill expansion;
• Waste diversion and waste re-use;
• New landfill; and
• Export of waste.

The process will also identify potential social, cultural, economic, and environmental drawbacks, as well as ways to reduce them.

SITE SELECTION

A site selection process will be included as part of the evaluation of the new landfill and incineration options. This process will include the following step:

Create a list of potential areas and specific sites that could work;
Based on input from rights holders and stakeholders, study and narrow down the list of potential sites;
Complete a detailed investigation for each short-listed site;
Compare the benefits and drawbacks of the short-listed sites and recommend a preferred site; and
In consultation with rights holders and stakeholders, choose the preferred site.

ENGAGE

Engagement Timeline Graphic

Ways to get involved

Participant Meetings

Meetings are planned with targeted stakeholder groups and organizations such as Waste Management Steering Committee, Indigenous Communities, recycling partners, Government representatives, and Industry representatives that have a vested interest in the project, provide related services or programs, or require review of the project or process.

Public Events

Public workshops are planned for community-wide involvement in the study. These events will be open to all community members, will provide more information about the project, and gather feedback from the public. Information about the dates and locations of upcoming events will be provided here once the public workshops are scheduled. Please stay tuned!

The first round of public workshops are scheduled at all Community Centres. Planned dates are:

Longlac – November 7 Longlac Sportsplex 200 Picnic Point Road 3-7pm

Nakina – November 8 Nakina Community Centre 206 North Ave 3-7pm

Geraldton - November 9 Geraldton Community Centre 200 Wardrope Ave 3-7 pm

Beardmore – November 10 100 Main St 3-7 pm

Questions regarding the engagement process or want to get involved?

Contact the project team at GreenstoneEA@kgsgroup.com

DOCUMENTS AND LINKS

seniors' services review

The Municipality of Greenstone provides a variety of services to support seniors living across Greenstone, including the communities of Beardmore, Geraldton, Longlac, Nakina and the surrounding rural areas. In March 2020, the Municipality commissioned a consultant to perform a complete Seniors' Services Review.

Plans Reports and Studies