Section
3
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION
APPENDIX 3.A:
PROJECT NOTIFICATION AND MNR
INFORMATION REQUEST –
TEMPLATE LETTER AND TABLE
Environmental Guide for Fish and Fish Habitat
Version: June 2009
Ministry of Transportation
Environmental Guide for Fish and Fish Habitat
Section 3: Background Data Collection
Appendix 3.A: Project Notification and
MNR Information Request
VERSION HISTORY
VERSION #
1.0
Jun-09
DATE
Jun-2009
DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR CHANGE
 New Appendix containing Project Notification and
MNR Information Request Template Letter & Table
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Ministry of Transportation
Environmental Guide for Fish and Fish Habitat
Section 3: Background Data Collection
Appendix 3.A: Project Notification and
MNR Information Request
Date
Address
Re:
Attention: [CONTACT NAME]
In accordance with the MTO/DFO/MNR Protocol for Protecting Fish and Fish Habitat on
Provincial Highway Undertakings (2006), this letter is to provide notification to the Ministry of
Natural Resources that the Ministry of Transportation is undertaking works [INSERT PROJECT
TITLE/ACTIVITY].
[INSERT PROJECT/ACTIVITY DETAILS; i.e. type of activity and a concise description of the
proposed work in and around waterbodies].
Please see the attached for details regarding the [INSERT THE NAMES AND LOCATION OF
WATERBODY (IES)] within the project limits.
As per Step 3 of the MTO/DFO/MNR Fisheries Protocol, we request that MNR complete the
attached table that includes information on fish community and habitat.
We look forward to MNR’s response to our request within 20 working days, as specified in the
Protocol.
[Name]
[Title]
Jun-09
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[INSERT MTO PROJECT TITLE]
Waterbody Name
and location (GPS
coordinates &
Google Earth map)
Watercourse
classification
(i.e. warmwater,
coldwater)
Habitat information/
locations (fish
passage barriers,
known spawning
habitats etc.)
Historical data on fish
species present, including
whether the subject
waterbody(s) [SPECIFY
LOCATION] are
considered to support any
vulnerable, threatened or
endangered aquatic
species
MNR fisheries
management
objectives, if
applicable
MNR interpretation
of fish and fish
habitat sensitivity
(scale of high,
moderate, low or
unknown as per
DFO’s Risk
Management
Framework
In-water timing
windows for
construction
NOTE:


Jun-09
The applicant shall complete the waterbody name and location (column 1) and attach a Google Earth map or MTO project map
identifying each waterbody and submit to MNR.
MNR is required as per Step 3 of the Fisheries Protocol to provide the applicant with the information outlined in the table above
(columns 2-7) within 20 working days.
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