CH Four has extensive experience in providing organic management. engineering solutions for industrial, municipal and agricultural clients.

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1 I am Mark Bell, the Director of the proponent, Petawawa Biofuel LP. I am here today with Claire Allen, a process engineer with CH Four Biogas Inc. our technical partner CH Four has extensive experience in providing organic management engineering solutions for industrial, municipal and agricultural clients. They have completed over 18 organic projects. Their first anaerobic digester was designed and constructed in Ontario in 2006 and since that time their systems have evolved and adapted, providing leading technical solutions. CH Four s team has designed and built projects in Canada that are similar to this project in Southgate. CH Four in cooperation with Vanguard Renewables - an American company - has developed 3 anaerobic digesters in Massachusetts with 5 more currently under development in Nevada, Arizona and California. Their first biogas plant in Chile is under construction and scheduled to 1

2 be commissioned this year. CH Four with local partners in Argentina just received two biogas project awards. Claire Allen is a Chemical Engineer who learned her trades at the University of Waterloo and Queen s University. Since 2008 she has dedicated her professional career to engineering and developing anaerobic digestion projects in Canada and North America. In 2012 she took a leave of absence to work with farmers in Ghana with Engineers Without Borders, a Canadian organization fostering change and addressing poverty and inequity in sub- Saharan Africa. Her technical experience, particularly as a means for farm diversification, has continued to grow. Her 10 years of biogas experience supporting farmers with anaerobic digesters, and working with regulators in numerous jurisdictions, gives her an understanding of the challenges to be overcome in our new industry. Clair was this year elected to the Board of the Canadian Biogas Association - the only female on the Board. 2

3 Claire is managing our permitting engineering, along with Niloofar Abdehagh and Benjamin Strehler, whom some of you have met. These very competent professionals are backed up by a full engineering support group at CH Four. Clair is also responsible for our Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change -- Environmental Compliance Approval Application -- (our Operating Permit), which is currently in process. Let me review the project's Timeline During 2017 there were a number of council meetings and staff reports, culminating in the signing of the land arrangements for the small lot in the Industrial Park. After initial discussions with staff, Petawawa Biofuel LP presented to council on April , and the staff report was delivered to council. Council asked the proponent to present at an Open House and we did so on April 25. The meeting was well attended and was reported in the Dundalk Herald. The Dundalk Herald has reported faithfully on all of our activities, and the council deliberations on this topic. On May 2nd the majority of council and the CAO were taken on tour of a similar facility, constructed in 2014, and in operation -- 3

4 the Woolich Bio-En anaerobic Digestor project in Elmira. The impressions left with council and staff were favorable - again this tour was reported in the Herald. On May 17 there was a further staff report ( ) presented to council with the recommendation to negotiate with Petawawa for a land acquisition. Throughout the summer of 2017 negotiations took place with Township staff. A good 'out of the way' site was selected in the Industrial Park - immediately adjacent to the waste water treatment plant. Site development conditions were agreed, and a royalty schedule was agreed. The purchase and sale agreement was prepared. On August 23 a by-law was presented to council authorizing the purchase and sale agreement, and it received first and second reading. On September the By Law received third reading. The purchase and sale agreement for the small 5 acre lot was then executed. 4

5 Financial Implications Our neighbours in the Industrial Park who process organic materials pay royalties to the Township. We also will pay royalties. To compare apples to apples, taking the purchase price of their lands and adding to that amount the royalties that they will pay over say a 20 year lifetime, provides an indication of the value received by the township for these activities. Expressed on a per acre basis, the value of each of these neighbouring projects is about $40 to$ per acre. The Petawawa project, in comparison is over $100,000 per acre. I think I know who came out on top in that discussion! Let's add to that sum the: Industrial Development Charge; the Building Permit Fee; the Site Plan Fee; the Zoning Amendment Fee; 5

6 and Municipal Taxes; and fees for landfill disposal - if you so wish to receive materials; and fees for using the waste water treatment plant, if required; and the local employment of about 4 skilled process operators; and the local construction activity totalling about $7 million; and the operating costs and maintenance spending in the community; and the employment of local contractors such as Harvey Martin's Saugeen Agri Service whom we hope will be assisting with our Organic digestate management; and the benefits we bring to the local farming community in terms of providing solutions for manure management and also providing a nutrient rich federally certifiable organic fertilizer product - now more and more demanded by farmers close by Dundalk. In total, this tidy small project using best housekeeping practices, will be a great benefit to the Southgate community. We note the comments received regarding this project - 6

7 NO objections from any of the government agencies; NO objections from any aboriginal communities ( including no responses from the 11 aboriginal communities that we invited to this meeting); and we are pleased to have an Enbridge representative here today, supporting the NO objection comment you have received from them. Regarding the one criticism you have received -- we will be pleased to address the possibility of odours from our proposed facility -- and the issue of truck traffic. We look forward to your continuing support, and welcome questions. thank you. 7