Opta Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

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Type d'acte: Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

Numéro du REO
019-8022
Numéro de référence du ministère
2632-CX4NQ9
Type d'avis
Instrument
Loi
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Affiché par
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Étape de l'avis
Décision
Décision publiée
Période de consultation
Du 8 décembre 2023 au 22 janvier 2024 (45 jours) Fermé
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Résumé de la décision

An approval was issued to amend Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 1057-8V9NMY for the renewal of the Operational Flexibility conditions for Opta Inc., a facility manufacturing synthetic slag, located at 871 Arvin Avenue in the City of Hamilton, Ontario.

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Adresse du site

871 Arvin Avenue
Hamilton, ON
Canada

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Promoteur(s)

Opta Inc.
871 Arvin Avenue
Hamilton, ON
L8E 5N8
Canada

Détails de la décision

An approval was issued to amend Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 1057-8V9NMY for the renewal of the Operational Flexibility conditions for Opta Inc., a facility manufacturing synthetic slag, located at 871 Arvin Avenue in the City of Hamilton, Ontario.

The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include:

  • raw material unloading and storage
  • product loading and bagging operations
  • supporting equipment and processes

The facility production limit of 912,000 kilograms per day of synthetic slag products remains unchanged.

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • suspended particulate matter
  • aluminum oxide
  • calcium oxide
  • iron oxide
  • magnesium oxide
  • vanadium oxide
  • calcium carbonate
  • wollastonite
  • crystalline silica
  • petroleum coke
  • calcium fluoride
  • calcium aluminate
  • blast furnace slag
  • products of combustion such as nitrogen oxides

The approval is an Environmental Compliance Approval (air) with Operational Flexibility, which is a single approval that replaces all the current Environmental Compliance Approvals for air at this facility, and includes the addition of new, or historically unapproved, sources for all emissions from the facility.

The Environmental Compliance Approval (air) with Operational Flexibility requires that the company demonstrates compliance on an ongoing basis with:

  • Ontario Regulation 419/05
  • applicable ministry guidelines for air and noise
  • other performance requirements as specified in their conditions

It permits modifications such as process changes, de-bottlenecking or addition of new equipment subject to limits on operational flexibility that include a production limit for the facility specified in the approval.

The operational flexibility conditions have a 10 years expiry date. The company is required to make an application for amendment at that time to renew these conditions. Of specific public interest, one condition that is included in the approval requires the company to make available, at all times, at the facility for inspection by interested members of the public a table (emission summary table) that documents the facility’s compliance with Ontario Regulation 419/05.

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If you’re an Ontario resident, you can start the process to appeal this instrument decision.

First, you’ll need to seek leave (i.e. get permission) from the relevant appellate body to appeal the decision.

If the appellate body grants leave, the appeal itself will follow.

Seek leave to appeal

To seek leave to appeal, you need to do these three things:

  1. prepare your application
  2. provide notice to the minister
  3. mail your application to three parties

1. Prepare your application

You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following things in your application:

  1. A document that includes:
    • your name, phone number, fax number (if any), and/or email address
    • the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
    • a statement about whether you are a resident in Ontario
    • your interest in the decision, and any facts you want taken into account in deciding whether you have an interest in the decision
    • the parts of the instrument that you’re challenging
    • whether the decision could result in significant harm to the environment
    • the reason(s) why you believe that no reasonable person – having regard to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind – could have made the decision
    • the grounds (facts) you’ll be using to appeal
    • the outcome you’d like to see
  2. A copy of the instrument (approval, permit, order) that you you are seeking leave to appeal. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry
  3. Copies of all supporting documents, facts and evidence that you’ll be using to appeal
What is considered

The appeal body will consider the following two questions in deciding whether to grant you leave to appeal:

  1. is there is good reason to believe that no reasonable person, with respect to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind, could have made the decision?
  2. could the decision you wish to appeal result in significant harm to the environment?

2. Provide your notice

You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re seeking leave to appeal.

In your notice, please include a brief description of the:

  • decision that you wish to appeal
  • grounds for granting leave to appeal

You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:

College Park 5th Floor, 777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3

3. Mail your application

You’ll need to mail your application that you prepared in step #1 to each of these three parties:

  • appellate body
  • issuing authority (the ministry official who issued the instrument)
  • proponent (the company or individual to whom the instrument was issued)

Autorité compétente
Nancy Orpana
Manager, Air Approvals

Environmental Permissions Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

(613) 484-2675

Proponent(s)

Opta Inc.
871 Arvin Avenue
Hamilton, ON
L8E 5N8
Canada


Organe d’appel

Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca

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Numéro du REO
019-8022
Numéro de référence du ministère
2632-CX4NQ9

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Proposition initiale

Numéro du REO
019-8022
Numéro de référence du ministère
2632-CX4NQ9
Type d'avis
Instrument
Loi
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Affiché par
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Proposition affichée

Période de consultation

8 décembre 2023 - 22 janvier 2024 (45 days)

Détails de la proposition

This proposal is for the renewal of the Limited Operational Flexibility for Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No.1057-8V9NMY for Opta Inc., a facility manufacturing synthetic slag located at 871 Arvin Avenue in the City of Hamilton, Ontario.

The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include dust collectors for the raw material offloading and storage silos, product loading, and bagging operations, as well as all supporting equipment and processes at the site. The facility production limit is 912,000 kilograms per day of synthetic slag products.

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • aluminum oxide
  • calcium oxide
  • iron oxide
  • magnesium oxide
  • vanadium oxide
  • calcium carbonate
  • wollastonite
  • crystalline silica
  • petroleum coke
  • amorphous silica
  • calcium fluoride
  • calcium aluminate
  • particulate matter

The Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air), when issued, permits modifications to the facility subject to limits on operational flexibility that include a production limit for the facility to be specified on the Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air). The limited operational flexibility conditions have an expiry date. The company will be required to make an application for amendment at that time to renew these conditions.

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Client Services and Permissions Branch
Address

135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

Office phone number

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