West Nipissing Sanitation Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

Hauled sewage, commonly known as septage, is the waste material removed from portable toilets, sewage holding tanks and septic systems. Untreated hauled sewage from holding tanks and septic tanks may be disposed of on land in accordance with an Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) issued under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA).

This proposal is for the issuance of an Environmental Compliance Approval for a waste disposal site for hauled sewage and grease trap waste. The site has been approved for the storage of hauled sewage and grease trap waste since 1992 under a succession of approvals. The most recent approval has expired and a new ECA is required for the site.

Other Information:

Site Details

• Application Type: New
• Type of Disposal: Storage

Highlights of Proposed Approval Requirements

• prior to operating at the site, the company shall develop written procedures covering the following:
  • procedures for reporting to the Ministry, and municipal authorities as required in the event a spill occurs at the site;
  • a list of the personnel responsible for operations at the site
• the company shall ensure that all personnel involved in the operation of this hauled sewage disposal site are aware of the requirements of this Approval and are trained in Spill Prevention
• spills of a pollutant that cause or may cause an adverse effect are to be reported to the Ministry's Spills Action Centre and the company shall take appropriate remedial action to limit the impact
• the company must ensure that no unnecessary off-site effects, such as vermin, vectors, odour, dust, litter, noise or traffic, result from the operation of this site
• written records must be maintained in a log book that documents daily operations as well as any spills that occur and any complaints received
• 2,563 cubic metres of hauled sewage (from septic tanks, holding tanks) and grease trap waste, is proposed to be stored at this site
• hauled sewage will be stored in a clay lined lagoon
• the storage must be designed and constructed according to specified standards set out in the approval
• the storage must be operated in accordance with specified standards set out in the approval including minimum freeboard requirements
• surface or ground water monitoring conditions may be required
• financial assurance may be required for the storage of hauled sewage

Other

Prior to the spreading of hauled sewage, the operator is responsible for ensuring that all necessary approvals, licences or permits that may be required from other authorities, such as the local municipality, conservation authority, MNRF and OMAFRA, have been acquired.