Washington Mills Electro Minerals Corporation - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

This proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air) which 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 Washington Mills Electro Minerals Corporation, a production facility for standard abrasive grain and specialty electro-fused minerals, located in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

The application includes all sources at the facility, including manufacturing process consisting of:

• breaking
• crushing and grinding
• briquetting
• pelletizing and packaging

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

• aluminum
• calcium
• chromium IV
• fluoride
• nitrogen oxides, and
• zircon

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.