Cette consultation a eu lieu :
du 21 octobre 2025
au 5 décembre 2025
Résumé de la décision
A renewal of an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air & noise) was issued to H.C. Starck Canada Inc., metal powder products manufacturing facility located in Sarnia, Ontario.
Facility Production Limit is up to 4500 tonnes of metal powder per year.
Détails de l'emplacement
Adresse du site
933 Vidal Street South
Sarnia,
ON
Canada
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H.C. Starck Canada Inc.
933 Vidal Street South
Sarnia,
ON
N7T 8H8
Canada
Détails de la décision
A renewal of an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air & noise) was issued to H.C. Starck Canada Inc., metal powder products manufacturing facility located in Sarnia, Ontario.
Facility Production Limit is up to 4500 tonnes of metal powder per year.
The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include tungsten metal/tungsten carbide process, cast tungsten carbide (CTC) process and pusher furnace – tungsten metal powder process; as well as, dust collectors, welding operations, and fumehoods.
Emissions to the air from this facility include:
- tungsten and tungsten compounds
- nickel
- manganese compounds
- chromium compounds
- carbon black
- particulate matter; and
- nitrogen oxides
The Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air & noise) requires that the company demonstrate compliance on an ongoing basis with Ontario Regulation 419/05, applicable ministry guidelines for air and noise and 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 to be specified on the Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air & noise).
The Limited Operational Flexibility conditions will expire 10 years from the date of the Approval, unless this Approval is revoked prior to the expiry date. The company will be required to make application for amendment at that time to renew these conditions. Of specific public interest, one condition that is included with the Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air & noise) 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.
Documents justificatifs
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Toronto,
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How to Appeal
Cet avis de décision peut être porté en appel. Vous avez jusqu’à 15 jours à partir du 10 février 2026 pour entamer le processus d’appel.
Veuillez lire les renseignements suivants attentivement pour en savoir plus sur le processus d’appel.
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Start the process to appeal
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:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- 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:
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- 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?
- 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)
H.C. Starck Canada Inc.
933 Vidal Street South
Sarnia,
ON
N7T 8H8
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
Inclure les éléments suivants:
Il ne s'agit pas d'un avis juridique. Veuillez vous reporter à la Charte des droits environnementaux de 1993 pour connaître les exigences exactes prévues par la loi. Consultez un avocat si vous avez besoin d'aide avec le processus d'appel.
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Client Services and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Proposition initiale
Détails de la proposition
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 H.C. Starck Canada Inc. manufactures metal powder products located in the City of Sarnia, Ontario.
The application includes all sources at the facility including tungsten metal/tungsten carbide process, cast tungsten carbide (CTC) process and pusher furnace – tungsten metal powder process; as well as, dust collectors, welding operations, and fumehoods. Emissions to the air from this facility include:
- tungsten
- nickel
- carbon black
- particulate matter, and
- products of combustion such as nitrogen oxides
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.
Documents justificatifs
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Certains documents justificatifs peuvent ne pas être accessibles en ligne. Si tel est le cas, vous pouvez demander à consulter les documents en personne.
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135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
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Cette consultation a eu lieu 21 octobre 2025
au 5 décembre 2025
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