DS Soils Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

This proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) for an enclosed non-hazardous materials transfer/processing facility. This facility is on a 2.35-hectare property located in the City of Barrie, ON.

The facility is located within a new industrial subdivision and is surrounded by industrial lands. The facility will receive, store, transfer and process non-hazardous materials including dry excess soil, road sweepings and liquid soil; all storage and processing of materials will be undertaken within enclosed areas at the facility.

The facility will receive liquid soil from hydrovac vehicles from multiple sites in Ontario; dry soil is generated by physical water separation. Separated water is proposed to be reused in hydrovac activities or where necessary, managed via the local sanitary sewer system. The facility will predominantly serve as a material recycling/reuse facility; all materials will be tested to determine the appropriate reuse/ disposal site for shipment from the facility.

Materials which meet applicable criteria for beneficial reuse will be transferred to excess soil reuse sites in accordance with the requirements of Ontario Regulation 406/19. Materials received at the facility that do not meet excess soil reuse criteria will be removed from the site and disposed of by licenced haulers. The maximum quantity of waste delivered to the site on any given day is 1,000 tonnes, and 365,000 tonnes annually.

Operations at the facility may occur 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. The facility will receive materials from the Province of Ontario.