Lincoln Electric Company of Canada GP 2 Limited as general partner for and on behalf of Lincoln Electric Company of Canada LP - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

This proposal is for the renewal of the Limited Operational Flexibility for an Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 4649-9PPJLK for Lincoln Electric Company of Canada GP 2 Limited as general partner for and on behalf of Lincoln Electric Company of Canada LP, an aluminum wire production facility, located in Mississauga, Ontario.

This proposal includes all emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that exhaust to the atmosphere including forging, casting, milling, breakdown, annealing, shaving, spooling and any other ancillary and support processes and activities.

Emissions to the atmosphere from this facility include:

• particulate matter
• potassium laurate
• dichloroethylene
• 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.