Wells Foundry Limited - Approval to register for a technical standard for air pollution (industry standard)

Proponent(s)

Wells Foundry Limited
1250 Florence Street
London, ON
N5W 2N4
Canada

Site address

1250 Florence Street
London, ON
N5W 2N4
Canada

To see the site location on a map, refer to the instrument proposal under ERO # 019-1846.

Decision details

Approval has been granted for Wells Foundry Limited to amend their registration under the Technical Standards Registry – Air Pollution (Technical Standards Registry) in respect of the Foundries – Industry Standard under the Local Air Quality Regulation (O. Reg. 419/05).

Wells Foundry Limited is a grey and ductile iron foundry facility which manufactures a range of castings such as pump covers, manhole covers and impellers and is located at 1250 Florence Street, London, Ontario. The facility is part of a class identified by the primary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 331511 (Iron Foundries).

The facility is already registered for: suspended particulate matter, various metals and metal compounds, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxide and sulphur dioxide (see EBR Registry Number: 012-9065). This amendment is to add new contaminants to their existing registration. Please see the additional information section for the full list of contaminants in the application.

Registration to a technical standard means that this facility must adhere to all technical and operational requirements in the Foundries - Industry Standard (see link to this notice) for the contaminants they are currently registered for.

Technical standards ensure that facilities are managing impacts on an airshed by installing best available technology. These requirements would replace the air standards for the contaminants that are registered for this facility.

Registration to the Technical Standards Registry is a compliance approach under the Local Air Quality Regulation. It requires that the company demonstrate compliance on an ongoing basis through applicable technical standard requirements set out in the Foundries – Industry Standard. Registration to the Technical Standards Registry does not exempt the facility from the requirements under section 9 of the Environmental Protection Act, which regulates alterations to plant infrastructure and processes. Therefore a company required to install equipment under the Foundries – Industry Standard is still required to have approval under Part II.1 of the Environmental Protection Act for that equipment.

The Technical Standards Registry is available on the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks’ website and sets out the names of all facilities registered in the Registry.

Comments received

• 0 received through the registry
• 0 received by mail
• 0 received by email

Effects of consultation

No comments were received.

Third parties are not able to apply for leave to appeal in respect of proposals which are posted while Ontario Regulation 115/20 is in effect. On April 1, 2020, the Ontario Government made a temporary regulation to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak which exempts all proposals from the requirement to post notices on the ERO. Leave to appeal may only be sought in respect of instruments that are required to be posted to the ERO.

Appeal information

Appeals are not allowed.

This instrument type cannot be appealed.