All Treat Farms Limited - Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

This amended Environmental Compliance Approval No. A170602, dated November 3, 2023, is for the use and operation of a 66.8 hectare-waste disposal site (processing), serving the Province of Ontario and encompassing the following:

• one composting facility, receiving and processing the organic waste at a rate not exceeding 5,000 tonnes per day and consisting of the following structures, processes and equipment:
  • one fully enclosed receiving building, measuring 36.6 metres wide, 54.9 metres long and 13.0 metres high that will be used for receiving and mixing of organic waste, equipped with three fast acting roll-up doors for truck access; served by one ventilation system that maintains negative pressure in the Receiving Building and passes building air through one three-stage cross-flow chemical scrubber comprised of an acid stage (sulphuric acid), a caustic stage and an oxidizing (hydrogen peroxide) stage with a design capacity of 25.0 cubic metres per second and a minimum odour removal efficiency of 75 percent; discharging into the atmosphere
  • one cover-all building, measuring approximately 37 metres wide, 122 metres long and 17 metres high, to be used for screening of finished compost and storage of compost, complete with one material processing unit consisting of electrically powered trommel screens, deck screens and elevator/stackers stationed within the cover-all building
  • aerobic composting system referred to as "Carbon Process", for composting of yard waste, formed into a large brick or wedge to allow aerobic biodegradation to occur, and be turned and formed into a larger wedge for further composting, including curing, on a 148 metre by 200 metre compacted gravel base
  • aerobic windrow composting system referred to as "Leaf Process", for composting, including curing, of pre-processed leaves, on a 148 metre by 200 metre compacted gravel base
  • three GORE^TM composting areas for active composting of highly putrescible organic wastes mixed with the leaf and yard waste and other compostable wastes and amendment materials in windrows, with each windrow serviced by one medium pressure blower, rated for a maximum flow rate of 0.58 cubic metre per second, used to supply oxygen to the pile through two in-floor aeration channels and directly motored by temperature and oxygen probes. Each pile is covered by a secured and breathable GORE^TM cover, except in the final (curing) phase where the cover may or may not be used. Each GORE^TM composting area described is as follows: one (1) GORE^TM (Existing GORE^TM) composting area approximately 120 metres wide by 164 metres long, containing a total of 32 aerated static windrows; one GORE^TM (new GORE^TM, west of existing GORE^TM) composting area approximately 70 metres wide by 195.6 metres long, containing a total of 18 aerated static windrows and one GORE^TM (new GORE^TM, southwest of existing GORE^TM) composting area approximately 70 metres wide by 147.3 metres long, containing a total of 14 aerated static windrows
  • one 6,392 square metre-outdoor concrete pad for compost storage
  • one 16,358 square metre-outdoor concrete pad for finished compost storage
• processing equipment used at the site, including loaders, shredders, bulldozers, skid steers, trommel screens, stackers, tractor, mobile cover unwinding machine, stacker feeder, portable work lights, windrow turner, wood hog and shredder/mixer

Normal receipt hours of the organic waste at the site are approved to be Monday through Friday: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., except on statutory holidays and Saturday: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

During peak periods, defined as the months of March, April, May, October, November and December, the owner is approved to receive the organic waste 24 hours per day, seven days per week.

The owner is approved to conduct processing operations 24 hours per day, seven days per week, except on statutory holidays.