KW Ready Mix Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

ERO number
019-0211
Ministry reference number
5543-BCUQQ4
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Comment period
June 24, 2019 - August 8, 2019 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
June 24, 2019
to August 8, 2019

Decision summary

We have issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (Air & Noise) to KW Ready Mix Inc., a ready-mix concrete batching plant located at 38 Forwell Road in the City of Kitchener, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

38 Forwell Road
Kitchener, ON
Canada

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Proponent(s)

KW Ready Mix Inc.
38 Forwell Road
Kitchener, ON
N2B 3E8
Canada

Decision details

We have issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (Air & Noise) to KW Ready Mix Inc., a ready-mix concrete batching plant, equipped with two (2) cementitious material storage silos, one (1) dust collector, one (1) baghouse dust collector, one (1) natural gas fired boiler, and fugitive emiissions.

The equipment will be used for the delivery, storage and transfer of materials associated with the ready-mix concrete batching operations at the site located at 38 Forwell Road in the City of Kitchener, Ontario.

Contaminant emissions to the atmosphere include magnesium oxide, particulate matter, slag, nitrogen oxides, and magnesium carbonate.

Comments received

Through the registry

1

By email

0

By mail

0
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Effects of consultation

One (1) comment was received through the Environmental Registry. The comment was reviewed and considered in the ministry's decision whether or not to proceed with this proposal. The following concerns were raised:

  1. Concerns that it is unclear what is being proposed and whether the assumptions in the air portion of the application are consistent with those in the noise portion.

Ministry's response: The facility is approved for two production scenarios as described in the Environmental Compliance Approval. The ESDM Report considered both scenarios while the Acoustic Assessment Report considered only the scenario with the greater potential noise emissions.

  1. Concerns in regards to the noise generated by the proposed operations on-site; number of sources, locations and their operational sequences, the proposed facility impacts at the existing receptors, as well as towards future development to the west, as per information available from the City of Kitchener.

Ministry’s response: The proposal's Acoustic Assessment Report demonstrates that the operations of this proposed facility will meet ministry's noise limits (in this case the exclusionary sound level limits) upon completed implementation of the proposed noise control measures, which should occur prior commencement of operation of the facility and its equipment. Ministry will impose specific noise conditions in relation to the number of trucks, their locations and orientation at the site, as well as the operational time sequences for the applicable time periods.

Following the implementation of the proposed noise control measure(s) and commencement of operation of the facility, an acoustic audit will be required so that the noise impact and compliance can be verified. First acoustic audit could be done by the acoustical consultant, and the second audit will be done by a third party/independent acoustical consultant.

Any other changes/modifications to the site operations and related noise emissions may trigger a need that the site's Acoustic Assessment Report be updated, i.e. the facility may need to apply for an amended approval.

  1. Concerns about the air emissions from the facility meeting the ministry criteria.

Ministry's response: The application has demonstrated that the operation of the facility complies with the ministry's applicable air requirements including but not limited to the air discharge requirements in Reg. 419/05: Local Air Quality Regulation.

Supporting materials

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Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.

Guelph District Office
Address

1 Stone Road West
Floor 4
Guelph, ON
N1G 4Y2
Canada

Office phone number
Client Services and Permissions Branch
Address

135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

Office phone number

How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from December 23, 2019 to begin the appeal process.

Carefully review the information below to learn more about the appeal process.

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Appeal process for decisions published before June 1, 2021

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:

  1. prepare your application
  2. provide notice to the minister
  3. 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:

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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:

  1. 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?
  2. 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)

Issuing authority
Jeffrey McKerrall
Manager

Environmental Assessment and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

416-314-8302

Proponent(s)

KW Ready Mix Inc.
38 Forwell Road
Kitchener, ON
N2B 3E8
Canada


Appellate body

Environmental Review Tribunal
Attention: The Secretary
655 Bay Street
Floor 15
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca

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Include the following:

ERO number
019-0211
Ministry reference number
5543-BCUQQ4

This is not legal advice. Please refer to the Environmental Bill of Rights for exact legal requirements. Consult a lawyer if you need help with the appeal process.

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Original proposal

ERO number
019-0211
Ministry reference number
5543-BCUQQ4
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Proposal posted

Comment period

June 24, 2019 - August 8, 2019 (45 days)

Proposal details

This proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (Air & Noise) for KW Ready Mix Inc., a ready-mix concrete batching plant, equipped with two (2) cementitious material storage silos, one (1) dust collector, one (1) baghouse dust collector, one (1) natural gas fired boiler, and fugitive emiissions.

The equipment will be used for the delivery, storage and transfer of materials associated with the ready-mix concrete batching operations at the site located at 38 Forwell Road in the City of Kitchener, Ontario. Contaminant emissions to the atmosphere include magnesium oxide, particulate matter, slag, nitrogen oxides, and magnesium carbonate.

Supporting materials

View materials in person

Some supporting materials may not be available online. If this is the case, you can request to view the materials in person.

Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.

Guelph District Office
Address

1 Stone Road West
Floor 4
Guelph, ON
N1G 4Y2
Canada

Office phone number
Client Services and Permissions Branch
Address

135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

Office phone number

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from June 24, 2019
to August 8, 2019

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