Digital Specialty Chemicals Limited - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

ERO number
019-2771
Ministry reference number
1300-BV3JYP
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Decision Updated
Decision posted
Comment period
December 3, 2020 - April 17, 2021 (135 days) Closed
Last updated

Update Announcement

This proposal notice has been updated on date March 04, 2022 to advise the public that this application is still under active review. The ministry is reviewing the comments it has received to date. The original proposal date and comment period have not been altered.

This consultation was open from:
December 3, 2020
to April 17, 2021

Decision summary

This approval is for an amendment to the Limited Operational Flexibility for an Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 1227-A32Q8W for Digital Specialty Chemicals Limited, a manufacturer of custom chemicals for the electronics, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries located in the City of Toronto, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

470 Coronation Drive
Toronto, ON
M1E 4Y4
Canada

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Proponent(s)

Digital Specialty Chemicals Limited
470 Coronation Drive
Toronto, ON
M1E 4Y4
Canada

Decision details

This approval is for an amendment to the Limited Operational Flexibility for an Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 1227-A32Q8W for Digital Specialty Chemicals Limited, a manufacturer of custom chemicals for the electronics, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries located in the City of Toronto, Ontario.

The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include:

  • cleaning
  • mixing
  • chemical reactions
  • filtration
  • distillation
  • siphoning
  • packaging

The amendment includes:

  • a higher production capacity
  • installation of a new air treatment system
  • other processing and ancillary modifications

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • lanthanum trichoride
  • nitrogen oxides
  • triethyl phosphite
  • phosphorus pentoxide
  • dichlorosilane >97%
  • trimethylchlorosilane
  • hydrochloric acid
  • triethylindium
  • tributylphosphine
  • hexamethyldisilazane

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.

Comments received

Through the registry

32

By email

0

By mail

0
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Effects of consultation

Comments received were reviewed and, where appropriate, were considered in the ministry's decision whether or not to proceed with this proposal. In this case, comments were consistent with concerns within the ministry and, as a result, terms and conditions were added. These conditions do not represent all conditions imposed on the instrument holder, but rather those that are directly in line with comments received.

The applicant has demonstrated that when operated in accordance with this approval, the air and noise emissions from the approved equipment would be in compliance with this ministry’s applicable acts, regulations and guidelines, specifically, s.9 of the Environmental Protection Act (EPA), O.Reg. 419/05: Air Pollution: Local Air Quality and noise guidelines, including ministry air quality standards and guidelines.

Air emissions

The ministry has taken appropriate actions to require the company to ensure effectiveness of the control equipment including the thermal oxidizer and scrubber. A source testing program is required to confirm low emissions of contaminants and update the assessment accordingly.

Noise emissions

The proponent has demonstrated that noise impacts from site operations are in compliance with the ministry’s noise guidelines. In addition, a condition in the approval to conduct an acoustic audit verify compliance by a third party consultant.

The 5 years timeline for the noise abatement action plan is required to accurately specify acoustical silencers and louvers and modify existing structures to accommodate the additional equipment.

Truck traffics along the main road are beyond the scope of the ECA, and would be addressed by the City of Toronto noise by-law.

Supporting materials

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How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from January 9, 2023 to begin the appeal process.

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

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Start the process to appeal

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)


Proponent(s)

Digital Specialty Chemicals Limited
470 Coronation Drive
Toronto, ON
M1E 4Y4
Canada


Appellate body

Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca

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Include the following:

ERO number
019-2771
Ministry reference number
1300-BV3JYP

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
019-2771
Ministry reference number
1300-BV3JYP
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Proposal posted

Comment period

December 3, 2020 - April 17, 2021 (135 days)

Proposal details

Note:

Please note we have extended the comment period again for 30 days on March 11, 2021.

Please note that we have extended the comment period again for 30 days on February 12, 2021.

Please note the comment period has been extended for another 30 days on January 14, 2021.

 

This proposal is for an amendment to the Limited Operational Flexibility for an Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 1227-A32Q8W for Digital Specialty Chemicals Limited, a manufacturer of custom chemicals for the electronics, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries located in the City of Toronto, Ontario.

The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include cleaning, mixing, chemical reactions, filtration, distillation, siphoning, and packaging.

The amendment includes a higher production capacity, installation of a new air treatment system, and other processing and ancillary modifications.

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • lanthanum trichoride
  • nitrogen oxides
  • triethyl phosphite
  • phosphorus pentoxide
  • trimethylchlorosilane
  • hydrochloric acid
  • hexamethyldisilazane

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.

Supporting materials

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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.

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from December 3, 2020
to April 17, 2021

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