GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA LIMITED - Approval for variance from the Liquid Fuels Handling Code

Instrument type: Approval for variance from the Liquid Fuels Handling Code

ERO number
019-4693
Ministry reference number
SR 3094078
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Technical Standards & Safety Act, 2000
Posted by
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Comment period
November 26, 2021 - December 26, 2021 (30 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
November 26, 2021
to December 26, 2021

Decision summary

The variance is approved

Location details

Site address

300 INGERSOLL ST S
INGERSOLL, ON
N5C 3J7
Canada

Site location details

Car assembly plant

Proponent(s)

GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA LIMITED
300 INGERSOLL ST S
INGERSOLL, ON
N5C 3J7
Canada

Decision details

GM may forgo the inspection of the aboveground vertical gasoline storage tank scheduled to be decommissioned in April 2022.

 

Comments received

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0

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Supporting materials

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Technical Standards and Safety Authority
Address

345 Carlingview Drive
Toronto, ON
M9W 6N9
Canada

Office phone number

How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from December 31, 2021 to begin the appeal process.

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

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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)

GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA LIMITED
300 INGERSOLL ST S
INGERSOLL, ON
N5C 3J7
Canada


Appellate body

The Registrar
Divisional Court (Toronto Region)
130 Queen Street West
Osgoode Hall - Room 174
Toronto 
M5H 2N5 
Phone: (416) 327-5100 
Fax: (416) 327-5549


Include the following:

ERO number
019-4693
Ministry reference number
SR 3094078

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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Technical Standards and Safety Authority
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345 Carlingview Drive
Toronto, ON
M9W 6N9
Canada

Office phone number

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Original proposal

ERO number
019-4693
Ministry reference number
SR 3094078
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Technical Standards & Safety Act, 2000
Posted by
Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA)
Proposal posted

Comment period

November 26, 2021 - December 26, 2021 (30 days)

Proposal details

Liquid Fuels Handling Code (LFHC) Requirement that Would Not be Met:

3.2.2.2. Aboveground vertical storage tanks installed in accordance with CAN/ULC-S601

and API Std 650 that do not have double bottoms shall be internally inspected at

least every 10 years, beginning when the tank is 15 years old or in accordance with

the interval criteria specified in API Std 653.

 

Why the Code Would Not be Met

The tank is scheduled to be decommissioned in April 2022 when the production of gasoline vehicles is ceased. The tank currently contains roughly 80,000 L of gasoline. In order to conduct the tank inspection, the fuel in the tank would have to be drained into tanker trucks or totes for temporary storage. This transfer of fuel to and from the tank is a potential safety risk.

 

Equivalent Safety Measures

The tank is located inside a dike that meets the requirements of the LFHC.

The tank is only 16 years old.

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.

Technical Standards and Safety Authority
Address

345 Carlingview Drive
Toronto, ON
M9W 6N9
Canada

Office phone number

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from November 26, 2021
to December 26, 2021

Connect with us

Contact

Marek Kulik

Phone number
Email address
Office
Technical Standards and Safety Authority
Address

345 Carlingview Drive
Toronto, ON
M9W 6N9
Canada

Office phone number