R. W. Tomlinson Limited - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

ERO number
013-3675
Ministry reference number
2328-B3AQTW
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Comment period
August 30, 2018 - October 14, 2018 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
August 30, 2018
to October 14, 2018

Decision summary

An amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (Air & Noise) No. 0406-AF4LH6 has been issued to R. W. Tomlinson Limited, a facility used for quarrying and processing of aggregate materials, located in the Town of Bruce Mines, Ontario.

Location details

Site location details

Bruce Mines
District of Algoma
P0R 1C0
Lot:4 Concession:3

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Proponent(s)

R. W. Tomlinson Limited
5597 Power Road
Ottawa, ON
K1G 3N4
Canada

Decision details

An amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (Air & Noise) No. 0406-AF4LH6 has been issued to R. W. Tomlinson Limited, a facility used for quarrying and processing of aggregate materials, located in the Town of Bruce Mines, Ontario.

The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include primary, secondary and tertiary crushing and screening equipment.

The amendment includes the removal of the operating restriction in Condition 5.3 to allow for 24 hour crushing and screening of material at the facility.

Contaminant emissions to the air from this facility include suspended particulate matter and crystalline silica.

Comments received

Through the registry

0

By email

1

By mail

0
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Effects of consultation

Electronic comments regarding the noise emissions from the Facility were not received. However, written comments were received by email.

Comment:

Noise complaints were made by a resident living northeast of the Facility. The complaints mainly pertained to sound from crushing equipment and mobile equipment (trucks and loaders).

The complainant noted that the Facility sound levels seemed to be lower from approximately September 23, 2019 to early November 2019, but then increased after that time.

Response:

The Acoustic Assessment Report presents the modelled mitigated Facility sound levels and demonstrates that the Facility can operate in compliance with the applicable sound level limits at all nearby / surrounding points of reception (houses) with the implementation of noise control measures (equipment time limitations, operational limitations and acoustic barriers).

Supporting materials

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Environmental Approvals Access and Service Integration Branch
Address

135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

Office phone number
Sault Ste. Marie Area Office
Address

70 Foster Drive
Suite 110
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
P6A6V4
Canada

Office phone number

How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from January 31, 2020 to begin 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
Bahar Aminvaziri
Manager

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

416-314-7974

Proponent(s)

R. W. Tomlinson Limited
5597 Power Road
Ottawa, ON
K1G 3N4
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

About the Environmental Review Tribunal


Include the following:

ERO number
013-3675
Ministry reference number
2328-B3AQTW

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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ERO number
013-3675
Ministry reference number
2328-B3AQTW
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Proposal posted

Comment period

August 30, 2018 - October 14, 2018 (45 days)

Proposal details

Description of instrument

This proposal is for an amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (Air and Noise) No. 0406-AF4LH6 for R. W. Tomlinson Limited, a facility used for quarrying and processing of aggregate materials located in the Town of Bruce Mines, Ontario.

The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that exhaust to the air include primary, secondary and tertiary crushing and screening equipment.

The amendment includes the removal of the operating restriction in Condition 5.3 to allow for 24 hour crushing and screening of material at the facility.

Contaminant emissions to the air from this facility include suspended particulate matter and crystalline silica.

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.

Sault Ste. Marie Area Office
Address

70 Foster Drive
Suite 110
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
P6A6V4
Canada

Office phone number

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from August 30, 2018
to October 14, 2018

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