Soprema Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

ERO number
013-4698
Ministry reference number
6859-B7USHJ
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
February 12, 2019 - March 29, 2019 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
February 12, 2019
to March 29, 2019

Decision summary

We have issued an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (Air & Noise) to Soprema Inc., located in the City of Woodstock, Ontario. This facility manufactures bitumen (asphalt) membrane waterproofing product.

Location details

Site address

1620 Commerce Way
Woodstock, ON
N4V 0A2
Canada

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Proponent(s)

Soprema Inc.
5255 rue Robert-Boyd Road
Sherbrooke, QC
J1R 0W8
Canada

Decision details

An Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (Air & Noise) has been issued to Soprema Inc., located in the City of Woodstock, Ontario. This facility manufactures bitumen (asphalt) membrane waterproofing product.

This approval is for all sources at the facility including;

  • storage tanks/silos,
  • dust collectors,
  • mixing,
  • coating,
  • cooling,
  • granular application, and
  • combustion equipment.

Emissions to the air from this facility include;

  • volatile organic compounds,
  • particulate matter,
  • nitrogen oxides and
  • odour.

The Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (Air & Noise) requires that the company demonstrate compliance on an ongoing basis with Ontario Regulation 419/05, applicable Ministry Guidelines for Air and Noise and other performance requirements as specified in their conditions.

It permits modifications such as process changes, de-bottlenecking or addition of new equipment 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 & Noise).

The limited operational flexibility conditions have an expiry date.

The attached document is intended for posting on the Environmental Registry in order to provide the reader with the substantive content of the issued instrument. Please note the official version may be differently formatted or otherwise contain minor variations from this version.

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Supporting materials

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Environmental Approvals Access and Service Integration Branch
Address

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

Office phone number
London District Office (Southwest Region)
Address

733 Exeter Road
London, ON
N6E 1L3
Canada

Office phone number

How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from June 21, 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)

Soprema Inc.
5255 rue Robert-Boyd Road
Sherbrooke, QC
J1R 0W8
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
013-4698
Ministry reference number
6859-B7USHJ

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
013-4698
Ministry reference number
6859-B7USHJ
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Proposal posted

Comment period

February 12, 2019 - March 29, 2019 (45 days)

Proposal details

Description of instrument

This proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (Air) which replaces all the current Environmental Compliance Approvals for Air and includes the addition of new or historically unapproved sources for all emissions from Soprema Inc., located in the City of Woodstock, Ontario. This facility offers manufacturing of bitumen (asphalt) membrane waterproofing product.

The proposal includes all sources at the facility, including storage tanks, dust collectors, cooling tower, and combustion equipment.

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • benzo(a)pyrene,
  • calcium carbonate,
  • 1,3-butadiene,
  • nitrogen oxides and
  • particulate matter.

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.

Environmental Approvals Access and Service Integration Branch
Address

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

Office phone number
London District Office (Southwest Region)
Address

733 Exeter Road
London, ON
N6E 1L3
Canada

Office phone number

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Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from February 12, 2019
to March 29, 2019

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