This consultation was open from:
February 22, 2019
to April 8, 2019
Decision summary
An Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (Air & Noise) has been granted to Rosscomm Holdings Ltd., a hot-mix asphalt plant, located at 10 Freshway Drive, Vaughan, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
10 Freshway Drive
Vaughan,
ON
L4K 1S3
Canada
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
Rosscomm Holdings Ltd.
8 Cadetta Road
Brampton,
ON
L6P 0X4
Canada
Decision details
Decision on instrument
An Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (Air & Noise) has been granted to Rosscomm Holdings Ltd., a hot-mix asphalt plant, located at 10 Freshway Drive, Vaughan, Ontario.
The approval includes all sources at the facility, including:
- a boiler
- unit heater
- processing main stack
- a hot mix asphalt silo loadout
- crushing drop points
- fuel storage tanks
Emissions to the air include:
- particulate matter
- nitrogen oxides
- sulphur dioxide
- carbon monoxide
The Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (Air & Noise), 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 & Noise). 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.
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.
Supporting materials
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135 St. Clair Avenue West
1st floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
230 Westney Road South
Floor 5
Ajax,
ON
L1S 7J5
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from May 22, 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:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- 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:
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- 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?
- 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)
Rosscomm Holdings Ltd.
8 Cadetta Road
Brampton,
ON
L6P 0X4
Canada
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
Include the following:
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
Proposal details
Description of instrument
This proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (Air) which replaces the current Environmental Compliance Approval (Air) No. 5697-AW8LPM and includes the addition of new or historically unapproved sources for all emissions from Rosscomm Holdings Ltd., a hot-mix asphalt plant, located at 10 Freshway Drive, Vaughan, Ontario.
The proposal includes all sources at the facility, including:
- a boiler,
- unit heater,
- processing main stack,
- a hot mix asphalt silo loadout,
- crushing drop points, and
- fuel storage tanks.
Emissions to the air include particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, and carbon monoxide.
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
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.
135 St. Clair Avenue West
1st floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
230 Westney Road South
Floor 5
Ajax,
ON
L1S 7J5
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from February 22, 2019
to April 8, 2019
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