Southwest United Canada Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

ERO number
013-5296
Ministry reference number
1257-BC5RL9
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
June 13, 2019 - July 28, 2019 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
June 13, 2019
to July 28, 2019

Decision summary

We issued an amended Environmental Compliance Approval (Air) with Limited Operational Flexibility to Southwest United Canada Inc., an aerospace metal processing facility located in the City of Brampton, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

85 Stafford Drive
Brampton, ON
L6W 1L3
Canada

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Proponent(s)

Southwest United Canada Inc.
85 Stafford Drive
Brampton, ON
L6W 1L3
Canada

Decision details

This approval includes all emission processes/sources that exhaust to the air including:

  • electroplating
  • acid pickling
  • chemical passivation
  • nickel strike plating
  • thermal spray booths
  • precision grinder
  • maintenance welding
  • lab fume hoods

This amendment includes:

  • the addition of one (1) paint booth
  • remove sources of hexavalent chromium
  • renew the limited operational flexibility condition

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • inorganic alkalis
  • inorganic acids
  • tungsten carbide
  • metals
  • particulate matter

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How to Appeal

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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
Rudolf Wan
Manager - Air Approvals

Environmental Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave W
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

416-992-4379

Proponent(s)

Southwest United Canada Inc.
85 Stafford Drive
Brampton, ON
L6W 1L3
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
013-5296
Ministry reference number
1257-BC5RL9

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
013-5296
Ministry reference number
1257-BC5RL9
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Proposal posted

Comment period

June 13, 2019 - July 28, 2019 (45 days)

Proposal details

Description of instrument

This proposal is for an amendment to the Limited Operational Flexibility for an Environmental Compliance Approval (Air & Noise) No. 8534-7WTKUN for Southwest United Canada Inc., an aerospace metal processing facility located in the City of Brampton, Ontario.

This proposal includes all emission processes/sources that exhaust to the air including:

  • electroplating
  • acid pickling
  • chemical passivation
  • nickel strike plating
  • thermal spray booths
  • precision grinder
  • maintenance welding
  • lab fume hoods
  • natural gas fired combustion equipment

This amendment includes the addition of one (1) paint booth, remove sources of hexavalent chromium and renew the limited operational flexibility condition.

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • inorganic alkalis
  • inorganic acids
  • tungsten carbide
  • metals
  • particulate matter
  • nitrogen oxides

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.

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Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from June 13, 2019
to July 28, 2019

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