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February 17, 2021
to April 3, 2021
Decision summary
The ministry issued an approval to 2264201 Ontario Inc., located at 300 Nugget Avenue in the City of Toronto. The approval was amended to permit the receipt, processing and transfer of both dry and liquid excess soil.
Location details
Site address
300 Nugget Avenue
Toronto,
ON
Canada
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2264201 Ontario Inc.
175 Midwest Road
Scarborough,
ON
M1P 3A6
Canada
Decision details
The processing of excess soil will be accomplished using a live bottom assembly and the addition of a binding agent for solidification.
The maximum quantity of processed soil to be stored in a covered 1,131 square metres Soil Operations Structure.
Soil will be sampled and analyzed to ensure it meets the beneficial reuse requirements and transferred to sites for final disposal.
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How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from June 22, 2021 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:
- 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)
2264201 Ontario Inc.
175 Midwest Road
Scarborough,
ON
M1P 3A6
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
This proposal is to amend Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) (waste disposal site) with Limited Operational Flexibility (LOF) No. 1333-8W4Q5P for a non-hazardous waste transfer and processing facility, located at 300 Nugget Avenue, City of Toronto, Ontario.
LOF for a waste disposal site provides a company with flexibility to make changes to defined aspects of the site’s operations without a requirement to make an application for amendment. It includes conditions that describe the scope within which the changes can be made. It allows industry to plan and to make changes to their facilities in a timely manner and reduce the delays associated with the traditional approvals process.
LOF incorporates additional conditions to ensure that the ministry is kept informed of the continued site operations, that the company remains in compliance with legislative requirements and that the environment is not adversely affected. The extent to which operational flexibility is permitted by the ECA for a waste disposal site is contained within an Engineer’s Report provided by the proponent.
This proposal is for the continued use and operation of an existing waste disposal site operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, serving the Province of Ontario. The 2.33-hectare facility is used for the following:
- the processing and temporary storage of non-hazardous solid municipal waste, including municipal, household, industrial, commercial, institutional, and construction & demolition wastes (as currently approved - no change)
- the waste disposal site may receive, process, and ship for final disposal a maximum of 2,000 tonnes of waste and recyclables in any one day up to a maximum of 365,000 tonnes annually; an average of 1,000 tonnes per day
- the addition of a liquid-soils solidification process, including receipt of dry soils and temporary storage before transfer for disposal
- the addition of a non-waste material depot (sand, stone, crushed concrete, and cement powder) for resupply of volumetric cement trucks
- the temporary storage of materials at the site will be limited to 5,640 tonnes of waste (including soils) at any one time
The Design & Operations Plan outlines the acceptance, solidification, sampling protocol, removal process, monitoring and contingency measures for the proposed soil management aspects of the site. The plan also describes the operating layout and procedures for the cement silo and material bunkers, re-filling incoming volumetric cement trucks.
The scope of LOF for the proposed site is limited to the operating envelope described and contained within the Engineer's Report, including:
- construction of extensions to the original facility or separate structures, increasing potential material storage floor space (but not increasing the storage mass permitted)
- addition or relocation of building doors
- addition or extension of building walls
- addition, relocation or removal of dividing walls within buildings
- addition or relocation of document storage and sampling equipment storage bins
- relocating the access driveways
- modification of site fire routes (in consultation with the fire department)
- addition or relocation of staff facilities
- addition or relocation of scales and scale-operator booth
- landscaping changes
- on-site roadway changes
- stormwater drainage changes
- addition of vehicle or container types accepted
- relocation of buildings (subject to municipal site plan and building permits)
- modifications to traffic flow patterns
- installation or modifications to lighting
- installation or modifications to signage
The Engineer's Report also allows for modifications to site equipment under the LOF of the ECA, including:
- modifications or repairs to the building and its facilities including walls, floors, pits, roof, doors, plumbing, electrical etc.
- addition or replacement of mobile equipment for use on the site
- the installation or replacement of transfer/processing equipment
- modification or relocation of soil/cement processing equipment and/or maintenance operations inside the storage buildings
The following modifications to the waste disposal site are not permitted under the proposal:
- the ability to extend the physical size of the waste disposal site (i.e. add property)
- the ability to change the type of waste that can be received at the site and in particular, the ability to accept hazardous waste,liquid industrial waste, or hauled sewage
- the ability to increase the maximum rate of materials that may be received
- the ability to increase the total mass of material stored at the site
- any modification to the waste disposal site that requires a change to the Engineer’s Report
- any modification to the waste disposal site that is subject to the Environmental Assessment Act
Please see ERO 019-3138 for an Air/Noise proposal for the same facility.
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Comment
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This consultation was open from February 17, 2021
to April 3, 2021
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