This consultation was open from:
April 23, 2021
to June 7, 2021
Decision summary
We issued an amended Environmental Compliance Approval in November 27, 2023, (No. 5203-9CCJ5V) to GFL Environmental Inc. to manage excess soil limited to dry soil at a waste disposal site (transfer/processing) and Class 1 Soil Management Site located at 85 Vickers Road, Etobicoke, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
85 Vickers Road
Toronto,
ON
Canada
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GFL Environmental Inc.
85 Vickers Road
Toronto,
ON
M9B 1C1
Canada
Decision details
This amended Environmental Compliance Approval No. 5203-9CCJ5V dated November 27, 2023, is for the use and operation of a 3.0-hectares Waste Disposal Site (processing/transfer) and Class 1 Soil Management Site for management of excess soil limited to dry soil, serving the Province of Ontario and encompassing the following:
Processing activities:
- receipt of the dry soil destined for bioremediation at the site;
- temporary storage of the dry soil within the confines of the building; and
- processing, including treatment, of the dry soil and consisting of the following processes and support units:
- processing of the dry soil with a shaking/screening unit equipped with a bioaugmentation compound(s) injection system at the exit of the unit;
- addition of biostimulation compound(s) and amendment material(s) to the dry soil;
- transfer of the dry soil from the preparation areas to the biopile areas;
- mechanically-aerated bioremediation of the dry soil in the biopiles, located within the confines of the building; and
- washing of contaminated rocks removed from the dry soil;
- temporary storage of the processed soil in the temporary building;
- transfer of the processed soil off-site;
Transfer activities:
- receipt of the dry soil destined for transfer off-site;
- temporary storage of the dry soil within the confines of the building; and and
- transfer of the dry soil off-site or screening and transfer of the dry soil off-site.
The Site is approved to receive a maximum of 3,000 tonnes of Dry Soil per day and a maximum of 936, 600 tonnes of Dry Soil per year.
On an emergency basis, the Site is approved to receive up-to a maximum of 6,000 tonnes of Dry Soil per day subject to compliance with the records-keeping requirements and District Manager notification requirements in the ECA.
The maximum amount of the Dry Soil in storage, the Dry Soil mix in the bioremediation process, the Processed Soil and the Rejected Waste in the existing Building is approved to be 27,638 tonnes, at any one time. The maximum amount of the processed and then tested Dry Soil stored in the new Temporary Building storage area is approved to be 30,000 tonnes. The maximum storage amount of Residual Waste from management of Dry Soil is approved to be 80 tonnes, at any one time. The maximum amount of the amendment material(s) stored at the Site for use in the bioremediation process is approved to be 10 tonnes at any one time. The maximum storage amount of the liquid bioaugmentation compound(s) solution stored at the Site for use in the bioremediation process is approved to be 4,000 litres at any one time.
Dry Soil movement activities and/or operation of the Site are permitted to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, unless otherwise limited by municipal by-laws.
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ON
M4V 1P5
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How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from December 1, 2023 to begin the appeal process.
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Start the process to appeal
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)
GFL Environmental Inc.
85 Vickers Road
Toronto,
ON
M9B 1C1
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
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 for the amendment of the Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) No. 5203-9CCJ5V for the operation of an ex-situ biological treatment facility for non-hazardous petroleum hydrocarbon and volatile organic compound impacted soils at 85 Vickers Road, Etobicoke, Ontario. The facility effectively destroys or removes petroleum hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds such that these soils will be rehabilitated for re-use at alternative sites.
The total amount of waste soils that is received at the facility for treatment and/or transfer shall not exceed 936,000 tonnes per year based on an annualized average receiving rate of 3,000 tonnes per day, 6 days per week. The site may receive up to 6,000 tonnes of soil in a day on an emergency basis. All contaminated soils will be received, stored and processed within the confines of the facility building. The maximum amount of contaminated soils (untreated, in-treatment, transfer or residual waste) allowed at the site at any one time is limited to 27,638 tonnes. The treated soil storage area will located in a temporary building to the east of the facility building and will have the capacity to hold 30,000 tonnes. The combined maximum amount of contaminated and processed soils (and/or clean fill) allowed at the site at any one time is limited to 57,638 tonnes. There is no changes to the daily or yearly receiving limits. The site continues to serve the Province of Ontario.
The site will only utilize microbial solutions that contain non-toxic and naturally occurring bacteria and bacteria nutrients.
Normal receiving hours of waste receiving operations will be Monday through Saturday 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, excluding statutory holidays, however, the site is permitted to operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The proposed amendment includes:
- an increase in the maximum amount of soils in storage at the site from 27,638 tonnes total to 27,638 tonnes of contaminated soils and 30,000 tonnes of processed and clean fill
- a change to the hours of operations to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for processing activities (screening and soil movement)
- a change in the microbial solutions that can be used at the facility
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Comment
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This consultation was open from April 23, 2021
to June 7, 2021
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