MILLER WASTE SYSTEMS INC. - Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

ERO number
019-3896
Ministry reference number
1362-C82N74
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 25, 2021 - August 9, 2021 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
June 25, 2021
to August 9, 2021

Decision summary

We approved the proposal to amend Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) No. A230506 for the Bloomington Compost facility to receive up to 70,000 tonnes of materials per year, a 10,000 tonnes per year increase from the current approved amount of up to 60,000 tonnes of materials per year.

Location details

Site address

1351 Bloomington Road East
Richmond Hill, ON
Canada

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Proponent(s)

MILLER WASTE SYSTEMS INC.
8050 Woodbine Avenue
Markham, ON
L3R 2N8
Canada

Decision details

We approved the proposal to amend Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) No. A230506 for the Bloomington Compost facility located at 1351 Bloomington Rd E, Richmond Hill City, Regional Municipality of York, to:

  • receive up to 70,000 tonnes of materials per year, a 10,000 tonnes per year increase from the current approved amount of up to 60,000 tonnes of materials per year
  • compost up to 60,000 tonnes per year, a 10,000 tonnes per year increase from the current approved amount of 50,000 tonnes per year

The approval also includes changes to:

  • add new definitions and the requirements from ministry's document entitled "Ontario Compost Quality Standards" dated July 25, 2012, as amended
  • require preparation of protocols to address nuisance effects such as dust and noise.

Furthermore, the approval requires the owner to conduct an assessment of from the lights at the site.

The site is a 23-hectare waste processing and composting facility located in the City of Richmond Hill. The facility receives leaf and yard materials and organic wastes from residential, municipal, commercial, and industrial locations within the Regional Municipality of York and neighbouring municipalities to produce compost.

The hours of operation are not being changed. The facility is typically open to receive waste from the public from:

  • 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday to Friday in winter months (December 1 to March 31)
  • 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 3p.m. on Saturday in summer months (April 1 to November 30)

To accommodate seasonal peaks, the site may occasionally extend the hours for receiving leaf and yard waste from local municipalities. The site may occasionally operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week during peak leaf and yard waste seasons. The facility is typically open for receiving materials 289 days per year.

The site continues to serve the Province of Ontario.

This amendment has a new Ministry Reference Number 1362-C82N74.

The proposal to increase the materials to be received and composted at the site was originally submitted in the application that had Ministry Reference Number 1000120911. Since the increase to the tonnage has been approved as a Notice of Amendment to the ECA No. A230506, the application with the Ministry Reference Number 1000120911 will now be processed as an administrative amendment to update and consolidate all approvals for the site and to update the approval for the site.

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How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from November 26, 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:

  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
Mohsen Keyvani
Manager

Environmental Assessment and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

416-432-7253

Proponent(s)

MILLER WASTE SYSTEMS INC.
8050 Woodbine Avenue
Markham, ON
L3R 2N8
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

About the Environmental Review Tribunal


Include the following:

ERO number
019-3896
Ministry reference number
1362-C82N74

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
019-3896
Ministry reference number
1362-C82N74
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 25, 2021 - August 9, 2021 (45 days)

Proposal details

This proposal is to amend Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) No. A230506 for the Bloomington Compost facility's ability to receive up to 70,000 tonnes of materials per year, an increase from the current approved amount of up to 60,000 tonnes of materials per year. The additional 10,000 tonnes per year is for leaf and yard waste material only.

The site is a 23-hectare waste processing and composting facility located in the City of Richmond Hill, Regional Municipality of York. The facility receives leaf and yard materials and organic wastes from residential, municipal, commercial, and industrial locations within the Regional Municipality of York and neighbouring municipalities to produce compost.

The facility is typically open to receive waste from the public from:

  • 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday to Friday in winter months (December 1 to March 31)
  • 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 3p.m. on Saturday in summer months (April 1 to November 30)

To accommodate seasonal peaks, the site may occasionally extend the hours for receiving leaf and yard waste from local municipalities. The site may occasionally operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week during peak leaf and yard waste seasons. The facility is typically open for receiving materials 289 days per year.

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Comment

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This consultation was open from June 25, 2021
to August 9, 2021

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