Triple M Metal Corp. as general partner for and on behalf of Triple M Metal LP - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

ERO number
019-4209
Ministry reference number
1000133420
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
August 20, 2021 - October 4, 2021 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
August 20, 2021
to October 4, 2021

Decision summary

We have granted an amendment to the Limited Operational Flexibility for Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 4852-B7CHZH for Triple M Metal Corp. as general partner for and on behalf of Triple M Metal LP, a metal recycling and processing facility located in the City of Hamilton, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

1640 Brampton Street
Hamilton, ON
Canada

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Proponent(s)

Triple M Metal Corp. as general partner for and on behalf of Triple M Metal LP
1 Kenview Boulevard
Unit 101
Brampton, ON
L6T 5E6
Canada

Decision details

We have granted an amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 4852-B7CHZH with Limited Operational Flexibility for Triple M Metal Corp. as general partner for and on behalf of Triple M Metal LP, a metal recycling and processing facility located in the City of Hamilton, Ontario.

The approval includes emissions from all the processes occurring at the facility that emit contaminants to the air, including:

  • metal shredding
  • maintenance welding
  • fuel storage

This amendment includes:

  • the removal of one shredder
  • the removal of one portable shear
  • the installation of one permanent shear

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • hexavalent chromium
  • iron
  • manganese
  • silicon dioxide

The Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air) 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.

Comments received

Through the registry

4

By email

0

By mail

0
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Effects of consultation

Four comments were received by the Ministry through the Environmental Registry. Comments received were reviewed and, where appropriate, were considered in the ministry’s decision whether or not to proceed with this proposal. The following concerns were raised:

  1. Summary of noise comments includes valid concerns regarding significant impulsive noise exceedances during the daytime, evening, and nighttime.

    Ministry’s response: The facility will complete a noise abatement action plan that includes a 13m high acoustic barrier, 178m long on the southwest boundary line to mitigate noise levels for the daytime, evening and nighttime to noise levels which meet the MECP sound level limits. This noise abatement action plan will be completed by the facility within 6 months of issuance of the ECA.

  2. Concerns about the air emissions from the facility.

    Ministry’s response: The application has demonstrated that the operation of the facility complies with the ministry’s applicable air requirements including but not limited to the air discharge requirements in Reg. 419/05: Local Air Quality Regulation.

Supporting materials

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Client Services and Permissions Branch
Address

135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

Office phone number

How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from November 17, 2023 to begin the appeal process.

Carefully review the information below to learn more about 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:

  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
Nancy Orpana
Manager, Air Approvals

Environmental Permissions Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

(613) 484-2675

Proponent(s)

Triple M Metal Corp. as general partner for and on behalf of Triple M Metal LP
1 Kenview Boulevard
Unit 101
Brampton, ON
L6T 5E6
Canada


Appellate body

Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca

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Include the following:

ERO number
019-4209
Ministry reference number
1000133420

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
019-4209
Ministry reference number
1000133420
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Proposal posted

Comment period

August 20, 2021 - October 4, 2021 (45 days)

Proposal details

This proposal is for an amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 4852-B7CHZH with Limited Operational Flexibility for Triple M Metal Corp. as general partner for and on behalf of Triple M Metal LP, a metal recycling and processing facility located in the City of Hamilton, Ontario.

The proposal includes emissions from all the processes occurring at the facility that emit contaminants to the air including:

  • metal shredding
  • maintenance welding
  • fuel storage

This amendment includes:

  • the removal of one shredder
  • the removal of one portable shear
  • the installation of one permanent shear

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • hexavalent chromium
  • iron
  • manganese
  • silicon dioxide

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

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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.

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from August 20, 2021
to October 4, 2021

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