This consultation was open from:
November 1, 2021
to December 16, 2021
Decision summary
The ministry has issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval for industrial sewage treatment works serving Waverley Pit No. 2 (owned by The Sarjeant Company Ltd.) located at 1379 Baseline Road South, in the Township of Tiny, County of Simcoe.
Location details
Site address
1379 Baseline Road South
Tiny,
ON
Canada
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View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
The Sarjeant Company Limited
15 Sarjeant Drive
Barrie,
ON
L4N 4V9
Canada
Decision details
The ministry has issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval for industrial sewage treatment works serving Waverley Pit No. 2 (owned by The Sarjeant Company Ltd.) located at 1379 Baseline Road South, in the Township of Tiny, County of Simcoe.
The industrial sewage treatment works comprise of two lined sedimentation ponds in series which receive effluent from an on-site aggregate wash plant. The sedimentation ponds discharge treated effluent to one lined freshwater pond. The aggregate wash plant will be set up to draw re-circulated water from the freshwater pond with the option to top-up water as needed from one source pond.
The source pond will be used for the initial filling and topping up of the lined sedimentation ponds which are physically and hydraulically separate from the source pond and from the water table aquifer, but are themselves connected by gravity flow, allowing any fine-grained sediment from the wash plant water to settle out of the effluent.
The treated effluent in the last sedimentation pond will be used again in the process. This recycling of water on-site minimizes water taking from the source ponds.
The volume of water pumped to the wash plant is to be measured by a flow meter and daily volumes recorded, the ministry has imposed a monitoring program along with public reporting requirements.
Effects of consultation
The technical reviewer reviewed and considered all received comments regarding this proposal. Responses to the subjects/concerns/issues are listed below:
1. Any permanent or temporary silt or sump pond(s) constructed on the site be lined to prevent water loss. This requirement should be added to the operational plan(s)
Response:
The client revised the design to include a clay liner of increased thickness (or equivalent synthetic liner) below all sedimentation and clear water ponds which will be referenced as a requirement on the Environmental Compliance Approval works description.
2.The proponent should provide a finalized design including the proposed base elevation of the source, sedimentation and clean water ponds.
Response:
The client's consultant submitted a revised report with an additional figure showing base and ground elevations for the proposed ponds.
3. The proponent should confirm that inadvertent discharge from the ponds will not adversely impact off-site surface and groundwater resources
Response:
The client's consultant provided the requested confirmation to the ministry during the course of the application review.
4. The proponent should provide a detailed maintenance plan and associated figures describing:
- elevation of the bottom of sedimentation and clean water ponds
- maintenance tasks and methods for cleaning out (dredging) the ponds
- how the integrity of the liner will be ensured during dredging activities
- the thickness of silt that will trigger dredging activities
- estimated volume of silt to be removed annually(dredgeate)
- silt stockpile dewatering method
- the storage location of dredgeate
- the proposed use of dredgeate for site restoration; and
- the proposed testing required before dredegate material can be sold for off-site use
Response:
The requirements for a detailed maintenance plan were included in the ECA as condition 5.10
5. Documentation prepared by a geotechnical engineer should be provided to confirm that the hydraulic conductivity and thickness of the liner confirm with the specifications provided by the ECA description.
Response:
ECA condition 4.1 requires the owner to prepare a statement certified by a Licensed Engineering Practitioner, that the works are constructed in accordance with this approval.
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How to Appeal
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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)
The Sarjeant Company Limited
15 Sarjeant Drive
Barrie,
ON
L4N 4V9
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
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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
The proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval for The Sarjeant Company Limited for industrial sewage treatment works serving the Waverley Pit No. 2, located at 1379 Baseline Road South in the Township of Tiny, County of Simcoe, Ontario.
The industrial sewage treatment works comprise of:
- a closed loop aggregate wash plant (sorting and screening which is facilitated by passing water and aggregate through a series of screens and agitators)
- two source ponds
- a series of lined sedimentation ponds
The source ponds will be used for the initial filling and topping up of the lined sedimentation ponds which are physically and hydraulically separate from the source ponds and from the water table aquifer, but are themselves connected by gravity flow, allowing any fine grained sediment from the wash plant water to settle out of the effluent. The sediment-free water in the last sedimentation pond will be used again in the process.
Limited operational flexibility is requested for the wash plant and sedimentation pond locations. Due to the nature of the aggregate mining process, phases of extraction occur in different areas of the site and as such, the wash plant and sedimentation ponds must be moved as the mining progresses.
The volume of water pumped to the wash plant is to be measured by flow meter and daily volumes recorded. As the proposed industrial sewage treatment works is a closed loop system, no effluent is to be discharged off site.
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Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from November 1, 2021
to December 16, 2021
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Comments received
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