Sanimax ABP Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

ERO number
019-5817
Ministry reference number
9278-CEYQQ7
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 4, 2022 - September 18, 2022 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
August 4, 2022
to September 18, 2022

Decision summary

On July 21, 2023 we issued an Environmental Compliance Approval No. 1557-CQ4SUP to manage liquid and solid non-hazardous organic waste at a waste disposal site (transfer/processing), located at 1125 and 1133 Route 900 East in St. Albert, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

1125 and 1133 Route 900 East
St. Albert, ON
Canada

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Proponent(s)

Sanimax ABP Inc.
1125 Route 900 East
St. Albert, ON
K0A 3C0
Canada

Decision details

On July 21, 2023 we issued an Environmental Compliance Approval No. 1557-CQ4SUP for a 1.33-hectare waste disposal site (processing/transfer) to receive, temporarily store, process (filter the liquid waste) and transfer up-to a maximum of one cubic metre per day of liquid waste and one tonne per day of solid waste, comprising the following facilities:

  • Transfer Station within the meaning of O. Reg. 105/09: DISPOSAL OF DEADSTOCK under Food Safety and Quality Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 20, as amended, comprising the following buildings and tanks:
    • one 105 square metres office building
    • one 105 square metres supplies storage building
    • one 1,100 square metres solid waste storage building
    • one 70 square metres storage building
    • two in-ground concrete tanks, each with a maximum storage capacity of 7.6 cubic metres (2,000 US gallons), for storage of wastewater generated at the site
    • two tanker storage trucks, each with a maximum storage capacity of 45 cubic metres, for storage of fats, oils and greases (FOG)

It is to be used for:

  • transfer of the following types of waste: regulated dead animals as defined O. Reg. 105/09: DISPOSAL OF DEADSTOCK under Food Safety and Quality Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 20, as amended, including organs, unwanted meat from butcher shops, restaurants and other food/meat processing facilities and waste that is classified as "Specified Risk Materials" which has the same meaning as in section 6.1 of the Health of Animals Regulations (C.R.C., c. 296), made under the Health of Animals Act (S.C. 1990, c. 21), as amended
  • processing and transfer of the following types of waste: fat, oil, grease (FOG) from butcher shops, restaurants and other food/meat processing facilities

The service area is the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The approved operating hours are as follows:

  • waste and the reagents may be received at the site and shipped from the site only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday
  • the approved waste management activities may be carried out at the site between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday

The approval also allows the owner to occasionally receive or ship waste or reagents to or from the site or carry out the approved waste management activities at the site until 7:00 p.m. Monday to Friday or 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays.

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Cornwall Area Office
Address

113 Amelia Street
1st Floor
Cornwall, ON
K6H3P1
Canada

Office phone number
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 August 21, 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
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)

Sanimax ABP Inc.
1125 Route 900 East
St. Albert, ON
K0A 3C0
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
019-5817
Ministry reference number
9278-CEYQQ7

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
019-5817
Ministry reference number
9278-CEYQQ7
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 4, 2022 - September 18, 2022 (45 days)

Proposal details

The proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval (organic waste transfer site) for a non-hazardous solid waste transfer facility. This transfer site is a 1.33 hectare property located at 1125 and 1133 Route 900 East in St. Albert, Ontario.

The site has been operated by Sanimax since 2004. The operations include transferring and temporary storing of organs, unwanted meat and grease from butcher shops, livestock farms, restaurants, and other food/meat processing facilities. The organic waste is brought to the site and temporarily stored in various areas throughout the site, depending on the type of waste. The material is then removed from the site for processing and disposal at an off-site location.

The maximum quantity of waste delivered to the site on any given day is approximately 45 tonnes, and 12,000 tonnes annually. The site operations take place five (5) days a week, from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, year-round except for statutory holidays. The site services Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.

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.

Client Services and Permissions Branch
Address

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

Office phone number

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from August 4, 2022
to September 18, 2022

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