Update Announcement
This proposal notice has been updated on February 28, 2024 to advise the public that this file/application is still under active review. The ministry is reviewing the comments it has received to date. The original proposal date and comment period have not been altered.
This consultation was open from:
October 26, 2022
to December 10, 2022
Decision summary
On March 19, 2024, we issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) to Titan Transfer Inc. for a solid non-hazardous waste transfer station. The site is located at 2258 River Rd. in the City of London, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
2258 River Road
London,
ON
Canada
Site location map
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Titan Transfer Inc.
2258 River Road
London,
ON
N5W 6C2
Canada
Decision details
On March 19, 2024, we issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) to Titan Transfer Inc. for a solid non-hazardous waste transfer station. The site is located at 2258 River Rd. in the City of London, Ontario.
The site will accept only solid non-hazardous waste, including demolition waste, factory and industrial waste such as packaging materials, plastics, paper, glass, and metal, as well as excess soil from municipal, industrial, commercial and institutional sources located in Ontario. No liquid waste, hazardous waste or putrescible waste will be received.
The approved waste management activities include the receipt and temporary storage of waste, and the testing, sampling, and bulking of excess soil. All waste will be received, unloaded, stored, and transferred in the building. The equipment on site includes 2 rubber tire wheel loaders.
The maximum quantity of waste to be received at the site is 2474 tonnes per day and the maximum quantity of waste to be stored at the site is 3200 tonnes.
The facility may be operational 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, unless restricted by local by-law.
Effects of consultation
Concerns regarding the traffic (volume and safety) on municipal roads, and near residential areas.
Response: Traffic on municipal roads, and zoning are out-of-scope of the Environmental Compliance Approval review decision. The Environmental Compliance Approval requires that the owner shall ensures that:
- there is no queuing or parking of vehicles that are waiting to enter this Site on public roadways,
- vehicles do not drag debris from the Site onto the public roadway; and
- vehicles transporting any wastes from the Site are appropriately covered as they depart from the Site, so that fugitive dust or odour emissions are minimized during the transit to their destination.
Concerns about waste operations such as shredders, grinders, and compactors creating a nuisance issue in the area
Response: No shredders, grinders, or compactors were proposed. In reference to other nuisances, the conditions of the Environmental Compliance Approval require the owner to:
- conduct all unloading, processing, and storage of waste indoors;
- only receive the accepted waste types (no putrescible waste);
- store waste on site for a maximum of 7 days;
- quickly address any nuisances by including a complaint response procedure and requirements for daily inspections;
- monitor dust and if necessary conduct street sweeping of the on-site roads to ensure that the the access roads are free of dirt and waste;
- take immediate action should dust, odours, litter, vector, vermin, or rodents be a nuisance at the site
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.
733 Exeter Road
London,
ON
N6E 1L3
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from April 16, 2024 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:
- 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)
Titan Transfer Inc.
2258 River Road
London,
ON
N5W 6C2
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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Client Services and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Original proposal
Proposal details
This proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site – waste transfer) for Titan Transfer Inc., for an enclosed non-hazardous solid waste transfer and processing facility.
This transfer site is a 3.2-hectare property located at 2258 River Road in the City of London, Ontario.
The facility will use a concrete pad in an enclosed structure where non-hazardous waste, consisting of industrial, commercial, and institutional waste, construction and demolition waste, and contaminated soil will be deposited and then loaded for transfer to licensed waste disposal facilities. The maximum quantity of waste delivered to the site on any given day will be 2000 tonnes.
It is proposed that the facility operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week, except for statutory holidays.
The site will service the Province of Ontario.
Supporting materials
View materials in person
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.
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from October 26, 2022
to December 10, 2022
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Client Services and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
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