Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited/Mateériaux Lehigh Hanson Limitée - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

ERO number
019-6462
Ministry reference number
4077-CLQLST
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Proposal Updated
Proposal posted
Comment period
December 23, 2022 - February 6, 2023 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

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:

December 23, 2022
to February 6, 2023

Proposal summary

Amendment to the Limited Operational Flexibility for an Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 0073-BHGQHC3 for Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited), a cement manufacturing facility located in the City of Picton, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

1370 Highway 49
Picton, ON
Canada

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Proponent(s)

Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited/Mateériaux Lehigh Hanson Limitée
1370 Highway 49
Box 620
Picton, ON
K0K 2T0
Canada

Proposal details

This proposal is for an amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 0073-BHGQHC3 with Limited Operational Flexibility for Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited, a cement manufacturing facility located at 1370 Highway 49 in the Picton, Ontario.

The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include:

  • quarry operations
  • clinker production
  • cement production
  • ancillary operations including, kilns, silos, baghouses and slag dryer

The amendment includes the use of Alternative Low Carbon Fuels (ALCF) and installation of new conveyance and storage equipment.

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • crystalline silica
  • iron
  • nitrogen oxides
  • hydrogen chloride
  • particulate matter
  • benzene
  • nickel
  • cobalt

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.

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Comment

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The comment period was from December 23, 2022
to February 6, 2023

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