This consultation was open from:
May 15, 2023
to June 29, 2023
Decision summary
The ministry renewed an Environmental Compliance Approval (waste site) for a hauled sewage disposal site as described in this notice.
Location details
Site address
2418 Concession Road 14
Fournier,
ON
Canada
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
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Brazeau Sanitation Inc.
3715 Labelle Road, P.O. Box No. 479
Bourget,
ON
K0A 1E0
Canada
Decision details
A renewed Environmental Compliance Approval (waste site) was issued for a hauled sewage site as described below.
Site Details:
- Site Location: 2418 Concession Road 14, Lot 18, Concession 14, Former South Plantagenet, The Nation Municipality, Ontario, Canada, K0B 1G0
- Application Type: Renewal
- Total Useable Area: 11.4 hectares
Conditions on the Environmental Compliance Approval include requirements to develop and follow spill response procedures, train staff and maintain records.
The approval also includes the following operational requirements:
- No Hauled Sewage shall be spread or disposed of at the Site when the ground is frozen, ice-covered or snow covered.
- No Hauled Sewage shall be spread at the Site under conditions where Hauled Sewage, may runoff or discharge from the Site.
- Hauled sewage cannot be spread during winter months.
- The approval sets out a maximum spreading rate. In addition, spreading cannot take place within specified distances of sensitive features such as surface water, wells and residences or on steeper sloped areas.
- Prior to spreading of hauled sewage, the operator shall ensure the useable spreading area is clearly flagged or digitally designated to clearly identify setbacks from sensitive features and any areas where spreading is not allowed.
- No processed organic waste, grease trap waste or other waste, other than Hauled Sewage, shall be disposed of at the Site.
Other
Prior to the spreading of hauled sewage, the operator is responsible for ensuring that all necessary approvals, licences or permits that may be required from other authorities, such as the local municipality, conservation authority, MNRF and OMAFRA, have been acquired.
Effects of consultation
The concerns regarding adequate distance to the surface water features from the spreading site and duration of the spreading season and its impacts to wildlife were raised.
Ministry Response:
The ministry will only issue an ECA where local site conditions are considered suitable and the ministry’s requirements are met. The ECA will set out restrictions on how operations at the site must take place. This includes minimum set-back distances from sensitive features, along with limits on how much waste can be applied, and how/when it can be applied. As part of the ministry’s technical review, local site conditions are considered, including characteristics of the soil, depth to water table, slope of the land and setback distances to nearby sensitive features (such as surface water features, drinking water wells, and residences). When possible, the ministry’s environmental officers conduct inspections at approved sites to assess and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, including the terms and conditions of the ECA. Environmental officers have risk-based compliance tools to address instances of non-compliance.
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135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from August 7, 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)
Brazeau Sanitation Inc.
3715 Labelle Road, P.O. Box No. 479
Bourget,
ON
K0A 1E0
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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Original proposal
Proposal details
Hauled sewage, commonly known as septage, is the waste material removed from portable toilets, sewage holding tanks and septic systems. Untreated hauled sewage from holding tanks and septic tanks may be disposed of on land in accordance with an Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) issued under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA).
This proposal is for the issuance of an Environmental Compliance Approval for a hauled sewage disposal site.
Site details
- application type: renewal
- total useable area: 11.4 hectares
- type of disposal: surface spreading
Highlights of proposed approval requirements
- prior to operating at the site, the company shall develop written procedures covering the following:
- procedures for reporting to the ministry, and municipal authorities as required in the event a spill occurs at the site
- a list of the personnel responsible for operations at the site
- the company shall ensure that all personnel involved in the operation of this hauled sewage disposal site are aware of the requirements of this approval and are trained in Spill Prevention
- spills of a pollutant that cause or may cause an adverse effect are to be reported to the Ministry's Spills Action Centre and the company shall take appropriate remedial action to limit the impact
- the company must ensure that no unnecessary off-site effects, such as vermin, vectors, odour, dust, litter, noise or traffic, result from the operation of this site
- written records must be maintained in a log book that documents daily operations as well as any spills that occur and any complaints received
- no hauled sewage shall be spread or disposed of at the site when the ground is frozen, ice-covered or snow covered
- no hauled sewage shall be spread at the site under conditions where hauled sewage may runoff or discharge from the site
- hauled sewage cannot be spread during winter months
- The approval sets out a maximum spreading rate; in addition, spreading cannot take place within specified distances of sensitive features such as surface water, wells and residences, or on steeper sloped land
- prior to the spreading of hauled sewage, the operator shall ensure the useable spreading area is clearly flagged or digitally designated to clearly identify setbacks from sensitive features and any areas where spreading is not allowed
- no processed organic waste, grease trap waste or other waste, other than hauled sewage, shall be disposed of at the site
Other
Prior to the spreading of hauled sewage, the operator is responsible for ensuring that all necessary approvals, licences or permits that may be required from other authorities, such as the local municipality, conservation authority,MNRF and OMAFRA, have been acquired.
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.
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from May 15, 2023
to June 29, 2023
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