Update Announcement
We updated the notice on July 14, 2023 to clarify that the application is for the storage lagoon of residential hauled sewage in the ‘Proposal Summary’ section of the notice.
This consultation was open from:
June 26, 2023
to August 10, 2023
Decision summary
The Ministry issued an Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) for Kingfish Pumping Inc. for a hauled sewage waste disposal site. The ECA is for the storage lagoon of residential hauled sewage, located in Carleton Place, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
1233 Quarry Road
Carleton Place,
ON
Canada
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
Kingfish Pumping Inc.
342 Ramsay Concession 7A
Carleton Place,
ON
K7C 3P1
Canada
Decision 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 Environmental Compliance Approval is for the storage of hauled sewage as a waste transfer site. While this ECA is a new approval, the lagoons have been in operation since 1996 under combined approvals with the on-site hauled sewage spreading. The Ministry is now requiring that hauled sewage spreading and storage sites are approved in separate approvals. This is approval for the stand alone hauled sewage storage site.
Site details
- application type: new
- type of disposal: storage lagoons
- number of lagoons: 2
Highlights of approval requirements
- within the ECA there are conditions that the company shall follow 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 waste transfer 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
- 2,242 cubic metres of hauled sewage is to be stored at this site
- hauled sewage will be stored in a two clay lined lagoons:
- the first clay lined lagoon is approximately 1,236 cubic metres in size
- the second clay lined lagoon is approximately 1,026 cubic metres in size
- the storage must be operated in accordance with specified standards set out in the approval including minimum freeboard requirements
- financial assurance may be required for the storage of hauled sewage
Other
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
None received.
Supporting materials
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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
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from May 6, 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)
Kingfish Pumping Inc.
342 Ramsay Concession 7A
Carleton Place,
ON
K7C 3P1
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
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: new
- type of disposal: storage lagoons
- number of lagoons: 2
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
- 2,242 cubic metres of hauled sewage proposed is to be stored at this site
- hauled sewage will be stored in a two (2) clay lined lagoons:
- the first clay lined lagoon is approximately 1,236 cubic metres in size
- the second clay lined lagoon is approximately 1,026 cubic metres in size
- the storage must be designed and constructed according to specified standards set out in the approval
- the storage must be operated in accordance with specified standards set out in the approval including minimum freeboard requirements
- surface or ground water monitoring conditions may be required
- Financial Assurance may be required for the storage of hauled sewage
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
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 June 26, 2023
to August 10, 2023
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135 St Clair Ave West
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M4V 1P5
Canada
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