This consultation was open from:
November 30, 2023
to January 14, 2024
Decision summary
An approval was issued to amend Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 2229-9FFK9G for the renewal of the Operational Flexibility conditions for Cameco Corporation, a uranium conversion facility, located at 1 Eldorado Place in Port Hope, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
1 Eldorado Place
Port Hope,
ON
Canada
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Cameco Corporation
1 Eldorado Place
Port Hope,
ON
L1A 3A1
Canada
Decision details
An approval was issued to amend Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 2229-9FFK9G for the renewal of the Operational Flexibility conditions for Cameco Corporation, a uranium conversion facility, located at 1 Eldorado Place in Port Hope, Ontario.
The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include:
- uranium dioxide processing
- uranium hexafluoride processing
- analytical laboratories
- natural gas fired boilers for steam production
The facility production limit of 12,500 tonnes of uranium as uranium hexafluoride per year (UF6), and 2,800 tonnes of uranium as uranium dioxide per year (UO2) remains unchanged.
Emissions to the air from this facility include:
- suspended particulate matter
- metals such as uranium, copper, nickel and tin
- fluorides
- ammonia
- volatile organic compounds such as trichloroethylene
- products of combustion such as nitrogen oxides
The approval is an Environmental Compliance Approval (air) with Operational Flexibility, which is a single approval that replaces all the current Environmental Compliance Approvals for air at this facility, and includes the addition of new, or historically unapproved, sources for all emissions from the facility.
The Environmental Compliance Approval (air) with Operational Flexibility requires that the company demonstrates compliance on an ongoing basis with:
- Ontario Regulation 419/05
- applicable ministry guidelines for air and noise
- other performance requirements as specified in their conditions
It permits modifications such as process changes, de-bottlenecking or addition of new equipment subject to limits on operational flexibility that include a production limit for the facility specified in the approval.
The operational flexibility conditions have a 10 years expiry date. The company is required to make an application for amendment at that time to renew these conditions. Of specific public interest, one condition that is included in the approval requires the company to make available, at all times, at the facility for inspection by interested members of the public a table (emission summary table) that documents the facility’s compliance with Ontario Regulation 419/05.
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No comments were received.
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How to Appeal
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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)
Cameco Corporation
1 Eldorado Place
Port Hope,
ON
L1A 3A1
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
This proposal is for the renewal of the Limited Operational Flexibility for an Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 2229-9FFK9G for Cameco Corporation, a uranium conversion facility, located at 1 Eldorado Place in Port Hope, Ontario.
The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include:
- uranium dioxide processing
- uranium hexafluoride processing
- uranium metal production and casting
- developmental laboratories
- analytical laboratories
- steam production
The facility operates with a facility production limit of 12,500 tonnes of uranium as uranium hexafluoride per year (UF6), and 2,800 tonnes of uranium as uranium dioxide per year (UO2).
Emissions to the air from this facility include:
- volatile organic compounds such as trichloroethylene
- metals such as copper, nickel and tin
- particulate matter
- products of combustion such as nitrogen oxides
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.
Supporting materials
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135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from November 30, 2023
to January 14, 2024
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