GFL Environmental Services Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

GFL Environmental Services Inc. (GESI) is applying for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) application to establish a Waste Disposal Site (transfer/processing) at 3385 Hawthorne Road, Ottawa, Ontario.

The function of this site is to receive, process and/or transfer Non-Hazardous Solid, Liquid Industrial, Hazardous Waste, non-regulated items for recycle, and decontamination for reuse or disposal. It is also proposed that a Municipal Hazardous and Special Waste (MHSW) depot to be established.

GESI presently leases approximately 7.4 acres of land with three existing buildings, 2300 square metres (25,000 square feet), 560 square metres (6,000 square feet), and 352 square metres (3,400 square feet), which are used for administration and maintenance purposes, located at 3385 Hawthorne Road, Ottawa, Ontario (herein referred to as the “Site”).

The Site footprint will include the following components:

• a 1,115 square metre (12,000 square feet) engineered building, to include up to eight double wall above-ground storage tanks with a maximum capacity of 60,000 litres each, a wastewater treatment area, and a section for the temporary storage of waste containers (cages, drums, totes, and pails);
• a 140 square metre mixing and solidification pads with containment curbs, having a maximum storage capacity of 100 tonnes, within a 320 square metre fabric shelter building comprised of concrete reinforced containment walls, and concrete reinforced slab;
• a 720 square metre concrete pad with containment curbs and a catch basin to provide stability and containment for up to eight dry van trailers used for the temporary storage of waste containers (cages, drums, totes, and pails), and up to eight roll off containers for the temporary storage of non-hazardous and Hazardous solid industrial waste; and
• a 110 square metres concrete pad within a contained area and a catch basin, located indoors within the 2300 square metre existing building, to provide stability to the dewatering bins for the purposes of decanting solid non-hazardous waste materials.

GESI is requesting the ability to accept waste 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with a service area of Canada and the United States of America. Most activities are expected to take place during business days and business hours.