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March 12, 2024
to April 11, 2024
Decision summary
The variance is approved.
Location details
Site address
440 Hallnor Rd,
Porcupine,
ON
P0N 1C0
Canada
Site location details
Mining site
Proponent(s)
NEWMONT CANADA CORPORATION
4315 GOLDMINE RD
SOUTH PORCUPINE,
ON
P0N 1H0
Canada
Decision details
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345 Carlingview Drive
Toronto,
ON
M9W 6N9
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How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from April 18, 2024 to begin the appeal process.
Carefully review the information below to learn more about the appeal process.
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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)
NEWMONT CANADA CORPORATION
4315 GOLDMINE RD
SOUTH PORCUPINE,
ON
P0N 1H0
Canada
The Registrar
Divisional Court (Toronto Region)
130 Queen Street West
Osgoode Hall - Room 174
Toronto
M5H 2N5
Phone: (416) 327-5100
Fax: (416) 327-5549
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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M9W 6N9
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Original proposal
Proposal details
Proposal Details
Liquid Fuels Handling Code (LFHC) Requirements that Would Not be Met:
1.3.1. Equipment installed at a facility or on a highway tank shall be approved and installed in accordance with the requirements of this Code and the manufacturer’s instructions, and shall be appropriate for the service for which it is intended.
Why the Code Would Not be Met
An approved nozzle for mining and industrial applications does not exist.
The FloMAX FNBL is a specialized fuel nozzle designed for use in mining and other industrial applications. This nozzle is designed to fill diesel fuel tanks of equipment such as haul trucks, loaders, excavators and other construction equipment. There are several key differences between this nozzle and typical CAN/ULC‐S620 listed nozzles used at retail fuel stations:
- The FNBL nozzle has specifically been designed for and used in the harsh environment typical in mining and heavy construction operations.
- This nozzle has been designed to transfer fuel at higher flow rates (682 LPM) than typical retail nozzles, required to fill the large fuel tanks found on this construction equipment in a timely manner.
- This nozzle fills the equipment tank through a special receiver fitting on the bottom of the equipment’s fuel tank instead of “splash filling” from the top of the tank.
- This increases operator safety by moving the filling point to ground level, eliminating the need to use ladders or scaffolds to access the fill point.
- The nozzle design includes a pressure sensing spring which works with either a pressurized or non‐pressurized tank vent & valve system to shut off the nozzle when the tank is filled.
- The nozzle and receiver both incorporate a dry‐disconnect design to nearly eliminate any product loss
- The nozzle securely attaches to this receiver fitting which prevents the possibility of the nozzle inadvertently becoming disconnected from the equipment tank while filling.
- The nozzle is designed with an interlock that will not allow fluid to flow unless it is connected to this receiver.
- The nozzle does not include a “spout” as it is replaced by the specialized receiver coupling.
Safety Assessment
In a letter dated November 23, 2023, sealed by A.S. Gendre, P.Eng., Gendre confirms that the FloMAX FNBL diesel fuel nozzle meets and exceeds the requirements and safety objectives listed in the CAN/ULC‐S620:2016 – “Standard for hose nozzle valves for flammable and combustible liquids” – and supports the variance.
TSSA assesses that there is likely to be no environmental impact should these variances be granted.
Supporting materials
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345 Carlingview Drive
Toronto,
ON
M9W 6N9
Canada
Comment
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This consultation was open from March 12, 2024
to April 11, 2024
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