2386843 Ontario Ltd. operating as Phantom Disposal - Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

ERO number
019-8937
Ministry reference number
1585-D5XMGD
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Decision
Decision posted
Comment period
July 17, 2024 - August 31, 2024 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
July 17, 2024
to August 31, 2024

Decision summary

An amendment approval to the existing Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) No. 2678-BYY2PW has been granted to 2386843 Ontario Ltd., operating as Phantom Disposal, to expand the excess soils operation at the site.

Location details

Site address

Lot 13, Concession 4  West of Yonge Street (CN MacMillian Yard)
Vaughan , ON
Canada

Site location details

Langstaff Road and Creditstone Road entrance

 

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Proponent(s)

2386843 Ontario Ltd. operating as Phantom Disposal
3650 Langstaff Road
Unit 14
Woodbridge, ON
L4L 9A8
Canada

Decision details

An amendment approval to the existing Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) No. 2678-BYY2PW has been granted to 2386843 Ontario Ltd., operating as Phantom Disposal, to expand the excess soils operation at the site.

The amended approval includes:

  1. Increase in the amount of excess soils (consisting of non-hazardous contaminated soils, clean soils from residential/commercial/industrial sources, and wet soils)  to 6,000 tonnes per day.
  2. The total amount of excess soils, processed materials, and residual waste stored at the site not to exceed 10,000 tonnes at any one time. 
  3. Receipt, temporary storage and transfer of asbestos waste from asphalt road grindings that may contain asbestos.
  4. The hours of operation will remain at 24 hours per day, seven days a week - 365 days per year. 
  5. The facility to serve the Province of Ontario.

Comments received

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0

By email

1

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0
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Effects of consultation

An email comment was received from a resident outlining opposition to the proposed expansion based on several general concerns such as dust from traffic, zoning, client physical address, truck traffic, asbestos waste as being carcinogen, future assigned development.

Response:

Since the site is an existing waste disposal site that is located in an industrial area, the issues raised above are expected in any industrial area. A dust mitigation plan was proposed for dust control associated with asbestos waste processing which was shared, reviewed and accepted by the City of Vaughan. 

Supporting materials

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York Durham District Office
Address

230 Westney Road South
Floor 5
Ajax, ON
L1S 7J5
Canada

Office phone number
Client Services and Permissions Branch
Address

135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

Office phone number

How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from May 9, 2025 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:

  1. prepare your application
  2. provide notice to the minister
  3. 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:

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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:

  1. 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?
  2. 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)

Issuing authority
Mohsen Keyvani
Manager

Environmental Assessment and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

416-432-7253

Proponent(s)

2386843 Ontario Ltd. operating as Phantom Disposal
3650 Langstaff Road
Unit 14
Woodbridge, ON
L4L 9A8
Canada


Appellate body

Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca

About the Ontario Land Tribunal


Include the following:

ERO number
019-8937
Ministry reference number
1585-D5XMGD

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

ERO number
019-8937
Ministry reference number
1585-D5XMGD
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Proposal posted

Comment period

July 17, 2024 - August 31, 2024 (45 days)

Proposal details

2386843 Ontario Ltd. operating as Phantom Disposal, is applying to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to amend their existing Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) No. 2678-BYY2PW, issued on August 12, 2021, to expand the Excess Soils operation at the site.

The site is located on a 1.6 hectares (approximately 4.0 acres) portion of the CN – MacMillan Yard (near the Langstaff Road and Creditstone Road entrance) in the City of Vaughan. This site is located in an industrial area and is approximately 1 kilometres from the nearest residential area (southeast of the Phantom Disposal location at the corner of Keele Street and Highway 7).

Phantom Disposal is applying to increase the amount of Excess Soils (consisting of non-hazardous contaminated soils, clean soils from residential/commercial/industrial sources, and wet soils), and non-hazardous construction and demolition waste (ICI/C&D) to be managed at the site to 6,000 tonnes per day.

The total amount of Excess Soils, incoming ICI/C&D waste, processed materials, and residual waste stored at the site not to exceed 10,000 tonnes at any one time.

In addition, the company wants to add Asbestos Waste to the wastes received at the site.

The asbestos waste received would be limited to asphalt road grindings that contain asbestos (less than 5%). These asphalt road grindings are received by the company from municipalities and private road owners. The company plans to utilize these asphalt road grindings as a construction aggregate supplement for road maintenance and yard cover on their site and to be provided off-site for a similar use.

The proposed hours of operation will remain at 24 hours per day, 7 days a week - 365 days per year. The facility will continue to serve the Province of Ontario.

The Excess Soils will be stored in separate dedicated concrete block bunkers prior to being bulked and transferred from the site to various permitted/approved receiving sites for disposal or reuse. The facility will not accept putrescible wastes, hazardous wastes, liquid wastes, sewage or combustible gas cylinders.

Supporting materials

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Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.

Client Services and Permissions Branch
Address

135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

Office phone number

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from July 17, 2024
to August 31, 2024

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