Apotex Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

ERO number
025-0875
Ministry reference number
3929-DFJJBZ
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Notice stage
Proposal
Proposal posted
Comment period
July 30, 2025 - September 13, 2025 (45 days) Open
Last updated

This consultation closes at 11:59 p.m. on:
September 13, 2025

Proposal summary

This proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air) for Apotex Inc., a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility located in Toronto, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

50 Steinway Boulevard
Toronto, ON
Canada

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Proponent(s)

Apotex Inc.
3701 Weston Road
Toronto, ON
M9L 2S8
Canada

Proposal details

This proposal is for an Environmental Compliance Approval with Limited Operational Flexibility (air) which 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 Apotex Inc.., a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, producing approximately 80 different pharmaceutical products, located in the City of Toronto, Ontario.

The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include:

  • dispensing
  • blending/compaction
  • tabletitng
  • encapsulation
  • pellet process
  • flaker process
  • granulator processes
  • storage tank and fluid bed processes

Emissions to the air from this facility include:

  • nitrogen oxide
  • methanol
  • ethyl alcohol
  • chloroform
  • acetonirtile
  • dichloromethane
  • triethlamine
  • total particulate matter

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.

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

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