CHAR TECH THOROLD GP INC. as general partner for and on behalf of CHAR Bioveld Thorold LP - Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

Instrument type: Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

ERO number
026-0283
Ministry reference number
2714-DQYRWG
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
March 17, 2026 - May 1, 2026 (45 days) Closed
Last updated

This consultation was open from:
March 17, 2026
to May 1, 2026

Decision summary

The ministry has issued a new Environmental Compliance Approval No. 0955-DXYPUK for a thermal treatment facility located at 3363 Davis Road, Thorold, Ontario.

Location details

Site address

3363 Davis Road
Thorold , ON
Canada

Site location details

CHAR Bioveld Thorold LP - Biocarbon & RNG Facility

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Proponent(s)

CHAR TECH THOROLD GP INC. as general partner for and on behalf of CHAR Bioveld Thorold LP
3363 Davis Road
Thorold, ON
L2V 3Z5
Canada

Decision details

The new Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) authorizes the facility to process solid, non-hazardous waste consisting of clean wood waste up to 240 tonnes per day and 70,000 tonnes per year. The total amount of wood waste stored at the site shall not exceed 450 tonnes at any time. Processes to be used include the production of biocarbon and renewable natural gas.

The thermal treatment facility will serve the Province of Ontario. The hours of operation of the thermal treatment facility will be 24 hours per day, seven days per week with 91 percent (%) up time (i.e., approximately 8,000 hours).

The ECA grants Operational Flexibility for limited and pre-determined modifications to the site’s operations without a requirement to make an application for amendment to the ECA.

Comments received

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Supporting materials

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Niagara District Office
Address

301 St Paul Street
Floor 9, Suite 15
St Catharines, ON
L2R 7R4
Canada

Office phone number
Client Services and Permissions Branch
Address

40 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 2
Toronto, ON
M4V 1M2
Canada

Office phone number

How to Appeal

This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from November 4, 2026 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
Neryed Ragbar
Manager (A) Priority Project Approvals

Environmental Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Avenue West
Floor 3
Toronto, ON
M4V 1P5
Canada

437-776-8348

Proponent(s)

CHAR TECH THOROLD GP INC. as general partner for and on behalf of CHAR Bioveld Thorold LP
3363 Davis Road
Thorold, ON
L2V 3Z5
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

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Include the following:

ERO number
026-0283
Ministry reference number
2714-DQYRWG

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
026-0283
Ministry reference number
2714-DQYRWG
Notice type
Instrument
Act
Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990
Posted by
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Proposal posted

Comment period

March 17, 2026 - May 1, 2026 (45 days)

Proposal details

This proposal is for a new Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) with Operational Flexibility for the use and operation of a thermal treatment facility located at 3363 Davis Road, Thorold, Ontario.

The facility will have a total site area of 0.65 hectares and will be used for processing solid, non-hazardous waste consisting of clean wood waste up to 240 tonnes per day and 70,000 tonnes per year. The total amount of wood waste stored at the site shall not exceed 450 tonnes at any time. Processes to be used include the production of biocarbon and renewable natural gas.

The thermal treatment facility is to serve the Province of Ontario. The hours of operation of the thermal treatment facility will be 24 hours per day, seven days per week with 91 percent (%) up time (i.e., approximately 8,000 hours).

The Environmental Compliance Approval with Operational Flexibility (waste), when issued, permits pre-determined modifications to the site’s operations without a requirement to make an application for amendment to the Environmental Compliance Approval (waste).

Supporting materials

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Some supporting materials may not be available online. If this is the case, you can request to view the materials in person.

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

Client Services and Permissions Branch
Address

40 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 2
Toronto, ON
M4V 1M2
Canada

Office phone number

Comment

Commenting is now closed.

This consultation was open from March 17, 2026
to May 1, 2026

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