Sherwin-Williams Canada Inc. - Environmental Compliance Approval (air)

This proposal is for the renewal of the Limited Operational Flexibility for an Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 9173-9Z9JYL for Sherwin-Williams Canada Inc., a powder coatings for a variety of industrial and commercial surface coating applications manufacturing facility located in Grimsby, Ontario.

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

• batch mixing
• blending and welding operations
• powders baking
• powders grinding
• packaging
• raw materials and finish products storage, and
• handling operations

Emissions to the atmosphere from this facility include:

• benzene
• aluminum hydroxide
• acrylic polymer
• amorphous silica, and
• nitrogen oxides

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.