Comment
Thank you for providing Ontarians with the opportunity to provide input into Harsco's site specific standards (SSS). These timelines for input are very short however and given that we are approaching the Xmas holiday period I have concerns that public input may not be considered in a meaningful manner.
I have submitted comments for both Stelco and AMD. My comments and feedback apply to Harsco as well.
I am concerned that Harsco's SSSs (as proposed) will be remaining much the same over the next 2.5 years without any plans to phase in tougher requirements that will help our province to meet the climate crisis before us and address the high cancer rates in Hamilton caused by the release of benzene, suspended particulate matter, and manganese through this company's operation. This is unacceptable.
Harsco must be mandated to provide publicly available update action plans that will ensure continuous improvement to meet the Regulation 419 requirements.
Steel companies in Canada have lower requirements than those in the U.S. This has to be fixed. In addition there is a lack of consistency between the site specific requirements among Stelco and Dofasco and Harsco. This also needs to be addressed.
The Community Liaison Committees represent a positive step in establishing transparency in steel operations in Hamilton. There needs to be confirmation that these important meetings will be mandated to continue to take place over the coming years.
Submitted December 11, 2020 6:53 PM
Comment on
Harsco Canada Corp. operating as Harsco Metals Canada Corp. - Approval of a site-specific air standard
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019-2302
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50182
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