Update Announcement
This proposal notice has been updated on March 24, 2020 to advise the public that this application is still under active review. The ministry is reviewing the comments it has received to date. The original proposal date and comment period have not been altered.
This consultation was open from:
January 16, 2019
to March 2, 2019
Decision summary
This is an approval to amend ECA No. 8021-AQXRLZ to include new sources such as the new continuous kiln at the sawmill located at 1060 Lakeview Drive in Kenora, Ontario. The approval includes all sources at the facility including baghouses and cyclones servicing planers, drying kilns, welding operations and noise control measures.
Location details
Site address
1060 Lakeview Drive
Kenora,
ON
P9N 3P7
Canada
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
2776034 Ontario Inc. as general partner for and on behalf of Lumber Assets Holdings LP
222 Bay Street, Suite 3000
Toronto,
ON
M5K 1E7
Canada
Decision details
Description of instrument
This amended Environmental Compliance Approval reflects the installation of one (1) new continuous drying kiln.
Other sources at the facility include:
- emission control equipment such as baghouses and cyclones servicing planers
- (1) previously approved drying kiln, and
- one (1) sawdust bin
Contaminant emissions to the atmosphere include:
- acrolein
- carbon monoxide
- sulfur dioxide
- particulate matter
- nitrous oxide
- noise
Terms and conditions of this ECA include not are not limited to:
- Best Management Practices Plan for fugitive dust control
- complaints notification procedures
- implementation of all proposed noise control measures
- maintaining the noise barrier
- restricting the operation of the equipment used to remove/replace the logs comprising the log to the day-time hours
- minimizing the impact of impulse noises from the rail shunting and the step feeder
- conducting an acoustic audit within 9 months of the commencement of the operation
- an additional acoustic audit within 9 months after completion of construction of the rail spur line
Effects of consultation
During the consultation period, 4 comments were received and were considered when the ministry rendered a decision on the proposal. The comments raised concerns on the noise and dust emissions from the operations of the sawmill. These concerns were consistent with the ministry’s concerns regarding the facility’s air and noise emissions. The proponent has demonstrated compliance with applicable noise and air discharge requirements of the ministry. Terms and conditions are included in the approval, including but not limited to the following:
- Best Management Practices Plan for fugitive dust control
- complaints notification procedures
- implementation of all proposed noise control measures
- maintaining the noise barrier
- restricting the operation of the equipment used to remove/replace the logs comprising the log to the day-time hours
- minimizing the impact of impulse noises from the rail shunting and the step feeder
- conducting an acoustic audit within 9 months of the commencement of the operation
- an additional acoustic audit within 9 months after completion of construction of the rail spur line
Supporting materials
View materials in person
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.
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
808 Robertson Street
Kenora,
ON
P9N 1X9
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from November 24, 2020 to begin the appeal process.
Carefully review the information below to learn more about the appeal process.
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For instrument decisions published on or after June 1, 2021, please refer to the updated instructions for information on how to appeal a decision.
Appeal process for decisions published before June 1, 2021
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:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- 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:
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- 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?
- 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)
2776034 Ontario Inc. as general partner for and on behalf of Lumber Assets Holdings LP
222 Bay Street, Suite 3000
Toronto,
ON
M5K 1E7
Canada
Environmental Review Tribunal
Attention: The Secretary
655 Bay Street
Floor 15
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
Include the following:
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
Proposal details
Description of instrument
This proposal is to amend Environmental Compliance Approval (air & noise) No. 8021-AQXRLZ for Prendiville Industries Ltd., a sawmill located in the City of Kenora, Ontario.
This proposal is to reflect the installation of one (1) new continuous drying kiln.
Other sources at the facility include:
- emission control equipment such as baghouses and cyclones servicing planers
- (1) dry kiln
- one (1) sawdust bin, and
- welding operations.
Contaminant emissions to the atmosphere include:
- acrolein
- carbon monoxide
- sulfur dioxide
- particulate matter
- nitrous oxide, and
- noise.
Supporting materials
View materials in person
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.
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
808 Robertson Street
Kenora,
ON
P9N 1X9
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from January 16, 2019
to March 2, 2019
Comments received
Through the registry
4By email
0By mail
0