Update Announcement
This proposal notice was updated on September 5, 2024 to advise the public that this file is still under active review. The original proposal date and comment period have not been altered.
This consultation was open from:
November 26, 2020
to January 10, 2021
Proposal summary
This proposal is for an amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval No. 6785-9BXPTC for Vale Canada Limited for the emissions from the Copper Cliff Smelter, a pyrometallurgical smelter located in Copper Cliff, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
18 Rink Street
Copper Cliff,
ON
Canada
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Vale Canada Limited
337 Power Street
Copper Cliff,
ON
P0M 1N0
Canada
Proposal details
This proposal is for an amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval No. 6785-9BXPTC for Vale Canada Limited for the emissions from the Copper Cliff Smelter, a pyrometallurgical smelter located in Copper Cliff, Ontario.
The emission sources from the manufacturing and associated processes that discharge to the air include feed preparation, fluid bed dryers, flash furnaces, converters, matte casting, matte separation, fluid bed roasters, and emission control equipment including electrostatic precipitators, baghouses, and dust collectors, as well as all supporting processes, equipment and activities at the site.
Emissions to the air from this facility include
- chromium compounds
- cobalt
- nickel
- nitrogen oxides
- sulphur dioxide
- noise
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 Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
199 Larch Street
Suite 1201
Sudbury,
ON
P3E 5P9
Canada
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Client Services and Permissions Branch
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
The comment period was from November 26, 2020
to January 10, 2021