The Recycling Depot GP Inc. as a General Partner for and on behalf of the Recycling Depot LP - Environmental Compliance Approval (waste)

One comment was received with the following concerns:

• that the dust mitigation plan be reviewed to ensure that neighbouring sites are not impacted, and include a condition to comply with the reviewed plan
• that the list of allowed contaminants were different on the neighbour notification letter than in the supplied documents, and conditions should be included to ensure these do not have an impact on neighbouring properties
• it is not clear whether the piles will be stored indoors or covered, and that conditions should be included to ensure dust does not impact neighbouring properties
• the increase in waste storage has potential to impact neighbouring properties, and conditions should be included to ensure neighbouring properties are not impacted

These concerns were addressed as follows:

• The air ECA for the site includes conditions that require the company to implement and adhere to their Best Management Practices Plan which addresses dust mitigation measures, to review the plan annually or more frequently if directed by the District Manager, and to notify the district when the plan is reviewed or updated. A condition has also been added in the waste ECA for the company to submit an application to amend their air ECA if necessary by December 31, 2021, and the existing conditions of the waste ECA require the site to proactively address nuisances.
• The list of contaminants noted in the application are meant to clarify that excess soils may contain a number of compounds and that excess soil loads should not be excluded from the site because they contain compounds not listed in the previously approved Condition 6.1 which limited them to petroleum hydrocarbons and metals. The new wording does not imply that new waste streams may be accepted at the site or that all such compounds will be treated through on-site processing, only that soils that contain these compounds may be accepted at the site. Characterization and testing must still be carried out to ensure the management of these soils does not result in an impact to receiving sites, and existing nuisance abatement procedures are still in place to ensure these soils do not result in a nuisance or an impact to neighbouring properties.
• Storage at the site will include outdoor storage as per the original ECA. Conditions in the air and waste ECAs for the site require the company to implement and adhere to their Best Management Practices Plan which addresses dust mitigation measures, to review the plan annually or more frequently if directed by the District Manager, and to notify the district when the plan is reviewed or updated. A condition has also been added in the waste ECA for the company to submit an application to amend their air ECA if necessary by December 31, 2021, and the existing conditions of the waste ECA require the site to proactively address nuisances.
• Conditions in the air and waste ECAs for the site require the company to implement and adhere to their Best Management Practices Plan which addresses dust mitigation measures, to review the plan annually or more frequently if directed by the District Manager, and to notify the district when the plan is reviewed or updated. A condition has also been added in the waste ECA for the company to submit an application to amend their air ECA if necessary by December 31, 2021, and the existing conditions of the waste ECA require the site to proactively address nuisances.