This consultation was open from:
May 19, 2021
to July 3, 2021
Decision summary
A Waste Transfer Site Environmental Compliance Approval has been issued to Shire Corporation to permit diversification of an existing biosolids storage site that has been operated by the City of Sarnia since the early 1960s. The site is located on Lot 11, Range 3 East of Scott Road, City of Sarnia.
Location details
Site address
Lot 11, Range 3
Sarnia ,
ON
Canada
Site location details
Lagoons located on Lot 11, Range 3 East of Scott Road, City of Sarnia
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Shire Corporation
1693 Colborne St E
Brantford,
ON
N3T 5L4
Canada
Decision details
A Waste Transfer Site Environmental Compliance Approval has been issued to Shire Corporation to permit diversification of an existing biosolids storage site that has been operated by the City of Sarnia since the early 1960s. The site is located on Lot 11, Range 3 East of Scott Road, City of Sarnia in a highly industrialized area and surrounded by industrial sites.
The site was sold by the City of Sarnia to the Shire Corporation late in 2020 and the site continues to be used to store City of Sarnia biosolids (non-agricultural source material (NASM) Category 3(11)) under a contract between the two parties. Shire Corporation would like to expand the categories of non-agricultural source materials that can be stored at the site to include all non-agricultural source material Categories 1, 2 and 3 identified under the Nutrient Management Act (NMA).
The site has a total area of 12.88 ha. The site contains two lined lagoons with a total volume of 33,000 cubic meters between the two lagoons, that will continue to be used for NASM storage. The site will serve the Province of Ontario. Minor processing in the form of decanting will occur at the site. Decant will be sent to the City of Sarnia Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Non-agricultural source materials will be received at the site 24 hours per day 7 days per week. The maximum volume of non-agricultural source materials that will be received at the site daily is 1,500 cubic meters. The maximum volume of non-agricultural source material that will be stored at the site is 33,000 cubic meters. The maximum volume of non-agricultural source material that will be managed at the site annually is 66,000 cubic meters.
Final disposal of the non-agricultural source materials will be at farm sites approved for the use of non-agricultural source material as a nutrient source for crop production. All final disposal sites have non-agricultural source material plans approved by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) under the Nutrient Management Act. Shire Corporation currently has 499 ha of land approved for use of non-agricultural source material as a nutrient source for crop production under non-agricultural source material plans approved by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
The site will also be used for contingency storage by the City of Sarnia in the event that the City requires temporary storage for waste activated sludge, municipal biosolids or wastewater during facility repairs, upgrades or emergency situations. Any material (City material or non-agricultural source material) in a lagoon used for contingency storage by the City of Sarnia, will be sent back to the City for treatment and disposal at the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), once the situation requiring contingency storage has been resolved by the City.
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1094 London Road
Sarnia,
ON
N7S 1P1
Canada
135 St Clair Ave West
1st Floor
Toronto,
ON
M4V 1P5
Canada
How to Appeal
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Appeal process for decisions published before June 1, 2021
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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)
Shire Corporation
1693 Colborne St E
Brantford,
ON
N3T 5L4
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
This proposal is for Waste Transfer Site Environmental Compliance Approval to be issued to Shire Corporation to permit diversification of an existing biosolids storage site that has been operated by the City of Sarnia since the early 1960s. The site is located on Lot 11, Range 3 East of Scott Road, City of Sarnia in a highly industrialized area and surrounded by industrial sites.
The site was sold by the City of Sarnia to the Shire Corporation late in 2020 and the site continues to be used to store City of Sarnia biosolids (non-agricultural source material (NASM) Category 3(11)) under a contract between the two parties. Shire Corporation would like to expand the categories of non-agricultural source materials that can be stored at the site to include all non-agricultural source material Categories 1, 2 and 3 identified under the Nutrient Management Act (NMA).
The site has a total area of 12.88 ha. The site contains two lined lagoons with a total volume of 33,000 cubic meters between the two lagoons, that will continue to be used for NASM storage. The site will serve the Province of Ontario. Minor processing in the form of decanting will occur at the site. Decant will be sent to the City of Sarnia Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Non-agricultural source materials will be received at the site 24 hours per day 7 days per week. The maximum volume of non-agricultural source materials that will be received at the site daily is 1,500 cubic meters. The maximum volume of non-agricultural source material that will be stored at the site is 33,000 cubic meters. The maximum volume of non-agricultural source material that will be managed at the site annually is 66,000 cubic meters.
Final disposal of the non-agricultural source materials will be at farm sites approved for the use of non-agricultural source material as a nutrient source for crop production. All final disposal sites have non-agricultural source material plans approved by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) under the Nutrient Management Act. Shire Corporation currently has 499 ha of land approved for use of non-agricultural source material as a nutrient source for crop production under non-agricultural source material plans approved by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
The site will also be used for contingency storage by the City of Sarnia in the event that the City requires temporary storage for waste activated sludge, municipal biosolids or wastewater during facility repairs, upgrades or emergency situations. Any material (City material or non-agricultural source material) in a lagoon used for contingency storage by the City of Sarnia, will be sent back to the City for treatment and disposal at the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), once the situation requiring contingency storage has been resolved by the City.
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Comment
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This consultation was open from May 19, 2021
to July 3, 2021
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M4V 1P5
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