Guide to Applying for an Environmental …

1 Guide to Applying for an Environmental compliance approval Contents of this Guide ministry OF THE environment . Guide to Applying for an Environmental compliance approval This is a Guide for persons Applying for an Environmental compliance approval . Smart Features: These active buttons appear here to provide Activities regulated under the Environmental Protection Act, additional support. Click on these hyperlinks to 1990, Chapter , and the Ontario Water Resources Act, 1990, open a new document or take you to a section Chapter , must be carried out in accordance with those Acts, the of the Guide or the internet. applicable regulations and the guidelines administered by the ministry .

2 In many cases that will require the obtaining of an approval under Application Form Button will link Part of the Environmental Protection Act (EPA). The ministry updates you to the ECA Application Form. these requirements from time to time, as the Environmental standards Pre-Application Considerations and Environmental management approaches evolve and develop. Button will take you to the ECA. This Guide sets out application requirements for obtaining an Pre-Application Considerations checklist. Environmental compliance approval (ECA). The ministry updates Contents of this Guide Button this Guide regularly to ensure that it provides accurate information will link you to the Contents page and guidance for those submitting an ECA Application.

3 All website of this Guide . addresses referred to in this Guide were current at the time of release. Underlined text link will take you to While the ministry makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information a section of this Guide or an e-mail in this Guide , readers should not take any of the information address or to the internet. a in this Guide as legal advice. You can find the most current version of this Guide on the ministry 's website at: Alternatively, for a copy contact: ministry of the environment Version Number Publication Date: Environmental Approvals Access and Service Integration Branch Version 1 December 2012. 2 St.

4 Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A. Toronto, Ontario M4V 1L5. Telephone: 416-314-8001. Toll-free: 1-800-461-6290. Fax: 416-314-8452. E-mail: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2012. PIBS: 8527e Guide to Applying for an Environmental compliance approval 2. Contents of this Guide part a part b About this Guide and the ECA General Requirements approval process 7 for All Applications 20. Purpose of the Guide 7 Application Summary Section 20. Modernizing the approval Process: Applicant Name 20. The Environmental compliance approval 8. Project Name 20. The ECA Application 8. Project Description Executive Summary 20. The Complete Application Requirement 8.

5 Required Information 21. Other Requirements 9. Fee Summary 21. Knowingly Providing False Information 9. Supplemental Application Information 21. Historic Certificates of approval 9. Application Form Section 1: Questions and Answers Related to Applying for an ECA 10 Applicant Information 21. Overview of the ECA Application Process 12 Form Section : Applicant Information 21. Form Section : Applicant Physical Address and Form Section : Applicant Mailing Address 23. Form Section : Statement of the Applicant 24. Form Section : Statement of the Municipality 24. Guide to Applying for an Environmental compliance approval 3. part b continued Application Form Section 2: Application Form Section 5: Project Information 25 Facility Information 39.

6 Form Section : Reason for Application 25 Form Section : Facility Information Air 39. Form Section : Project Type 27 Form Section : Facility Information Noise and Vibration 40. Form Section : approval Information 28. Form Section : Facility Information . Form Section : Sewage Works 41. Other Approvals/Permits for Facility 29. Form Section : Facility Information . Form Section : Technical Contact(s) 30. Waste Disposal Site 41. Application Form Section 3: Form Section : Facility Information . Regulatory Requirements 30 Waste Management Systems 41. Form Section : Environmental Form Section : Facility Information . Bill of Rights (EBR) Requirements 30 Mobile Waste Processing 43.

7 Form Section : Environmental Form Section : Facility Information . Assessment Act (EAA) Requirements 33 Cleanup of Contaminated Sites 43. Form Section : Consultation/Notification 34. Application Form Section 4: Site Information 35. Form Section : Site Address or Storage Location 35. Form Section : Site or Storage Location Information 37. Form Section : Site Zoning and Classification 38. Form Section : Point of Entry into Ontario 38. Form Sections : Source Protection/. Drinking Water Threats 38. Form Section : Receiver of Effluent Discharge 39. Guide to Applying for an Environmental compliance approval 4. part c part d Supporting Documentation and Additional Information in Technical Requirements 44 Support of ECAs with Limited Operational Flexibility 88.

8 Application Form Section 6 . Supporting Documentation 44 General Requirements Confidentiality 45 When Applying for Limited Operational Flexibility 88. Applications of High Quality 45. Detailed Project and Process Form Section : Supporting Description Implications Documentation and Technical for Limited Operational Flexibility 89. Requirements General 45. Examples of Limited Operational Flexibility 89. Form Section : Supporting Documentation EBR Proposal Abstract for ECAs with Limited Op- and Technical Requirements Air 48 erational Flexibility 91. Form Section : Supporting Applications Requesting Limited Documentation and Technical Requirements Operational Flexibility.

9 Noise and Vibration 50 Projects with Air Emissions 93. Form Section : Applications Requesting Limited Supporting Documentation and Technical Operational Flexibility . Requirements Sewage 54 Projects with Noise 93. Form Section : Supporting Applications Requesting Limited Documentation and Technical Operational Flexibility Projects Requirements Waste Disposal Sites 71 that Include Waste Disposal Sites or Sewage Works 93. Form Section : Supporting Documentation and Technical Requirements . Waste Management Systems 82. Form Section : Supporting Documentation and Technical Requirements Mobile Waste Processing 84. Form Section : Supporting Documentation and Technical Requirements Cleanup of Contaminated Sites 85.

10 Guide to Applying for an Environmental compliance approval 5. part e part f Non-standard Cases 96 Abbreviations 98. Transfer of Review for Sewage Works 96 Appendix 1. Typical Sewage Works Projects and Approvals in Principle Subject to Final their Qualification for Limited Operational Plans and Specifications (Sewage Works) 96. Flexibility 100. Pilot Projects 97. Appendix 2. Sample Project Descriptions for Application Summary Section 104. Proposals for Waste Disposal Sites 105. Proposals for Air Applications 107. Proposal for Sewage Works Only 109. Appendix 3. Municipalities Currently Under the Transfer of Review Program 111. Appendix 4.