Thermal Treatment Site Exemption
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O. Reg. 551/21: THERMAL TREATMENT SITE EXEMPTION, Under: Environmental Assessment Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.18
Environmental Assessment Act
THERMAL TREATMENT SITE EXEMPTION
Consolidation Period: From July 30, 2021 to the e-Laws currency date.
No amendments.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
Definition
1. In this Regulation,
“tire waste” means,
(a) used tires within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 390/16 (Used Tires) made under the Waste Diversion Transition Act, 2016,
(b) shredded and chipped tires, and
(c) crumb rubber recovered from used tires or shredded or chipped tires.
Exemption
2. The establishing or changing of a thermal treatment site at the location described in section 3 is exempt from the Act as long as,
(a) the site does not use coal, oil or petroleum coke as a fuel for thermal treatment;
(b) the waste that is subject to thermal treatment is tire waste; and
(c) the amount of tire waste that is subject to thermal treatment on any day, measured by weight, is no more than 20 tonnes.
Location
3. The location of the thermal treatment site referred to in section 2 is the land described as Part of Section 34, Korah, Part 1 on Plan 1R11773, City of Sault Ste Marie, being all of Property Identification Number 31609 0367 in the Land Titles Division of Algoma (No. 1).
4. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).