The New Legal Requirement for Environmental Emergency Planning New Environmental Emergency (E2) regulations were published on September 10, 2003 by the Federal government. ? Within 90 days (by Nov. 18, 2003) all facilities that store or use one of the 174 toxic...
Provincial News The First Six Months of Reg. 419: Lessons Learned Negligible Sources: The Procedure document for preparing Emission Summary and Dispersion Modelling (ESDM) Reports, the central document in a Certificate of Approval (CofA) application, indicates that...
Proposal on air quality standards for 29 substances The Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has announced new or updated standards for 29 pollutants including: Acetone, Acetonitrile, Acrolein, Arsenic and compounds, Cadmium and compounds, Chromium VI and III...
Provincial Activities Ontario endorses Canada-Wide Standards (CWS) for dioxin and furan emissions The Province proposes adoption of CWS for dioxins and furans that set emission limits and implementation schedules for iron sintering plants and steel manufacturing...
Ontario (MOE) Proposes Changes to Air Dispersal Models for Regulatory Compliance On Mar. 20th, 2001, the MOE proposed replacing the Reg. 346 dispersal model with models from the US EPA. ? The MOE plans a revised modelling guide describing a tiered approach for CofA...
Provincial News ? Implementation of Amendments to O. Reg. 419 CofA Regulation Changes reported in previous Air Quality News Bulletins have been implemented including: Updated air standards for: N-Butanol; Cadmium and its Compounds; Chlorine Dioxide; Chloroethane;...
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