Occupational Health and Safety Bulletins
MOECC Decision to Proceed on Accounting for Cumulative Air Quality Levels in Air Emissions Permits
MOECC Decision to proceed on accounting for cumulative air quality levels in air emissions permits The Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) has decided to proceed with formally accounting for cumulative air quality levels in selected air...
Amendments to Ontarios Toxics Reduction Act Regulation O. Reg. 455/09.
Amendments to Ontarios Toxics Reduction Act Regulation O. Reg. 455/09. The MECP has proceeded with a number of changes to the toxic substances reduction planning process. Major amendments include changing the date for review and preparation of new versions of plans...
New dispersion model versions adopted April 1, 2018
New dispersion model versions adopted April 1, 2018 On this date the MECP officially adopted AERMET/AERMOD v. 16216r, as an update to the previous regulatory version in Ontario (v. 14134). The MECP is requiring that all modelling should be carried out with the new...
Lowering of SO2 air quality standards
Lowering of SO2 air quality standards On March 20, 2018, the MECP confirmed its regulatory proposal to change the sulphur dioxide (SO2) air standards over a five year phased-in period. The changes lower the regulatory standard for SO2 from the previous 1 hour standard...
Adoption of Mining Technical Standard
Adoption of Mining Technical Standard The MECP announced that it has adopted a new Technical Standard for mining sites to address air emissions. This is a technology-based compliance approach that requires companies to invest in available technologies and practices to...
New/Updated Screening Levels for the Air Contaminants Benchmarks (ACB) List
New/Updated Screening Levels for the Air Contaminants Benchmarks (ACB) List On April 27, 2018 the MECP expanded and updated the screening levels on the Air Contaminants Benchmarks (ACB) list from some 1,300 contaminants to over 4,500 contaminants. The list is a...
Recent Airzone News and New Projects July 2018
Recent Airzone News and New Projects July 2018 Airzones lab was assessed in July 2018 for the new ISO 17025:2017 CALA QA standard compliance; we expect acceptance in the Fall of this year. Also, we have increased the scope of accreditation by including 2 new...
2018 Land Use Planning Webinar Recording
2018 Land Use Planning Webinar Recording
PID Measurements Vs Air Samples
Is your photoionization detector (PID) keeping your workers safe? What do you set your alarm levels to? If your company uses a PID to protect workers from exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), are they really protected? A PID is a non-specific tool for...
MOECC Proposal on Accounting for Cumulative Air Quality Levels in Air Emissions Permits
MOECC Proposal on Accounting for Cumulative Air Quality Levels in Air Emissions Permits As reported in previous news bulletins, the MOECC does not (on a predictable and regular basis) require that baseline air quality (AQ) be accounted for in assessments required for...
Proposed Amendments to Ontarios Toxics Reduction Act Regulation O. Reg. 455/09
Proposed Amendments to Ontarios Toxics Reduction Act Regulation O. Reg. 455/09 The MOECC had proposed a number of changes to the toxic substances reduction planning process. Major amendments include changing the date for review and preparation of new versions of plans...
New AERMOD model version required by April 1st, 2018
New AERMOD model version required by April 1st, 2018 On October 2, 2017 the MOECC pre-notified stakeholders of its intent to adopt AERMET/AERMOD v. 16216r on April 1st, 2018, as an update to the current regulatory version in Ontario (v. 14134).The MOECC is requiring...
Lowering of SO2 Air Quality Standards
Lowering of SO2 Air Quality Standards On October 27, 2017, the MOECC announced its regulatory proposal to change the sulphur dioxide (SO2) air standards. The new standards would be phased-in over a five year period but the MOECC is considering whether to apply these...
2020 Final Phase-in of O. Reg. 419 for some facilities
2020 Final Phase-in of O. Reg. 419 for some facilities By February 1, 2020 the final phase-in of the new dispersion models and requirement for abidance with the new air quality standards will come into force for the majority of facilities in Ontario. Starting in 2005,...
Recent Airzone News and New Projects
Recent Airzone News and New Projects Airzone has been retained to update air quality regulations for jurisdictions in Canada. This work includes updating of guidance documentation and dispersion modelling assessment tools. Airzones CALA-accredited laboratory has...
Recent News and Projects – 2017
Spring 2017 News and Projects Airzone continues to act as an independent third-party reviewer for the Regional Municipality of Durham for the regulatory source testing of the Durham York Energy Centre. This review includes the auditing of laboratory analyses for key...
New Lower Formaldehyde Exposure Limits – 2017
New Lower Formaldehyde Exposure Limits - 2017The current occupational exposure limits (OELs) for formaldehyde in Ontario, as provided in O. Reg. 833, includes a short-term exposure level (STEL) of 1 ppm and a ceiling limit of 1.5 ppm. Due to the notice of intended...
2017 – NPRI Changes to Reporting Requirements
2017-NPRI Changes to Reporting Requirements Modifications to reporting thresholds: The mass threshold for cobalt (and its compounds) has been reduced from 10 tonnes to 50 kilograms, and the concentration threshold has been reduced from 1% to 0.1%. Information for...