Stoney Creek Regional Facility landfill expansion
Information about the environmental assessment for a plan to increase disposal capacity for non-hazardous solid industrial waste at the Stoney Creek Regional Facility landfill.
Current status
On August 29, 2019, the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks approved the environmental assessment for this project.
Project summary
Terrapure Environmental has been granted approval under the Environmental Assessment Act to expand the Stoney Creek Regional Facility landfill by 3.68 million cubic metres.
The purpose of the project is to take advantage of the economic opportunity identified in a 2017 business case analysis. The increased capacity will allow Terrapure to continue disposing of solid, non-hazardous industrial, commercial and institutional (IC&I) materials for approximately 10-15 years.
The Stoney Creek Regional Facility landfill:
- is located on a 75-hectare parcel of land at the northwest corner of Mud Street and Upper Centennial Parkway (Highway 20) in the community of Upper Stoney Creek
- first received approval under the Environmental Assessment Act in 1996
- was originally named the Taro East Landfill and owned by the former industrial division of Newalta Corporation, which was acquired by Terrapure Environmental in March 2015
- is currently permitted to receive 750,000 tonnes of residual material and industrial soils or “fill” annually
- has a total permitted capacity of 6.5 million cubic metres
Terrapure Environmental entered an environmental assessment process for this project. This assessment looked at how the landfill expansion could impact the environment.
Learn more on the Stoney Creek Regional Facility website.
Proponent
Terrapure Environmental
Location
65 Green Mountain Road West, Stoney Creek
Type
Waste management
Reference number
16067
Contact
Jennie Weller, Environmental Assessment and Permissions Branch
Project history
Environmental assessment: approved
Date submitted: January 11, 2019
Expiry of public comment period: March 1, 2019
Expiry of public comment period for ministry review: July 12, 2019
Decision date: August 29, 2019
Terms of reference: approved
Date submitted: February 8, 2017
Expiry of public comment period: March 10, 2017
Decision date: November 9, 2017
Environmental assessment
On January 11, 2019, Terrapure Environmental submitted a final environmental assessment (EA) under the Environmental Assessment Act.
After taking the environmental assessment, comments received and environmental protection measures into consideration, the Minister decided to approve the undertaking, subject to conditions, on August 29, 2019.
Read the Order in Council and notice of approval.
Read the environmental assessment.
Notice of completion of ministry review
An invitation to comment on the environmental assessment for the proposed Terrapure Stoney Creek Regional Facility expansion.
An environmental assessment (EA) has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks by Terrapure Environmental for the undertaking, Stoney Creek Regional Facility Expansion, in the City of Hamilton. The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has prepared a ministry review (review) of the EA for public and agency comment. The review of the EA does not make a decision about the EA. That decision is made by the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks after the comment period is over and consideration of all submissions.
You can submit comments on the undertaking, the environmental assessment, and the ministry review. You may also request a hearing by the Environmental Review Tribunal. If you request a hearing you must state in your submission, whether you are requesting a hearing on the whole application or on only specified matters related to the application.
How to get the information you need
You can inspect the EA and the ministry review during normal business hours at the following locations:
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Environmental Assessment and Permissions Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 1P5
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Hamilton District Office
Ellen Fairclough Building, 9th Floor
119 King Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 4Y7
Copies are also available for viewing at the following locations:
City of Hamilton Clerk’s Office
71 Main Street West, 1st Floor
Hamilton, Ontario
L8P 4Y5
Terrapure Stoney Creek Regional Facility
65 Green Mountain Road West
Stoney Creek, Ontario
L8J 1X5
Hamilton Public Library, Valley Park Branch
970 Paramount Drive
Stoney Creek, Ontario
L8J 1Y2
A copy of the ministry review will also be available online, through the project’s website.
Please ensure your written comments are received by July 12, 2019.
Send written comments to:
Director
Environmental Assessment and Permissions Branch
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M4V 1P5
Attention: Jennie Weller, Project Officer
E-mail: Jennie.weller@ontario.ca
Be sure to sure express your views
If you make a submission or request a hearing before the above date, you will be notified of any decisions about this environmental assessment. Otherwise, the undertaking may proceed without further notice to you.
If no submissions or requests for a hearing are received, the undertaking may be approved with no further public notice. This will allow the undertaking to proceed. Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Environmental Assessment Act, unless otherwise stated in the submission, any personal information such as name, address, telephone number and property location included in all submissions become part of the public record files for this matter and can be released, if requested, to any person.
Terms of reference
The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has approved the terms of reference for the proposed Stoney Creek Regional Facility landfill expansion, with amendments.
The amendments require Terrapure Environmental to examine the feasibility and viability of an on-site diversion program as part of the environmental assessment process.
Notice of approval
Environmental assessment file number: EA03-08-02
EAIMS number: 16067
As provided for by subsection 6(4) of the Environmental Assessment Act, the amended Terms of Reference, as submitted for approval to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change on May 9, 2017, is hereby approved with the following amendments:
- Subsection 2.1.1, the paragraph, shall be amended to read:
The material accepted at the SCRF comes from a variety of customers and businesses that divert at their own operations and have implemented their own diversion and recovery system. Terrapure has Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) that addresses the screening and verification of material that is received on-site to ensure the materials received on-site match the Generator’s Waste Profile, and that the Generator of the material has made the determination that the material cannot reasonably be diverted. Diversion at the source of the generated residual material from generators and customers considers both the economic viability of diversion as well as ensuring that there is a viable end market for the diverted material. Although there is minimal waste material received at the SCRF that has the potential to be reasonably diverted or recycled, Terrapure will examine and evaluate the feasibility and viability of implementing an onsite diversion program as part of the environmental assessment process. This will include the consideration and assessment of a reasonable number of ways in which to divert the types of waste materials received at site. The assessment of an onsite diversion program will be carried out in accordance with best management practices, in consideration of new and emerging technologies, and in recognition of the goals and expectations set forth in the Waste Free Ontario Act.
Pursuant to subsection 6.1(1) of the Environmental Assessment Act, any environmental assessment for the above-noted undertaking, submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change pursuant to subsection 6.2(1) of the Environmental Assessment Act, must be prepared in accordance with the amended Terms of Reference as hereby approved.
Reasons
I am satisfied that an environmental assessment prepared in accordance with the Terms of Reference will be consistent with the purpose of the Environmental Assessment Act and the public interest for the following reasons:
- The amended Terms of Reference ensures that the environmental assessment will be completed using a comprehensive public, Aboriginal and government agency consultation process that is open and transparent.
- The amended Terms of Reference ensures that the completed environmental assessment will contain a sufficient level of detail to accurately assess the environmental effects of all alternatives and the proposed undertaking.
- The amended Terms of Reference sets out a planning process that will ensure the completed environmental assessment will be consistent with the purpose of the Environmental Assessment Act and the public interest.
Dated the 9th day of November, 2017 at Toronto.
Original signed by:
Chris Ballard
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change
77 Wellesley Street West, 11th floor, Ferguson Block
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 2T5