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Home My WebLink AboutPD-62-98DW: PD-62-98 THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON REPORT Meeting: General Purpose and Administration Committee File # gip-] , Date: MONDAY, MAY 25, 1998 Res. # ~ P ~ - 07(0 ~ ~ g• Report #: PD-62-98 FILE #: PLN 33.6.1) By-law # Subject: APPLICATION FOR PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL FOR A P.C.B. TRANSFER STATION - APPLICANT: T.S.ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD. -PART LOT 8, BROKEN FRONT CONCESSION, FORMER TOWN OF BOWMANVILLE - 373 LAKE ROAD FILE NO.: PLN 33.6.1 (M.O.E. FILE: A680295) Recommendations: It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Report PD-62-98 be received ; 2. THAT the Ministry of Environment be advised that the proposed P.C.B. storage facility conforms to the Clarington Official Plan and the Zoning By-law; and 3. THAT all interested parties listed in this report and any delegation be advised of Council's decision. 1. APPLICATION DETAILS 1.1 On April 22, 1998, the Municipality of Clarington Planning Department received a request from the Ministry of the Environment for comment on a Certificate of Approval application for a PCB processing and transfer station by T.S. Environmental Services Inc. The application is for a property at 373 Lake Road in Bowmanville. The property is also subject to a related site plan approval application for the same use. (See Attachment No. 1) 1.2 The applicant is proposing to receive the following electrical equipment containing PCB at the site: • Florescent Lamp Ballasts 635 REPORT NO.: PD-62-98 PAGE2 High Intensity Discharge Ballasts • Transformers and Switchgear • Underground lead and copper cable • Any PCB contaminated material No transformers containing oil will be received at the site. Only drained transformers will be received. 1.3 The maximum storage of unprocessed waste will be 75,000 kg. Storage will take place in two (2) PCB approved storage containers with proper gauge steel with removal end plates and neoprene seal. All PCB waste will be properly placed in approved drums and stored in the PCB storage container for disposal. A Ministry approved hauler must ship all waste received at the site. The applicant is not proposing to destroy any PCB's on-site. PCB's will be transferred, by a licensed hauler, to Swan Hills, Alberta for destruction. 1.4 Through the disassembly of the various components listed above, the applicant expects to recover recyclable components. The recyclables include such items as outer metal casings and copper cable. The items to be recycled will be tested and decontaminated where appropriate using chemicals. All recyclables will meet regulatory requirements for PCB concentrations of less than 50 ppm by weight. The PCB containing components will be treated as contaminated and discarded in containment drums. 1.5 The applicant expects to remove the wheels from his existing trailers and use them as his buildings for disassembly and storage. The applicant currently has Certificate of Approval for the mobile units (trailers). All work will be done within the trailer, and the trailer can act as a containment system because it would be one enclosed area that will be controlled by heavy duty poly so that nothing could escape. 636 REPORT NO.: PD-62-98 PAGE3 2 PUBLIC WORKS COMMENTS 2.1 The Public Works Department has provided written comments on the application stating that they have no objection in principle to the proposed application. They have requested that detail must be provided for any emergency containment measures being provided on the site. 3 PLANNING STAFF COMMENTS 3.1 The subject property is designated "Light Industrial Areas". The range of permitted uses includes manufacturing, assembling, processing, fabricating, repairing, research and development, and warehousing. The processing and storage of materials is permitted. 3.2 Within the Municipality's Zoning By-law the subject property is zoned "General Industrial (M2)". Said zone permits the widest variety of uses including an assembly, manufacturing, fabricating or processing plant within a wholly enclosed building, as well as a warehouse for the storage of goods and materials. The processing and storage of materials is considered permitted. 4 GENERAL COMMENTS 4.1 PCB's were banned nearly 20 years ago in Ontario. Currently there are approximately 1500 storage sites in Ontario. Disposal or consolidation of PCB's is something that is supported by the Ministry of the Environment. The Municipality currently has PCB's stored at the Orono Public Works yard, which are proposed to be removed this year. Clarington Hydro and Ontario Hydro both have approved PCB storage areas at their facilities in Bowmanville. 4.2 Staff are currently processing an application for site plan approval and through this - 637 REPORT NO.: PD-62-98 PAGE4 application the proponent is providing the Municipality with a fire safety plan. Other issues such as building location and site development will be addressed through the site plan approval process. 4.3 Staff wish to advise that several residents living on Port Darlington Road have expressed concerns with respect to a proposed Waste Transfer Station in the same industrial park. In this regard, we suggest the Ministry of the Environment should notify these residents of the current application. Respectfully submitted, ~~ ~~ ~...Q~_.;,-e~t.__ Franklin Wu, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Director of Planning & Development Reviewed by, W.H. tockwell, Chief Administrative Officer. CP*FW*cc 18 March 1998 Attachment #1 - Key Map Interested parties to be notified of Council and Committee's decision: Alex Georgieff Tony Samson Commissioner of Planning T.S. Environmental Services Inc. Region of Durham Planning Department 2601 Matheson Blvd. East Unit 35 Ministry of Environment MISSISSAUGA, Ontario L4W 5A8 250 Davisville Avenue TORONTO, Ontario M4S 1 H2 Attention: Ian Parrot 638 ATTACHMENTI ®SUBJECT SITE 373 LAKE ROAD, BOWMANVILLE LOT 9 LOT 8 LOT 7 ~I I I II ~ _ ~ ASELINE ROAD EAST - __- z~ - a O -~ U (n W U NIGH z ,~ ~' WAY 4 p ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ I ~ ~ J ~ ~O ~q0 / w ~~ o _~-_ q / m N N,q~/o ~ N~~ R~ ~ 1 BOWMANVILLE D EV. 98-022 KEY MAP 639