O. Reg. 307/17: EFFLUENT MONITORING AND EFFLUENT LIMITS - METAL CASTING SECTOR

 

ontario regulation 307/17

made under the

Environmental Protection Act

Made: July 26, 2017
Filed: July 28, 2017
Published on e-Laws: July 31, 2017
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 12, 2017

Amending O. Reg. 562/94

(EFFLUENT MONITORING AND EFFLUENT LIMITS - METAL CASTING SECTOR)

1. (1) The definition of “assessment parameter” in subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 562/94 is revoked and the following substituted:

“assessment parameter”, in relation to a plant, means a parameter that is listed in the Table for the plant in Schedule 3;

(2) The definition of “limited parameter” in subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding “the Table for the plant in” before “Schedule 2”.

2. Subsections 15 (1) and (2) of the Regulation are amended by adding “the Table for the plant in” before “Schedule 2” wherever it appears.

3. Subsection 18 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding “the table in” before “Schedule 2”.

4. Subsection 19 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding “the table in” before “Schedule 2”.

5. Subsection 21 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding “the table in” before “Schedule 2”.

6. Subsection 26 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding “the table in” before “Schedule 3”.

7. Schedules 2 and 3 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

Schedule 2
Process Effluent Limits and Monitoring Frequency

TABLE 1
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited Windsor Casting Plant Windsor

Item	Analytical Test Group	Column 1 Parameter	Column 2 Monitoring Frequency	Column 3 Daily Plant Loading Limit in kilograms per day	Column 4 Monthly Average Plant Loading Limit in kilograms per day
1.	2	Total Cyanide	Weekly	25.0	Not applicable
2.	5a	Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)	Daily	884	317
3.	8	Total Suspended Solids (TSS)	Daily	3220	847
4.	9	Aluminum	Weekly	530	107
5.	9	Zinc	Weekly	137	29.7
6.	14	Phenolics (4AAP)	Daily	34.4	7.34

TABLE 2
HALEY INDUSTRIES LTD., HALEY

Item	Analytical Test Group	Column 1 Parameter	Column 2 Monitoring Frequency	Column 3 Daily Plant Loading Limit in kilograms per day	Column 4 Monthly Average Plant Loading Limit in kilograms per day
1.	1a	Biochemical Oxygen Demand	Weekly	8.85	3.60
2.	2	Total Cyanide	Weekly	1.00	0.393
3.	4a	Ammonia plus Ammonium	Weekly	13.1	7.22
4.	6	Total Phosphorus	Weekly	0.844	0.309
5.	8	Total Suspended Solids (TSS)	Daily	17.8	3.60
6.	9	Aluminum	Weekly	1.69	0.360
7.	9	Chromium	Weekly	0.650	0.144
8.	9	Copper	Weekly	0.534	0.144
9.	9	Silver	Weekly	0.286	0.106
10.	9	Zinc	Weekly	0.749	0.144
11.	14	Phenolics (4AAP)	Daily	0.0433	0.00703

Schedule 3
Cooling Water Assessment Monitoring Requirements

TABLE 1
Canada Alloy Casting Ltd., Kitchener

Item	Analytical Test Group	Column 1 Parameter	Column 2 Monitoring Frequency
1.	5a	Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)	Weekly
2.	8	Total Suspended Solids (TSS)	Weekly

TABLE 2
CHRYSLER, ETOBICOKE CASTING PLANT, TORONTO

Item	Analytical Test Group	Column 1 Parameter	Column 2 Monitoring Frequency
1.	5a	Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)	Weekly
2.	8	Total Suspended Solids (TSS)	Weekly
3.	30	Fluoride	Weekly

TABLE 3
Kubota Metal Corporation, Fahramet Division, Orillia

Item	Analytical Test Group	Column 1 Parameter	Column 2 Monitoring Frequency
1.	5a	Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)	Weekly
2.	8	Total Suspended Solids (TSS)	Weekly
3.	14	Phenolics (4AAP)	Weekly

TABLE 4
Western Foundry Company Limited, Wingham

Item	Analytical Test Group	Column 1 Parameter	Column 2 Monitoring Frequency
1.	5a	Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)	Weekly
2.	8	Total Suspended Solids (TSS)	Weekly
3.	14	Phenolics (4AAP)	Weekly
4.	30	Fluoride	Weekly

Commencement

8. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.