Licence No.: 2253 R
Licence Issued: April 11, 1997
Licence Revised: April 15, 2002
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANITOBA ENVIRONMENT ACT (C.C.S.M. c. E125)
THIS LICENCE IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 10(1) TO:
BORLAND CONSTRUCTION INC.; "the Licencee"
for the operation of the Development being an asphalt plant that is equipped to burn natural gas as a fuel for the heating and drying of aggregate in the production of asphalt, located on Lot 1, Plan No. 24524 in Lot G, R.C.M.P. at or near 190 Dawson Road in the City of Winnipeg, in accordance with the Proposal filed under The Environment Act on August 7, 1996 and the letters of alteration dated February 6, 1997 and March 26, 1997 and subject to the following specifications, limits, terms and conditions:
DEFINITIONS
In this Licence,
"air pollution control equipment" means a Standard Havens size Alpha Mark I baghouse;
"affected area" means a geographical area, excluding the property of the Development;
"Director" means an employee so designated pursuant to The Environment Act;
"noise nuisance" means an unwanted sound, in an affected area, which is annoying, troublesome, or disagreeable to a person:
if the unwanted sound
"odour nuisance" means a continuous or repeated odour, smell or aroma, in an affected area, which is offensive, obnoxious, troublesome, annoying, unpleasant, or disagreeable to a person:
if the odour, smell or aroma
"opacity" means the degree to which emissions reduce the transmission of light and obscure the view of an object in the background;
"particulate matter" means any finely divided liquid or solid matter other than water droplets;
"particulate residue" means that part or portion of an atmospheric emission which is deposited onto a surface;
"point source" means any point of emission from the Development where pollutants are ducted into the atmosphere; and
"waste(s)" means waste products of any kind whatsoever or the run-off from such waste products and includes both liquid and solid materials.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This Section of the Licence contains requirements intended to provide guidance to the Licencee in implementing practices to ensure that the environment is maintained in such a manner as to sustain a high quality of life, including social and economic development, recreation and leisure for present and future Manitobans.
- sample, monitor, analyze and/or investigate specific areas of concern regarding any segment, component or aspect of pollutant storage, containment, treatment, handling, disposal or emission systems, for such pollutants or ambient quality, aquatic toxicity, leachate characteristics and discharge or emission rates, for such duration and at such frequencies as may be specified;
- determine the environmental impact associated with the release of any pollutants from the said Development; or
- provide the Director, within such time as may be specified, with such reports, drawings, specifications, analytical data, descriptions of sampling and analytical procedures being used, bioassay data, flow rate measurements and such other information as may from time to time be requested.
- carry out all sampling of, and preservation and analyses on, air samples in accordance with methodologies approved by the Director;
- ensure that all analytical determinations are undertaken by an accredited laboratory or a laboratory approved by the Director; and
- report the results to the Director within 60 days of the samples being taken.
SPECIFICATIONS, LIMITS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- particulate matter from any source:
- exceeds 0.23 grams per dry standard cubic metre calculated at 25 degrees Celsius and 760 millimetres of mercury, from any point source of the Development;
- exhibits a visible plume with an opacity of greater than 5 percent at any point beyond the property line of the Development; or
- results in the deposition of visible particulate residue at any time beyond the property line of the Development; or
- opacity from any point source of the Development equals or exceeds:
- 20 percent as the average of any 24 consecutive opacity observations taken at 15 second intervals;
- 20 percent for more than 16 individual opacity observations within any 1 hour period; or
- 40 percent for any individual opacity observation.
- particulate matter; and
- total reduced sulphur compounds.
REVIEW AND REVOCATION
"original signed by"
Larry Strachan, P. Eng.
Director
Environment Act
Client File No.: 4201.00