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Hamilton and Region
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Hamilton Harbour is one of Lake Ontario's most notoriously contaminated areas. Most of the rivers that once flowed from the Niagara Escarpment to Lake Ontario have been buried. The shoreline is very industrialized, dominated mostly by the steel industry. More recently, construction of the Red Hill Creek Expressway developed one of the last remaining greenspaces feeding Lake Ontario in the area. Hamilton Harbour is one of Lake Ontario's "Areas of Concern." The city and surrounding region are home to some half a million people.
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The city is looking for private companies to monitor air quality during emergencies instead of relying solely on the Ministry of the Environment.
Yesterday, council voted to put out a request for proposals to vendors who could check for toxins in the air after fires, spills or other crises. That's a reversal of the city staff recommendation to continuing to use the Ministry... (more)
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Environmental Law
Hamilton and Region
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A Permit to Take Water was issued for this application on March 5, 2010 as a renewal and name change.
Read the original posting here.
This permit has an expiry date of November 30, 2019 with the following taking:
Source of water: Sump 1
Purpose of taking: Quarry dewatering
Maximum rate per minute (Litres): 23,400
Maximum number of hours of taking per day: 24... (more)
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Environmental Law
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Hamilton and Region
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The Burlington office of Lloyd's Register, whose work involves surveying and classifying ships, is celebrating the company's 250th anniversary by teaming up with the Bay Area Restoration Council (BARC) to help restore and protect the Hamilton Harbour watershed.
Jasmine MacCharles, one of 21 local staffers, said offices around the world were asked to propose charitable... (more)
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Hamilton and Region
Shipping
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Pleads guilty to '08 discharge of soot over North End
U.S. Steel Canada will pay a penalty of $187,500 for discharging a plume of black soot that spread over Hamilton's North End as people were enjoying bayfront parks and the Waterfront Trail on a warm summer evening two years ago.
The company pleaded guilty yesterday to one violation of Ontario's Environmental Protection... (more)
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Hamilton and Region
Swim
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The Ministry has recognized that there are challenges facing the current Certificate of Approvals process in Ontario and, as a result, is considering a possible framework for modernization. The attached document provides details on a proposed approach to amend the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) and the Ontario Water Resources Act (OWRA) that would continue to protect the... (more)
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Hamilton and Region
Swim
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HAMILTON – On March 2, 2010, U.S. Steel Canada Inc. pleaded guilty to one violation under the Environmental Protection Act for discharging a contaminant, namely black particulate, into the natural environment that caused or may have caused an adverse effect. The company was fined $150,000 plus a victim fine surcharge, and was given 60 days to pay the fine.
The Court heard... (more)
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Hamilton and Region
Industrial Emissions
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Hamilton could become the tire recycling capital of Canada under a plan unveiled by a pair of local entrepreneurs.
Len Lottridge and Mike DiCenzo are planning a tire retreading and recycling plant to be located on Hamilton Port Authority land that, when it's fully in operation, could bring as many as 500 jobs.
"Nothing is in place yet, but this is a very labour-intensive... (more)
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Hamilton and Region
Industrial Emissions
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A Permit to Take Water was issued on October 9, 2008 for this applicant.
Read the original posting here.
With an expiry date of August 31, 2018, the following takings are:
Source of Water - One (1) dugout well
Purpose of Taking: Pits and Quarries- Dewatering Mine
Period of Water Taking: January 1 to December 31
Amount of Taking:
Maximum rate per minute... (more)
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Hamilton and Region
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An east Hamilton citizens group is asking the province to order a full environment assessment of its plan to build a sludge incinerator at the Woodward Avenue sewage treatment plant.
Community Action Parkdale East notes the city asked the province to require the same thing of Liberty Energy, which plans a $170-million Strathearne Avenue power plant fuelled by sewage sludge... (more)
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Environmental Law
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Hamilton and Region
Sewers & Urban Runoff
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Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller says the province appears to be abandoning efforts to combat cross-border air pollution responsible for 2,700 premature deaths and many thousands of hospital visits every year.
Speaking at the Upwind Downwind air pollution conference in Hamilton yesterday, Miller said the Ministry of the Environment has disbanded its... (more)
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Hamilton and Region
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