Environmental Compliance Approval (Air/Noise)

Under Section 9 of the Environmental Protection Act no person shall, except under and in accordance with an Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA), formerly known as a Certificate of Approval prior to October 31, 2011, issued by the Director, construct, alter, extend or replace any plant, structure, equipment, apparatus, mechanism or thing that may discharge a contaminant into any part of the natural environment. The definition of a contaminant includes noise and vibration. Hence, Section 9 of the Act requires companies or individuals to obtain a C of A for Air and Noise prior to constructing, altering, or operating equipment at their facilities.

Pollutech has successfully prepared hundreds of Applications for Environmental Compliance Approval (Certificates of Approval) (Air/Noise) for industrial, commercial, institutional and municipal operations.

Some examples of equipment that may require an Environmental Compliance Approval include, but are not limited to the following:

Paint Booths (Potential for Sector Registry);
Standby Generators(Potential for Sector Registry);
Cooling Towers;
Welding and Cutting operations;
Fuel fired process combustion equipment;
Fuel fired comfort combution equipment (i.e. rooftop heating and cooling equipment) (Potential for Sector Registry);
Laboratory operations.

An Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA/CofA) is required to operate, install or modify such a facility or equipment. Approval is also required for the ongoing operation of any equipment that may discharge a contaminants to the atmosphere.

Please visit the following link for further information on air emissions:

http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/lr/@ene/@resources/documents/resource/stdprod_081204.pdf

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