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Air Pollution - Discharge Of Sulphur Dioxide From Nickel Smelting And Refining Facilities in the Sudbury Area. (O. Reg. 652/21)

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Ontario
Document type
Regulation
Date
2021
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Air quality/air pollution Emissions Hazardous substances Hazards Pollution control
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

These Regulations apply to the Sadbury Area. The owner and the operator of a facility shall ensure that every pyrometallurgical vessel at the facility is fitted with a primary off-gas collection system; the owner and the operator of a facility shall ensure that a pyrometallurgical vessel at the facility is fitted with a secondary off-gas collection system. Moreover, the owner and the operator of a facility shall ensure that the discharges of sulphur dioxide captured by each off-gas collection system required under section 3 are sent to a baghouse that uses lime injection or to a wet scrubber. The owner and the operator of a facility shall ensure that all discharges of sulphur dioxide from the main stack of each single contact acid plant at the facility are collected and sent to a wet scrubber. The owner and the operator of a facility shall ensure that all discharges of sulphur dioxide from the main stack of each single contact acid plant at the facility are collected and sent to a wet scrubber.

Full text
English
Website
www.ontario.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Environmental Protection Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19).

Legislation | Canada | 1990 (2021)

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Source: FAO, FAOLEX