Ontario Automotive Recyclers Association

ELV Guidance Manual Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Developing Your Environmental Program

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Environmental Legislation and Regulation

3.0 Preparation of your Environmental Compliance Program

4.0 Environmental Reviews

  • 4.1 When Should an Environmental Review be Conducted?
  • 4.2 The Review – Environmental Guidance Review for End-of-Life Waste Disposal Sites – Review Protocols
    • i) REVIEW PROTOCOL SECTIONS
    • ii) SECTION HEADINGS
  • 4.3 What to Do When the Audit has been Completed

5.0 Training

6.0 Recordkeeping

7.0 For More Information

 

ELV Facility Design & Operations Guidance

1.0 Property and Business Standards

  • 1.1 Customer Parking / Signage
    • 1.1.1 Customer Parking
    • 1.1.2 Signage
  • 1.2 Retail Sales Counter and Reception Area / Signage
    • 1.2.1 Retail Sales Counter and Reception Area
    • 1.2.2 Signage
  • 1.3 Building and Property
  • 1.4 Delivery, Support Vehicles and Equipment
  • 1.5 Facility Security
  • 1.6 Office/Record Keeping
  • 1.7 Insurance
  • 1.8 Zoning By-Law / Official Plan
    • 1.8.1 Zoning By-Law
    • 1.8.2 Official Plan
  • 1.9 Facility Design and Storage Capacities

2.0 End-of-Life Vehicle Processing and Storage Areas

  • 2.1 Receiving Area
  • 2.2 Dismantling/Depolluting Area
  • 2.3 Hulk Storage Area
  • 2.4 Crushing Area – Crusher / Crush Pile
  • 2.5 Wet Parts Storage Area
  • 2.6 Hazardous Fluid Storage Area
    • 2.6.1 Identifying Risk

3.0 Reduce, Recycle and Reuse Opportunities

  • 3.1 Antifreeze
  • 3.2 Lead Tire Weights
  • 3.3 Gasoline
  • 3.4 Air Conditioner Refrigerants
  • 3.5 Used Oil (Waste-Derived Fuel Furnaces)
  • 3.6 Spill Clean-Up Materials

4.0 Contaminant Air Discharges Including Noise & Vibration

  • 4.1 Fugitive Dust Control Plan

5.0 Contingency Planning

  • 5.1 Site Plan
  • 5.2 Posted Emergency Management Plan

6.0 Spill Kits

7.0 Wastewater

  • 7.1 Wastewater Collection, Drainage and Disposal
    • 7.1.1 Holding Tanks
    • 7.1.2 Connections to Municipal Sanitary Sewer
    • 7.1.3 Connections to an Oil Water Separator
    • 7.1.4 Connections to Septic Systems
    • 7.1.6 Connections to Ditches and Watercourses
  • 7.2 Storm Water
  • 7.3 Sewer Use By-Law
  • 7.4 Section 53 of the Ontario Water Resources Act
  • 7.5 Wastewater Minimization and Control
    • 7.5.1 Floor Washing
    • 7.5.2 Parts Washing
    • 7.5.3 Secondary Storage Containment Area – Dike Water
    • 7.5.4 Floor Sumps
    • 7.5.5 Core Containers
    • 7.5.6 Crusher
  • 7.6 Minimizing Wastewater – Running a Dry Facility

 

ELV Facility Safety Standards Guidance

1.0 Occupational Health and Safety Act

  • 1.1 Right to Know – Hazardous Communication
  • 1.2 Mandatory Posters

2.0 Equipment/Licences/Hazardous Materials

  • 2.1 Personal Protective Equipment
  • 2.2 Eye Wash Stations
  • 2.3 Fire Extinguishers
  • 2.4 Asbestos Brake Pads
  • 2.5 Forklift Training
  • 2.6 Torch Use Protocol
  • 2.7 Hybrid Batteries
  • 2.8 First Aid Supplies
  • 2.9 Incandescent Handlamps
  • 2.10 Battery Recharge Stations & Handling