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The
Hamilton District Autobody Repair Association (HARA) has proposed
to the Ontario Ministry of Environment, the establishment of a solvent
database, accessible on this web site.
At
the present time, when a spraypainting facility applies for a Schedule
9 Air Permit from the Ontario Ministry of Environment’s (MoE) Environment
Assessment and Approvals Branch (EA&AB), the facility must submit
copies of the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for the paint and
solvent product that is in use in the facility. In some cases this
amounted to almost 350 pages.
As
part of a new simplified approvals process that the industry is
working on with the MoE, this web site was identified as a means
of reducing shop costs and time and streamlining the approvals process
for the Ministry. We believe that it would benefit all parties.
The
intent of the solvent library is:
- to
have up-to-date product information so the engineer and the
EA&AB can have accurate data in order to review a Certificate
of Approval
- to
allow the industry better information in order to more easily
provide the necessary emissions reporting data required by the
proposed emission reporting regulation for the Environmental
Monitoring and Reporting Branch as of January 1, 2002
The
solvent library also will include data from paint spray gun manufacturers,
spray booth manufacturers, manufacturers of gun wash and solvent
recycling equipment plus coating suppliers in Canada.
PLEASE
NOTE
Access
to the solvent library is restricted and a password is required.
Only Ministry staff in the Environmental Assessment and Approvals
Branch (specifically for individual Certificate of Approval data
search and confirmation) and our engineer have access.
In
summer 2001, a template will be made available on this site to assist
shops in meeting their reporting requirements under the Ministry
of Environment’s proposed reporting regulation. For further information
on the reporting regulation and costs, shops should refer to the
"Environment" page on this web site.
Specific
questions or requests to include data can be made to John Norris
at 1-800-318-DENT (ciag@icom.ca) or the Ontario Ministry of Environment,
Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch at (416) 314-7009
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