Licence No.: 2289
Licence Issued: November 6, 1997

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANITOBA ENVIRONMENT ACT (C.C.S.M. c. E125)
THIS LICENCE IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 10(1) TO:

for the construction and operation of the Development, being a meat processing plant called Border Trail Meats, located on the SW 1/4 of Section 22, Township 1, Range 15 WPM in the Rural Municipality of Roblin, in accordance with the Proposal dated July 24, 1997, and filed under The Environment Act, subject to the following specifications, limits, terms and conditions:

In this Licence,

"affected area" means a geographical area excluding the property of the Development;

"approved" means approved by the Director in writing;

"CAEAL" means Canadian Association for Environmental Analytical Laboratories;

"Director" means an employee of the department appointed as such by the Minister;

"odour nuisance" means a continuous or repeated odour, smell or aroma, in an affected area, which is offensive, obnoxious, troublesome, annoying, unpleasant, or disagreeable to a person:

  1. residing in the affected area;
  2. working in the affected area; or
  3. present at a location in the affected area which is normally open to the members of the public;

    if the odour, smell or aroma

  4. is the subject of at least 5 written complaints, received by the Director in a form satisfactory to the Director and within a 90-day period, from 5 different persons falling within clauses (a), (b) or (c), who do not live in the same household; or
  5. is the subject of at least one written complaint, received by the Director in a form satisfactory to the Director, from a person falling within clauses (a), (b) or (c), and the Director is of the opinion that if the odour, smell or aroma had occurred in a more densely populated area there would have been at least 5 written complaints received within a 90-day period from 5 different persons who do not live in the same household;

"smoke nuisance" means a continuous or repeated presence of smoke, within an affected area, which is causing a visible unaesthetic condition that is objectionable to a person:
  1. residing in the affected area;
  2. working in the affected area; or
  3. present at a location in the affected area which is normally open to the members of the public;

    if the smoke

  4. is the subject of at least 5 written complaints, received by the Director in a form satisfactory to the Director and within a 90-day period, from 5 different persons falling within clauses (a), (b) or (c), who do not live in the same household; or
  5. is the subject of at least one written complaint, received by the Director in a form satisfactory to the Director, from a person falling within clauses (a), (b) or (c), and the Director is of the opinion that if the unaesthetic condition had occurred in a more densely populated area there would have been at least 5 written complaints received within a 90-day period from 5 different persons who do not live in the same household;

"smoke health effect" means a continuous or repeated presence of smoke, within an affected area, which is causing a respiratory problem to a person:
  1. residing in the affected area;
  2. working in the affected area; or
  3. present at a location in the affected area which is normally open to the members of the public;

    if the smoke is the subject of at least one written complaint supported in writing by a medical doctor, received by the Director in a form satisfactory to the Director, from a person falling within clauses (a), (b) or (c).

"sewage" means sewage as defined in Manitoba Regulation 95/88R, or any future amendment thereto, respecting private sewage disposal systems and privies; and

"wastewater" means any liquid, containing a pollutant (as defined in The Environment Act) associated with or resulting from the Development, which is designated for disposal.

    GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

    This Section of the Licence contains requirements intended to provide guidance to the Licencee in implementing practices to ensure that the environment is maintained in such a manner as to sustain a high quality of life, including social and economic development, recreation and leisure for present and future Manitobans.

  1. In addition to any of the limits, terms and conditions specified in this Licence, the Licencee shall, upon the request of the Director:
    1. sample, monitor, analyze and/or investigate specific areas of concern regarding any segment, component or aspect of pollutant storage, containment, treatment, handling, disposal or emission systems, for such pollutants or ambient quality, aquatic toxicity, leachate characteristics and discharge or emission rates, for such duration and at such frequencies as may be specified;
    2. determine the environmental impact associated with the release of any pollutant(s) from the Development; or
    3. provide the Director, within such time as may be specified, with such reports, drawings, specifications, analytical data, descriptions of sampling and analytical procedures being used, bioassay data, flow rate measurements and such other information as may from time to time be requested.

  2. The Licencee shall, unless otherwise specified in this Licence:
    1. carry out all preservations and analyses on liquid samples in accordance with the methods prescribed in the most current edition of "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" published jointly by the American Public Health Association, the American Waterworks Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation, or in accordance with an equivalent analytical methodology approved by the Director; and
    2. ensure that all analytical determinations are undertaken by a laboratory accredited by CAEAL or an equivalent accrediting agency.

  3. The Licencee shall report all the information requested through the provisions of this Licence in a manner and form acceptable to the Director.

    SPECIFICATIONS, LIMITS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS

    Respecting Liquid Wastes
  4. The Licencee shall, unless otherwise approved by the Director:
    1. direct all sewage and process wastewater generated at the Development into an on-site holding tank; and
    2. have the contents of the holding tank withdrawn, as needed, and transported to a municipal sewage treatment facility which is licenced and is agreeable to receiving such wastewater.

  5. The Licencee shall ensure that any holding tank used for sewage or process wastewater complies with the requirements of Manitoba Regulation 95/88R, or any future amendment thereto, respecting private sewage disposal systems and privies.

    Respecting Solid Wastes

  6. The Licencee shall:
    1. store all bone and meat wastes indoors, in a cooler, until they are taken to a rendering facility; or
    2. in the case of an emergency condition, dispose of these wastes in accordance with Clause 7 of this Licence.

  7. The Licencee shall not deposit solid waste, as defined in Manitoba Regulation 150/91 respecting waste disposal grounds, into the environment except into a waste disposal ground operating under the authority of a permit issued pursuant to Manitoba Regulation 150/91, or any future amendment thereto, where the operator of that facility has agreed to accept the solid waste from the Development.

    Respecting Air Emissions

  8. The Licencee shall not construct, alter or operate the Development, or permit the Development to be constructed, altered or operated, in a way which causes or results in an odour or a smoke nuisance, and shall take such steps as the Director may require to eliminate or mitigate the odour or the smoke nuisance.

  9. The Licencee shall not construct, alter or operate the Development, or permit the Development to be constructed, altered or operated, in a way which causes or results in a smoke health effect, and shall take such steps as the Director may require to eliminate or mitigate the smoke health effect.

    REVIEW OR REVOCATION

  1. If, in the opinion of the Director, the Licencee has exceeded or is exceeding or has or is failing to meet the specifications, limits, terms, or conditions set out in this Licence, the Director may, temporarily or permanently, revoke this Licence.

  2. If the Licencee has not commenced construction of the Development within three years of the date of this Licence, this Licence is revoked.

  3. If, in the opinion of the Director, new evidence warrants a change in the specifications, limits, terms or conditions of this Licence, the Director may require the filing of a new proposal pursuant to Section 10 of The Environment Act.


"original signed by"
Larry Strachan, P. Eng.
Director
Environment Act


Client File No.: 4268.0


APPENDIX 'A'
(Area Map) - (see hard copy of Licence)