Update report, reduction of toxic chemicals from Ontario point sources discharging to the Niagara River, 1986-1991 : report

154 Pages·1993·3.2 MB·English

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ERRATA
p. X The "eliminationofapoint source" atNorton Advanced Ceramics refers to only
a single cooling water outfall, not all effluentdischarges from this facility.
p. 30 The sixthand seventhparagraph are clarified by inserting the following sentence
"The other two cooling water streams were combined to discharge to a single
outfall. Therefore Norton currently has two final outfalls, one combined outfall
from two process areas and one storm water outfall,
p. 38 "Mercury, the only targeted for 50 per cent reduction, ..." should read
"Mercury, the only chemical targeted for 50 per cent reduction, ..."
Table 22 The right side of the "Detects/Samples" column for 1990 was truncated. Six
samples were taken at this location in 1990.
Table 27 Detects per Sample should read "0/8" not "8/8" for Mercury, Lead and
Tetrachloroethylene
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Xm)ATE REPORT
REDUCTION OFTOXIC CHEMICALS FROM
ONTARIO POINT SOURCES DISCHARGING
TO THENIAGARA RIVER
1986-1991
JULY 1993
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UPDATEREPORT
REDUCTION OF TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM
ONTARIO POINT SOURCES DISCHARGING
TO THENIAGARA RFVER
1986-1991
Report Prepared By:
Niagara River Improvement Project
Ontario Ministry ofEnvironment and Energy
JULY 1993
Copyright: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 1993
This Publication may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes
with appropriate attribution

TABLE OF CONTENTS
List ofTables iii
List ofFigures v
Executive Summary viii
Introduction 1
Sampling Program
Sampling Methods 4
Flow Measurement 5
Analytical Methods 6
Pollutant Categories 7
Data Evaluation 9
Sampling Results 13
General Trends 13
Atlas Specialty Steels 15
CanadianOxy Chemicals Ltd. 17
Cyanamid Canada Inc. - Niagara Plant 18
Cyanamid Canada Inc. - Welland Plant 20
Diner's Delight 21
Fleet Industries 22
Ford Motor Company - Niagara Glass Plant 24
Gencorp Canada Inc. 25
Geon Canada (B.F.Goodrich) 26
Gould National Battery 28
Norton Advanced Ceramics ofCanada Ltd 29
StelPipe - Welland Tube Works 31
Washington Mills Ltd. 32
Washington Mills Electro Minerals Canada Inc. 33
Fort Erie WPCP 35
McMaster Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow 36
Niagara Falls WPCP 37
Port Robinson Lagoons 38
Queenston WPCP 39
Stanley Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow 40
Stevensville-Douglastown Lagoons 41
WeUand WPCP 42
MISA Monitoring ^"^
Background
Data Evaluation
Conclusions 89
Appendices
A: The Chemicals ofConcern for the Niagara River
B: Yearly Total Loadings ofthe 18 Chemicals ofConcern
C: Metals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs
D: MISA Loadings ofthe 18 Chemicals ofConcerns
E: Comparison ofMISA and Niagara River Improvement
Project Data
F: Sampling Principles
G: Analytical Principles
H: Limit ofQuantification and PWQOs for the Chemicals ofConcern
I: MDLs and Potential Undetected Loadings
LIST OF TABLES
APPENDIX
Table 1: Yearly Total Loadings ofthe 18 Chemicals ofConcern for all
B
Facilities
Table 2: Yearly Total Loadings ofthe 18 Chemicals ofConcern for Industrial
B
Facilities
Table 3: Yearly Total Loadings ofthe 18 Chemicals ofConcern for Municipal
B
Facilities
Table 4: Atlas Steels Total Loadings B
Table 5: Canadian Occidental Total Loadings B
Table 6: Cyanamid Canada - Niagara PlantNet Loadings B
Table 7: Cyanamid Canada - Welland Plant Net Loadings B
Table 8: Fleet Manufacturing Total Loadings B
Table 9: Ford Motor Company - Niagara Glass Plant Net Loadings B
Table 10: Gencorp Inc. Total Loadings B
Table 11: Geon Canada (BFGoodrich) Net Loadings B
Table 12: Gould National Battery Total Loadings B
Table 13: Norton Advanced Ceramics Net Loadings B
Table 14: StelPipeWelland Tubes Total Loadings B
Table 15: Washington Mills Ltd. Total Loadings B
Table 16: Washington Mills Electro Minerals Net Loadings B
Table 17: FortErie WPCP Total Loadings B
Table 18: McMaster CSO Total Loadings B
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APPENDIX
B
Table 19: Niagara Falls WPCPTotal Loadings
Table 20: Port Robinson Lagoons Total Loadings
Table 21: Queenston WPCP Total Loadings
Table 22: Stanley CSO Total Loadings
B
Table 23: Stevensville-Douglastown Lagoons Total Loadings
Table 24: Welland WPCPTotal Loadings B
Table 25: Atlas Specialty Steels -Yearly Total Loadings ^
- MISA Monitoring Data
Table 26: Cyanamid -Niagara Plant - Yearly Loadings - MISA Monitoring Data D
Table 26: Cyanamid -Welland Plant - Yearly Loadings - MISA Monitoring Data D
Table 27: Washington Mills Ltd. - Yearly Total Loadings -
^
MISA Monitoring Data
Table 28: Washington Mills Electro - Yearly Total Loadings - MISA
^
Monitoring Data
Table 29: Norton Advanced Ceramics - Yearly NetLoadings -
MISAMonitoring Data ' D
Table 30: CanadianOxy Chemicals - Yearly Total Loadings -
D
MISA Monitoring Data
Table 31: Geon Canada - Yearly Total Loadings - MISA Monitoring Data D
Table 32: Comparison ofMISA and Niagara River ImprovementProject Data
E
for 1989
.
Table 33: Comparison ofMISA and Niagara River ImprovementProject Data
E
for 1990
IV