Aevitas Inc. is applying to rezone the proposed lot located at 7582 Cannor Road in the Cattermole
business park. The site is currently zoned M4 (Heavy Industrial) and the application is to change the
zoning to M6 (Specific Use zoning)
It is the objective of Aevitas Inc. to open a modern hazardous waste and recycling facility in BC,
employing 40 to 50 people, with a focus on the following:
1) Provide recycling of specialized transformer insulating oils to hydro generating customers and
high voltage contractors. Aevitas Inc. will apply to the provincial oil stewardship program in
order to be an approved oil recycling facility with a focus on electrical insulating oils. Insulating
oils will be fully recycled back to a national specification for use by manufactures and electrical
utilities. One of the primary users of this oil is CamTran, a local transformer manufacturer also
located here in Chilliwack.
2) Provide lamp recycling for mercury baring lighting included, but not limited to: fluorescent
tubes, compact fluorescent lamps and mercury vapour lamps. Aevitas Inc. will apply to the
provincial stewardship program to be an approved processing facility for lighting waste including
lamps and ballasts. Lamps are safely reduced under negative pressure and each component is
recycled. Mercury vapours will be captured in our air control system and the mercury is
recycled.
3) Provide cleaning and recycling of transformer and electrical equipment to recover metals.
Equipment will be received that may have low level PCB contamination. This equipment will be
decontaminated by oil flushing and then disassembled following the cleaning. Porous
components will be sent to our eastern, Canadian facilities for proper disposal and metals will
be segregated and recycled.
4) Provide transfer and bulking of other hazardous waste classes. This will include receiving
containerized hazardous waste classes and bulking them to larger containment for shipment to
approved treatment or destruction facilities.
Aevitas Inc. Experience
Aevitas has been providing all of the above services across Canada, including British Columbia for over
fifteen years. The company is celebrating its twentieth year in business this year. Many of the
processes that we will be employing in BC have been invented and developed by Aevitas Inc. while
working closely with regulatory bodies in order to provide the best environmental and occupational
solutions in the industry.
Outside of British Columbia, Aevitas Inc. owns and operates eight other facilities, each having a
specialized waste treatment and recycling focus. These other facilities will be used as final destinations
for waste leaving the BC transfer facility. It is important to note that Aevitas Inc. operates a first class
operation. All receiving and processing will be inside of the building. The processes have no odours
and are focussed on recycling as much of the wastes as possible, preventing landfill.
Building and site Design for Environmental Protection
Each facility is built with every environmental health and safety measure that a modern facility can be
equipped with. All materials coming into the facility are screened through profiling each waste in an
on- site laboratory. The building is protected with a foam fire suppression system to extinguish a fire as
soon as it starts. The yard outside will be designed with a clay liner and an oil-proof geomembrane in
loading areas. This is a precaution in the event of spills, but also functions as a control for fire water.
The drainage of the site will pass through a three stage separator designed to capture any oils or
contaminants. This can be shut off to manage water in the yard in the event of an emergency. The yard
will be fenced with controlled gate access and the site will be monitored with security cameras and
adequate night lighting. Storage tanks for oil inside of the building have their own secondary
containment and will be equipped with auto level alarms that shut down pumps to prevent overfilling.
Monitoring wells are placed in all corners of the lot to ensure nothing is entering the environment.
The building is built with no drains in the floor and is designed to hold a spill within the building. The
processes described do not use any water and we do not sewer anything other than normal washroom
sanitary drains.
Emissions to the air are at levels that are a fraction of the allowable criteria. Our oil process pushes out
only dissolved gasses in the oils such as hydrogen, acetylene, nitrogen, and methane . These are present
in the oils at trace levels. Our lamp process has two large activated carbon beds for the capture of
mercury vapour. The second bed is an extra precaution to capture trace amounts at points where the
first bed requires a carbon change. Daily monitoring is performed on the carbon beds to determine
when the carbon requires changing. Work areas in the plant operate under negative pressure, drawing
air through these carbon beds to ensure all air is cleaned. The last emission from the plant is from a
small fume hood in the lab where samples are tested. This lab is for internal quality control and has a
very small amount of samples being analysed compared to a commercial lab. Again, these very low level
emissions have no odour and are at levels a fraction of the acceptable criteria.
Process Approval
The process will undergo an extensive review by the Ministry of Environment. This will include a review
of detailed site and building drawings, protection measures, processes and procedures for handling the
waste. Following this review, a demonstration will be required to prove our technology and procedures.
Upon a successful review, a receiving permit will be issued for the site. The GVRD will also review and
comment on the file. Part of this process requires environmental consultants reviewing the technical
portions of the proposal and providing their stamp of approval as well.
During operation, Aevitas inc. will have inspections by the Provincial Ministry of Environment, Federal
Environment Canada, and Worksafe BC. In addition, annual reviews will be performed by our third party
consultant and continual audits will be performed by our customers. Aevitas has an open door policy
and we work with all of these groups to be the best in our industry and strive to develop new and
innovative recycling solutions.
Emergency preparedness for Transport
Aevitas Inc. trucks and trailers are specially equipped
for safely handling the materials that we handle.
Trailers have special contained floors and pans to
provide secondary containment over and above the
UN container that they are shipped in. Aevitas Inc.
will also maintain large quantities of spill response
equipment on site. Our staff will be trained in the use
of emergency equipment and emergency response
procedures. In addition, Aevitas Inc. has been
working with a major emergency response company
to assist them in rapid emergency response in and
around the Chilliwack area. This will provide quicker response for not only our site and trucks but others
up the TransCanada Highway as well. Aevitas Inc. staff will train with the emergency response group
and their equipment will be housed at our location.
Summary of Receiving Quantities
Receiving for Process and Recycle
Item Maximum per Month
Transformer Oils 350,000 litres
Transformer Oils with low level PCB (50 to 500 ppm) 5,000 litres
Lamps containing mercury and non-mercury lamps 500,000 lamps
Transformer and Electrical Equipment 250 tonne
Transformer and Electrical Equipment with low level PCB 50 tonne
Receiving for Transfer
Class Description Maximum
Class 2 Gasses and Cylinders
Maximum 300 drums in the
building and three trucks in
the loading dock prepared for
transport at any time
Class 3 Flammable Liquids
Class 4 Flammable Solids
Class 5 Oxidizing Substances and Organic Peroxides
Class 6 Toxic and Infectious Substances
Class 8 Corrosives
Class 9 Miscellaneous Substances
Note: The facility will not receive Pathological, radioactive or explosive waste classes.
Summary
Aevitas Inc. is a Canadian leader in handling specialized wastes. Our focus is to protect the environment
and recycle hazardous waste into non-hazardous usable products. The unfortunate truth is the fact that
these wastes do exist in our every day surroundings. Improper, uncontrolled disposal can cause
environmental damage for generations to come. Aevitas Inc. processes ensure responsible recycling and
protection of our natural resources.
