I am writing as a member of…

I am writing as a member of the public regarding this proposal.

The notice authorizes a waste disposal site receiving an average of 2,266 tonnes per day and a maximum of 2,500 tonnes per day.

This is substantially larger than the approximately 370,000 wet tonnes per year described to Chatham-Kent Council when it approved the project on April 27, 2026.

The municipality has since stated that the 370,000 TPY figure represents the primary organic feedstock digestion capacity, and that a separate 450,000 TPY Greenfield Global industrial wastewater stream is being directed to the back end of the project for treatment — a distinction that appears in the ERO's total capacity figure but was not the number presented to council.

I ask that the Ministry require this distinction to be stated explicitly and enforceably on the face of the approval, including separate, binding limits for each stream rather than a single combined ceiling.

I also note that the project has received public funding, including a federal Clean Fuels Fund contribution to Greenfield Global Inc. for this facility, which heightens the public interest in clear and enforceable approval conditions.

I request that before any approval is issued, the Ministry require public disclosure of:

(1) the categories and sources of "organic materials from a variety of sources within Ontario";

(2) the technology basis and process flow diagram, including whether any patented high-rate acidification or membrane-separation process is being deployed and at what validated scale;

(3) the digestate management plan;

(4) the contingency and emergency response plan for tank failure, overflow, or abnormal operating conditions.

Given the scale of this site and its location on municipally involved land, I ask that approval conditions include enforceable tonnage limits, monitoring requirements, and public reporting.

Sources:
ERO 026-0437 — Environmental Compliance Approval (waste disposal site) notice: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/026-0437
Sydenham Current, "Chatham-Kent council approves waste-to-energy project," April 29, 2026: https://sydenhamcurrent.ca/2026/04/29/chatham-kent-council-approves-was…
The Daily News / Tillsonburg News, "Several councillors raise questions on waste to energy project," May 2026: https://www.norfolkandtillsonburgnews.com/news/local-news/several-counc…
Natural Resources Canada, Grants & Contributions record (Clean Fuels Fund, agreement CFF-A-2105): https://search.open.canada.ca/grants/record/nrcan-rncan%2C115-2023-2024…