Code of practice to reduce emissions of total particulate matter and VOCs from iron, steel and ilmenite sector: statement

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Issuance of the Code of Practice to Reduce Fugitive Emissions of Total Particulate Matter and Volatile Organic Compounds from the Iron, Steel and Ilmenite sector

Whereas on May 28, 2016, the Minister of the Environment published a Notice of the Code of Practice to Reduce Fugitive Emissions of Total Particulate Matter and Volatile Organic Compounds from the Iron, Steel and Ilmenite sector in the Canada Gazette Part I;

The Minister of the Environment issues, under subsection 54(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, the annexed Code of Practice to Reduce Fugitive Emissions of Total Particulate Matter and Volatile Organic Compounds from the Iron, Steel and Ilmenite sector.

May 28, 2016

Virginia Poter
Director General
Industrial sectors, Chemicals and Waste Directorate

On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

Annex

Code of Practice to Reduce Fugitive Emissions of Total Particulate Matter and Volatile Organic Compounds from the Iron, Steel and Ilmenite sector

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© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of the Environment, 2016

Table of Contents

• Abstract
• 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.2 Objective, Scope and Development
• 2.0 Sources of Fugitive Total Particulate Matter (TPM) and Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions
• 3.0 Recommended Best Practices
  • 3.1 General Recommendations
  • 3.2 Materials Handling, Movement and Storage
  • 3.3 Cokemaking
  • 3.4 Coke By-product Plant
  • 3.5 Ironmaking
  • 3.6 Steelmaking
  • 3.7 Steel Finishing
  • 3.8 Combustion, Boilers and Reheat Furnaces
• Glossary of Terms
• References
• Tables
  • Table 1.1: Canadian Steel Plants (2013)
  • Table 2.1: Common Sources of Fugitive Emissions
• Figures
  • Figure 1.1: Steel Plant Locations by Province (2013)