Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreement -
Pizza Pizza Limited
The Works and Utilities Committee recommends:
(1)the adoption of the report dated November 20, 1998, from the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services;
(2)that the Commissioner of Works and Emergency Services be requested to advise those industries with existing
Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreements that such agreements will be terminated by January 1, 2000, and that staff
provide assistance wherever possible similar to that provided to Nestlé Canada Inc. in cleaning up sewer discharge;
and
(3)that no further agreements be approved.
The Works and Utilities Committee reports, for the information of Council, having requested the Commissioner of Works
and Emergency Services to:
(1)send out the Nestlé Canada Inc. Model to all those companies that have Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreements with
the City of Toronto, with a suggestion that the City would be willing to negotiate similar initiatives; and to invite all parties
to a workshop or forum on this topic in order to provide information to such industries regarding strategies for reducing
industrial waste; and
(b)submit a report to the Committee on:
(I)the banning, as well as phasing out, of such agreements;
(ii)the deployment of staff presently engaged in auditing industrial and commercial operations; and
(iii)the doubling of fees charged, in the interim.
The Works and Utilities Committee submits the following report (November 20, 1998) from the Commissioner of
Works and Emergency Services:
Purpose:
To allow Pizza Pizza Limited to enter into an Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreement with the City of Toronto permitting
them to discharge overstrength effluent which is amenable to treatment at our treatment plants and pay a surcharge fee.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
This Department maintains approximately 157 Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreements, which allow for the recovery of
approximately $7.5 million per year in additional treatment costs. These charges reflect a user pay philosophy and directly
offset the cost of the operation of our treatment plants.
Recommendation:
It is recommended that we be authorized to enter into an Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreement with Pizza Pizza Limited,
58 Advance Road, under terms and conditions satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Commissioner of Works and
Emergency Services.
Council Reference/Background/History:
On November 9, 1989, Metropolitan Council, by adoption of Clause No. 6 of Report No. 16 of The Works Committee,
authorized execution of agreements with industries, permitting them to discharge wastewater in excess of the limits set out
under By-law No. 153-89, providing that the overstrength discharges are amenable to treatment at our treatment plants.
Industries are required to pay for the additional cost of treatment above the limit of the by-law.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
The type of waste generated by Pizza Pizza Limited is biodegradable and amenable to treatment at our Humber Treatment
Plant.
This company has been notified of the annual charge to be levied, and has signified agreement to the amount of the
assessment:
|
Effective
Date |
Yearly
Surcharge
$ |
Annual
Plant
Discharge
m3 |
Excess
Waste
Strength
mg/L |
By-law
Limit
mg/L |
| Pizza Pizza Limited |
Jan. 1, 1998 |
$7,167.11 |
13,751 |
922
SS |
350
SS |
The alternative to an Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreement would be to force the industry to comply with the Sewer Use
By-law limit for suspended solids (SS) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), by the addition of effluent pretreatment
equipment. This would be an impossibility for many companies due to financial and/or space limitations. Those industries
that could afford to install pretreatment systems may have problems with odours or upsets. The Ministry of the
Environment acknowledges the need for surcharge agreements in their Model Sewer Use By-law (1988).
Conclusions:
The overstrength effluent from the above industry is organic in nature, biodegradable and amenable to treatment at our
treatment plants.
In accordance with section 5 of our Sewer Use By-law No. 153-89, an Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreement should be
established with the above industry to provide a mechanism by which the overstrength effluent which exceeds the by-law
limit for SS can be discharged on a fee basis.
Contact Name:
Vic Lim, P.Eng.
Chief Engineer - Environmental Services
Water Pollution Control
Telephone: (416) 392-2966; Fax: (416) 397-0908
E-mail: victor_lim@metrodesk.metrotor.on.ca.
