Autobody Repair Sector Industry-Government Partnership - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Shiv K. Sud John Norris

Ontario Ministry of the Environment Collision Industry Action Group

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

416-314-7936 sudsh@ene.gov.on.ca 905-662-9499 ciag@icom.ca

• Ontario P4 Leadership Award
• Recycling Council of Ontario Award
• Hamilton-Wentworth Gold Environmental Commitment Award
• Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment Award
• Individual facilities have won numerous P2 awards

• Kelly Autobody, Hamilton
• Canadian Auto Collision, Brantford
• Hawley Collision Center, Mississauga
• 427 Collision, Toronto

• 8,000 facilities in Canada
• 2,800 facilities in Ontario
• Small one-man operation to larger facilities with 25 or more employees
• Average shop has 4.4 employees
• 1.2 million vehicles or vehicle parts painted each year in Ontario

• Difficult to reach with environmental information and compliance assistance
• Lack of acceptance of “command and control” approaches
• Underground or “backyard” activity
• Lack of consistent enforcement - often complaint driven
• Shop owners lack capital

• VOC emissions
• precursor to urban smog
• second largest source from commercial/industrial coating facilities
• 6,000 tonnes in Ontario
• Odour complaints
• Improper disposal of paints and solvents
• millions of liters unaccounted for
• Plastics and metal wastes

• Use of lower VOC coating products
• Use of more efficient spray equipment
• Solvent management practices
• Equipment maintenance and materials handling
• Mandatory education and training program

• Use of high-efficiency Spray Guns (Dec 31, 2002)
• Test cap to determine proper air volume / pressure of Spray Guns
• Code of Practice & Check List for Good Practice (Dec 31, 2002)
• Training & certification by Dec 31, 2002

• 15 Profitability Workshops (1,500 attended)
• emphasis on Improved bottom line with good environmental management
• award-winning shop owners as feature speakers
• case studies and testimonials highlighted
• Workshops have been industry organized and led
• Government participation in non-regulatory role
• Suppliers and coatings firms participation
• Profitability Workbook available free on Internet

• A multi-stakeholder MOU under negotiation
• VOCs reduction commitment
• 45% reduction target by 2015
• P2 planning for all emissions
• Streamlined permit approvals
• A comprehensive Training Program
• including training needed to meet mandatory P2 Planning requirements of proposed Toronto sewer use by-law
• Program being expanded to other provinces

• MoE Certificate of Approval requirements
• MoE Air Emissions Regulation reporting
• Toronto Sewer Use By-law
• Modified Licensing (possible – Toronto & Hamilton
• Development of a computerized solvent library
• Anti-Smog Action Plan Reporting

• Development of Internet-based training
• Apprenticeship training program through community colleges
• Shop environmental audit program
• Issuance of Annual Progress Report and Case Studies
• Industry self-management (CISCO) considerations for compliance

• Otherwise, Shop owners / managers will be overwhelmed by recent municipal & provincial requirements
• No time for non-regulatory initiatives
• Complicates (a barrier to) compliance
• Industry, Environment Canada, MoE, Approvals Branch & City of Toronto have met:
• How avoid duplication?
• How simplify for Industry?

• International Environmental Systems’ (Toronto, Melbourne) – www.oxegen.com
• Internet based “platform”
• Compliance & Profitability tool developed for SME’s
• Flexible – P2, EMS, Health & Safety, Profitability, ISO14001
• Cost effective & Simple
• Industry specific

• Meets “One Window” requirement
• Pilot scheduled for end of June (15 shops)
• Cooperative, solution based approach taken by I.E.S.
• A potential “win/win/win” for shops, Industry Associations, and all levels of government

• Association leadership and champion
• Involvement and support of key stakeholders
• Government’s willingness to try non-regulatory approach
• Profitability and P2 hand-in-hand
• Partnership allows industry to proactively work with government in resolving future needs and issues