NewTECH Environmental Limited 110 Konrad Crescent Markham, Ontario L3R 9X2

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1 Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Ministère de l Environnement et de l Action en matière de changement climatique ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE APPROVAL NUMBER 2273-AAPKR9 Issue Date: June 30, 2016 NewTECH Environmental Limited 110 Konrad Crescent Markham, Ontario L3R 9X2 Location: itemobile You have applied under section 20.2 of Part II.1 of the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E. 19 (Environmental Protection Act) for approval of: - Eight (8) mobile soil vapour extraction systems operating at eight (8) independent Sites to treat soil/groundwater contaminated with the Target Compounds, each discharging to the air at a volumetric flow rate of 0.13 cubic metre per second through a stack having an exit diameter of 0.05 metre and extending 6 metres above grade, and equipped with the following: - soil vapour extraction wells and soil venting wells; - one (1) regenerative blower located inside an enclosure, having a flow rate of 0.13 cubic meters per second, maximum pressure of Pa, maximum vacuum of Pa and driven by a 6HP motor. - two (2) granular activated carbon filters connected in series, each containing a minimum of 54.4 kilograms of granular activated carbon filter material; all in accordance with the Environmental Compliance Approval application submitted by the Company, signed by Jean Pierre Francois, and dated January 23, 2016, the Emission Summary and Dispersion Modelling Report

2 prepared by Sajjad Din and submitted in support of the application, the Acoustic Assessment Report dated June 23, 2016 and prepared by Kyle Hellewell, the updated information submitted via by Sajjad Din on May 15, 2016, May 26, 2016, and May 30, 2016, and by Kyle Hellewell on June 26, 2016, and all other supporting information and documentation submitted in support of the application. For the purpose of this environmental compliance approval, the following definitions apply: 1. "Approval" means this Environmental Compliance Approval, including the application and supporting documentation listed above; 2. "Class 1 Area" means an area with an acoustical environment typical of a major population centre, where the background sound level is dominated by the activities of people, usually road traffic, often referred to as urban hum ; 3. "Class 2 Area" means an area with an acoustical environment that has qualities representative of both Class 1 and Class 3 areas: sound levels characteristic of Class 1 during daytime (07:00 to 19:00 or to 23:00 hours); and low evening and night background sound level defined by natural environment and infrequent human activity starting as early as 19:00 hours (19:00 or 23:00 to 07:00 hours); 4. "Class 3 area" means a rural area with an acoustical environment that is dominated by natural sounds having little or no road traffic, such as: a small community; agricultural area; a rural recreational area such as a cottage or a resort area; or a wilderness area; 5. "Company" means NewTECH Environmental Limited, that is responsible for the construction or operation of the Facility and includes any successors and assigns; 6. "District Manager" means the District Manager of the appropriate local district office of the Ministry, where the Facility is geographically located;

3 7. "EPA" means the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.e.19, as amended; 8. "Equipment" means the equipment associated with the Process as described in the Company's application, this Approval and in the supporting documentation submitted with the application, to the extent approved by this Approval; 9. "Facility" means the entire operation located on the property where the Equipment is located; 10. "Manual" means a document or a set of documents that provide written instructions to staff of the Company; 11. "Ministry" means the ministry of the government of Ontario responsible for the EPA and includes all officials, employees or other persons acting on its behalf; 12. "Point of Reception" has the same meaning as in Publication NPC-300, and is subject to the same qualifications described in this document; 13. "Process" means the mobile remediation process as described in the Company's application, this Approval and in the supporting documentation submitted with the application, to the extent approved by this Approval; 14. "Publication NPC-300" means the Ministry Publication NPC-300, " Environmental Noise Guideline, Stationary and Transportation Sources Approval and Planning, Publication NPC-300", August, 2013, as amended; 15. "Remedial Work Plan" means the overall plan, developed for each site, that contains as a minimum the remedial objectives, an overview of the extent of contamination at the Site and closure conditions to remove the Process from the Site; 16. "Site" means the property on which the Process is operated; 17. "Soil, Groundwater and Sediment Standards" means the Ministry publication "Soil, Groundwater and Sediment Standards for Use Under Part XV.1 of the Environmental Protection Act dated April 15, 2011, as amended; 18. "Supporting Documents means the Ministry publications that

4 accompany the Soil, Groundwater and Sediment Standards including Guide for Completing Phase II Environmental Site Assessment under Ontario Regulation 153/04 dated June 2011, as amended; and 19. "Target Compounds" means the compounds listed in Schedule B of this Approval as described in the Company's application, this Approval and in the supporting documentation submitted with the application, to the extent approved by this Approval, that the Process is designed to treat as part of the Remedial Work Plan. You are hereby notified that this environmental compliance approval is issued to you subject to the terms and conditions outlined below: TERMS AND CONDITIONS Performance Requirements 1. The Company shall, at all times, design and operate the Process with the intent to reduce the soil/groundwater concentrations of the Target Compounds to comply with the appropriate criteria provided in the Soil, Groundwater and Sediment Standards, appropriate worker health and safety criteria or site specific criteria developed in accordance with the Supporting Documents. 2. The Company shall, before commencement of operation of the Process at the site, prepare a Remedial Work Plan for the Site. 3. The Company shall ensure that each mobile soil vapour extraction process unit is marked with a unique identification number. 4. The Company shall, at all times, ensure that the noise emissions from the Facility comply with the limits set out in Ministry Publication NPC The Company shall maintain a minimum setback distance from the Equipment to the nearest Point of Reception in accordance with the table in Schedule C of this Approval. 6. The Company shall ensure that the exhaust stack of the vacuum blower is equipped with a muffler providing minimum Insertion Loss (Decibels) per octave band in accordance with the table in Schedule D of this Approval. 7. The Company shall ensure that all interior surfaces of the trailer other

5 than the floor shall be covered with a 75mm (3") thick absorbent material consisting of Roxul high density fiber board faced with glass-mat facing. 8. The Company shall ensure that the mobile soil vapour extraction systems approved herein are not operated at a distance of less than 200 metres from one another. 9. The Company shall ensure that the concentration of any Target Compound in the soil vapour extraction system exhaust is not greater than 3 parts per million by volume. Operating Procedures and Maintenance Manual 10. The Company shall, before commencement of operation of the Process at the Site, prepare and implement an operating procedures and maintenance manual for the Equipment. The manual shall specify, as a minimum: (a) frequency of inspections and scheduled preventative maintenance; (b) procedures to prevent upset conditions; (c) procedures to prevent and/or minimize odorous emissions; (d) procedures to record and respond to environmental complaints; (e) procedures to monitor compliance with Condition 9 in this Approval; (e) the frequency of inspection and replacement of the granular activated carbon filter material in the Equipment. Monitoring Plan 11. The Company shall, before commencement of operation of the Process at the Site, design and implement a Monitoring Plan, in accordance with the Supporting Documents, for the soil/groundwater at the site to document that the Performance Requirements outlined above are not exceeded and that the Remedial Work Plan objectives are met. The Monitoring Plan shall specify, as a minimum: (a) Monitoring Plan objectives; (b) list of analytical parameters;

6 (c) monitoring locations and frequency; (e) sampling methodology and QA/QC procedures; (f) Remedial Work Plan objectives for discontinuation of the Process. Notification Requirements 12. The Company shall notify the District Manager, in writing, if the Process is not operated in accordance with the Performance Requirements or the Operating Procedures and Maintenance Manual or the Monitoring Plan outlined above. 13. The Company shall notify the District Manager at least ten (10) working days before commencement of operation of the Process at a new Site by submitting a completed Form 1, set out in Schedule A of this Approval, with attachments, to the District Manager. Record Keeping Requirements 14. The Company shall, for each Site, retain for a minimum of two (2) years from the date of their creation, all reports, records and information as described in this Approval, related to or resulting from the operation of the Process and shall include, but not be limited to: (a) the Remedial Work Plan; (b) records on the inspection, maintenance and repair of the equipment related to the Process; (c) all monitoring results including the verification sampling to demonstrate that the Remedial Work Plan objectives are met; (d) records on the environmental complaints; including: (1) a description, time and date of each incident to which the complaint relates; (2) wind direction at the time of the incident to which the complaint relates; (3) a description of the measures taken to address the cause of

7 the incident to which the complaint relates and to prevent a similar occurrence in the future. These records shall be made available, upon request, to Ministry personnel, or Ministry authorized representative(s), upon presentation of credentials. SCHEDULE A Form 1 SOIL/GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION PROCESS NOTICE OF INTENDED LOCATION 1. Owner/Operator: 2. Contact person and telephone number: 3. Environmental Compliance Approval Number and Date of Issuance: 4. Proposed location of the Remediation Process: (street address and municipality or lot and concession number) 5. Land use in the immediate vicinity: 6. Operating Schedule: Date of commencement: Estimated duration: 7. Please attach the following: (a) A copy of the Environmental Compliance Approval. (b) A site plan of the intended location.

8 (c) Distance between the Equipment and the nearest Point of Reception (d) Land use within the minimum separation distances from Equipment specified in Condition 5 of the ECA. (c) A copy of the Remedial Work Plan. (e) A copy of the monitoring plan referred to in Condition 11 of the Environmental Compliance Approval. (f) A statement describing the technology used at the Site. Contaminant SCHEDULE B Target Compounds Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Number Xylenes Ethyl Benzene Toluene Acetone Chloroform Carbon Tetrachloride Trichloroethylene Hexane Styrene Vinyl Chloride ,1,1-Trichloroethane Di (2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate Perchloroethylene Ethylene dichloride Cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene Trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene p-ethyltoluene ,2,4 Trimethylbenzene ,3,5 Trimethylbenzene Heptane

9 Cyclohexane ,2,4-Trimethyl pentane Benzene SCHEDULE C Separation Distances for Soil Vapour Extraction System Applicable Noise Limits Day Night Minimum Setback of trailer from closest Point of Reception Urban Class 1/ (50 dba) (metres) Rural Class (45 dba) (metres) Urban Class 1/ (45 dba) (metres) Rural Class (40 dba) (metres) SCHEDULE D Vacuum Pump Exhaust Muffler Minimum Attenuation per Octave Band 63 Hz 125 Hz 250 Hz 500 Hz 1000 Hz 2000 Hz 4000 Hz 8000 Hz The reasons for the imposition of these terms and conditions are as follows: 1. Conditions 1 to 9, both inclusive are included to outline the minimum performance requirements considered necessary to prevent an adverse effect resulting from the operation of the Process. 2. Condition 10 is included to emphasize that the Equipment must be operated according to a procedure that will result in compliance with the EPA, the regulations and this Approval. 3. Condition 11 is included to require the Company to gather accurate information so that the environmental impact and subsequent compliance with the EPA, the regulations and this Approval can be verified.

10 4. Conditions 12 and 13 are included to require the Company to notify the Ministry so that the environmental impact and subsequent compliance with the EPA, the regulations and this Approval can be verified. 5. Condition 14 is included to require the Company to retain records and provide information to the Ministry so that the environmental impact and subsequent compliance with the EPA, the regulations and this Approval can be verified. In accordance with Section 139 of the Environmental Protection Act, you may by written Notice served upon me, the Environmental Review Tribunal and in accordance with Section 47 of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993, S.O. 1993, c. 28 (Environmental Bill of Rights), the Environmental Commissioner, within 15 days after receipt of this Notice, require a hearing by the Tribunal. The Environmental Commissioner will place notice of your appeal on the Environmental Registry. Section 142 of the Environmental Protection Act provides that the Notice requiring the hearing shall state: 1. The portions of the environmental compliance approval or each term or condition in the environmental compliance approval in respect of which the hearing is required, and; 2. The grounds on which you intend to rely at the hearing in relation to each portion appealed. The Notice should also include: 3. The name of the appellant; 4. The address of the appellant; 5. The environmental compliance approval number; 6. The date of the environmental compliance approval; 7. The name of the Director, and; 8. The municipality or municipalities within which the project is to be engaged in. And the Notice should be signed and dated by the appellant. This Notice must be served upon:

11 The Secretary* Environmental Review Tribunal 655 Bay Street, Suite 1500 Toronto, Ontario M5G 1E5 AND The Environmental Commissioner 1075 Bay Street, Suite 605 Toronto, Ontario M5S 2B1 AND The Director appointed for the purposes of Part II.1 of the Environmental Protection Act Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change 135 St. Clair Avenue West, 1st Floor Toronto, Ontario M4V 1P5 * Further information on the Environmental Review Tribunal s requirements for an appeal can be obtained directly from the Tribunal at: Tel: (416) , Fax: (416) or This instrument is subject to Section 38 of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993, that allows residents of Ontario to seek leave to appeal the decision on this instrument. Residents of Ontario may seek leave to appeal within 15 days from the date this decision is placed on the Environmental Registry. By accessing the Environmental Registry at you can determine when the leave to appeal period ends. The above noted activity is approved under s.20.3 of Part II.1 of the Environmental Protection Act. DATED AT TORONTO this 30th day of June, 2016 Rudolf Wan, P.Eng. Director appointed for the purposes of Part II.1 of the Environmental Protection Act NR/ c: District Manager, MOECC York-Durham