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1 Content Copy Of Original Ministry of the Environment Ministère de l Environnement AMENDED ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE APPROVAL NUMBER GJJP Issue Date: May 20, 2014 Krebsz Electroplating Ltd. 227 Avenue Road Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5Y2 Site Location: 227 Avenue Road, Waterloo Cambridge City, Regional Municipality of Waterloo N1R 5Y2 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: An electroplating facility, consisting of nine (9) plating lines (electrolytic and non-electrolytic), complete with the equipment that discharge to the air as described in Schedule "A"; all in accordance with the application for an Environmental Compliance Approval dated December 2, 2010 and signed by Ray Delorey, and all supporting information associated with the application. For the purpose of this environmental compliance approval, the following definitions apply: (1) "Acoustical Consultant" means a person currently active in the field of environmental acoustics and noise/vibration control, who is familiar with Ministry noise guidelines and procedures and has a combination of formal university education, training and experience necessary to assess noise emissions from a Facility. (2) "Acoustic Audit" means an investigative procedure consisting of measurements and/or acoustic modelling of all sources of noise emissions due to the operation of the Facility, assessed to determine compliance with the Performance Limits for the Facility regarding noise emissions, completed in accordance with the procedures set in Publication NPC-103 and reported in accordance with Publication NPC-233. (3) "Acoustic Au dit Report" means a report presenting the results of an Acoustic Audit, prepared in accordance with Publication NPC-233. (4) "Approval" means this Environmental Compliance Approval and any Schedules to it, including the application and supporting documentation. (5) "Company" means Krebsz Electroplating Ltd. that is responsible for the construction or operation of the Equipment and includes any successors and assigns. (6) "District Manager" means the District Manager of the appropriate local district office of the Ministry, where the Equipment is geographically located and operated. (7) "EPA" means the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.e.19, as amended.

2 (8) "Equipment" means all pollution control equipment described in the Company s application, this Approval and in the supporting documentation referred to herein, to the extent approved by this Approval. (9) "Facility" means the entire operation located on the property where the Equipment is located. (10) "Independent Acoustical Consultant" means an Acoustical Consultant who is not representing the Company and was not involved in preparing the Acoustic Assessment Report or the design/implementation of Noise Control Measures for the Facility and/or Equipment. The Independent Acoustical Consultant shall not be retained by the Acoustical Consultant involved in the noise impact assessment or the design/implementation of Noise Control Measures for the Facility and/or Equipment (11) "Manual" means a document or a set of documents that provide written instructions to staff of the Company. (12) "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. (13) "Noise Abatement Action Plan" means a noise abatement program developed by the Company to achieve compliance with the sound level limits set in Publication NPC-205 and/or Publication NPC- 232, as applicable. (14) "Noise Control Measures" means measures to reduce the noise emissions from the Facility and/or Equipment including, but not limited to, silencers, acoustic louvres, enclosures, absorptive treatment, plenums and barriers. (15) "Publication NPC-103" means the Ministry Publication NPC-103 of the Model Municipal Noise Control By-Law, Final Report, August 1978, published by the Ministry as amended. (16) "Publication NPC-205" means Publication NPC-205, "Sound Level Limits for Stationary Sources in Class 1 & 2 Areas (Urban)", October, (20) "Publication NPC-233" means Ministry Publication NPC-233 "Information to be Submitted for Approval of Stationary Sources of Sound", October You are hereby notified that this environmental compliance approval is issued to you subject to the terms and conditions outlined below: TERMS AND CONDITIONS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 1. The Company shall ensure that the Equipment is properly operated and maintained at all times. The Company shall: (1) prepare, not later than three (3) months after the date of this Approval, and update as necessary, a Manual outlining the operating procedures and a maintenance program for the Equipment, including: (a) routine operating and maintenance procedures in accordance with good engineering practices and as recommended by the Equipment suppliers;

3 (b) emergency procedures; (c) list of trained personnel responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Facility; (d) procedures for any record keeping activities relating to operation and maintenance of the Equipment; (e) procedures for recording and responding to environmental complaints; and (f) appropriate measures to minimize emissions from all potential sources; (2) implement the recommendations of the operating and maintenance Manual. RECORD RETENTION 2. The Company shall retain, for a minimum of two (2) years from the date of their creation, all records and information related to or resulting from the operation and maintenance activities required by this Approval. These records as well as the Manual shall be made available to staff of the Ministry upon request. The Company shall retain: (1) all records on the maintenance, repair and inspection of the Equipment; and (2) all records on the environmental complaints, including: (a) a description, time and date of each incident; (b) operating conditions (e.g. any upset conditions, etc.) at the time of the incident; and (c) a description of the measures taken to address the cause of the incident and to prevent a similar occurrence in the future. NOTIFICATION OF COMPLAINTS 3. The Company shall notify the District Manager, in writing, of each environmental complaint and the measures taken to address the cause of the complaint within five (5) business days of the complaint. NOISE 4. The Company shall, after the completion of the Noise Abatement Action Program, ensure that the noise emissions from the Equipment comply with the limits set in Publication NPC Operations at the Facility shall not occur outside of the hours of hours. 6. The Company shall ensure that there is no engine idling of shipping/receiving trucks on site at all times. 7. The Company shall ensure that Roll-up door RUD1-N shall be closed from 1900 hours until the daily close of operations at 2300 hours. 8. NOISE ABATEMENT ACTION PLAN

4 8.1 The Company shall implement the Noise Abatement Action Plan described in Schedule "B". 8.2 The Company shall ensure that the Noise Abatement Action Plan shall achieve compliance of the noise emissions from the Facility with the limits set out in Ministry Publication NPC The Company shall complete the installation of the Noise Control Measures in Schedule "B" no later than three (3) months after the issue date of the Environmental Compliance Approval. 9. ACOUSTIC AUDIT 9.1 The Company shall carry out acoustic audit measurements on the actual noise emissions due to the operation of the Facility, following the completion of the Noise Abatement Action Plan. The Company: (a) shall carry out acoustic audit measurements in accordance with the procedures in Publication NPC-103; (b) shall submit a final Acoustic Audit Report on the results of the Acoustic Audit, prepared by an Independent Acoustical Consultant, in accordance with the requirements of Publication NPC-233, to the District Manager and the Director, not later than three (3) months after the completion of the installation of the Noise Control Measures of the Noise Abatement Action Plan. 9.2 The Director: (a) may not accept the results of the Acoustic Audit if the requirements of Publication NPC-233 were not followed; (b) may require the Company to repeat the Acoustic Audit if the results of the Acoustic Audit are found unacceptable to the Director. The reasons for the imposition of these terms and conditions are as follows: 1. Condition No. 1 is included to emphasize that the Equipment must be maintained and operated according to a procedure that will result in compliance with the EPA, the regulations and this Approval. 2. Condition No. 2 is included to require the Company to keep records and provide information to staff of the Ministry so that compliance with the EPA, the regulations and this Approval can be verified. 3. Condition No. 3 is included to require the Company to notify staff of the Ministry so that compliance with the EPA, the regulations and this Approval can be verified. 4. Conditions No. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are included to provide the minimum performance requirement considered necessary to prevent an adverse effect resulting from the operation of the Equipment. 5. Condition No. 8 is included to require the Company to implement a Noise Abatement Action Plan designed to ensure that the noise emissions from the Facility will be in compliance with applicable limits set in the Ministry's noise guidelines. 6. Condition No. 9 is included to require the Company to gather accurate information and submit an Acoustic Audit Report in accordance with procedures set in the Ministry's noise guidelines, so that the environmental impact and subsequent compliance with the EPA, the regulation and this Certificate can be verified.

5 Process Description SCHEDULE "A" Stack ID No. Stack Exhaust Flow Rate (m 3 /s) Stack Diameter (m) Stack Height Above Grade (m) Stack Height Above Roof (m) EX x Black Oxide Tank Black Oxide EX x Cleaner Center Line and EX x Rack Line Anodizing EX x Exhaust Bulk Nitic Acid EX Tank Barrel Line EX Automatic Line EX x General Air Automatic Line EX x Cleaner and Acidr Specialty Line Exhaust Specialty Line Exhaust EX x EX x Notes for Schedule "A": 1. "m 3 /s" means cubic metre per second. 2. "m" means metre. SCHEDULE "B" Noise Abatement Action Plan The following Noise Control Measures are to be installed by the Company at the Facility, to be completed by the date three (3) months after the issue date of the Environmental Compliance Approval; The following sound barriers are to be installed on the rooftop of the Facility; all are to have a minimum surface density of 20 kg/m 2 (barrier details are provided in AAR Table A7, with locations shown in AAR Figure 3B); - Sound barrier BR_019 for heat exchanger source EX019, with minimum height of 1.82 metres and minimum length of 2.44 metres : - Sound barrier BR_024 for process exhaust fan outlet EX024, with minimum height of 1.52 metres and minimum length of 2.44 metres : - Sound barrier BR_025 for process exhaust fan outlet EX025, with minimum height of 1.22 metres and minimum length of 2.44 metres :

6 - Sound barrier BR_026 for process exhaust fan outlet EX026, with minimum height of 1.22 metres and minimum length of 1.22 metres : - Sound barrier BR_027 for process exhaust fan outlet EX027, with minimum height of 1.22 metres and minimum length of 2.44 metres : - Sound barrier BR_028 for air supply fan EX028, with minimum height of 1.22 metres and minimum length of 2.44 metres: - One (1) silencer (Sil01_EX009) for fan outlet EX009, capable of providing the following minimum values of Insertion-Loss in 1/1 octave frequency bands: Centre Frequency (Hertz) Insertion- Loss (decibel) One (1) silencer (Sil02_EX026) for fan outlet EX026 capable of providing the following minimum values of Insertion-Loss in 1/1 octave frequency bands: Centre Frequency (Hertz) Insertion- Loss (decibel) One (1) silencer (Sil03_EX038) for Roots blower air inlet EX038, capable of providing the following minimum values of Insertion-Loss in 1/1 octave frequency bands: Centre Frequency (Hertz) Insertion- Loss (decibel) It is also noted that Conditions of the Approval require that Roll-up Door RUD1-N should be closed during the hours of , trucks shall be prohibited from idling their engines on the site of the Facility, and that the Facility shall not operate between the hours of As per Condition 9 of the Approval, the Company shall conduct an Acoustic Audit after the installation of the Noise Control Measures, with submission of the Acoustic Audit Report to the Ministry required no later than six (6) months following the issue date of the Environmental Compliance Approval. Upon issuance of the environmental compliance approval, I hereby revoke Approval No(s) issued on December 28, 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.

7 Pursuant to subsection 139(3) of the Environmental Protection Act, a hearing may not be required with respect to any terms and conditions in this environmental compliance approval, if the terms and conditions are substantially the same as those contained in an approval that is amended or revoked by this environmental compliance approval. 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: 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 The Director appointed for the purposes of Part II.1 of the Environmental Protection Act Ministry of the Environment AND 2 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A Toronto, Ontario M4V 1L5 * 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 20th day of May, 2014 FC/ c: District Manager, MOE Guelph Jamie McEvoy, DJA Environmental Consultants Inc. Rudolf Wan, P.Eng. Director appointed for the purposes of Part II.1 of the Environmental Protection Act