A q^o -^1 g. 2:32 IN UPDATE REPORT REDUCTION OF TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM ONTARIO POINT SOURCES DISCHARGING TO THE NIAGARA RIVER 1992 MAY 1994 ® Ministryof Environment Ontario and Energy ISBN 0-7778-2795-6 UPDATE REPORT REDUCTION OF TOXIC CHEMICALS FROM ONTARIO POINT SOURCES DISCHARGING TO THENIAGARA RIVER 1992 MAY 1994 © Cettepublication technique n'est disponible qu'en anglais. Copyright: Queen's Printer for Ontario, 1994 This publication may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. PIBS 3031 TABLE OF CONTENTS List ofTables iii List ofFigures v ; Executive Summary viii Introduction 1.1 Sampling Program 4 Sampling Methods 4 Flow Measurements 5 Analytical Methods 6 . Pollutant Categories 7 . Data Evaluation 9 Sampling Results 13 General Trends 13 Atlas Specialty Steels 15 CanadianOxy Chemicals Ltd 16 Cyanamid Canada Inc. - Niagara Plant 17 Cyanamid Canada Inc. - Welland Plant 18 Diner's Delight 19 Fleet Industries 20 Ford Motor Company - Niagara Glass Plant 21 Gencorp Canada Inc 23 Geon Canada (B.F.Goodrich) .24 , Gould National Battery 25 Norton Advanced Ceramics ofCanada Ltd 26 StelPipe - Welland Tube Works . 28 Washington Mills Ltd 29 Washington Mills Electro Minerals Canada Inc 30 Fort Erie WPCP 32 McMaster Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow 33 Niagara Falls WPCP 33 Port Robinson Lagoons , 34 Queenston WPCP 35 Stanley Avenue Combined Sewer Overflow 36 Stevensville-Douglastown Lagoons 36 . Welland WPCP 37 MISA Monitoring 39 Background 39 Data Evaluation 39 Conclusions 41 Appendices A: The Chemicals ofConcern for the Niagara River B: Yearly Total Loadings ofthe 18 Chemicals ofConcern C: Metals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs D: MISA Loadings ofthe 18 Chemicals ofConcerns E: Comparison ofMISA and Niagara River Improvement Project Data F: Sampling Principles G: Analytical Principles H: . Limit ofQuantification and PWQOs for the Chemicals ofConcern I: MDLs and Potential Undetected Loadings LIST OF TABLES APPENDIX Table 1: Yearly Total Loadings ofthe 18 Chemicals ofConcern for all Facilities B Table 2: Yearly Total Loadings ofthe 18 Chemicals ofConcern for Industrial Facilities B Table 3: Yearly Total Loadings ofthe 18 Chemicals ofConcern for Municipal Facilities B Table 4: Atlas Steels Total Loadings • • ; • ^ Table 5: Canadian Occidental Total Loadings B Table 6: Cyanamid Canada - Niagara Plant Net Loadings . •. . B Table 7: Cyanamid Canada - Welland Plant Net Loadings ; B Table 8: Fleet Manufacturing Total Loadings .B Table 9: Ford Motor Company - Niagara Glass PlantNet Loadings . . . B Table 10: Gencorp Inc. Total Loadings B Table 11: Geon Canada (BFGoodrich) Net Loadings B Table 12: Gould National Battery Total Loadings B Table 13: Norton Advanced Ceramics Net Loadings B Table 14: StelPipeWelland Tubes Total Loadings B . . Table 15: Washington Mills Ltd. Total Loadings B Table 16: Washington Mills Electro Minerals Net Loadings • • • • B Table 17: Fort Erie WPCP Total Loadings B Table 18: McMaster CSO Total Loadings . . . .B APPENDIX Table 19: Niagara Falls WPCP Total Loadings B Table 20: Port Robinson Lagoons Total Loadings B Table 21: Queenston WPCP Total Loadings B . . Table 22: Stanley CSO Total Loadings B Table 23: Stevensville-Douglastown Lagoons Total Loadings B Table 24: Welland WPCP Total Loadings • B Table 25: Atlas Specialty Steels -Yearly Total Loadings - MISA Monitoring Data D Table 26: Cyanamid -Niagara Plant - Yearly Loadings - MISA Monitoring Data D Table 27: Cyanamid -Welland Plant - Yearly Loadings - MISA Monitoring Data D Table 28: Washington Mills Ltd. - Yearly Total Loadings - . MISA Monitoring Data D . . . Table 29: Washington Mills Electro - Yearly Total Loadings - MISA Monitoring Data .... D ; Table 30: Norton Advanced Ceramics - Yearly Net Loadings - MISA Monitoring Data D * . . . . Table 31: CanadianOxy Chemicals - Yearly Total Loadings - MISA Monitoring Data D Table 32: Geon Canada - Yearly Total Loadings - MISA Monitoring Data D Table 33: Comparison ofMISA and Niagara River Improvement Project Data for 1992 E IV LIST OFFIGURES Figure 1: Location ofNiagara River Point Sources 12 Figure 2: Sectoral Loadings ofthe 18 Chemicals ofConcern 13 Figure 3: Atlas Specialty Steels Total Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 15 Figure 4: CanadianOxy Chemicals Total Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 16 Figure 5: Cyanamid- Welland Plant- Net Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 18 Figure 6: Fleet Industries Total Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 20 Figure 7: Ford - Niagara Glass Plant- Net Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 21 Figure 8: Gencorp Inc. Total Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 23 Figure 9: Geon Canada- Net Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 24 Figure 10: Norton Advanced Ceramics Net Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 26 Figure 11: StelPipeWelland Tubes Total Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 28 Figure 12: Washington MillsLimited Total Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 29 Figure 13: Washington Mills Electro Minerals Total Loadings of the 18 COCs 30 Figure 14: Fort Erie WPCPTotal Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 32 Figure 15: Niagara Falls WPCP Total Loadings ofthe 18 COCs . 33 Figure 16: Port Robinson Lagoons Total Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 34 Figure 17: Queenston WPCPTotal Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 35 Figure 18: Stanley Ave. CSO Total Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 36 Figure 19: Stevensville-Douglastown Lagoons Total Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 36 Figure 20: Welland WPCP Total Loadings ofthe 18 COCs 37 v APPENDIX Arsenic Loadings by Sector . .C Mercury Loadings by Sector C Lead Loadings by Sector C Tetrachloroefhylene Loadings by Sector C Arsenic Concentrations Vs. PWQOs . . .C Mercury Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C Lead Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C Tetrachloroethylene Concentrations Vs. PWQOs .C Atlas Speciality Steels Effluent Metals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C CanadianOxy EffluentMetals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C Cyanamid - Niagara Plant- Effluent Metals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C Cyanamid- Welland Plant- EffluentMetals Concentrations Vs.PWQOs C Fleet Industries Effluent Metals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C Ford- Niagara Glass Plant- EffluentMetals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs . C Gencorp EffluentMetals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C Geon Canada Effluent Metals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C ; Gould National Battery Metals Concentrations Vs.PWQOs C . . Norton Advanced Ceramics - Effluent Metals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C StelPipe Welland Tubes Effluent Metals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C Washington Mills Limited Effluent Metals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C Washington Mills Electro Minerals Effluent Metals Concentrations Vs. PWQOs C vi