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CAMPBELL COMPANY OF CANADA TORONTO PLANT - TOXICS REDUCTION PLAN FOR NITRIC ACID (CAS 7697-37-2) December 18, 2013

INTRODUCTION This Toxics Reduction Plan was prepared to meet the requirements of the Ontario Toxic Reduction Act (2009) (TRA) and Ontario Regulation 455/09 for Campbell Company of Canada facility located at 60 Birmingham Street, in Toronto, Ontario. The subject toxic substance is nitric acid (CAS 7697-37-2), which belongs to NPRI Part 1 and TRA Phase II substance. It is used in the facility as a component of cleaners that are used to clean food products manufacturing equipment. It is not created onsite nor contained in the final products. The act and the regulation require regulated facilities to undertake toxic substance accounting to better understand the quantities of toxic substances that are used, created, transformed, destroyed, released, disposed of, and contained in product. For each substance, regulated facilities must develop a plan that examines how the amount of the substance used or created at the facility could be reduced or eliminated by implementing technically and economically feasible toxic substance reduction options. In addition to the subject substance, Campbell Company of Canada has also prepared a Toxics Reduction Plan for another applicable Phase II toxic substance (particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5 micron – PM2.5).

BASIC FACILITY INFORMATION Basic information of the subject facility is provided in tables below.

Facility Information Company Name:

Campbell Company of Canada

Facility Name:

Plant 051 - Toronto

NPRI Identification Number:

7392

Ontario MOE Identification Number

n/a

NAICS 2 Code:

31 - Manufacturing

NAICS 4 Code:

3114 - Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food

Manufacturing NAICS 6 Code:

311410 - Frozen Food Manufacturing

Number of Full-time Employees:

380

UTM Spatial Coordinates (NAD83):

Latitude:43.6056; Longitude: -79.5002

Datum:

1983

CAMPBELL COMPANY OF CANADA TORONTO PLANT - TOXICS REDUCTION PLAN FOR NITRIC ACID (CAS 7697-37-2) Highest Ranking Employee Name:

Peter Stevens

Title:

V.P. Supply Chain

Address:

60 Birmingham St., Toronto, ON M8V 2B8

Phone Number:

(416) 253-8616

E-mail:

[email protected]

Public Contact Name:

Melanie Rockliff

Title:

Director – Communications

Address:

60 Birmingham St., Toronto, ON M8V 2B8

Phone Number:

(416) 253-8479

Fax Number:

(416) 253-8611

E-mail:

[email protected]

STAGES AND PROCESSES THAT USE NITRIC ACID Nitric acid is used in the equipment cleaning stage at the facility. It is contained in two cleaning solutions as presented in Table 3-1. Usage of each solution in year 2012 is listed in the table.

Table 3-1 Nitric Acid Use at Campbell Company of Canada in 2012 Product

Product Usage (1) (kg/2012)

Product Specific Gravity

AC Special

61,686

1.236

Envirocid

84,545

1.249

Composition

Nitric acid Phosphoric acid Nitric acid

CAS

7697-37-2 7664-38-2 7697-37-2

Average wt% (2)

Quantity of Component (kg/y)

28% 10% 45%

16,964 6,169 38,045

Notes: (1) Data provided by the facility. (2) Data from the related MSDS.

As of December 18, 2013, I, Peter Stevens, certify that I have read the toxic substance reduction plan for the toxic substance referred to above and am familiar with its contents. To my knowledge the plan is factually accurate and complies with the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009 and Ontario Regulation 455/09 (General) made under that Act.