Waterfront gas plant won't need Hamilton's approval, report says

The gasification energy-from-waste plant proposed for Hamilton's waterfront will happen with or without the city's approval, says a new environmental screening report issued by the Port Fuels and Materials Services, the company behind the proposal.

City zoning is not listed as a required approval in the report, since it is to be located on federally owned Port Authority lands.

The report says the plant already meets all the land use requirements for Pier 15, and that it will give city planning staff information on the project only "out of courtesy and from a safety perspective."

The zoning application was likely the only chance city council would have to vote directly on the project. The proposed Pier 15 plant, would take in more than 170,000 tonnes of waste per year.

The report's conclusion is the opposite of what Steve Robichaud, the city's director of planning, said earlier this month.

The plant will require rezoning, Robichaud said.

"A private energy from waste facility is not a permitted use based on current zoning."

The plant would use a Gasplasma process, which uses "thermal conversion technology" to convert waste into synthetic gas and electrical energy.

It was drawn concerns in Hamilton over its impact on the environment and the image of the city, as well as for being largely unchartered technology.

The report says the plant meets federal and provincial guidelines for air quality, water quality and other environmental factors.

The plant will process as much as 170,000 tonnes of non-hazardous waste per year using its Gasplasma process, and as much as 30,000 tonnes per year of using a direct plasma process, the report says.

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