Dome and salt pad (former Cyrene and Arsenault yard)

Somavrac Inc., warehousemen at Trois-Rivieres Port Autority (TRPA), wishes to realize a project for outdoor and indoor storage of solid bulk.

Outdoor Storage: 

The outdoor storage site is existing and actually used to store road salt. It needs to be rebuilt in order to respect the actual Somavrac's standards. The new storage site should prevent rainwater from accumulating under the stored product. By making the appropriate slopes and drainage, good practices for solid bulk storage can be more easily observed. In this way, environmental protection is greatly improved by better management of rainwater by avoiding, as much as possible, the contact of rainwater with the stored product.

Indoor Storage:

Somavrac Inc. wishes to increase its indoor solid bulk storage in order to be able to meet the demand of its clients. To do so, a new dome will be built. This new dome will be 120' (36.5 m) wide by 240' (73 m) long for the storage of solid bulk and, on the last 100 '(30 m), will be 150' (46 m) wide to allow additional space for truck loading.

Loading of trucks for products shipments will be done inside the dome, in the widened section, where there will be a demarcated area for trucks, so that trucks and wheel loaders are separated to avoid entrainment of product outside, greatly reducing the dust emitted into the atmosphere. The loader, whether for receiving or shipping product, will be confined inside the dome to minimize dust and prevent product spreading outward.

This new dome, which will have concrete walls of 10' (3 m) high, will have a total height of approximately 70' (21 m) and will be a white Permodome. This dome will increase the storage capacity (35,000 mt of concentrate or 10,000 mt of light fertilizer); but above all, by its design, will greatly reduce environmental risks. The product received by truck will be unloaded in the warehouse from a ramp, in order to avoid the trucks backing into the warehouse risking the contamination of its tires with the product and then dragging of the product outside.

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Latest update

October 08, 2021 - The assessment decision statement has been issued to the proponent.

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Contacts

Trois-Rivieres Port Authority
Sustainable Development
Claudie Gagnon, Director, Sustainable Development
1545, Street du Fleuve
Trois-Rivières, Quebec G9A 6K4
Telephone: 819-378-2884 ext. 209
Fax: 819-378-2487
Email: claudie.gagnon@porttr.com


  • Location

    • Port of Trois-Rivieres, Cyrenne (Quebec)

  • Nature of Activity

    • Ports and Harbours

  • Assessment Status

    Completed

  • Start Date

    2021-07-19

  • Proponent

    Trois-Rivieres Port Authority

  • Authorities

    • Trois-Rivières Port Authority

  • Assessment Type

    Project on federal lands

  • Reference Number

    82802

Nearby assessments

...within 200 kilometres
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