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Carp Snow Disposal Facility Environmental Impact Statement Environmental Impact Statement 1634-01046 Prepared by: Stantec Consulting Ltd. 1505 Laperriere Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 7T1 Prepared for: The City of Ottawa 100 Constellation Crescent Ottawa ON K2G 6J8 June 28, 2013 CARP SNOW DISPOSAL FACILITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................1.1 1.1 PROJECT LOCATION AND PROJECT INFORMATION...................................................1.1 1.2 PURPOSE AND APPROACH ...........................................................................................1.1 2.0 METHODOLOGY..............................................................................................................2.1 2.1 BACKGROUND DATA COLLECTION ..............................................................................2.1 2.2 FIELD INVESTIGATIONS ................................................................................................. 2.1 2.2.1 Species at Risk Surveys and Habitat Assessment ..............................................2.2 2.2.2 Incidental Wildlife Surveys ..................................................................................2.3 3.0 SITE DESCRIPTION AND NATURAL HERITAGE FEATURES ....................................... 3.1 3.1 LANDFORMS, SOILS AND GEOLOGY ............................................................................3.1 3.2 SURFACE WATER, GROUNDWATER AND FISH HABITAT ...........................................3.1 3.3 VEGETATION ...................................................................................................................3.2 3.4 WILDLIFE .........................................................................................................................3.3 3.5 SIGNIFICANT NATURAL HERITAGE FEATURES ...........................................................3.4 3.5.1 Designated Natural Heritage Features ............................................................... 3.4 3.5.2 Significant Wildlife Habitat ..................................................................................3.4 3.5.3 Species at Risk ..................................................................................................3 .5 4.0 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................... 4.1 5.0 IMPACT ASSESSMENT ...................................................................................................5.1 5.1 POTENTIAL IMPACTS .....................................................................................................5.1 5.2 PROPOSED MITIGATION ................................................................................................5.2 5.2.1 Facility Design ....................................................................................................5.2 5.2.2 Construction Timing ...........................................................................................5.3 5.2.3 Erosion and Sediment Control ............................................................................5.3 5.2.4 Construction and Grading ...................................................................................5.3 5.2.5 Wildlife ...............................................................................................................5.4 5.2.6 Significant Natural Heritage Features ................................................................. 5.4 5.2.7 Landscaping .......................................................................................................5.4 5.3 MONITORING ...................................................................................................................5.4 6.0 LITERATURE CITED ........................................................................................................6.1 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 - Dates, Times and Weather Conditions of the Blanding’s Turtle Surveys ...... 2.2 Table 2 - Dates, Times and Weather Conditions of the Least Bittern Surveys ............. 2.3 Table 3 – Potential Impact of the Project on Natural Heritage System Components ... 5.1 cs w:\active\1634_01046_carp_road_snow_disposal_ea\planning\report\eis (ecology, tree conservation, birds, fisheries)\report\rpt_carp_sdf_eis_dft.docx i CARP SNOW DISPOSAL FACILITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT April 10, 2013 1.0 Introduction Stantec Consulting Ltd. (Stantec) was retained by the City of Ottawa to review and complete an environmental planning process for the development of a new snow disposal facility (SDF) in Ottawa’s west end to service the disposal needs within Kanata and the surrounding area. This Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been prepared to support a Municipal Class Environmental Assessment of the project. 1.1 PROJECT LOCATION AND PROJECT INFORMATION The subject property (Figure 1) occurs on part Lot 2 Concession 3 within the City of Ottawa, Ontario, (geographic Township of Huntley). The property, currently vacant, is west of Carp Road and bounded to the north and south by Highway 417 and Westbrook Road, respectively. The eastern boundary is bordered by a vacant lot and commercial/retail type business. The west boundary is bordered by an industrial/commercial type business. The subject property is owned by a private entity with the City of Ottawa having first right of refusal on the purchase conditional on obtaining a zoning amendment. The subject property and surrounding lands are designated as the Carp Road Corridor Rural Employment Area according to Schedule A - Rural Policy Plan and are considered in the Community Design Plan of Annex 7 - Rural Village Plans, both of which are contained in the City of Ottawa’s Official Plan (OP) (City of Ottawa 2003, 2012 consolidation). The subject property is zoned under the City of Ottawa’s Zoning By-law as RG – Rural General Industrial Zone. 1.2 PURPOSE AND APPROACH The purpose of this EIS is to identify and describe the natural heritage features known to exist within the project EIS study area, that may be impacted by the proposed development and to recommend appropriate measures to avoid and mitigate potential impacts, where possible. The study area includes the subject property, natural heritage features within a 120 m of the subject property and any aquatic features downstream of the subject property that culminate at the Carp River. The information contained in this report is based initially on existing published data and data made available through various public agencies, web based mapping programs, on-line databases and other environmental reports pertaining to the subject property. This information was supplemented through site-specific field investigations to confirm and refine our understanding of the current site conditions, natural features and ecological functions in the area. cs w:\active\1634_01046_carp_road_snow_disposal_ea\planning\report\eis (ecology, tree conservation, birds, fisheries)\report\rpt_carp_sdf_eis_dft.docx 1.1 424500 425000 ±425500 17 C 4 Plantation A Y R A P W R H O IG A H D 17 Mixed Woodlot 4 Y A W H IG H Marsh Disturbed 0 0 0 Swamp 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 5 5 W A L G R E E N R O D A A O D R K O O R B T S E W LOWLEA RO WIL AD 0 50 100 Meters 1:5,000 424500 425000 425500 July, 2013 Project No. 163401046 Legend Notes Client 1. Coordinate System: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_18N City of Ottawa Vegetation Community Boundary 2. Base features provided by the Ontario Ministry of Carp Snow Disposal Facility Natural Resources © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2012. Study Area 3. Imagery Provided by the City of Ottawa Figure No. Natural Heritage System Feature ONTARIO 1 Watercourse Title Study Area Ottawa Vegetation Communities Project Location ^_ USA Toronto USA Revised: 2013-07-03 By: sarogers V:\01225\active\other_pc\163401046_city_ottawa_carp_sdf\gis_old\mxds\163401046_dft_VegCommunities.mxd CARP SNOW DISPOSAL FACILITY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT April 10, 2013 2.0 Methodology 2.1 BACKGROUND DATA COLLECTION A variety of background documents and sources of information were consulted during the preparation of this report, including the following references: • City of Ottawa Official Plan (City of Ottawa 2003, 2012 consolidation 2) • Carp River Watershed/Subwatershed Study (Robinson Consultants 2004) • Distribution of Fish Species at Risk (Department of Fisheries and Oceans 2011) • Biodiversity Explorer (Natural Heritage Information Centre) (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources 2012) • Ontario Geological Survey Mapping (OGS 2009) • Satellite Imagery (Google Earth Pro 2008) • Satellite Imagery (Ottawa e-map 2012) • Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (2005) • Ontario’s Reptile and Amphibian Atlas (2011) • Atlas of the Mammals of Ontario (1994) • Ontario Odonata Atlas (2002) These information sources were reviewed to provide an understanding of the site in the context of the surrounding area. We have relied on these secondary sources of information to facilitate identification of the known environmental constraint areas and to map significant natural features in the study area. 2.2 FIELD INVESTIGATIONS Field studies and natural environment inventories were completed within the subject property to confirm the boundaries and characteristics of the natural heritage features that may be affected by the proposed development. Natural heritage features on adjacent lands, where permission to access was not provided, were inventoried by conducting visual assessments from the study area. Field surveys were conducted