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Phase One Environmental Site Assessment – Final Report PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT – FINAL REPORT 6321 Renaud Road & 506 Compass Street, Ottawa, Ontario December 2, 2020 Prepared for: Torrente Homes and Development Inc. 1085 Falaise Road Ottawa ON K2C 0M8 Prepared by: Stantec Consulting Ltd. 400-1331 Clyde Avenue Ottawa ON K2C 3G4 Project No. 122170420 DRAFT - PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT 6321 RENAUD ROAD & 506 COMPASS STREET, OTTAWA, ONTARIO Table of Contents 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................. 1.1 2.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 2.1 2.1 PHASE ONE PROPERTY INFORMATION .................................................................. 2.1 2.2 CONTACT INFORMATION .......................................................................................... 2.1 3.0 SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION ...................................................................................... 3.1 3.1 SCOPE OF WORK ....................................................................................................... 3.1 3.2 REGULATORY FRAMEWORK .................................................................................... 3.2 4.0 RECORDS REVIEW .................................................................................................... 4.1 4.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................... 4.1 4.1.1 Phase One Study Area Determination ......................................................... 4.1 4.1.2 First Developed Use Determination ............................................................. 4.1 4.1.3 Fire Insurance Plans ................................................................................... 4.1 4.1.4 Chain of Title ............................................................................................... 4.1 4.1.5 Environmental Reports ................................................................................ 4.1 4.1.6 City Directories ............................................................................................ 4.2 4.1.7 Property Underwriters’ Reports and Plans................................................... 4.2 4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCE INFORMATION ............................................................. 4.2 4.2.1 National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) ............................................... 4.2 4.2.2 PCB Storage Sites and Inventory Databases .............................................. 4.2 4.2.3 Certificate of Approval / Environmental Compliance Approval ..................... 4.2 4.2.4 MECP Freedom of Information Requests .................................................... 4.2 4.2.5 Coal Gasification Plant Waste Sites ............................................................ 4.3 4.2.6 Inventory of Industrial Sites Producing or Using Coal Tar and Related Tars ............................................................................................................. 4.3 4.2.7 Hazardous Waste Generators and Receivers ............................................. 4.3 4.2.8 Technical Standards and Safety Authority ................................................... 4.3 4.2.9 Environmental Registry ............................................................................... 4.4 4.2.10 Records of Site Condition (RSC) ................................................................. 4.4 4.2.11 Areas of Natural Significance ...................................................................... 4.4 4.2.12 Waste Disposal Sites .................................................................................. 4.4 4.2.13 ERIS Report ................................................................................................ 4.4 4.3 PHYSICAL SETTING SOURCES ................................................................................. 4.5 4.3.1 Aerial Photographs ...................................................................................... 4.5 4.3.2 Topography, Hydrology, and Geology ......................................................... 4.5 4.3.3 Fill Materials ................................................................................................ 4.6 4.3.4 Water Bodies and Areas of Natural Significance ......................................... 4.6 4.3.5 Well Records ............................................................................................... 4.6 4.4 SITE OPERATING RECORDS ..................................................................................... 4.6 5.0 INTERVIEWS ............................................................................................................... 5.1 6.0 SITE RECONNAISSANCE ........................................................................................... 6.1 DRAFT - PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT 6321 RENAUD ROAD & 506 COMPASS STREET, OTTAWA, ONTARIO 6.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ....................................................................................... 6.1 6.2 SPECIFIC OBSERVATIONS AT PHASE ONE PROPERTY ........................................ 6.1 6.2.1 Property Information .................................................................................... 6.1 6.2.2 Property Buildings & Structures ................................................................... 6.1 6.2.3 Aboveground and Underground Storage Tanks .......................................... 6.1 6.2.4 Underground Utilities and Services ............................................................. 6.1 6.2.5 Site Building Features ................................................................................. 6.2 6.2.6 Wells ........................................................................................................... 6.2 6.2.7 Sewage Works ............................................................................................ 6.2 6.2.8 Surface Features ......................................................................................... 6.2 6.2.9 Current or Former Railway Lines or Spurs .................................................. 6.2 6.2.10 Surface Staining and Stressed Vegetation .................................................. 6.2 6.2.11 Imported Fill and Debris .............................................................................. 6.2 6.2.12 Enhanced Investigation Property ................................................................. 6.2 6.3 PHASE ONE STUDY AREA ......................................................................................... 6.2 6.3.1 North ........................................................................................................... 6.3 6.3.2 East ............................................................................................................. 6.3 6.3.3 South .......................................................................................................... 6.3 6.3.4 West ............................................................................................................ 6.3 6.4 WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF INVESTIGATION .......................................................... 6.3 7.0 REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF INFORMATION ....................................................... 7.1 7.1 CURRENT AND PAST USES OF THE PHASE ONE PROPERTY ............................... 7.1 7.2 POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATING ACTIVITIES .......................................................... 7.1 7.3 AREAS OF POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ............................................ 7.2 7.4 PHASE ONE CONCEPTUAL SITE MODEL ................................................................. 7.2 8.0 CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................... 8.1 8.1 WHETHER PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT REQUIRED BEFORE RECORD OF SITE CONDITION SUBMITTED ............................................. 8.1 8.2 RECORD OF SITE CONDITION BASED ON PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT ALONE ....................................................................................... 8.1 8.3 SIGNATURES .............................................................................................................. 8.1 8.4 CLOSURE .................................................................................................................... 8.2 9.0 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................. 9.1 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Owner Contact Information ........................................................................................ 2.1 Table 2: MECP Freedom of Information Responses ................................................................ 4.3 Table 3: Current and Past Uses .............................................................................................. 7.1 Table 4: Conceptual Site Model ............................................................................................... 7.2 Table 5: References ................................................................................................................ 9.1 DRAFT - PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT 6321 RENAUD ROAD & 506 COMPASS STREET, OTTAWA, ONTARIO LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Site Location Figure 2: Phase One Study Area Figure 3: Phase One Conceptual Site Model LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX A SURVEY PLAN.........................................................................................
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