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8.0 DESCRIPTION OF THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENT This section corresponds to Task 1 of the methodology described in Section 2.3 and provides a more detailed description of the components of the existing natural and human environments at and related to the Boundary Road Site. In general, the environment is first described in general at a regional scale and then it is described in greater detail for the two generic study areas that were used to assess the Boundary Road Site. As noted in Section 2.3, the EA study team modified the generic study areas as appropriate to meet the specific requirements of each environmental component.

Section 8.1 provides a regional overview of the Site to provide context for the assessment. Sections 8.2 and 8.3 provide an overview of the Site-vicinity and on-Site study areas, respectively. The existing conditions for each of the environmental components are then described in Sections 8.4 to 8.11. 8.1 Regional Overview The general location of the proposed CRRRC Site is shown on Figure 8.1-1. The Site is located within the City of , in the rural portion of Cumberland ward. The City of Ottawa, with a population of 883,391 in 2011 according to Statistics , represents 6.9% of the population of the Province. The estimated population of the ward of Cumberland is 44,400, including 16,300 households (City of Ottawa, 2013a). This represents 4.7% of the total population of the City of Ottawa and 4.2% of households.

The Site is located within a humid continental climate region, characterized by cold winters, warm summers and high humidity levels. On average, the coldest month of the year is January and the warmest is July. The nearest meteorological station to the Site with hourly data is at the Ottawa MacDonald Cartier International Airport, located approximately 20 kilometres west of the Site. The long-term average daily temperature at this station is 6°C, with average temperatures ranging from -10.8°C to 20.9°C throughout the year. On average, the region experiences 944 millimetres of total annual precipitation. The total average annual rainfall is 732 millimetres, with most rainfall occurring from April through November. The total average annual snowfall is 236 centimetres, with most snowfall occurring from December through March (Environment, Canada 2014).

The region within which the CRRRC Site is situated is characterized by relatively thick and extensive deposits of sensitive marine clay, silt and silty clay that were deposited within the Champlain Sea basin. These deposits overlie relatively thin, commonly reworked glacial till and glaciofluvial deposits, that in turn overlie bedrock consisting of shales, dolostones and limestones.

The Site is also located within the Mixedwood Plains Ecozone, an area underlain by Paleozoic limestones and dolostone bedrock. Within the larger Ecozones are nested Ecoregions, areas defined by characteristic climate patterns. The Site is located within the Lake Simcoe Rideau Ecoregion, which contains extensive agricultural lands, as well as deciduous and mixed forests (MNR, 2007). The Site location is within the South Nation River watershed, where land use is primarily agricultural including dairy and cash crop production (Chapman and Putnam, 1984).

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8.2 Site Vicinity Overview The Site is located on the east side of Boundary Road just southeast of the Highway 417/Boundary Road interchange, on Lots 22 through 25, Concession XI, in the former Township of Cumberland, as shown on Figure 8.2-1.

The land use surrounding the Site is primarily a mixture of commercial/industrial and agricultural. The agricultural land use is found immediately east of the Site, as well as to the southeast, south and southwest; however, areas of undeveloped (heavily vegetated) land generally exists between the Site and the agricultural lands in these directions.

The industrial land use is found to the west and northwest of the Site. Residential development in the vicinity of the Site is limited to some homes mixed in with the commercial/industrial uses along Boundary Road. The Site is located in an area of the City of Ottawa in which development has been somewhat constrained due to poor quality groundwater.

There are four natural watercourses within 5 kilometres of the Site. Bear Brook Creek is 3.4 kilometres to the northwest of the property boundaries and Shaw’s Creek is 1.6 kilometres to the east. Bear Brook Creek is a major tributary of the South Nation River; the Site is located within the Bear Brook Creek subwatershed. The North Castor River is 4.7 kilometres to the southwest of the property, while Black Creek is approximately 2.5 kilometres to the southeast; these two watercourses are in the Castor River subwatershed and, as such, do not receive drainage from the Site.

In the general area of the Site, the topography is generally highest to the west and southwest, and lowest in the north, northeast and southeast. Overall the topography is generally flat lying. Major surface water features within the vicinity of the Site (i.e., the Castor River and Bear Brook Creek) generally drain in an easterly direction following the general topographic slope. Drainage in the vicinity of the Site is mainly by means of a network of agricultural ditches and three municipal drains. There are roadside ditches along Boundary, Devine and Frontier Roads that eventually all drain eastward.

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8.3 Site Overview The Site totals approximately 192 hectares in area, as shown on Figure 8.2-1. It is bounded by Boundary Road to the west, Devine Road to the south and Frontier Road to the east. To the north, the Site is bounded primarily by undeveloped or industrial land, and by Highway 417 at the northeast corner.

The Site is currently vacant, with the exception of three residences and a model aircraft club along Frontier Road and one residence along Boundary Road. The residences are all owned by Taggart Miller and will be removed on construction of the CRRRC. A portion of the northern section of the Site is currently used to grow hay, but the majority of the Site is heavily vegetated and treed. Cropland reflects approximately 16% of the Site area. The Site has a generally high groundwater level and minimal relief, with a gradual slope of less than 1% draining west to east and ground surface elevations ranging from approximately 78 to 76 metres above sea level (masl).

Overall the Site is characterized by a mix of thickets, immature deciduous forests, swamps, agricultural fields and disturbed areas. Watercourses in the form of ditches and drains are present on the Site. In general, these are extensions of municipal drains in the vicinity of the property, or of municipal drains and their branches that originate from the property. All drainage discharge from the Site eventually combines in Shaw’s Creek that in turn eventually discharges to Bear Brook Creek. 8.4 Atmosphere This section presents the existing conditions related to atmosphere within the Site and Site-vicinity. This component is divided into noise and air quality/odour sub-components; the study areas for these sub-components are provided in Section 2.3. These summaries were compiled from the detailed studies of the noise environment (provided as TSD #2) and the air quality/odour environment (provided as TSD #3). 8.4.1 Noise A field study was carried out to characterize existing noise levels, due to the lack of existing noise data in the Site-vicinity. Continuous noise monitoring was carried out at three locations within the Site-vicinity to collect the average and minimum existing noise levels for daytime (0700 to 1900), evening (1900 to 2300) and nighttime (2300 to 0700) periods at nearby sensitive PORs. The monitoring lasted from August 23, 2013 through to August 29, 2013. Noise data was logged continuously on an hourly basis for the duration of the monitoring period.

The locations where baseline noise monitoring was carried out are shown in Figure 8.4.1-1 and summarized in Table 8.4.1-1.

Table 8.4.1-1: Summary of Noise Monitoring Locations Monitoring Location Address Monitor UTM Coordinates Meas Loc #1 6150 Thunder Road 464943, 5021708 Meas Loc #2 5368 Boundary Road 465339, 5021249 Meas Loc #3 5716 Boundary Road 465969, 5019628

The existing acoustic environment in the Site-vicinity is dominated primarily by road traffic noise along Boundary Road. During nighttime hours, noise from traffic along Highway 417 can also be heard. All noise monitoring data are included in TSD #2. Table 8.4.1-2 summarizes the measured noise levels at each of the three monitoring locations.

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Table 8.4.1-2: Summary of Noise Monitoring Data (dBA) Average Average Average Average Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum Hourly Hourly Hourly Hourly Hourly Hourly Hourly Hourly Daytime Evening Nighttime Nighttime Daytime Evening Nighttime Nighttime (0700 to 1900 (1900 to 2300 (0600 to 0700 (2300 to 0600 (0700 to 1900 (1900 to 2300 (0600 to 0700 (2300 to 0600 Location hours) hours) hours) hours) hours) hours) hours) hours) Normal Normal Normal Essential Normal Normal Normal Essential Operations Operations Operations Operations Operations Operations Operations Operations

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In addition, a total of 10 PORs with existing residences were identified within the Site-vicinity study area and near the haul route as being the closest off-Site receptors (see Figure 8.4.1-1). A total of 3 vacant lots (VL) zoned to allow possible future noise sensitive land use were also identified (see Figure 8.4.1-2).

Table 8.4.1-3 provides a summary of the PORs and VLs used in this assessment. The table also indicates which baseline noise monitoring location was used to establish the existing noise levels at each POR and VL.

Table 8.4.1-3: Summary of Sensitive PORs Representative Noise Receptor UTM Coordinates Monitoring Location

POR1 465558, 5020774 Meas Loc #2

POR2 465319, 5020015 Meas Loc #3

POR3 465888, 5019611 Meas Loc #3

POR4 465421, 5020818 Meas Loc #2

POR5 465428, 5021084 Meas Loc #2

POR6 465323, 5021149 Meas Loc #2

POR7 465319, 5021197 Meas Loc #2

POR8 465306, 5021229 Meas Loc #2

POR9 465318, 5021389 Meas Loc #2

POR10 464934, 5021613 Meas Loc #1

VL01 465916, 50209491 Meas Loc #2

VL02 466206, 50206031 Meas Loc #3

466808, 50213781, 2 N/A3 VL03 467094, 50205831, 4 N/A5

Notes: 1 UTM coordinates are for the assumed location of the future developments. 2 Assumed location representative of worst-case noise impact for ancillary noise sources. 3 Noise monitoring was not carried out at this location. The minimum background sound level due to road traffic was calculated using STAMSON v5.04. 4 Assumed location representative of worst-case noise impact for landfill noise sources. 5 MOECC exclusionary sound level limits for Class 1 areas have been used.

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For the vacant lot located to the east of the Facility (VL03 – see Figure 8.4.1-2), the minimum background sound level due to road traffic was calculated using hourly traffic data for Highway 417. The sound energy exposure was determined using STAMSON v5.04 – ORNAMENT, the computerized road traffic noise prediction model provided by the MOECC. Predictions were made at two locations representing the assumed worst-case location for the ancillary and landfill operations, respectively. The minimum hourly noise level predictions for VL03 are summarized in Table 8.4.1-4.

Table 8.4.1-4: Summary of Minimum Background Sound Level (dBA) Due to Road Traffic (applicable to VL03) Night-time Night-time Daytime Evening Normal Essential Location (0700 to 1900 (1900 to 2300 Operations Operations hours) hours) (0600 to 0700 (2300 to 0600 hours) hours)

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VL03 (Landfill 2 3 2 3 55 N/A 45 N/A Assessment) Notes: 1 Minimum background sound level due to road traffic calculated using STAMSON v5.04 2 MOECC minimum sound level limits for landfilling operations. 3 Proposed operating hours of the landfill are 0600 to 1900 hours.

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