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Ministry of the Environment Ministère de l’Environnement

CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL MUNICIPAL AND PRIVATE SEWAGE WORKS NUMBER 0959-7EGRT6 Issue Date: May 15, 2008

City of Ottawa 100 Constellation Crescent Ottawa, Ontario K2G 3J8

Site Location: Preston Street Preston Street (from Carling Avenue to Albert Street) Ottawa City, Ontario

You have applied in accordance with Section 53 of the Ontario Water Resources Act for approval of: new combined sewers, sanitary sewers, and storm sewers to be constructed on Preston Street, from Carling Avenue to Albert Street in the City of Ottawa, to replace an existing Combined Sewer System in the Subject Area , consisting of the following:

- a new sanitary sewer on Preston Street, from Somerset Street to Albert Street, ranging in diameter from 375 millimetres to 525 millimetres, to convey flows to the Combined Sewer System at Albert Street until such time that the Combined Sewer System downstream of Albert Street becomes fully separated, after which time the sewer will convey flows to the sanitary sewer system at Albert Street;

- a new 250 millimetre diameter sanitary sewer Sub-Header on Preston Street, from Primrose Avenue to Spruce Street, to convey flows to the new sanitary sewer on Preston Street;

- conversion of the existing 1,500 millimetre diameter combined sewer on Preston Street, between Spruce Street and Albert Street, to a storm sewer to convey flows to the Combined Sewer System at Albert Street until such time that the Combined Sewer System downstream of Albert Street becomes fully separated, after which time the sewer will convey flows to a future storm sewer system at Albert Street;

- a new 1,050 millimetre diameter High-Level Storm Relief Sewer on Preston Street, extending between Laurel Street and Spruce Street, to convey flows to the newly converted storm sewer on Preston Street and to the Booth Street combined sewer along Laurel Street, with flows to the Preston Street storm sewer controlled to a maximum flow rate of 700 litres per second through the use of an orifice plate (bulkhead) in manhole ST16C at Spruce Street and flows to the Booth Street combined sewer controlled to a maximum flow rate of 300 litres per second through the use of one (1) 300 millimetre diameter check valve in a dual chamber on the Booth Street sewer near the intersection of City Centre Avenue and Somerset Street;

- replacement of the combined trunk sewer on Preston Street, from Spruce Street to Carling Avenue, ranging in diameter from 1,500 millimetres to 2,100 millimetres, to convey flows to the existing Combined Sewer System (Booth Street combined sewer) on Spruce Street;

- a temporary connection of the combined sewer on Somerset Street east of Preston Street to the combined sewer on Preston Street until such time that separated sewers are provided along Somerset Street, after which removal of a bulkhead at Preston Street will allow sanitary flows to be conveyed to the new sanitary sewer on Preston Street;

- new storm sewer stubs at Somerset Street east of Preston Street that will, upon separation of the Somerset Street sewer, convey storm flows to the High-Level Storm Relief Sewer via a flapper check valve in manhole structure ST22 or to the Preston Street combined sewer when the High-Level Storm Relief Sewer is under surcharge conditions;

- replacement of a section of combined sewer along Willow Street near the intersection of Preston Street; CONTENT COPY OF ORIGINAL

- replacement catchbasins along Preston Street, from Carling Avenue to Albert Street, or on side streets near their intersection with Preston Street, with a total of sixty seven (67) catchbasins connected to the Combined Sewer System, located south of Laurel Street, to be equipped with inlet control devices (not approved in this Certificate; covered by a separate Certificate of Approval to be issued in accordance with Section 53 of the Act) and odour control traps;

- new catchbasin leads to convey flow from existing catchbasins on Eccles Street, Anderson Street, Oak Street and Poplar Street near their intersection with Preston Street to the new High-Level Storm Relief Sewer on Preston Street;

- three (3) new manholes and one (1) replacement manhole on the newly converted storm sewer on Preston Street, from Spruce Street to Albert Street; all in accordance with the following submitted supporting documents:

1. Application for Approval of Municipal and Private Sewage Works dated December 5, 2007, and accompanying cover letter submitted by Bruce Mason, A/Manager, Construction Services West, City of Ottawa, dated December 7, 2007, and received on December 11, 2007;

2. Document entitled "Preston Street Rehabilitation, Albert Street to Carling Avenue, Design Brief - Sewers" and attached supporting documentation, prepared by Stantec Consulting Ltd. (Stantec), dated November 2007;

3. Engineering Drawings entitled "Preston Street Rehabilitation, Albert Street to Carling Avenue (Contract No. 163600597)", Dwg. Nos. WS-01 to WS-12 and WS-16 to WS-37, prepared by Stantec, dated November 2007, received on December 11, 2007; 4. Revised Engineering Drawings entitled "Preston Street Rehabilitation, Albert Street to Carling Avenue (Contract No. 163600597)", Dwg. Nos. WS-18, WS-35, and WS-37, prepared by Stantec, dated 4/02/08 (re-issued for MOE CofA), received on April 4, 2008;

5. Memorandum entitled "MOE - Certificate of Approval Submission Pre-consultation: Preston Street Rehabilitation - Albert St. to Carling Ave. (File 1636-00597)", prepared by Stephane D'Aoust of Stantec, dated November 22, 2007;

6. Document entitled "Preston Street Drainage Area Flooding Remediation Environmental Assessment Summary Report - Addendum", prepared by Stantec, dated November 2007;

7. Letter from Laurel Broten, Minister of the Environment, to Ms. June Creelman, Glebe Community Association, dated January 16, 2006;

8. Letter from Laurel Broten, Minister of the Environment, to Mr. George Blow, City of Ottawa, dated January 16, 2006;

9. Letter from Andre Schnell of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) to Ravi Mehta of the City of Ottawa, dated March 26, 2008;

10. Letter and attachments from Stephane D'Aoust of Stantec to Andre Schnell of the MOE, dated April 2, 2008; and

11. E-mail and attachments from Ravi Mehta of the City of Ottawa to Andre Schnell of the MOE, dated May 14, 2008.

For the purpose of this Certificate of Approval and the terms and conditions specified below, the following definitions apply:

"Act" means the Ontario Water Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.40, as amended;

"Certificate" means this entire certificate of approval document, issued in accordance with Section 53 of the Act, and includes any schedules;

"Combined Sewer System" means a wastewater collection system designed to convey both sanitary sewage and surface water which inflows or infiltrates into the sanitary sewage collection system; CONTENT COPY OF ORIGINAL

"Director" means any Ministry employee appointed by the Minister pursuant to section 5 of the Act;

"District Manager" means the District Manager of the Ottawa District Office of the Ministry;

"High-Level Storm Relief Sewer" means a storm sewer that only collects street-level stormwater runoff from within the City right-of-ways between Laurel Street and Somerset Street and will receive controlled outflows from the planned stormwater management facility in Plouffe Park (not approved in this Certificate; covered by a separate Certificate of Approval to be issued in accordance with Section 53 of the Act);

"Ministry" means the Ontario Ministry of the Environment;

"Owner" means City of Ottawa and includes its successors and assignees;

"Sub-Header" means a shallow sewer that minimizes the number of connections to a deeper sewer;

"Subject Area" refers to the sewer system along Preston Street, from Carling Avenue to Albert Street, that is covered by this Certificate;

"Substantial Completion" has the same meaning as "substantial performance" in the Construction Lien Act; and

"Works" means the sewage works described in the Owner's application, this Certificate and in the supporting documentation referred to herein, to the extent approved by this Certificate.

You are hereby notified that this approval is issued to you subject to the terms and conditions outlined below:

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(1) The Owner shall ensure that any person authorized to carry out work on or operate any aspect of the Works is notified of this Certificate and the conditions herein and shall take all reasonable measures to ensure any such person complies with the same.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by these Conditions, the Owner shall design, build, install, operate and maintain the Works in accordance with the description given in this Certificate, the application for approval of the works and the submitted supporting documents and plans and specifications as listed in this Certificate.

(3) Where there is a conflict between a provision of any submitted document referred to in this Certificate and the Conditions of this Certificate, the Conditions in this Certificate shall take precedence, and where there is a conflict between the listed submitted documents, the document bearing the most recent date shall prevail.

(4) Where there is a conflict between the listed submitted documents, and the application, the application shall take precedence unless it is clear that the purpose of the document was to amend the application.

(5) The requirements of this Certificate are severable. If any requirement of this Certificate, or the application of any requirement of this Certificate to any circumstance, is held invalid or unenforceable, the application of such requirement to other circumstances and the remainder of this Certificate shall not be affected thereby.

2. EXPIRY OF APPROVAL

The approval issued by this Certificate will cease to apply to those parts of the Works which have not been constructed within five (5) years of the date of this Certificate. 3. CHANGE OF OWNER

(1) The Owner shall notify the District Manager and the Director, in writing, of any of the following changes within thirty CONTENT COPY OF ORIGINAL

(30) days of the change occurring:

(a) change of Owner;

(b) change of address of the Owner;

(c) change of partners where the Owner is or at any time becomes a partnership, and a copy of the most recent declaration filed under the Business Names Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.B17 shall be included in the notification to the District Manager; and

(d) change of name of the corporation where the Owner is or at any time becomes a corporation, and a copy of the most current information filed under the Corporations Information Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C39 shall be included in the notification to the District Manager;

(2) In the event of any change in ownership of the Works, other than a change to a successor municipality, the Owner shall notify in writing the succeeding owner of the existence of this Certificate, and a copy of such notice shall be forwarded to the District Manager and the Director.

4. UPON THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF THE WORKS

Within six (6) months of the Substantial Completion of the Works, a set of as-built drawings showing the works “as constructed” shall be prepared and shall be retained for the operational life of the Works.

5. NOTIFICATION AND REPORTING

(1) Upon Substantial Completion of the proposed Works, the Owner shall notify the District Manager (in writing).

(2) The Owner shall notify the District Manager (in writing) within one (1) month following sewer separation along Somerset Street and the removal of the bulkhead at Preston Street.

(3) The Owner shall prepare and submit to the District Manager a progress report, on an annual basis, within ninety (90) days following the end of the period being reported upon. The first such report shall cover the first annual period following the commencement of operation of the Works and subsequent reports shall be submitted to cover successive annual periods following thereafter. The reports shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following information:

(a) a summary of progress made towards the separation of sewers within the Subject Area as well as downstream of Albert Street;

(b) a summary of all maintenance carried out on any major structure, apparatus, mechanism or thing forming part of the Works; and

(c) a summary of any complaints received during the reporting period and any steps taken to address the complaints.

The reasons for the imposition of these terms and conditions are as follows:

1. Condition 1 is imposed to ensure that the Works are built and operated in the manner in which they were described for review and upon which approval was granted. This condition is also included to emphasize the precedence of Conditions in the Certificate and the practice that the Approval is based on the most current document, if several conflicting documents are submitted for review. The condition also advises the Owners their responsibility to notify any person they authorized to carry out work pursuant to this Certificate the existence of this Certificate.

2. Condition 2 is included to ensure that the Works are constructed in a timely manner so that standards applicable at the time of Approval of the Works are still applicable at the time of construction, to ensure the ongoing protection of the environment. CONTENT COPY OF ORIGINAL

3. Condition 3 is included to ensure that the Ministry records are kept accurate and current with respect to the approved works and to ensure that subsequent owners of the Works are made aware of the Certificate and continue to operate the Works in compliance with it.

4. Condition 4 is included to ensure that record drawings of the Works “as constructed” are maintained for future references.

5. Condition 5 is included to ensure that the Ministry is kept updated on progress being made towards full separation of the sewer system within as well as immediately downstream of the Subject Area, until which time no new connections of sanitary laterals to the proposed sanitary system can be installed, and that the Ministry is made aware of problems as they arise, and to provide a compliance record for all the terms and conditions outlined in this Certificate, so that the Ministry can work with the Owner in resolving any problems in a timely manner.

In accordance with Section 100 of the Ontario Water Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.40, as amended, you may by written notice served upon me and the Environmental Review Tribunal within 15 days after receipt of this Notice, require a hearing by the Tribunal. Section 101 of the Ontario Water Resources Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter 0.40, provides that the Notice requiring the hearing shall state:

1. The portions of the approval or each term or condition in the approval in respect of which the hearing is required, and; 2. The grounds on which you intend to rely at the hearing in relation to each portion appealed.

The Notice should also include:

3. The name of the appellant; 4. The address of the appellant; 5. The Certificate of Approval number; 6. The date of the Certificate of Approval; 7. The name of the Director; 8. The municipality within which the works are located;

And the Notice should be signed and dated by the appellant.

This Notice must be served upon:

The Secretary* AND The Director Environmental Review Tribunal Section 53, Ontario Water Resources Act 655 Bay Street, 15th Floor Ministry of the Environment Toronto, Ontario 2 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A M5G 1E5 Toronto, Ontario M4V 1L5

* Further information on the Environmental Review Tribunal’s requirements for an appeal can be obtained directly from the Tribunal at: Tel: (416) 314-4600, Fax: (416) 314-4506 or www.ert.gov.on.ca

The above noted sewage works are approved under Section 53 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

DATED AT TORONTO this 15th day of May, 2008 Mansoor Mahmood, P.Eng. Director Section 53, Ontario Water Resources Act AS/ c: District Manager, MOE Ottawa Stephane D'Aoust, P.Eng., Stantec Consulting Ltd.