REPORT on Phase I Environmental Site Assessment 1454 Merivale
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March 2014 REPORT ON Phase I Environmental Site Assessment 1454 Merivale Road Ottawa, Ontario Submitted to: Mr. Albert Ho, Director Environmental Programs First Capital Asset Management LP 85 Hanna Avenue, Suite 400 Toronto, ON M6K 3S3 Report Number: 14-1182-0014 Distribution: REPORT 2 copies - First Capital Asset Management LP 1 e-copy - First Capital Asset Management LP 2 copies - Golder Associates Ltd. PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT 1454 MERIVALE, OTTAWA, ON Executive Summary Golder Associates Ltd. (Golder) was retained by First Capital Asset Management LP (FCAM) to upgrade a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Phase I ESA) completed by Pinchin Environmental (Pinchin) in 2013 (in accordance with the 2001 Canadian Standards Association (CSA) document entitled Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Z768-01) for the property located at 1454 Merivale Road in Ottawa, Ontario (the Site) to meet the requirements for Phase I ESA as stipulated in the Ontario Regulation 153/04 (O.Reg. 153/04) as amended. The Site is developed with a two-storey commercial office building built in 1984 with a total area of 360 m2 (3,865 ft2) occupied by Bank of Montreal (BMO). The total area of the Site is 0.18 hectares (0.45 acres). This Phase I ESA was completed in accordance with the O.Reg. 153/04 (as amended) and is an upgrade of the Phase I ESA completed in accordance with the CSA document entitled Phase I ESA, Z768 01 (R2012) conducted for the Site in May 2013 for BMO by Pinchin. It is understood that this Phase I ESA is being carried out for Site Plan Approval purposes with the City of Ottawa (the City) and that a Record of Site Condition (RSC) pursuant to O. Reg. 153/04 – Records of Site Condition – Part XV.1, made under the Environmental Protection Act, will not be filed for the Site. The 2013 Phase I ESA was upgraded to meet the Phase I ESA requirements as stipulated in O.Reg. 153/04 (as amended) in order to comply with the City’s current Official Plan requirements that all Phase I ESA reports that are submitted for Site Plan Approval have to be completed in accordance with the O.Reg.153/04 as amended. The Executive Summary highlights key points from the report only; for complete information and findings, as well as the limitations, the reader should examine the complete report. The Phase I ESA was completed in accordance with the requirements of Schedule D of O.Reg.153/04 as amended and included a review of available current and historical information regarding the Site and surrounding properties, a Site reconnaissance, interviews, evaluation of readily available information, and reporting, subject to the limitations outlined in Section 8.0 of this report. The Site is not considered an enhanced investigation property as defined by O. Reg. 153/04. Based on the information provided by the Site owner and the City of Ottawa geo-map, the legal description of the Site is PLAN 30 S PT LOT 16, City of Ottawa. The Site municipal address is 1454 Merivale Road, Ottawa, Ontario. At the time of the Site visit on February 6, 2014, the Site was developed with a two-storey commercial office building built in 1984 and was occupied by Bank of Montreal. Office related activities were being carried out at Site. Historically, the Site was vacant until 1984 when the Site was develop with the current commercial office building occupied by BMO. Between late 1960s and 1984 the Site was used as a parking lot and prior to 1960s it was vacant land overgrown with vegetation. At the time of the Phase I ESA, the neighbouring properties within the Phase One Study Area were used for commercial and residential purposes. Based on the information collected as part of this Phase One ESA, no areas of potential environmental concern (APECs) were identified on the Site and no potentially contaminating activities (PCAs) were identified on the Site or on the Phase I ESA Study Area that might have resulted in APECs on the Site. The following is recommended for the Site: If the monitoring wells completed as part of the 2013 Golder Phase II ESA will be no longer used, they should be decommissioned as per O. Reg. 903. However, it is considered that it will be beneficial for FCAP to keep the monitoring wells for future groundwater sampling to assess if the groundwater quality at the Site has changed since the 2013 Golder Phase II ESA. March 2014 Report No. 14-1182-0014 i PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT 1454 MERIVALE, OTTAWA, ON Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................................... i 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Phase I Property Information ............................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION ........................................................................................................................................... 2 3.0 HISTORICAL RECORDS REVIEW .................................................................................................................................. 3 3.1 General ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 3.1.1 Phase I Study Area Determination ................................................................................................................. 3 3.1.2 First Developed Use Determination ............................................................................................................... 3 3.1.3 Review of Fire Insurance Maps and Reports ................................................................................................. 3 3.1.4 Chain of Title .................................................................................................................................................. 4 3.1.5 Environmental Reports ................................................................................................................................... 4 3.1.5.1 CSA Phase I ESA ....................................................................................................................................... 4 3.1.5.2 Phase II ESA .............................................................................................................................................. 5 3.1.6 Review of Street Directories ........................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Environmental Source Information ....................................................................................................................... 8 3.2.1 Ministry of the Environment Correspondence ................................................................................................ 8 3.2.2 City of Ottawa Correspondence ..................................................................................................................... 8 3.2.3 City of Ottawa Document Review .................................................................................................................. 9 3.2.5 Technical Standards and Safety Authority Correspondence .......................................................................... 9 3.2.6 EcoLog ERIS Report .................................................................................................................................... 10 3.3 Physical Settings Sources ................................................................................................................................. 11 3.3.1 Aerial Photographs....................................................................................................................................... 11 3.3.2 Topography, Hydrology, Geology ................................................................................................................ 13 3.3.3 Fill Materials ................................................................................................................................................. 14 3.3.4 Water Bodies and Area(s) of Natural Significance ....................................................................................... 14 3.3.5 Well Records ................................................................................................................................................ 14 3.4 Site Operating Records ..................................................................................................................................... 14 4.0 INTERVIEWS .................................................................................................................................................................. 15 5.0 SITE RECONNAISSANCE ............................................................................................................................................. 16 5.1 General Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 16 5.2 Site Specific Observations ................................................................................................................................. 16 5.2.1 Site Details ..................................................................................................................................................