Phase I Environmental Site Assessment 55 Lodge Road, Ottawa Police Services South Campus Facility Ottawa, Ontario
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January 2017 REPORT ON Phase I Environmental Site Assessment 55 Lodge Road, Ottawa Police Services South Campus Facility Ottawa, Ontario Submitted to: Ottawa Police Service Corporate Support P.O. Box 9634, Station T Ottawa ON K1G 6H5 Attention: Ms. Pauline Dicaire, Senior Project Manager Report Number: 1537295/2000 Rev0 Distribution: REPORT 1 e-copy - City of Ottawa/Ottawa Police Services 1 e-copy - Golder Associates Ltd. PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT, 55 LODGE ROAD OTTAWA POLICE SERVICES SOUTH CAMPUS FACILITY Executive Summary Golder Associates Ltd. (Golder) was retained by the Ottawa Police Service to conduct a Phase One Environmental Site Assessment (Phase One ESA) for the vacant property located south of the current Carleton Lodge Retirement Home with which it shares a listed address of 55 Lodge Rd., Ottawa, Ontario K2C 3H1 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Site” or “Phase One Property”) as shown on Figures 1 and 2. The Site is vacant land overgrown with vegetation, but was historically used for agriculture and a retirement home building (Carleton Lodge Retirement Home). The Site has an approximate area of 6.2 hectares (15.3 acres) and is proposed to be developed with a new police services campus facility for the Ottawa Police. This Phase One ESA was completed in general accordance with the Ontario Regulation (O.Reg.) 153/04 (as amended). The Phase One ESA also meets the requirements of the Canadian Standards Association (“CSA”) Standard Z768-01, Phase One Environmental Site Assessment (reaffirmed 2012). It is understood that this Phase One ESA is being carried out to support a Site Plan application with the City of Ottawa (the City). 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 One ESA 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 was used for agricultural purposes until it was developed with a retirement home in 1959. The retirement home was demolished in 1989 and the property has been vacant since then. As such, the Site is not considered an enhanced investigation property as defined by O. Reg. 153/04. At the time of the Site visit on September 26th, 2016, the Site was vacant land with a single small open air shed believed to be left from the original Carleton Lodge. It was overgrown with vegetation and trees and no operations or any other activities were being carried out at the Site. Historically, the Site has been occupied by the Carleton Lodge Retirement Home between 1959 and 1989 when the building was demolished. Since 1989 the Site has been vacant land. At the time of the Phase One ESA, the neighbouring properties within the Phase One Study Area were used for residential and parkland purposes. The Site was surrounded by the Carleton Lodge Retirement Home to the northeast which was built in 1989 after the demolition of the original home historically located on the Site; Lodge Road and the Rideau River to the east; residential dwellings to the south and southwest; Prince of Whales Drive (County Rd 73) which runs from the northwest to the southwest; and, residential dwellings to the northeast. January 2017 Report No. 1537295/2000 Rev0 i PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT, 55 LODGE ROAD OTTAWA POLICE SERVICES SOUTH CAMPUS FACILITY Based on the information collected as part of this Phase One ESA, the following potentially contaminating activity (PCA) that may have resulted in an area of potential environmental concern (APEC) was identified: A heating oil underground storage tank (UST) associated with the original Carleton Lodge retirement home was located on the Site. Based on the information obtained from the review of the specifications for the original Carleton Lodge building historically located on the Site, the heating oil UST had a capacity of 22,730 L. No records or drawings documenting the removal or the location of the heating oil UST were available. In addition, no evidence of the former UST was noted during the Site visit. Based on the information collected as part of this Phase One ESA, one APEC was identified on the Site as follows: APEC1- Potential for impacts in soil and/or groundwater in the area of the heating oil UST. As the presence and exact location of the heating oil UST is unknown at this time, for the purpose of this Phase One ESA, the general area where the original Carleton Lodge building was located is defined to be APEC1. The potential contaminants of concern include: PHC F1 to F4, BTEX, and PAHs. Given that an APEC was identified on the Site during the Phase One ESA, a Phase Two ESA is recommended to be carried out at the Site to investigate the potential for subsurface impacts associated with the heating oil UST. The scope of this Phase Two ESA should be to confirm whether the UST was removed and to investigate the presence/absence of subsurface contamination in the area of the UST that still may be on the Site near the location of the original Carleton Lodge. January 2017 Report No. 1537295/2000 Rev0 ii PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT, 55 LODGE ROAD OTTAWA POLICE SERVICES SOUTH CAMPUS FACILITY TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................................... i 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Phase One Property Information ......................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION ........................................................................................................................................... 1 3.0 HISTORICAL RECORDS REVIEW .................................................................................................................................. 2 3.1 General ................................................................................................................................................................ 2 3.1.1 Phase One Study Area Determination ........................................................................................................... 2 3.1.2 First Developed Use Determination ............................................................................................................... 2 3.1.3 Review of Fire Insurance Maps and Reports ................................................................................................. 3 3.1.4 Chain of Title .................................................................................................................................................. 3 3.1.5 Environmental and Historical Reports ............................................................................................................ 3 3.1.6 Review of Street Directories ........................................................................................................................... 5 3.2 Environmental Source Information ....................................................................................................................... 5 3.2.1 Ministry of the Environment Correspondence ................................................................................................ 5 3.2.2 City of Ottawa Correspondence ..................................................................................................................... 6 3.2.3 City of Ottawa Document Review .................................................................................................................. 6 3.2.4 Review of the 2004 City of Ottawa Waste Disposal Sites Inventory .............................................................. 7 3.2.5 Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) ............................................................................................................. 7 3.2.6 Technical Standards and Safety Authority Correspondence .......................................................................... 7 3.2.7 EcoLog ERIS Report ...................................................................................................................................... 8 3.3 Physical Settings Sources ................................................................................................................................... 9 3.3.1 Aerial Photographs......................................................................................................................................... 9 3.3.2 Topography, Hydrology, Geology .................................................................................................................. 9 3.3.3 Fill Materials ................................................................................................................................................. 10 3.3.4 Water Bodies and Area(s) of Natural Significance ....................................................................................... 11 3.3.5 Water Wells .................................................................................................................................................. 11 3.4 Site