Flood Contingency Plan 2019 July 29, 2019 Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority Flood Contingency Plan 2019 CRCA Tel. (613) 546-4228 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY OF FLOOD CONTINGENCY PLAN ............................................................................. iii INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 5 1.1 ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS ...................................................................................................... 5 AREAS OF JURISDICTION ............................................................................................................... 6 2.1 CRCA JURISDICTION .................................................................................................................. 6 2.2 EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO AND THE UPPER ST. LAWRENCE RIVER.................................................. 6 2.3 MNRF JURISDICTION .................................................................................................................. 7 RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES ................................................................................................ 7 3.1 CRCA RESPONSIBILITIES ........................................................................................................... 7 3.2 MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES ..................................................................................................... 8 3.2.1 Municipal Emergency Plan.......................................................................................................... 8 3.3 PROVINCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES .................................................................................................... 9 3.3.1 Provincial Response to a Flood Event ........................................................................................ 9 FLOOD MESSAGES AND COMMUNICATION ................................................................................ 9 4.1 WATERSHED CONDITIONS STATEMENT ........................................................................................ 9 4.2 FLOOD WATCH ......................................................................................................................... 10 4.3 FLOOD WARNING ...................................................................................................................... 10 PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLAN ........................................................................... 11 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 11 DIRECTORY OF CONTACTS.......................................................................................................... 12 7.1 CRCA CONTACTS .................................................................................................................... 12 7.1.1 Flood Duty Officers ................................................................................................................... 12 7.1.2 Alternate Flood Warning Contact .............................................................................................. 13 7.1.3 Water Management Structure Operators .................................................................................. 13 7.2 OTHER WATER CONTROL STRUCTURE AGENCIES ...................................................................... 14 7.2.1 Parks Canada – Rideau Canal .................................................................................................. 14 7.2.2 MNRF, Kemptville Area – Delta, Lyndhurst, and Graham Lake Dams ...................................... 14 7.2.3 Energy Ottawa – Outlet, Marble Rock, and Gananoque Dams ................................................. 14 7.3 WATER MANAGEMENT AND WEATHER FORECASTING AGENCIES ................................................. 15 7.3.1 Primary Weather Forecasts ...................................................................................................... 15 7.3.2 Surface Water Monitoring Centre (SWMC), MNRF Peterborough ............................................ 15 7.3.3 Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) – Great Lakes Water Level Information ... 15 7.3.4 International Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River Board ............................................................ 16 7.3.5 Water Survey Division, Environment Canada, Hydrometric Stream Gauge Operation/Maintenance ......................................................................................................................... 16 7.4 MNRF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ............................................................................................. 16 7.4.1 Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Service ........................................................................... 16 7.4.2 MNRF Flood Response Coordinators – Peterborough District.................................................. 17 7.4.3 MNRF Flood Response Coordinators – Kemptville District ....................................................... 17 7.5 OTHER EMERGENCY CONTACTS ................................................................................................ 18 7.5.1 Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management .......................................................... 18 7.5.2 Canadian Red Cross ................................................................................................................. 18 7.5.3 MOECC Spills Action Centre (24hr) .......................................................................................... 18 7.5.4 Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) ................................................................................................ 19 7.5.5 Municipal Police ........................................................................................................................ 19 7.6 OTHER MINISTRY AND COUNTY CONTACTS ................................................................................ 19 7.6.1 United Counties of Leeds and Grenville .................................................................................... 19 7.6.2 County of Lennox and Addington .............................................................................................. 20 7.6.3 County of Frontenac ................................................................................................................. 20 7.6.4 Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing ................................................................................. 20 Page i Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority Flood 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(613) 546-4228 7.6.5 Ministry of the Environment & Climate Change – Eastern Region ............................................ 21 7.6.6 Ministry of Transportation – Eastern Region ............................................................................. 21 7.7 UTILITY AND RAILWAY COMPANIES ............................................................................................ 21 7.7.1 RailTerm (Traffic Controller for Via Rail through Brockville area) .............................................. 22 7.7.2 Via Rail...................................................................................................................................... 22 7.7.3 Canadian National Railway ....................................................................................................... 22 7.7.4 Hydro One................................................................................................................................. 22 7.7.5 Utilities Kingston ....................................................................................................................... 23 7.7.6 Energy Ottawa .......................................................................................................................... 23 7.8 MEDIA CONTACTS..................................................................................................................... 23 7.8.1 Television Stations .................................................................................................................... 24 7.8.2 Radio Stations ........................................................................................................................... 25 7.8.3 Daily Newspapers ..................................................................................................................... 27 7.9 MUNICIPAL CONTACTS .............................................................................................................. 27 7.9.1 Township of Athens .................................................................................................................. 27 7.9.2 City of Brockville ....................................................................................................................... 28 7.9.3 Township of Elizabethtown-Kitley ............................................................................................. 28 7.9.4 Township of Front of Yonge ...................................................................................................... 29 7.9.5 Township of Frontenac Islands ................................................................................................. 29 7.9.6 Town of Gananoque ................................................................................................................. 29 7.9.7 City of Kingston ........................................................................................................................