This consultation was open from:
July 18, 2022
to September 1, 2022
Decision summary
The ministry issued a Certificate of Property Use to The Corporation of the City of Stratford for their property located 350 Downie Street in the City of Stratford, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
350 Downie Street
Stratford,
ON
N5A 1Y8
Canada
Site location details
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The Corporation of the City of Stratford
82 Erie Street, 3rd Floor
Stratford,
ON
N5A 2M4
Canada
Decision details
On October 28, 2022, we issued Certificate of Property Use (CPU) No. 2486-CBJK83 to The Corporation of the City of Stratford, who is the current owner of the property. The CPU requires the owner to implement risk management measures at 350 Downie Street, Stratford, Ontario (property) to prevent or minimize potential exposures to contaminants of concern (CoC) present on the property, including:
The key RMMs specified in Part 4 of the CPU include, but are not limited to:
- installing, inspecting and maintaining hard cap and fill cap barriers on the property as per Item 4.2 a) of the CPU
- implementing a soil and groundwater management plan during any intrusive activities undertaken on the property potentially in contact with contaminants of concern (COCs) in soil and/or groundwater that have been identified in the RA at concentrations that exceed the applicable site condition standards for soil and groundwater as per Section 4.2 b) of the attached CPU
- implementing a health and safety plan during any intrusive activities undertaken on the property potentially in contact with COCs in soil and groundwater that have been identified in the RA at concentrations that exceed the applicable site condition standards as per Item 4.2 d) of the CPU
- restriction on building construction/elements as per Sections 4.2 e) of the CPU
- prepare an annual report documenting activities related to the risk management measures as per Section 4.2 n) of the CPU
- restriction on the establishment of community gardens on the property as per Item 4.2 o) of the CPU
- prohibiting the use of groundwater in on or under the property as per Section 4.3 of the CPU
- registering a certificate on the property title in accordance with Section 197 of the Environmental Protection Act and that before dealing with the property in any way, a copy of the CPUis to be given to any person who will acquire an interest in the property as per Sections 4.6 and 4.7 of the CPU
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London,
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N6E 1L3
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How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from June 15, 2023 to begin the appeal process.
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Start the process to appeal
If you’re an Ontario resident, you can start the process to appeal this instrument decision.
First, you’ll need to seek leave (i.e. get permission) from the relevant appellate body to appeal the decision.
If the appellate body grants leave, the appeal itself will follow.
Seek leave to appeal
To seek leave to appeal, you need to do these three things:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- mail your application to three parties
1. Prepare your application
You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following things in your application:
- A document that includes:
- your name, phone number, fax number (if any), and/or email address
- the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
- a statement about whether you are a resident in Ontario
- your interest in the decision, and any facts you want taken into account in deciding whether you have an interest in the decision
- the parts of the instrument that you’re challenging
- whether the decision could result in significant harm to the environment
- the reason(s) why you believe that no reasonable person – having regard to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind – could have made the decision
- the grounds (facts) you’ll be using to appeal
- the outcome you’d like to see
- A copy of the instrument (approval, permit, order) that you you are seeking leave to appeal. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry
- Copies of all supporting documents, facts and evidence that you’ll be using to appeal
What is considered
The appeal body will consider the following two questions in deciding whether to grant you leave to appeal:
- is there is good reason to believe that no reasonable person, with respect to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind, could have made the decision?
- could the decision you wish to appeal result in significant harm to the environment?
2. Provide your notice
You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re seeking leave to appeal.
In your notice, please include a brief description of the:
- decision that you wish to appeal
- grounds for granting leave to appeal
You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:
College Park 5th Floor, 777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3
3. Mail your application
You’ll need to mail your application that you prepared in step #1 to each of these three parties:
- appellate body
- issuing authority (the ministry official who issued the instrument)
- proponent (the company or individual to whom the instrument was issued)
The Corporation of the City of Stratford
82 Erie Street, 3rd Floor
Stratford,
ON
N5A 2M4
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
Include the following:
This is not legal advice. Please refer to the Environmental Bill of Rights for exact legal requirements. Consult a lawyer if you need help with the appeal process.
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Todd Fleet
733 Exeter Road
London,
ON
N6E 1L3
Canada
Original proposal
Proposal details
A risk assessment was undertaken for this property to establish the risks that the contaminants identified in the risk assessment may pose to future users and to identify appropriate risk management measures to be implemented to ensure that the property is suitable for the intended residential/parkland/institutional property use defined by O. Reg. 153/04.
Our review of the risk assessment involved the following reports, documents and information/correspondence:
- “Risk Assessment for 350 Downie Street, Stratford, Ontario”, by Golder Associates Ltd., dated July 10, 2019
- “Revised Risk Assessment for 350 Downie Street, Stratford, Ontario”, by Golder Associates Ltd., dated December 2020
- “Revised Risk Assessment for 350 Downie Street, Stratford, Ontario”, report prepared by Golder Associates Ltd., dated August 2021
- “RE: Risk assessment for 350 Downie Street, Stratford; RA 1699-18c; IDS# 5635-B2KMEP”, email from Ruwan Jayasinghe, Golder Associates Ltd., received by TASDB on December 21, 2021, with the following documents attached:
- updated risk management plan (Section 7); file name: 1665603- REP 2021'12'21 RA 350 Downie Street, Stratford, ON.pdf
- updated Appendix H (RMP); file name: Appendix H_RMP_Dec 2021.pdf
Based on the documents provided to us as part of the risk assessment report, the reviewers can confirm that the risk assessment has been conducted in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act (the Act), Ontario Regulation 153/04 (the Regulation), and the associated guidance documents. The director provided the proponent with written Notice of the Director’s Decision to accept risk assessment number 5635-B2KMEP relating to the property in accordance with section 168.5 of the Act on February 23, 2022.
The director is considering the issuance of a CPU in relation to the site. The proposed CPU incorporates the risk management measures proposed in the risk assessment and additional conditions proposed by the director. The proposed CPU number 2486-CBJK83 is attached.
Supporting materials
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733 Exeter Road
London,
ON
N6E 1L3
Canada
Comment
Commenting is now closed.
This consultation was open from July 18, 2022
to September 1, 2022
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