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WSP ENVIRONMENT PRESENTED TO THE FIRST NATIONS OF QUBEC AND LABRADOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE Training Workshop Environmental Site Assessment OCTOBER 2019 Phase I & II Training Workshop 1. Phase I ESA Introduction 2.

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WSP ENVIRONMENT

PRESENTED TO THE FIRST NATIONS OF QUÉBEC AND LABRADOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

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Training Workshop – Environmental Site Assessment

OCTOBER 2019

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Phase I & II Training Workshop

1. Phase I ESA Introduction

  • 2. Phase I ESA Simulation – Historical Review
  • 3. Phase I ESA Simulation – Site Visit
  • 4. Break
  • 5. Case Study
  • 6. Phase II ESA Presentation

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PHASE I ESA

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Phase I ESA

Phase I ESA Introduction Presentation of the Guides, Standards and Regulations Steps : 1. Mandat

  • 2. Access to Information Requests
  • 3. Historical Research
  • 4. Site Visit
  • 5. Report

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Phase I ESA Introduction

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The environmental assessment allows us to determine the current and/or historical presence of potential sources of contamination which may have affected the environmental quality of the subject site.

  • Historical Review
  • Identification of current and former site activities
  • Site Visit
  • Identification of current and former site activities
  • Identification of building construction, infrastructure and other elements
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Phase I ESA Introduction

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  • Required by financial institutions for financing and mortgages
  • Multi-unit residential buildings (more than 6 units)
  • Commercial and industrial properties
  • Due diligence
  • Regulatory Cases
  • Cessation of designated activity
  • Change of land use
  • Authorization requests (eg. Article 22 of the Environment Quality Act (EQA))
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Guides, Standards and Regulations

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  • Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
  • CSA Z768-01 (reconfirmed 2016) – Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
  • Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate

Change (MELCC)

  • Site Characterization Guide (2003)
  • Action Guide (2019)
  • Environment Quality Act (LQE, Q-2)
  • Land Protection and Rehabilitation Regulation (Q-2, r. 37)
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Step 1 – Confirmation of Mandate

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  • Information required for offer of services
  • Site address, surface area and current land use
  • Contact information of the client and site owner
  • Commence of work following acceptance of mandate
  • Report generally available 10 to 205 business days following the Site visit
  • Determine the language of the report before beginning the work
  • Obtaining pertinent site documentation
  • Certificat of location or any other plans of the property and building
  • Previous environmnental and geotechnical reports
  • A letter of authorization signed by the Site owner
  • All other pertinent documents
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Step 2 – Access to Information

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  • MELCC
  • Énergir (formerly Gaz Métropolitain)
  • City / Municipality / Borough
  • Régie du bâtiment du Québec (RBQ), if listed in the Petroleum

Equipment Registry

  • Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
  • Opta Intelligence Informationnelle – fire insurance documents
  • CDPNQ – if study is subject to Section IV.2 of the EQA
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Step 3 – Historical Research

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  • Preliminary verification of available documents
  • Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images
  • Fire Insurance Plans
  • Land Use Maps
  • Topographic Maps
  • Geological Maps
  • Municipality
  • Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
  • Other online sources
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Step 3 – Historical Research

12 PHASE I ESA

  • Site-specific documents
  • Valuation roll – Québec municipal
  • Québec Land Registre – property land titles
  • Registre et répertoire des entreprises du Québec (REQ, iCRIQ)
  • Répertoire d’entreprises canadiennes
  • Directory of Canadian Companies
  • Consultation of government databases and inventories
  • Phase I ESA search list
  • 250 m search radius with the exception of:
  • Hydrogeological information system (HIS) – 1 km radius
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Step 3 – Historical Research

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  • Consultation of

databases and inventories

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Step 3 – Historical Research

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Step 4 – Site Visit

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  • Information to obtenir for the site visit
  • Date and time of site visit
  • Meeting point
  • Name and coordinates of the site contact
  • Ensure that all the areas and rooms of the building will be made available during

the site inspection, with the exception of residentiel apartments

  • Documents and items to bring to the site visit
  • Phase I Inspection checklist
  • Aerial photograph or other useful site plan
  • Camera
  • Flashlight

TAKE PHOTOS!!

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Step 4 – Site Visit

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  • Site Visit:
  • Arrive 15 minutes early
  • Identify occupants of adjacent and neighbouring properties
  • Elements to verify outside on the site and on adjacent and neighbouring

properties:

  • Condition of exterior surfaces
  • Presence of secondary buildings
  • Condition of exterior walls
  • Pipes stemming from walls or ground
  • Type of roof
  • Identification of heating and/or cooling

systems

  • Natural gas entry
  • Water entry
  • Debris and material on the ground
  • Storage tanks and other storage
  • Evidence of backfill
  • Drains and drainage ditches
  • Monitoring wells
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Step 4 – Site Visit

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  • Complete the inspection checklist with the site representative
  • Give examples of elements of importance
  • If there are industrial activities on site
  • Ask for a description of the process
  • Ask for a list of products and raw materials used
  • Ask for a list of finished products
  • According to the process used, verify the existence of a cerificate of authorization or of a

permit to discharge into the sewers and/or atmosphere

  • Conduct a building inspection with the site representative
  • Validate the information collected with the inspection checklist
  • Inspect all rooms and areas of the building
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Step 4 – Site Visit

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  • Elements to verify inside the building
  • Building construction
  • Wood frame vs steel
  • Walls (brick vs concrete)
  • Exterior cladding (aluminum siding, brick, stucco, vinyl, etc.)
  • Interior cladding (wood, gypsum, plaster, etc.)
  • Concrete foundations vs stone and mortar
  • Number of storeys, presence of basement
  • Interior garage
  • Condition of the floors, presence of cracks or staining
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Step 4 – Site Visit

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  • Elements to verify inside the building
  • Heating system
  • Centale water, central forced air, electric baseboards, heatpump, HVAC, radiant heater,

suspended units

  • Fuel source for the heating system (current and former) – coal, fuel oil, propane, natural

gas, electricity, wood

  • Identification of current and/or former heating system elements – furnace, boiler, heat

pump, HVAC unit, chimney, fuel oil storage tank, fuel feed et return lines

  • Aboveground and/or underground storage tanks
  • Fuel oil, gasoline, diesel, propane, glycol, used oil, etc.
  • Fill and vent pipes, level-o-meter, fuel pump, feed line
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Step 4 – Site Visit

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  • Elements to verify inside the building
  • Mechanical equipment
  • Dock leveller – hydraulic vs manual
  • Lifting apparatus (lift, platform) – electric vs hydraulic
  • Elevator and freight elevator – electric vs hydraulic
  • Garbage compactor
  • All other mecanical equipment
  • Interior drainage
  • Floor drains
  • Oil-water separator
  • Grease trap
  • Decantation and neutralization bassin
  • Sump with or without pump
  • Floor trench or gutter
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Step 4 – Site Visit

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  • Elements to verify inside the building
  • Hazardous materials
  • Type (household maintenance products, chemical products, etc.)
  • Storage, use
  • Non hazardous residual materials
  • Domestic waste, recyclables
  • Storage, disposal
  • Hazardous residual materials
  • Type (used oil, used oil filters, process waste, etc.)
  • Storage, disposal
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Step 4 – Site Visit

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  • Special attention substances
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)
  • Transformers, fluorescent light ballasts
  • Asbestos containing material (ACM)
  • Insulation, floors tiles, ceiling tiles, plaster, etc.
  • Lead
  • Paint, plumbing
  • Urea formaldehyde foam insulating material (UFFI)
  • Mould
  • Ozone depleting substances (ODS)
  • Air conditiong units containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
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Step 5 – Report

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  • Mandate, context and objectives
  • Historical research data
  • Responses to access to information requests
  • Public inventories and regulatory review data
  • Site visit observations
  • Figures
  • Photographic record
  • Identification of environmental risks
  • Conclusions and recommendations
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Phase I ESA Simulation – Historical Review

Former road maintenance yard

Presentation of the site

  • History
  • Figures of environmental risks

Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images Historic maps and plans

  • Topographic Maps
  • Land Use Maps
  • Fire Insurance Plans

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Site Presentation - History

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  • Context of the study
  • Change in land use
  • Current Land Use
  • Fuel distribution, storage and maintenance workshop
  • Historic Land Use
  • Road maintenance yard
  • Importer and manufacturer of iron works and metal
  • Foundy
  • Tar and coal refinery
  • Machine shop
  • Manufacturing of chemical products
  • Manufacturing of paint, ink and varnish
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Site Presentation – Figure of Risks

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Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images

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1949

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Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images

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1966

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Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images

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1973

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Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images

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1983

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Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images

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2002

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Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images

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2018

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Historic Maps and Plans – Topographic Maps

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1909

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Historic Maps and Plans – Topographic Maps

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1971

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Historic Maps and Plans – Topographic Maps

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2003

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Historic Maps and Plans – Topographic Maps

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1846

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Historic Maps and Plans – Topographic Maps

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1949

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Historic Maps and Plans – Topographic Maps

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1990

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Historic Maps and Plans – Fire Insurance Plans

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1909

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Historic Maps and Plans – Fire Insurance Plans

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1940

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Historic Maps and Plans – Fire Insurance Plans

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1950

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Phase I ESA Simulation – Site Visit

Petro-T

  • Site location
  • Current site use
  • Neighbouring properties

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Site Location

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BREAK

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Case Study

Petro-T

  • Site visit observations
  • Problems encountered and limitations
  • Potential risks identified
  • Recommendations

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PHASE II ESA

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Phase II ESA

Phase II ESA Introduction Presentation of the Guides, Standards and Regulations Steps : 1. Characterization Plan

  • 2. Offer of Services and Mandate
  • 3. Planification of Site Work
  • 4. Site Work
  • 5. Compilation, Interpretation and Report

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Guides, Standards and Regulations

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  • Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
  • CSA Z769-00 (reconfirmed 2013) – Phase II Environmental Site Assessment
  • MELCC
  • Site Characterization Guide (2003)
  • Action Guide (2019)
  • Sampling Guide for Environmental Analysis – Booklet 1: Generalities (2008)
  • Sampling Guide for Environmental Analysis – Booklet 3: Groundwater Sampling (2012)
  • Sampling Guide for Environmental Analysis – Booklet 5: Soil Sampling (2010)
  • Update of Section 5.3.3 of Booklet 5 : Samples for Volatile Organic Counpounds Analysis

(2016)

  • Environment Quality Act (LQE, Q-2)
  • Land Protection and Rehabilitation Regulation (Q-2, r. 37)
  • Regulation Respecting the Burial of Contaminated Soils (Q-2, r. 18)
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Guides, Standards and Regulations

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  • Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME)
  • Canadian Soil Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health
  • Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
  • Guidance Manual for Environemental Site Characterization in Support of Environmental and

Human Health Risk Assessment – Volume 1: Guidance Manual (2016)

  • Guidance Manual for Environemental Site Characterization in Support of Environmental and

Human Health Risk Assessment – Volume 2: Checklists (2016)

  • Guidance Manual on Sampling, Analysis, and Data Management for Contaminated Sites –

Volume 1: Main Report (1993)

  • Subsurface Assessment Handbook for Contaminated Sites (1994)
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Step 1 – Characterization Plan

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  • Characterization plan
  • Objectives of characterization
  • Financial transaction, cessation of designtaed activity, redevelopment of the site, etc…
  • Historic data and current use
  • Surface area of the site
  • Environmental risks
  • Site work
  • Number of soundings (targeted, random or systematic 625 m2)
  • Type of soundings (boreholes, monitoring wells, trenches)
  • Analytical parameters (based on risks)
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Presentation of Site – Risks

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Step 2 – Offer of Services and Mandate

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  • Offer of Services
  • Mandate and detailed steps
  • Limitations and exclusions
  • Schedule
  • Deliverables
  • Costs and Payment Modalities
  • Professional fees, site work, project management, report
  • Subcontractors (drillers, laboratory, private locates)
  • Authorization of Mandate
  • Written confirmation of offer of services
  • Informations for accessing the site (contact, dates, etc…)
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Step 3 – Planification of Site Work

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  • Location of Underground Services
  • Info-Excavation
  • Municipality
  • Private locate firm
  • Subcontractors
  • Drillers, excavators
  • Laboratory (jars, bottles, coolers)
  • Supplies (monitoring wells, sampling equipment)
  • Soil cuttings and waste water management
  • Signaling and surveyor, if necessary
  • Health and Safety Program
  • Risk analysis
  • Characterization Program
  • Location, depths
  • Type and quantity of samples, analyses
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Step 3 – Planification of Site Work

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Step 3 – Planification of Site Work

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Step 4 – Site Work

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  • Location of underground services
  • Health and Safety (H&S) Meeting
  • Underground services
  • Work-related risks
  • Sounding and Sampling
  • Soil description, evidence of contamination
  • Sampling and identification of samples
  • Monitoring well installation, if planned
  • Location of soundings
  • Fill in laboratory chain of custody forms
  • Deliver samples to the laboratory (cold)
  • Site Documents
  • Site forms (sounding logs, daily reports, H&S)
  • Photographs and site plans
  • Subcontractor work orders
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Step 4 – Site Work

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Step 4 – Site Work

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Step 4 – Site Work

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Step 4 – Site Work

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Step 4 – Site Work

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Step 5 – Compilation, Interpretation and Report

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  • Analysis of Site data
  • Sample selection for laboratory analysis
  • Reception of analytical results
  • Interpretation of results and follow-up with client
  • Reporting
  • Figures
  • Sounding logs
  • Results tables and laboratory certificates of analysis
  • Photographs of site work
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Transmission of report
  • Planification of next step, if required
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Step 5 – Compilation, Interpretation and Report

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Step 5 – Compilation, Interpretation and Report

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