7. Obstacles to Redevelopment
•
Environmental Approvals to Convey
Lands, Change Land Use and Obtain
Building Permits for Construction
–
Procurement of Environmental Consulting
Services
–
Staged Approach for Approvals
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8. Let The Games Begin!
•
Announcement of Toronto as the Winning
Bid for the 2015 Pan American/Parapan
American Games
•
New Partners in the Redevelopment
–
Ministry of Health Promotion
–
Toronto 2015
–
Infrastructure Ontario
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10. Delivery Schedule
•
2015 Pan American Games
–
July 2015
•
2015 Parapan American Games
–
August 2015
•
Handover to Toronto 2015
–
March 2015
•
Handover to Project Co.
–
July 2011
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19. Environmental Objective
•
Obtain Regulatory Approvals Necessary to
Support the Redevelopment of the West
Don Lands as the Pan Am Athletes’ Village
Within the Accelerated Schedule
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20. Environmental Work Flow
Risk Certificate of
Phase I/II Risk Assessment Property Use
ESA Assessment Accepted by Issued for RA
MOE Property
Removal of File Record Project Co
Finalize RSC
Soil of Site Implements
Phase II Acknowledged
Exceeding Condition Conditions of
ESA report by MOE
PSS (RSC) CPU
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21. Environmental Approach
•
Risk Assessment vs. Generic Remediation
–
Accelerated Schedule
–
Cost Effectiveness
–
Treatment Options Ruled Out Early
–
Sustainability
–
Certainty
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22. Obstacles Identified
•
Accelerated Schedule
•
Volume of Work
•
Implications of Amendments to O.Reg.
153/04
•
City of Toronto Review Process
•
MOE Review Periods and Resubmission
of Risk Assessments
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23. Mitigation Strategies
•
Expand the Team by Drawing on the
Resources Available Within CH2M Hill
•
Engage the MOE and City Early
•
Integrate the Review Process with the
Drafting Process
•
Complete Activities Concurrently
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29. Site Characterization
•
Nature and Extent of Impacts
–
Soil
• Impacts sporadically distributed across Site
• Typically limited to shallow soil
(fill and upper native soil)
• Categories of chemicals found above MOE
Generic Standards: Metals/inorganics, VOCs,
PHCs, PAHs, PCBs, Phenols, and Dioxins/Furans
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30. Site Characterization
•
Nature and Extent of Impacts
–
Groundwater
• Impacts sporadically distributed
• No evidence of plumes identified
• Categories of chemicals found above MOE
Generic Standards: Metals/inorganics, VOCs,
PHCs, PAHs, and PCBs
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31. Risk Assessment
•
Subdivision of
The West Don
Lands into
Logical,
Manageable
Groupings
–
Nine RA
Groups, Five
Cover PAAV
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33. Risk Assessment
•
Identify Contaminants of Concern
•
Develop Conceptual Site Model
•
Evaluate Exposure Scenarios
•
Create Property Specific Standards
•
Identify Necessary RMM’s to Support
Redevelopment
•
Remove Soils Exceeding PSS
•
Implement RMM’s During Construction
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42. Where Are We Now?
•
Risk
Assessments
Accepted by
the MOE
•
Remaining
Approvals are
On-going
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43. Where Are We Now?
•
Procurement of PSS Remediation
Contractor Underway
•
Reviewing Certificates of Property Use for
Posting to the EBR
•
Finalizing Phase II ESA’s
•
Preparing to File RSC’s
•
Looking at the Next Areas of the WDL to
Investigate
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44. Impacts of Pan Am Athletes’ Village
•
Original Schedule for the Build Out of the
West Don Lands – 15-20 Years
•
Pan Am Athletes’ Village Comprises
Almost Half of the WDL – Complete for
2015
•
Public Initiative to Spur Private Investment
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45. Additional Information
Ontario Realty Corporation
www.ontariorealty.ca
Infrastructure Ontario
www.infrastructureontario.ca
Waterfront Toronto
www.waterfrontoronto.ca
Toronto 2015
www.toronto2015.org
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46. Thanks
Many Thanks to the Following for Their
Assistance in the Preparation of the Material
Used in the Presentation
CH2M Hill – www.ch2mhill.com
LVM – www.lvm.ca
WESA – www.wesa.ca
Waterfront Toronto – www.waterfrontoronto.ca
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