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Questions and Answers / Re: Contaminated Land
« on: November 26, 2012, 04:50:37 PM »
I believe you're looking for what is called the Brown Fields Registry.
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/subject/brownfields/STDPROD_086237.html
A great idea. The flaws, from what little experience I've had with it is, that a piece of land will only get registered after an environmental study and the registry doesn't have much ancient history in it. Then I think everything about the property gets listed.
The other place where you may find some information, regarding fuel storage, is TSSA. This is a weird one, because they don't want to deal with the public, you're allowed one question and they will give you a yes or no answer (literally). Do you have any records for address such and such, and they'll respond back yes or no. I guess from a research point of view, you may have a starting point.
I talked with some MPP staff and MOE staff about whether townships were allowed to sell contaminated lands and what is their responsibility, ie does the Municipal Act trump the Environmental Protect Act. They were supposed to get back to me, never did.
A very smart gentleman who does environmental studies, said in cases like what I was dealing with, the tanks are very rarely removed, just filled with sand and the ground plowed over. He also said that a cleanup of that kind (location, shallow water table, proximity to a body of water) would easily run into the 100s of thousands if there was leakage from the tanks.
http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/subject/brownfields/STDPROD_086237.html
A great idea. The flaws, from what little experience I've had with it is, that a piece of land will only get registered after an environmental study and the registry doesn't have much ancient history in it. Then I think everything about the property gets listed.
The other place where you may find some information, regarding fuel storage, is TSSA. This is a weird one, because they don't want to deal with the public, you're allowed one question and they will give you a yes or no answer (literally). Do you have any records for address such and such, and they'll respond back yes or no. I guess from a research point of view, you may have a starting point.
I talked with some MPP staff and MOE staff about whether townships were allowed to sell contaminated lands and what is their responsibility, ie does the Municipal Act trump the Environmental Protect Act. They were supposed to get back to me, never did.
A very smart gentleman who does environmental studies, said in cases like what I was dealing with, the tanks are very rarely removed, just filled with sand and the ground plowed over. He also said that a cleanup of that kind (location, shallow water table, proximity to a body of water) would easily run into the 100s of thousands if there was leakage from the tanks.