From the meeting minutes (http://www.oshawa.ca/agendas/Development_Services/2014/05-05/2014-05-05-DSC-Minutes-08.pdf):
Results of Surface Water
Quality Testing, Industrial Disposal Oshawa Landfill (l.D.0.L.) Rossland Road East
and Grandview Street North Area
Recommendation (CARRIED – See Page 4)
That the
Development Services Committee recommend to City Council:
That Report DS-14-88 dated April 30, 2014 be received for
information and staff continue to provide the Development Services Committee
and Council with Ministry of the Environment correspondence and findings
regarding the Industrial Disposal Oshawa Landfill site in the Grandview Street
North and Rossland Road East area. Highlights from the public report, dated April 30, 2014:
1.0 PURPOSE
The purpose
of this report is to overview
the results of 2013 Ministry of the Environment (M.O.E.) testing in Harmony Creek
adjacent to the Industrial Disposal Oshawa Landfill (l.D.O.L.) site located in the
Rossland Road East/Grandview Street North area.
The report is provided pursuant to previous requests by the Development Services Committee and Council to be kept aware of information received from M.O.E. in respect to the l.D.O.L. site.
Attachment 1 is an air photo showing the l.D.O.L. site and the
surrounding area.
A copy of the actual lab results from the M.O.E.'s testing are available in the Planning Services Branch in City Hall (Contact: Suzanne Elston).
A copy of the actual lab results from the M.O.E.'s testing are available in the Planning Services Branch in City Hall (Contact: Suzanne Elston).
5.0 ANALYSIS
- The l.D.O.L.
site is a privately-owned closed landfill located east of the Grandview Street North/Rossland
Road East intersection (see Attachment 1).
- The Development Services Committee and
Council have received a number of reports in this term of Council in respect to
the condition of the l.D.O.L. site and have requested to be kept informed
of the results
on any M.O.E.
testing or correspondence.
- In this regard, on March 14, 2014 staff
received the results of surface water sampling that M.O.E. conducted in (November
2013) in Harmony Creek adjacent
to the l.D.O.L site.
- M.O.E. advises, based on the results
of its November 2013 testing, that:
- The results are consistent with all monitoring
data collected since 2008
- There is no indication that there is any impact
on the groundwater from the l.D.O.L.
landfill
- V.O.C. (Volatile Organic Compound) results
are classified as
- Levels of heavy metals (chloride, mercury,
arsenic, et al) are classified as <=W (i.e. "No measurable response")
- Levels of Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbon levels
are classified as <=W (i.e. "No measurable response.")
- M.O.E. has
advised that it will provide the City with updates and reports on the l.D.O.L. site
as they become available.
The report is available: http://www.oshawa.ca/agendas/development_services/2014/05-05/DS-14-88-IDOL-Update.pdf
These monitoring results were mentioned in Oshawa Express' City in Brief on May 28:
All’s well at former landfill
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment says there is no “impact on the groundwater” at the former Industrial Disposal Oshawa Landfill (IDOL) site.
The levels of volatile organic compounds, heavy metals and poly aromatic hydrocarbon levels were found to be negligible by testing done by the ministry in November 2013.
Oshawa’s Development Services Committee received the update at its May 5 meeting.
The former landfill is located east of Grandview Street North and south of Corbett’s Road. A dog park lies to the northeast.
The site was a commercial sand and gravel pit before it was turned into a landfill in 1957. It was formally closed in 1985.
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