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August 21, 2019
to October 5, 2019
Decision summary
We issued a Certificate of Property Use No. 3020-BCKNDQ to the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada for the intended commercial use of the property at 180 King Street South, Waterloo, Ontario.
Location details
Site address
180 King Street South
Waterloo,
ON
N2J 1P8
Canada
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View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
1 York Street
Suite 3100
Toronto,
ON
M5J 0B6
Canada
Decision details
On October 29, 2019 we issued a Certificate of Property Use No. 3020-BCKNDQ to the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada for the intended commercial use of the property at 180 King Street South, Waterloo, Ontario.
The Certificate of Property Use (CPU) requires the instrument holder to ensure that the following key measures are undertaken:
- Inspecting and maintaining any existing barriers and installing, inspecting and maintaining any new hard cap and shallow soil cap barriers on the Property as per Section 4.2 (a) and 4.2 (e) of the CPU
- Prohibiting the construction of any Building (s) on the Property unless the new Building (s) is constructed as specified in Section 4.2 (f) 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 (COC) in soil and groundwater that have been identified in the Risk Assessment (RA) at concentrations that exceed the applicable site condition standards as per Section 4.2 (j) of the CPU
- Implementing a health and safety plan during any intrusive activities undertaken on the property potentially in contact with COC in soil and groundwater that have been identified in the RA at concentrations that exceed the applicable site condition standards as specified in Section 4.2 (k) of the CPU
- Implementing a groundwater monitoring program as specified in Section 4.2 (l) 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 CPU is to be given to any person who will acquire an interest in the Property as per Section 4.7 and 4.8 of the CPU
A copy of the final Certificate of Property Use is attached to this notice.
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1 Stone Road West
Floor 4
Guelph,
ON
N1G 4Y2
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from October 30, 2019 to begin the appeal process.
Carefully review the information below to learn more about the appeal process.
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Appeal process for decisions published before June 1, 2021
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)
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
1 York Street
Suite 3100
Toronto,
ON
M5J 0B6
Canada
Environmental Review Tribunal
Attention: The Secretary
655 Bay Street
Floor 15
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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Amy Shaw
1 Stone Road West
Guelph,
ON
N1G 4Y2
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 use, "commercial" use, as defined by O. Reg.153/04.
The ministry’s review of the risk assessment involved the following reports, documents and information /correspondence:
- risk Assessment, 180 King Street South, Waterloo, Ontario. Prepared by Golder Associates Ltd. for Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada dated April 3, 2014
- addendum to Risk Assessment, 180 King Street South, Waterloo, Ontario. Prepared by Golder Associates Ltd. for Sun Life assurance Company of Canada dated October 24, 2014
- addendum 2 to Risk Assessment, 180 King Street South, Waterloo, Ontario. Prepared by Golder Associates Ltd. for Sun Life assurance Company of Canada dated January 2017
- addendum 3 to Risk Assessment, 180 King Street South, Waterloo, Ontario. Prepared by Golder Associates Ltd. for Sun Life assurance Company of Canada dated June 4, 2018
- email “RE: Request for additional information for 180 King Street South, Waterloo; RA1283-13; IDS#3636-948QXM”, e-mail from Tammie Morgan-Gray, Golder Associates, received by Technical Assessment and Standards Development Branch (TASDB) on December 19, 2018, with the following document attached:
- 11-1185-0128 RA_Resp to Ministry of the Environment Conservation and Parks (MECP) Request for Info
Based on the documents provided to the ministry 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, Ontario Regulation 153/04, and the associated guidance documents.
The director provided the proponent with written Notice of the Director’s Decision to accept the risk assessment No. 3636-948QXM relating to the property in accordance with s.68.5 of the Environmental Protection Act on April 18, 2019.
The director is considering the issuance of a Certificate of Property Use (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 No. 3020-BCKNDQis attached.
Supporting materials
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Some supporting materials may not be available online. If this is the case, you can request to view the materials in person.
Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.
1 Stone Road West
Floor 4
Guelph,
ON
N1G 4Y2
Canada
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This consultation was open from August 21, 2019
to October 5, 2019
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