This consultation was open from:
May 1, 2025
to June 15, 2025
Proposal summary
This is a notice of a proposed director’s order under sections 18 and 197 of the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) regarding dry-cleaning solvent contamination from 480 Guelph Line, Burlington Ontario.
Location details
Site address
480 Guelph Line
Burlington,
ON
L7R 3M1
Canada
Site location details
The proposed Director’s Order applies to multiple properties located in the vicinity of the intersection of Guelph Line and New Street in Burlington. The site or source site is listed as 480 Guelph Line, Burlington.
The other properties involved are described in detail in attachment 1 of the draft Director’s Order and in the additional site location details document linked in the Supporting Materials section below.
Site location map
The location pin reflects the approximate area where environmental activity is taking place.
View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
PARKER'S CLEANERS (BURLINGTON) LTD
3040 New Street
Burlington,
ON
L7N 1M5
Canada
JOHN KALANDA LIMITED
30 Geraldine Court
Don Mills,
ON
M3A 1M9
Canada
BRIAN KALANDA
30 Geraldine Court
Don Mills,
ON
M3A 1M9
Canada
JOHN KALANDA
2167 Mystic Court
Burlington,
ON
L7M 3J7
Canada
ROSS KALANDA
1240 Hammond Street
Burlington,
ON
L7S2E1
Canada
THE ESTATE OF JAMES PARKER
1339 Saginaw Crescent
Mississauga,
ON
L5H 1X4
Canada
DION WALTON
3040 New Street
Burlington,
ON
L7N 1M5
Canada
THE ESTATE OF LEW HOLUBEK
2182 Maplewood Drive
Burlington,
ON
L7R 2C5
Canada
GERRY STRONGMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED
1885 Marine Drive
North Vancouver,
BC
V7P 1V5
Canada
HALTON CONDOMINIUM CORPORATION NO. 324
2875 14th Avenue
300
Markham,
ON
L3R 5H8
Canada
THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON
426 Brant Street
Burlington,
ON
L7R 3Z6
Canada
MARANDO COURT APARTMENTS (BUILDING NO. 1) LIMITED
2418 New Street
Burlington,
ON
L7R 1J6
Canada
8037043 CANADA INC.
12 Barn Swallow Court
Richmond Hill,
ON
L4E 0K1
Canada
PARIS ROAD PLAZA INC.
1163 King Road
Unit 15
Burlington,
ON
L7T 0B4
Canada
AB HOLDINGS INC.
3432 Mikalda Road
Burlington,
ON
L7M 0J9
Canada
CHILDREN'S FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
3221 North Service Road
Burlington,
ON
L7N 3G2
Canada
MARANDO COURT APARTMENTS (BUILDING NO. 5) LIMITED
2422 New Street
Box 16
Burlington,
ON
L7R 1J6
Canada
MARANDO COURT APARTMENTS (BUILDING NO. 6) LIMITED
2420 New Street
Burlington,
ON
L7R 1J6
Canada
THE ESTATE OF LEW HOLUBEK
574 Barons Court
Burlington,
ON
L7R 4E4
Canada
Proposal details
Soil and groundwater contamination has resulted from a former dry-cleaning business (Parkers Cleaners (Burlington) Ltd.) which operated at 480 Guelph Line in Burlington between 1965 and 2017. Soil and groundwater on the property is contaminated with a dry-cleaning solvent called tetrachloroethylene (also known as PCE) and its breakdown products.
Groundwater contamination has migrated off-site and the full extent and impacts of the contamination is currently unknown. In 2021 an order was issued to the persons responsible for the contamination (the 2021 Orderees); however, they have not completed all the work required by that order.
This proposed director’s order will require the 2021 Orderees and the current owners of nearby properties with known or suspected related groundwater contamination on or under their property to:
- retain the services of a qualified person and provide conformation thereof
- develop a plan, specific to each property, requiring one or more of the following:
- a contaminant management plan will be required for the source area and for properties within the study area where information is known about the extent of contamination. The contaminant management plan must detail what needs to be done to stop contamination from moving further, reduce risks to down gradient receptors and consider remediation options to treat and contain impacted groundwater
- a delineation work plan will be required for properties within the study area where insufficient information is known about the extent of contamination. The delineation plan must outline the steps that will be taken to understand where and how much contamination is at each property
- an indoor air quality sampling plan will be required for properties within the study area that have contaminants in groundwater above the screening limit, near buildings, which could impact indoor air quality.
- provide an estimate of the financial cost to implement the work, for each property
- provide a copy of the order to every person who may acquire an interest in their property before dealing in any way with the property
- provide information to the other owners of the properties located within the study area and who have also been included as orderees
- following acceptance of the plans by the ministry, implement the work at each property
The proposed director’s order will require the owners of impacted neighbouring properties within the study area including the City of Burlington, and nearby commercial and multi-unit residential property owners to carry out work as it relates to their own property. The 2021 Orderees are jointly and severally ordered to do all the work detailed within the proposed order. Some properties located within the study area are not subject to the proposed director’s order as the work outlined above has already been undertaken with respect to those properties.
A copy of draft order number 1-280716025, which describes the requirements and rationale for each property, is provided in the Supporting Materials section below.
Supporting materials
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4145 North Service Road
Suite 300
Burlington ,
ON
L7L 6A3
Canada
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Halton-Peel District Office
4145 North Service Road, Suite 300
Burlington,
ON
L7L 6A3
Canada
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The comment period was from May 1, 2025
to June 15, 2025