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PLANNING SERVICES
Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE I
Date: Monday, December 1, 2008 ��"
Report#: PSD-126-08 File #: PLN 33.4 By-law#:
Subject: PORT GRANBY PROJECT — EXTENSION OF CONTRACT FOR MUNICIPAL
PEER REVIEW SERVICES
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee
recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PSD-126-08 be received;
2. THAT the existing contract with Hardy Stevenson & Associates Limited, Toronto for
Consulting Services, Port Granby Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Management Project, be extended to the end of 2010;
3. THAT the total funds required be expensed to Account 100-50-385-10175-7160;
4. THAT the By-law attached to Report PSD-126-08, as Attachment 1, authorizing the
Mayor and Clerk to execute the agreement, be APPROVED: and
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5. THAT all interested parties be advised of Council's decision.
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Submitted by: Reviewed by:
David J. Crome, M.C.I.P., R.P.P. Franklin Wu,
Director of Planning Services Chief Administrative Officer
JAS/FL/DJC/sn
13 November 2008
CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
40 TEMPERANCE STREET, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO L1C 3A6 T(905)623-3379 F (905)623-0830
REPORT NO.: PSD-126-08 PAGE 2
1.0 BACKGROUND
1.1 In 2001, the Municipality of Clarington and the Municipality of Port Hope entered into a
Legal Agreement with the Government of Canada for the safe, long term management
of low level radioactive waste located in each community. The Port Granby Project, as
part of the larger Port Hope Area Initiative, addresses the wastes currently stored at
the existing Port ,Granby Waste Management Facility located southeast of
Newtonville.
1.2 Phase 1 of the port Granby Project, which involves the undertaking of the
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Project, began in 2002. Phase 2 will
commence with the issuance of a construction licence for a new waste management
facility by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
1.3 The Legal Agreement provides for the federal government to reimburse the
Municipality for its costs related to the Port Granby Project, including costs related to
retaining peer review consultants. In April 2002, Council passed a by-law to retain
Hardy Stevenson & Associates to provide peer review consulting services for the Port
Granby Project. The contract with Hardy Stevenson has been extended on two
previous occasions - for four years in December 2002, and for a further two years in
December 2006. Each time, the contract extension was intended to take the
consultant's peer review services to the end of Phase 1 of the Project.
1.4 Federal regulators have required the Low Level Radioactive Waste Management
Office (LLRWMO) to undertake a detailed study to address groundwater and effluent
treatment during and after the construction of the new waste management facility. The
LLRWMO had originally expected to conduct this study during Phase 2 of the Project,
as was done with the Port Hope Project. Because of the length of time required to
complete this study, Phase 1 of the Project is now not expected to end until some time
in 2010.
2. COMMENTS
2.1 The peer review se ices provided by Hardy Stevenson & Associates over the past
seven years have ben critical to the Municipality's effective participation in the Port
Granby Project. These services have included the review of numerous technical
documents related to such matters as radioactive materials, human health and safety,
facility design, as well as advice related to the mitigation of impacts on area residents.
2.2 Given that Phase 1 of the Project is expected to continue for up to an additional two
years, it is appropriate to extend the Municipality's contract with Hardy Stevenson &
Associates to the end of 2010. The peer review team's work over the next two years
will include the on-going review of the Environmental Assessment, including the water
treatment issue, the review of the draft and final EA Screening Reports, and
preparation for the licensing hearings before the Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission.
REPORT NO.: PSD-126-08 PAGE 2
2.3 Phase 2 of the Port Granby Project will involve the work related to the excavation of
the waste and the construction of the new waste management facility. As such, Staff
will review the Municipality's requirements for consulting services for this phase and
will report back to Council at a later date.
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - By-law
List of interested parties to be advised of Council's decision:
Dave Hardy, Hardy Stevenson &Associates
Bob Zelmer, Low Level Radioactive Waste Management Office
Glenn Case, Low Level Radioactive Waste Management Office
Attachment 1
To Report PSD-126-08
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
BY-LAW NO. 2008-
being a By-law to authorize a contract between the Corporation of the
Municipality of Clarington and Hardy Stevenson and Associates Limited,
Toronto, Ontario, to enter into an agreement for Consulting Services, Port
Granby Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management
THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON HEREBY ENACTS
AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of the
Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington,with the Corporation Seal, a
contract between Hardy Stevenson and Associates Limited, Toronto, Ontario,
and said Corporation, and
2. THAT the contract attached hereto as Schedule"A"form part of this By-law.
By-law read a first time this day of 2008
By-law read a second time this day of 2008
By-law read a third time and finally passed this day of 2008
Jim Abernethy, Mayor
Patti L. Barrie, Municipal Clerk