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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
REPORT
Meeting: Council File# `h �',S 0
Date: May 29 1995 Res. #
Report#: 4DM N 8 !y5e#: Ry-Law#
Subject:
PORT GRANBY
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that Council approve the following:
1. That Report ADMIN. 18-95 be received;
2 . That the proposed resolution pertaining to the Low Level
Radioactive Waste presently located at Port Granby be
approved;
3 . That the approved resolution be forwarded to the appropriate
government agencies requesting a position on the question of
marginally contaminated soils; and
4 . That the Siting Task Force and the Clarington Community
Liaison Group be advised of the above.
REPORT:
The attached correspondence dated January 16 1995 from the
Clarington Community Liaison Group was forwarded to the office of
the Chief Administrative Officer to, along with the Mayor,
communicate with the representatives of the communities of Deep
River, Port Hope and Hope Township regarding the suggestion that
the marginally contaminated soils remain at the Port Granby site.
The Mayor and the Chief Administrative Officer have had a series of
meetings with their counterparts in the above mentioned
municipalities to investigate the suggestion that it may be
appropriate that some of the marginally contaminated soils remain
at the Port Granby site.
During the course of these meetings, the question was asked as to
what the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy will permit to
be left on site. It was agreed between the Municipal
representatives that the four Municipal Councils pass a like
resolution asking for some direction from the Ministry on this
question.
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It is recommended that the attached resolution be passed by the
Municipal Council of the four municipalities so that both the
Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy and the Atomic Energy
Control Board make it clear to the municipalities as to what level
of contamination may be left on site should that be the decision of
the municipalities .
On passing the .proposed resolution, we shall then send it on to the
appropriate government agencies and await their reply.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. Stockwell,
Chief Administrative Officer
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SITING TASK FORCE
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GROUPE DE LIAISON COMMUNAUTAIRE -
GROUPE DE TRAVAIL
Choix d'un site de gestion des d6chets faiblement radioactifs
5360 Old Scugog Road
Hampton, Ontario
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January 16, 1995
Her Worship Mayor Diane Hamre & Membecs of Council,
Good Evening,
My name is John Veldhuis, and I am Chairman of the
Clarington Community Liaison Group.
The Clarington Community Liaison Group (CLG) appreciates the
support you have shown for Opting for Cooperation regarding the
siting process for the low-level radioactive waste currently
located at the Port Granby lakefront site. The members
appreciate the confidence shown in them through your Resolution
of November 23, 1994 and thank you for it.
At this point I would like to update you further on the
process :
1 . Deep River is still in the process . After some difficulties
and the resignation of the. Deep River CLG members, the
process is continuing there with staff from the Siting Task
Force Secretariat keeping the people informed.
2 . Port Hope, by Resolution of the previous Council, opted to
become a potential volunteer community. Three options are
being examined, two of which involve deep cavern disposal .
3 . The Clarington CLG now has information and/or reports on the
following topics:
• Waste Characteristics
• Health Studies
• Off-Site Soil Sampling
• Remedial Action Plan (Dig-up and Move)
• Site-Specific Clean-up Criteria
• Costing of Clean-up Alternatives
• Short-Haul Transportation
• Long-Haul Transportation
• Options for Site Selection in Port Hope
Public , meetings are planned to be held in Newtonville in
February and March. These will be advertised in the local press.
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The Siting Task Force has suggested that, in order to reduce
the volume of contaminated soil to be moved, we look carefully at
the possibility of removing only the primary and secondary
wastes, leaving behind the marginally contaminated soils . To
clean-up these marginally contaminated soils in situ, there are
several alternatives to be considered, e.g. soil washing.
In order to leave the marginally contaminated soil the STF
recommended clean-up _level for arsenic is 30 ppm, on average, for
the site. However, it has been the position of the Clarington
CLG to recoirumend clean-up criteria parallel to the OTR98 of 11-17
ppm. For your information, the Ministry of Environment and
Energy (MOEE) clean-up guideline for arsenic is 20-25 ppm. The
natural background level for Port Granby is 1-2 ppm. The average
concentration for orchards is 50 ppm.
There are a numnber of other contaminants to consider, but
arsenic has been used as a example for the purpose of this
presentation, because it has the tendency to travel the fastest
and the furthest in the soil thereby contaminating the native
soils .
At this time we ask for your guidance and direction
regarding the above mentioned suggestions from the Siting Task
Force.
As always, as Chairman of the Clarington Community Liaison
Group, I appreciate the opportunity to address you on this
important question of a safe, healthy environment. The CLG is
willing to discuss this matter at your request.
John Veldhuis
%airman
Clarington
Community Liaison Group
wliereas it is in the best interests of the Potential, Volunteer
Communities "PVC" (the Towns of beep River and Port Hope) , that
the volume of Low Leve. Radioactive Wastes (L.L.R, W. ) to be
transported and disposed of ;in their communities loe reduced
wherever possible;
A14D WHEREAS the Source Communities (the Municipality of Clarington
And the Township of Mope) wish to cooperate with and assist the
FIC 1 s;
A,4D WHEREAS the Siting Task Force has asked the Source Communities
to consider keeping L.L.R.W. which they have categorized as
Marginally Contaminated soils;
AND WHEREAS before the Source Communities can properly consider the
request, they must knows
1) If the Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy will
permit the Marginally Contaminated Soils to be disposed
of at, a Provincially licensed waste disposal site, or to
be located at an unlicensed site whose future use would
be for recreational purposes;
2) If the Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB) wdll agree to
allow Marginally Contaminated Soils to be located at a
decommissioned L.L.R.W, storage site whose future use
would be for re3creational. purposes;
AND WHEREAS the PVC's must be able to properly inform their
residents as to whether or not they will be expected to accommodate
the considerable} volume of Marginally Contaminated SiAls, before
any public referendum takes place;
HOW THEREFORE be it resolved that this Council petition the Siting
!Cask Force to provide written confirmation from the Ontario
ministry of Environment and Energy and the AECB as to what, if any,
iaf the Marginally Contaminated Soils currently located at the Port
42'ranby and Welcome L.L.R.W. sites can:
a) be safely used as sub-soil at a commun3.ty park or
recreation area, or;
b) be accepted by a Provincially licensed waste facility for
_ industrial waste.
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