Government of Canada s Contaminated Sites Program

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1 Government of Canada s Contaminated Sites Program Environmental Services Association of Alberta Breakfast June 14, 2016 Jody Small Environment and Climate Change Canada & Edward Domijan Public Services and Procurement Canada

2 Overview FCSAP history, objectives and funding Focus and plans for FCSAP Phase III ( to ) Accomplishments to date (Phase I and II) FCSAP tools and guidance Bushell Public Port Facility Remediation Project, Saskatchewan, Transport Canada. Transport Canada Page 2 June-15-16

3 Federal Contaminated Sites Sites on lands owned or leased by the Gov t of Canada, or on non-federal lands where we have accepted full responsibility for the contamination. Result of past practices in government operations such as: Leaking fuel storage tanks, PCB spills, heavy metal contamination, etc. Typical locations: military bases, federal harbours, airports, lighthouses, firing ranges, FN lands, National Parks Result of past management of 3 rd party operations on federal Crown land North of 60: e.g. abandoned mines Iqaluit Metal Dump, NU Page 3 June-15-16

4 ECCC: Prairie & Northern Region & PSPC: Western Region Page 4 June-15-16

5 Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line Sites PCBs Metals Asbestos PHCs Solvents PIN-4, Nunavut (AANDC) Page 5 June-15-16

6 High Arctic Weather Stations abandoned) HAWS, photo court Mould Bay, NT ( esy: Frank Page 6 June-15-16

7 High Arctic Weather Stations PHCs Metals Dioxins &Furans VOCs Eureka (EC), Nunavut Page 7 June-15-16

8 Hydrometric Stations Hg Page 8 June-15-16

9 National Parks Wood Buffalo National Park, AB (PC) Metals (leachate) VOCs PHCs Salts DNAPL (rail ties, etc.) Grasslands National Park, SK (PC) Page 9 June-15-16

10 Dry Cleaning Facilities PERC Goodfish Lake drycleaning facility, Alberta (AANDC) Page 10 June-15-16

11 Abandoned Mines Giant Tundra Colomac Silverbear Properties Dozens of small properties All owned by AANDC Radioactive sites Port Radium, Rayrock, Sawmill Bay Gunnar Uranium Mine (share responsibility site) Page 11 June O Connor Lake, NWT (AANDC)

12 Pipeline Corridor Page 12 June-15-16

13 History of federal management 1989: CCME & Federal Government launch National Contaminated Sites Remediation Program, $250M, 45 sites remediated 1990: 5 year program launched, 325 sites assessed and 14 remediated 1995: Contaminated Sites Management Working Group established 2002: Auditor General and Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development criticised the action taken to reduce risks and financial liability at still existing federal contaminated sites. 2003: $175M over 2 years Page 13 June-15-16

14 FCSAP Overview Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan $4.5 B committed over 15 years to assist federal departments to manage contaminated sites* *cost share portion only 3 phases began in Currently in Phase III looking towards completion in 2020 Page 14 June-15-16

15 The Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) Program Objectives: Reduce environmental and human health risks from known federal contaminated sites and associated federal financial liabilities Ancillary benefits - employment, skills development, technology advancement 17 Federal departments ( custodians ) and 4 Expert Support departments (DFO, PSPC, ECCC, HC) Cost Share program (80 100% of expenditures covered by FCSAP, 0-20% by custodian department) Page 15 June-15-16

16 Funding Federal Budgets from 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2016 have committed $4.54B for the FCSAP program, including: $2.98B approved for Phase I and II ( to ) $1.56B approved for Phase III ( to ) $1.35B through Budget 2015 ( Phase III ) $217M *new* through Budget 2016 under the Federal Infrastructure Initiative ( Stimulus Funding or Infrastructure Funding ) or AIP 3 Total planned spending of $1.80B in Phase III with additional funding of $235M from cost share and existing Page 16 June-15-16

17 FCSAP Phase III ( to ) planned expenditures and activities Assessment Total Planned Spending ($M) # of sites Remediation Planned Spending ($M) # of sites # of sites closed after remediation Focus of assessment and remediation activities are on the highest priority sites Remediation and assessment activities are front-loaded to the first two years of Phase III as a result of Budget 2016 infrastructure funding Totals include AIP funding *157 sites in and 141 sites in are new Class 2 or Class 3 sites Page 17 June-15-16

18 Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory The FCSI is a list of all known and suspected federal contaminated sites maintained by Treasury Board Page 18 June-15-16

19 Highest Priority Sites Addresses First Federal sites are evaluated to determine their relative priority for clean-up Classes Class 1 : High Priority for Action Class 2: Medium Priority for Action Class 3: Low Priority Funding restricted in Phase II and III of the program for new Class 1 sites and ongoing Class 2 sites only Only sites contaminated prior to 1998 eligible Infrastructure funding allows for assessment and remediation regardless of classification and exempt of pre-1998 rule. Page 19 June-15-16

20 Number of Sites % of Total Liability Regional distribution of FCSI sites and liability in % Number of Active Sites on FSCI Number of active Class 1 or 2 sites % of total liability Territories have relatively fewer 40% sites but account for more than 30% 50% of current liability (due to their complexity & 20% size) 50% % 0 Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies British Columbia Territories 0% Page 20 June-15-16

21 Location of FCSAP Phase III assessment sites Page 21 June-15-16

22 Planned FCSAP Expenditures ($M) # of sites FCSAP Phase III assessment expenditures and activities by region Expenditures # of sites *Location of some sites has yet to be determined since departments are still prioritizing sites for remediation. Page 22 June-15-16

23 Planned FCSAP Expenditures ($M) # of sites FCSAP Phase III assessment expenditures and activities by custodian Expenditures # of sites Page 23 June-15-16

24 % Stimulus Assessment Funding (by Region) AR 2% QR 13% PYR/Pacific 30% OR 19% PNR/Western 36% Page 24 June-15-16

25 Prairie & Northern/Western Region Stimulus Assessment Funding Nunavut, $2,510,000 Alberta, $4,347,000 Manitoba, $761,500 Saskatchewan, $2,314,750 Page 25 June-15-16

26 New (stimulus) assessment sites in PNR/Western ~30 airport sites Landfills and infrastructure (schools, nursing stations) on FN land Landfills, operations infrastructure and community sites on military bases (i.e., schools, maintenance yards, public works buildings) Average planned spending for new assessment site (national): $121,220 Maximum: $1,000,000 (at one High Arctic Weather Station in Nunavut) Page 26 June-15-16

27 Location of FCSAP Phase III remediation sites Page 27 June-15-16

28 Planned FCSAP Expenditures ($M) # of sites FCSAP Phase III remediation expenditures and activities by province Expenditures # of sites *Location of some sites has yet to be determined since departments are still prioritizing sites for remediation. Page 28 June-15-16

29 Planned FCSAP Expenditures ($M) # of sites FCSAP Phase III remediation expenditures and activities by custodian Expenditures # of sites Page 29 June-15-16

30 % Stimulus Remediation Funding (by Region) OR 9% QR 12% AR 9% PYR/Pacific 48% PNR/Western 22% Page 30 June-15-16

31 Prairie & Northern Region Stimulus Remediation Funding Northwest Territories, $4,074,800 Nunavut, $6,700,000 Alberta, $2,971,176 Saskatchewan, $3,502,000 Manitoba, $16,862,747 Page 31 June-15-16

32 New (stimulus) remediation sites in PNR/Western Similar to assessment, but also includes many former service stations on federal land, community pastures, and maintenance yards and garages Average planned spending for new remediation sites (national): $457,600 $Maximum: $4.7M (Iqaluit Metal Dump) Page 32 June-15-16

33 Planned Spending by Year Assessment (Number of sites) $0 to 250K $250K to 500K $500K to 1M >$1M Remediation (Number of sites) $0 to 250K $250K to 1M $1M to 10M >$10M Page 33 June-15-16

34 Historical v. Planned FCSAP activities Assessment Phase I (6 yrs) Phase II (5 yrs) Phase III (4 yrs) Spending ($M) % annual spending increase - -69% 30% # of sites 9,431 1, Remediation Spending ($M) 1, , , % annual spending increase - 23% 60% # of sites 1, Annual spending in FCSAP Phase III will be much greater compared to previous Phases. Need to ensure that private sector is able to meet demand. Page 34 June-15-16

35 Number of sites in FCSI Status of Sites in the Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory from to ,000 20,000 15,000 *$ million, FCSAP assessment and remediation expenditures (incl. cost share) $192 $191 $219 $310 8% 12% 33% 32% 19% 28% 27% $373 $209 $222 $309 35% 47% 53% $270 59% 63% 14,429 sites are closed $168* 10,000 10% 35% 34% 5, % 32% 48% 42% 59% 56% 53% 38% 31% 31% 22% 29% 18% 27% 25% 14% 12% Pre-FCSAP ,785 sites remain active 2,606 sites where assessment not yet begun Suspected Active Closed Almost 90% of site expenditures in the FCSI are funded by FCSAP and related custodian cost share Suspected sites decreasing steadily as more assessments are completed Page 35 June

36 FCSAP Accomplishments to Date ( ) Better understanding of the size and extent of the federal contaminated sites problem (from 6200 to over 22,000 known and suspected sites) Assessment activity on 10,370 sites Remediation on 1,550 sites Completion of remediation on 790 sites Over 14,800 jobs created (person years of employment) Net liability increase of $2.55B for FCSAP sites Liability decrease of $1.93B due to remediation activities Liability increase of $4.48B from new assessment and adjustments of remediation cost estimates Page 36 June-15-16

37 From here to there Page 37 June-15-16

38 FCSAP Program Evolution Program has evolved significantly since inception: Focus shifted from gate-keeper role amongst Expert Support Departments to client-service based model Canada s Economic Action Plan (CEAP) Funding added ( ) and new Stimulus Funding in Phase III (Infrastructure, ) Creation of numerous Guidance Documents and Guidelines as well as Technical Training Emphasis on Risk Assessment, Sustainability, Site Closure, Long Term Monitoring Consistently low ratio of lapsed funding (90:10) and low overhead / administrative costs for program delivery relative to remediation funding Page 38 June-15-16

39 Challenges in future of Contaminated Sites FCSAP program sunsets in 2020 Identification of contaminated sites original funding envelope questioned by Auditor General Reports (2008) and confirmed by Golder Report (2013) to be too small Emerging contaminants continue to require research to understand detection and remediation (e.g., PFOS) Page 39 June-15-16

40 FCSAP Expert Support Guidance and Tools Dozens of Guidance Documents and tools for improved decision making and technical support have been published by Expert Support Departments. For example: Human Health Federal Contaminated Sites Risk Assessment in Canada (Parts I-V) Interim Advice to Federal Departments for the Management of Federal Contaminated Sites Containing PFOS *new Soil and Drinking Water Screening Values Updates and Interim Guidance for CCME Docs: Federal Interim Groundwater Quality Guidelines *new boron, cadmium, silver, PERC, TCM, methanol, glyphosate and tricholron Update to 1996 CCME Guidance and Spreadsheet on setting Site- Specific Soil Quality Tier 2 Remediation Objectives for Contaminated Sites Page 40 June-15-16

41 FCSAP Expert Support Guidance and Tools (cont) Risk Assessment Comprehensive Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance: Toxicity Testing Selection or Development of Site Specific Toxicity Reference Values Standardization of Wildlife Receptor Characteristics Causality Assessment Coming soon Defining Background Conditions and Using Background Concentrations (2016) Ecological Risk Assessments for Amphibians on Federal Contaminated Sites Default Wildlife Toxicity Reference Values for Use at FCSAP Sites Page 41 June-15-16

42 FCSAP Expert Support Guidance and Tools (cont) Aquatic Sediment Guidelines for PHCs (Risk-based ESLs) Framework for Addressing and Managing Aquatic Sites under FCSAP Monitored Natural Recovery Reference DOG (Database of Guildelines) ddf61935f02c Page 42 June-15-16

43 Project Management Tools Cost Management Guidance Tool Stakeholder Mapping Tool Sediment Remediation Conceptual Cost Estimation Tool SOW Templates (for ERA and others) Long Term Monitoring Planning Guidance GOST Decision Making Framework Sustainable Decision Support Tool Site Closure Tool and Tool for Risk Assessment Validation Page 43 June-15-16

44 For More Information FCSAP Web portal - Health Canada Environmental and Workplace Health - PWGSC Contaminated Site Remediation Projects Roadmap - Federal Contaminated Sites Inventory - Page 44 June-15-16

45 Thank You Questions? Jody Small Senior Contaminated Sites Coordinator Environment and Climate Change Canada United Keno Hill Mine, Yukon, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Edward Domijan Senior Environmental Engineer Public Services and Procurement Canada