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I have never understood why so many people think they can knowingly
buy a contaminated site and then force someone else to clean it up.
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General Chemical directors settle personal claim
This spring, the Environmental Review Tribunal approved a
multi-million dollar settlement between the Ministry of the
Environment and the officers and directors of General Chemical.
General Chemical famously declared bankruptcy, abandoning a badly
contaminated lagoon. Just before bankruptcy, General
Chemical’s lenders had put up the $3.5M financial assurance
the MOE demanded for the lagoon. When this [...] Related
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Phytoremediation of contaminated sites
There are an estimated 30,000 contaminated sites in Canada. These
include properties like former gas stations, factories, or rail
yards that are contaminated by heavy metals, organic compounds, or
other toxins. Redevelopment of these sites, which are
often found in prime downtown areas, is important to provincial and
local governments. Traditional remediation includes removal of
[...]
Contaminated sites: which cleanup standards?
More stringent cleanup standards for contaminated sites will come
into effect July 1, 2011, under 2009 amendments to Regulation
153/04. Â Some property owners with ongoing cleanups may
prefer to use the old numbers, i.e. the “March
9, 2004 Soil, Ground Water and Sediment Standardsâ€
(“2004 standardsâ€) to obtain a
record of site condition after July [...]
Court of Appeal overturns Berendsen
The most lasting impact of Berendsen may be Judge Seppi's trenchant
criticism of the MOE's standard-setting process, and its failure to
consider either cumulative effects or special sensitivities of some
species. Related posts:Berendsen still under appeal In response to
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New brownfields rules
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has quietly adopted
sweeping changes to the regulation of brownfields and other
contaminated sites. Some of the changes were extensively reviewed
with stakeholders during the past three years; others were
surprises: See the 87 pages of Regulation 511/09 at
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_040153_e.htm.
The most important change will be the new standards for [...]
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