Land Remediation

Protocols

Recommended Guidance and Checklist for Tier 1 Ecological Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites in British Columbia

2.2.1 Site location

2.2.2 Site use

2.2.3 Site description

a) Name of person(s) completing this checklist, company affiliation, address, telephone and facsimile number. Attach additional pages, as needed.

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b) Name of site owner, company affiliation, address, telephone and facsimile number. Attach additional pages, as needed.

c) Describe the history of use and contamination on the site in question. Please list any previous studies done on the site. Attach additional pages, as needed.

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d) Why is this risk assessment being performed? Attach additional pages, as needed.

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2.2.1 Site location

2.2.2 Site use

Current use of the site:

Industrial Commercial Residential Urban Park Agricultural

Describe (e.g., gas station, shopping mall, subdivision, park, dairy farm):

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Proposed use of the site:

Industrial Commercial Residential Urban Park Agricultural

Will the proposed development include buildings?

yes no

If yes: how many? _______________________

Covering what percent of the site? ___________________

Will they be new or existing buildings or both ?

Describe proposed development: (e.g., gas station, shopping mall, subdivision, park, dairy farm):

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Attach a map of the proposed development, including blueprints of any proposed buildings, parking lots, and vegetation (landscaping).

Map attached

2.2.3 Site description

Size of the site (in hectares): ___________________________________________

Does the site have buildings on it? yes no

If yes, how many? ____________

Covering what percent of the site? ______________%

Is the site paved? yes no

If yes, what percent of the site is paved? ___________%

Is the land sloped or flat ?

If sloped: what percent of the land is sloped?____________%

Which direction does the slope face (the slope aspect)? _________________________________________

Are there plants on the site? yes no

If yes, are there: trees yes no how many: _____________________

bushes yes no how many: _____________________

grass yes no how many: ____________________

Are there any ditches, sloughs, lagoons, streams, rivers, or lakes on the site?

yes no

If yes, please name and/or describe them (attach additional sheets if needed):

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Are there any streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries, oceans or other water bodies adjacent to the site?

yes no

If yes, please name and/or describe them. Include distance from the site to the waterbody (Attach additional sheets if needed.): ______________________________________________________________

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Draw and attach a map (i.e., site description) or schematic drawing of the site, including all buildings, parking lots, and trees, shrubs, grass, and other vegetation on the site. Include any body of water that is on or next to the site.

Attach aerial and ground photos of the site, if available.

Does the site cover an extensive geographic area and comprise several individual properties? Are many of these individual properties likely to be determined by the manager to be contaminated?

Yes. The site is a Wide Area Site, which is a Tier 3 EcoRA and is beyond the scope of this checklist. Contact BCE for further guidance.

No. Continue with the checklist below.

If the proposed use of the site is

Industrial - go to Section 3

Commercial - go to Section 4

Residential - go to Section 5

Urban Park - go to Section 6

Agricultural - go to Section 7