THE MID CANADA LINE TECHNICAL ADVISORY TEAM and PROJECT UPDATE

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THE MID CANADA LINETECHNICAL ADVISORY TEAM and
PROJECT UPDATE

• Mid Canada Radar Sites PCBs, Human Health and
  Remediation
• Timmins, ON
• September 3rd and 4th, 2008

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Technical Advisory TeamWho They Are and What
They Do

• Assembly of First Nation and Ontario Government
  representatives
• Review technical documents and information
• Advice on TEK studies and review translations of
  summary documents
• Advice on communication with community from a
  community perspective, and utilize the most
  appropriate medium/strategy (radio, community
  channel, community meeting etc.)
• Develop recommendations for a Remediation
  Strategy and Environmental Clean Up Options

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Guiding Principals to Develop a Remediation
Strategy

• To protect human health.
• To protect the environment.
• To ensure public safety.
• To ensure compliance with legal and policy
  requirements.
• To ensure First Nation concerns are addressed in
  the planning and reclamation process (eg.
  TEK-Sabotowan).
• To outline realistic, cost effective options for
  site cleanup or mitigation of hazards.
• To keep Communities well informed

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Remediation Strategy

• Full remediation of all remaining sixteen (16)
  sites over six (6) years that includes removing
  hazardous waste, land filling non-hazardous
  waste/debris, demolition of all buildings and
  structures, on-site treatment of hydrocarbon
  contaminated soils and off-site treatment or
  disposal of other contaminated soils and debris.

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Examples of Waste

• Hazardous Waste
• Waste defined by legislation that poses a higher
  risk for public health and the environment and
  must be destroyed, provided the technology exists
  (eg. Higher level PCB soil)
• Non-hazardous Waste
• Waste defined by legislation that poses a lower
  risk and can be placed in an approved engineered
  landfill (e.g. clean steel, concrete etc.)
• Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils
• Can be treated using landfarming (e.g. soil
  contaminated with fuel oil)

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Remediation Standards

• Options for a Remediation Standard are based on
  Property Use and include
• Agriculture or Other Property Use (eg. PCB in
  soil gt0.5 ppm)
• Residential/Parkland/Institutional Property Use
  (eg. PCB in soil gt5 ppm)
• Industrial/Commerical/Community Property Use (eg.
  PCB in soil gt25 ppm)

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Project Remediation Standard

• Agriculture or Other Property Use (eg. PCB in
  soil gt0.5 ppm)
• The remediation standard will follow the Soil,
  Ground Water and Sediment Standards for Use Under
  Part XV.1 of the Environmental Protection Act
  March 9, 2004 Table 2 Full Depth Generic Site
  Condition Standard in a Potable Water Condition
  and the Agriculture or Other property use is
  consistent with the remediation strategy as this
  does nor limit future land use designations.

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• Relay - Site 06

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Map of Mid Canada Line Radar Sites in Ontario
17 sites in total
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Historic Site Photo
Relay Site 06
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Site Map
Relay Site 06
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Site Visit August 2007
Relay Site 06
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Site Visit August 2007
Relay Site 06
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• Kempis Mountain -Site 07

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Map of Mid Canada Line Radar Sites in Ontario
17 sites in total
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Aerial View
Kempis Mountain Site 07
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Floor Slab of Building
Kempis Mountain Site 07
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Southern Sites (060, 070)

• Hazardous Waste
• All hazardous waste by definition will be shipped
  off-site for treatment.
• Non-Hazardous Waste
• All non-hazardous waste will be treated and/or
  landfilled at an existing licensed facility
  capable of accepting this waste. On-site
  landfills are not required as these sites are
  readily assessable.

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• Site 415 at Cape Henrietta
• (includes site 416, 418 and 421)

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Map of Mid Canada Line Radar Sites in Ontario
17 sites in total
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Radar Dishes
Cape Henrietta Site 415
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Cape Henrietta Site 415
Site Field Work (Delineation) with MERC/MNR
Partnership July 2007
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Cape Henrietta Site 415
Site Field Work (Delineation) with MERC/MNR
Partnership July 2007
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Cape Henrietta Site 415
Site Field Work (Delineation) with MERC/MNR
Partnership July 2007
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Cape Henrietta Site 415
Site Field Work (Delineation) with MERC/MNR
Partnership July 2007
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• Winisk - Site 500
• (include sites 503, 506, 427 and 424)

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Map of Mid Canada Line Radar Sites in Ontario
17 sites in total
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Barrel Pile
Winisk Site 500
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Town Site
Winisk Site 500
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Airport Hanger and Air Traffic Control Tower
Winisk Site 500
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Northern Sites Winisk, Cape Henrietta Maria and
the seven (7) small Doppler Sites in Polar Bear
Provincial Park

• Hazardous Waste
• All hazardous waste by definition will be shipped
  off-site for treatment.
• Non Hazardous Waste
• Non-hazardous waste will be land filled at site
  415 and 500 (exceptions include low level pcb
  contaminated soils and asbestos shipped
  off-site). Hydrocarbon contaminated soils at
  sites where volumes exceed gt10 m3 will be treated
  at Site 500 and 415 (landfarming)

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Other Landfill Options Considered for Winisk and
Cape Henrietta Maria

• Landfills at all Sites
• Landfills at Site 415 and 500 only
• Landfill at Site 500 only
• No on-site landfills

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• Fort Albany Site 05
• Clean Up 2001

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Cleanup Program of 2001
Fort Albany Clean-up Site 05
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5,000 Tones of PCB Contaminated Soil was Removed
and Shipped to an Off Site Treatment Facility
Fort Albany Clean-up Site 05
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Transfer Loaded Containers to Awaiting Ship
Fort Albany Clean-up Site 05
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Sea Transport
Fort Albany Clean-up Site 05
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Loaded Truck En Route to Destruction Facility
Fort Albany Clean-up Site 05
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Debris Pile
Fort Albany Clean-up Site 05
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Construction of Engineered Landfill for Disposal
of Non-Hazardous Waste
Fort Albany Clean-up Site 05
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Construction of Engineered Landfill for Disposal
of Non-Hazardous Waste
Fort Albany Clean-up Site 05
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• Fort Severn Sites
• (Sites 509, 512, 515, 518 and 521)

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Map of Mid Canada Line Radar Sites in Ontario
17 sites in total
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Small Site
Small Sites
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Scattered Debris
Small Sites
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Fort Severn Sites
Road Mapping Project with Fort Severn/MNR
Partnership April 2007
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Fort Severn Sites
Road Mapping Project with Fort Severn/MNR
Partnership April 2007
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Fort Severn Sites
Road Mapping Project with Fort Severn/MNR
Partnership April 2007
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Northern Sites Fort Severn Sites 509 521
(Five Sites)

• Hazardous Waste
• All hazardous waste by definition will be shipped
  off-site for treatment.
• Non-Hazardous Waste
• All non-hazardous waste (including hydrocarbon
  contaminated soils gt10 m3) will be landfilled at
  an existing licensed facility capable of
  accepting this waste (eg. Fort Severn, Manitoba
  etc.)

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Project Schedule
may expedite Fort Severn Sites earlier in
project timelines
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Project Update Ontario/Canada Negotiations for
Cost Sharing

• 2005 March 2008
• MNR is directed to seek a cost sharing agreement
  with the federal government for a full clean up
  of all the Mid Canada Line radar sites that is
  expected to cost 85 - 100 Million
• March 2008 - MNR negotiates a final draft
  Contribution Agreement for federal funding agree
  to coordinate final approval early June
• March 2008 Present
• MNR receives approval from Ontario June 4th 2008
  to sign the Contribution Agreement with Canada
  and fund our of share project
• DND was not able to secure the federal
  government approval as scheduled in June 2008
  the item is to be considered in the fall
• Implications of a Federal election call are
  uncertain at this time

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Next Steps

• MNR (Ontario) to Sign Cost Sharing Agreement with
  DND (Canada) once negotiated cost sharing
  agreement is approved by Federal Government
• Complete the Requirements of the respective
  Provincial and Federal Environmental Assessment
  Processes
• Complete Agreements with key First Nation
  Communities

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Bruce Mighton (bruce.mighton_at_ontario.ca) Far
North Project Coordinator Ministry of Natural
Resources [phone] [phone]