Site 00024308 - Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory-slag piles and other APECs

  • Status

    Remediation / risk management completed. No further action required.

  • Site Status

    Closed

  • Classification

    High Priority for Action

Site Details

Site Location

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  • Latitude, Longitude

    49.308438, -119.642214

  • Municipality

    Okanagan-Similkameen I, BC

  • Federal Electoral District

    South Okanagan--West Kootenay

Site Management Strategy

  • Assessment

Contaminant Details

Contamination Estimate

  • Cubic Meters

    2,400

The following contaminated media was identified on the site:

Contaminant Type Medium Type
PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) Soil
Metal, metalloid, and organometallic Groundwater
Metal, metalloid, and organometallic Soil
PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyl) and PCDD/Fs (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin/dibenzofuran) Soil
Other Physical/Chemical (pH, temperature, dissolved solids, turbidity, etc.) Soil

Action Plan

No further action required. A Phase II Environmental Site Assessment was completed in 2010-2011 and further sampling carried out in 2014 to investigate areas of potential environmental concern. A Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment was completed and updated between 2014 and 2016. In 2017 and 2018, a soil remediation project was completed to address an outstanding area of soil contamination. Confirmatory sampling indicated that remediation objectives were met, and no further action was recommended. As such the monitoring wells were decommissioned in 2018-19 and the site file was closed. The site will continue to be used for research.

Population

This table contains the population estimates at distances around the site.

Radius Population
1 km10
5 km552
10 km5,131
25 km62,530
50 km92,882

Summary of Annually Reported Data

Total Expenditures

  • Assessment

    $62,106.67

  • Remediation

    $252,229.62

FCSAP Expenditures

  • Assessment

    $62,106.67

  • Remediation

    $157,752.00

Financial/Annual Information

2017-2018click to collapse contents 

2017-2018

  • Reporting Organization

    National Research Council Canada

  • Internal Identifier

    Penticton-Slag piles and other APECs

  • Highest Step Completed

    08 Implement Remediation/Risk Management Strategy

  • Total Assessment Expenditure

    $0.00

  • Total Remediation Expenditure

    $19,720.93

  • Total Monitoring Expenditure

    $0.00

  • FCSAP Assessment Expenditure

    $0.00

  • FCSAP Remediation Expenditure

    $0.00

  • FCSAP Monitoring Expenditure

    $0.00

  • Actual Cubic Meters Remediated

    0 m3

  • Actual Hectares Remediated

    0 ha

  • Actual Tons Remediated

    0 t

  • Closed

    Yes

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