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Record of Site Condition

Protection from environmental cleanup orders for property owners is contingent upon documentation known as a record of site condition (RSC) being filed in the Environmental Site Registry. In order to file an RSC, the property must have been properly assessed and shown to meet the soil, sediment and groundwater standards appropriate for the use, such as residential, proposed to take place on the property. The Record of Site Condition Regulation (O. Reg. 153/04) details requirements related to site assessment and clean up.

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Record of Site Condition Regulation, Ontario Regulation 153/04

Ontario Regulation 153/04, which came into effect on October 1, 2004, details the requirements that property owners must meet in order to file a record of site condition. Two technical documents are referenced by this regulation, one providing applicable site condition standards, the other providing laboratory analytical protocols for the analysis of soil, sediment and ground water. Please note that the Record of Site Condition Regulation and the two technical documents replace the Guideline for Use at Contaminated Sites in Ontario.

Brownfields E-learning Training Opportunities

These interactive web-based training courses will give participants a chance to learn about new ministry business practices and requirements for the clean up of brownfields properties. The courses cover such subject matter as mandatory filing of records of site condition and submitting risk assessments. Individual course descriptions are available to review by following the above link.

7119e Technical Update Use of BIOCHLOR v.2.2 in risk assessments submitted under the Record of Site Condition Regulation (O. Reg. 153/04) PDF format
  Brownfields Risk Assessment FAQs (February 2008) PDF format
  Fact Sheet: Understanding Brownfield Standards HTML format
  Fact Sheet: Understanding Risk Assessment HTML format
3974e02 Technical Update: Laboratory Accreditation Requirements under the Record of Site Condition Regulation (O. Reg. 153/04) PDF format HTML format
6049e Technical Update: Environmentally Sensitive Areas: pH levels PDF format HTML format
6044e Technical Update: Equivalent Method Option for Analytical Testing of Brownfield Samples Regulated Under the Record of Site Condition – Part XV.1, Ontario Regulation 153/04 PDF format HTML format
5404e Procedures for the Use of Risk Assessment under Part XV.1 of the Environmental Protection Act PDF format  
4697e Soil, Ground Water and Sediment Standards for Use Under Part XV.1 of the Environmental Protection Act, March 9, 2004 PDF format HTML format
4696e Protocol for Analytical Methods Used in the Assessment of Properties under Part XV.1 of the Environmental Protection Act, March 9, 2004 PDF format HTML format
5448e Technical Update: Environmentally Sensitive Areas: Property within 30 metres of a water body PDF format HTML format
4704e Technical Update: Risk Assessment transition process

This document outlines the transition process for acknowledging Site Specific Risk Assessments (SSRA) under the Guideline for Use at Contaminates Sites in Ontario to accepting risk assessments under the Environmental Protection Act and the Record of Site Condition Regulation.

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4705e01 Technical Update: Risk Assessment Requirements Comparison of the 1996 Guideline and the New Record of Site Condition Regulation (153/04) 4705e01 PDF format  
3974e01 Technical Update: Laboratory Accreditation Requirements under the New Record of Site Condition Regulation (O. Reg. 153/04) 3974e01 PDF format HTML format
4882e Form# 1881e Application for Director's Permission to Use Alternate Analytical Methods PDF 1881e HTML 1881e
4706e Technical Update: Rationale for Site Condition Standards in O. Reg. 153/04 4705e01 PDF format  
4725e Technical Update: Preparation and submission of a Pre-Submission Form for a risk assessment to be submitted under the new Record of Site Condition Regulation (O. Reg. 153/04) 4725 PDF 4725e HTML
4726e Risk assessment pre-submission form (electronic version – 1.46 MB)
This form can be edited in Adobe.
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4726e Risk assessment pre-submission form (non-electronic version – 378 KB)
This form must be printed and completed by hand.
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Pre-Submission Form Explanation
PDF format explanation in HTML format
4728e Records of Site Condition: A guide on Site Assessment, the Cleanup of Brownfield Sites and the Filing of Records of Site Condition (2004)

This Guide describes the legislative and regulatory requirements for assessing the
environmental condition of a site, the cleanup of brownfield sites and the filing of records
of site condition in Ontario’s Environmental Site Registry. This Guide is intended to provide property owners, consultants (i.e. “qualified persons”), municipalities, building officials, the public and other interested parties with an overview of the new requirements under the Environmental Protection Act and other Acts. The Guide also describes the provisions concerning protection from liability from orders which apply (with certain provisions) to property owners who have filed a record of site condition and to municipalities, secured creditors and others who may need to undertake certain investigative or other actions related to brownfield sites.

4728e PDF  
Presentations to the brownfields webcast, September 15, 2004
Ontario’s Brownfields Legislation and Records of Site Condition Regulation (O. Reg. 153/04) powerpoint  
Records of Site Condition Regulation O. Reg. 153/04 Standards and Risk Assessment powerpoint  
Laboratory Accreditation Requirements under the New Record of Site Condition Regulation O. Reg. 153/04 powerpoint  
O. Reg. 153/04 – ESAs, RSCs, and Operational Matters powerpoint  
Webcast of MOE presentations on brownfields, September 15 2004    
Other Presentations
Presentations on risk assessment, Ontario Brownfield Knowledge Workshops, February 2006 powerpoint  


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Last Modified: Thursday November 05 2009