12.          WASTE SERVICES (CA) INC. LEACHATE PIPELINE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT and Leachate Discharge Agreement

 

CONCLUSION AVEC WASTE MANAGEMENT (CA) INC. D’UN ACCORD DE CONCESSION CONCERNANT UNE CONDUITE DE LIXIVIAT ET D’UN ACCORD SUR L’ÉVACUATION DE LIXIVIAT

 

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

 

That Council approve:

 

1.                  The granting of a License of Occupation to Waste Services (CA) Inc. permitting the construction, operation and maintenance of a leachate forcemain from the Waste Services (CA) Inc. Landfill Site located on Navan Road between Page Road and Mer Bleue Road in form satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager Public Works and Services.

 

2.                  The entering into a Leachate Agreement with Waste Services (CA) Inc to allow Waste Services (CA) Inc. to dispose site leachate from the Navan Road Landfill into the City’s sanitary sewer system in form satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager Public Works and Services.

 

3.         That the agreement with Waste Services (CA) Inc. ensure that the information gathered in the monitoring and reporting program to be submitted to the Deputy City Manager Public Works and Services, specifically:

 

a)         the quality and quantity of the leachate and compliance with the City Sewer Use By-law; and

 

b)         the on-line atmospheric monitoring data and the chemical analysis data be made available to City Council and the public through interim and annual reports.

 

 

RECOMMENDATIONS MODIFIÉES DU COMITÉ

 

Que le Conseil approuve:


 

1.                  Octroi d’un permis d’occupation à Waste Services (CA) Inc. afin de permettre la construction, l’exploitation et l’entretien d’une conduite de refoulement pour lixiviat devant relier la décharge de Waste Services (CA) Inc., située sur le chemin Navan, entre les chemins Pagé et Mer Bleue, et ce, d’une manière qui donne satisfaction à la fois au chef du contentieux et au directeur municipal adjoint des Services et Travaux publics.

 

2.                  La conclusion d’un accord sur le lixiviat avec Waste Services (CA) Inc. afin de permettre à cette entreprise d’évacuer le lixiviat provenant de la décharge du chemin Navan dans le réseau d’égouts séparatifs de la Ville, et ce, d’une manière qui donne satisfaction à la fois au chef du contentieux et au directeur municipal adjoint des Services et Travaux publics.

 

3.         Que l’accord conclu avec Waste Services (CA) Inc. garantisse que l’information recueillie dans le cadre du programme de suivi et de communication de rapports soit présentée au directeur municipal adjoint des Services et Travaux publics, en ce qui a trait plus particulièrement :

 

a)         à la qualité et à la quantité du lixiviat et la conformité avec le Règlement municipal sur les égouts; et

 

b)         aux données en ligne sur l’observation atmosphérique et les analyses chimiques, qui devront être mises à la disposition du Conseil municipal et de la population au moyen de rapports annuels et provisoires.

 

 

 

 

DOCUMENTATION

 

1.      Public Works and Services, Deputy City Manager’s report dated
3 October 2006 (ACS2006-PWS-INF-0007).

 

2.      Extract of Draft Minute, 17 October 2006 to be distributed prior to Council.

 


Report to/Rapport au:

 

Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee

Comité des services organisationels et du développement économique

 

and Council / et au Conseil

 

3 October 2006/le 3 octobre 2006

 

Submitted by/Soumis par:  R.G. Hewitt, P.Eng

Deputy City Manager/ Directeur municipal adjoint

Public Works and Services/Services et Travaux Publics

 

Contact Person/Personne ressource :

W.R. Newell, P.Eng., Acting Director, Infrastructure Services/

Directeur intérimaire, Services d'infrastructure

(613) 580-2424 x21268, Wayne.Newell@ottawa.ca

 

Ward 2 (Innes) and Ward 19 (Cumberland)

Ref N°: ACS2006-PWS-INF-0007

 

 

SUBJECT:     WASTE SERVICES (CA) INC. LEACHATE PIPELINE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT and Leachate Discharge Agreement

 

OBJET :         CONCLUSION AVEC WASTE MANAGEMENT (CA) INC. D’UN ACCORD DE CONCESSION CONCERNANT UNE CONDUITE DE LIXIVIAT ET D’UN ACCORD SUR L’ÉVACUATION DE LIXIVIAT

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee recommend that Council approve:

 

  1. The granting of a License of Occupation to Waste Services (CA) Inc. permitting the construction, operation and maintenance of a leachate forcemain from the Waste Services (CA) Inc. Landfill Site located on Navan Road between Pagé Road and Mer Bleue Road in form satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager Public Works and Services.

 

2.      The entering into a Leachate Agreement with Waste Services (CA) Inc to allow Waste Services (CA) Inc. to dispose site leachate from the Navan Road Landfill into the City’s sanitary sewer system in form satisfactory to the City Solicitor and the Deputy City Manager Public Works and Services.

 

 

 

RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité des services organisationnels et du développement économique recommande au Conseil d’approuver:

 

  1. L’octroi d’un permis d’occupation à Waste Services (CA) Inc. afin de permettre la construction, l’exploitation et l’entretien d’une conduite de refoulement pour lixiviat devant relier la décharge de Waste Services (CA) Inc., située sur le chemin Navan, entre les chemins Pagé et Mer Bleue, et ce, d’une manière qui donne satisfaction à la fois au chef du contentieux et au directeur municipal adjoint des Services et Travaux publics.

 

2.      La conclusion d’un accord sur le lixiviat avec Waste Services (CA) Inc. afin de permettre à cette entreprise d’évacuer le lixiviat provenant de la décharge du chemin Navan dans le réseau d’égouts séparatifs de la Ville, et ce, d’une manière qui donne satisfaction à la fois au chef du contentieux et au directeur municipal adjoint des Services et Travaux publics.

 

 

BACKGROUND

 

Waste Services (CA) Inc. (WSI) is the owner and operator of the Navan Road Landfill Site on Navan Road between Pagé Road and Mer Bleue Road.  The landfill has been in operation since the 1960's and receives solid non-hazardous industrial, commercial, institutional and dry domestic waste from within the City of Ottawa, recycling from eastern Ontario/Outaouais and composting from Ontario/Quebec.

 

Leachate from the Navan Landfill site has been transported by tanker truck to the Robert O. Pickard Environmental Centre (ROPEC) for wastewater treatment since 1997.  In 1999, a long-term leachate management plan was prepared by Huneault (former site owner) which called for the continued disposal of leachate to ROPEC.  WSI have continued to haul leachate to ROPEC to date.

 

Construction of the Forest Valley Pump Station and gravity sanitary sewers on Renaud Road and Pagé Road has recently been completed.  This has provided an opportunity to discharge the leachate to the City’s sewer system via a forcemain from the WSI Landfill Site (Document 1).

 

For some time the community surrounding the landfill site has expressed concerns with the number of tanker trucks travelling on Navan Road.  The construction of the leachate forcemain would remove the need for tanker trucks.  Construction of a forcemain is intended to deal with current conditions and does not imply support or approval for expansion to the landfill site.

 

The connection to the City sewer system is in accordance with the Master Plan for the current Landfill and the Water Management Systems Report (1998 Revisions Leachate Management) prepared by Castonguay Technologies Inc. for WSI.

 

DISCUSSION

 

To allow the construction, operation and maintenance of the forcemain, WSI will be required to enter into two agreements with the City as follows:

 

Licence of Occupation

 

The Licence of Occupation sets out the terms and conditions for the construction, operation and maintenance of the privately-owned forcemain within the City's municipal right-of-way, namely Navan Road and Renaud Road.

 

The forcemain to be constructed and owned by WSI is solely to service the existing landfill site.  The agreement sets forth that no other connections will be permitted to the leachate pipe.  The proposed Licence of Occupation Agrement provides for the following:

 

  1. All approvals required for the construction and operation of the leachate forcemain shall be obtained by and shall be at the sole cost of WSI.  WSI shall certify to the City that all approvals by other agencies for the construction and operation of the leachate forcemain have been obtained.

 

  1. The design and construction of the leachate forcemain shall be done by and at the sole cost of WSI.

 

  1. WSI shall deposit with the City of Ottawa a Letter of Credit to ensure the proper construction of the pipe and the operation and maintenance of the forcemain.

 

  1. WSI shall provide the City with a contingency plan addressing emergency response, spill response and clean-up, odour response and leachate disposal during shut down of the Pre-Treatment / Pumping Station and Forcemain.

 

  1. WSI shall conduct on an annual basis during the term of this Agreement a pressure test to verify the integrity of the forcemain and deliver to the Deputy City Manager of Public Works and Services a report detailing the results.

 

  1. The City may, at any time shut down the discharge of leachate due to a lack of downstream capacity or non-compliance with other agreements.

 

Leachate Agreement

 

The Leachate Agreement defines the quantity and quality of the leachate being discharged from the site into the City's sewer system.  The agreement will be for a one-year term, with provision for renewal on an annual basis.

 

 

The maximum quantity and discharge rates of leachate by WSI from the Landfill Site will be stipulated in the agreement and is required to address existing site requirements only.  The agreement will not include any provisions for expansion of the site.

 

Included in the Agreement are requirements for the monitoring of the discharge at established frequencies and at an agreed upon location.  The monitoring protocol will be clearly set out in the Agreement and will include the protocols to be followed in the case of a system failure or shutdown.  All costs for testing and monitoring, including the calibration of monitoring equipment to the satisfaction of the Deputy City Manager for Public Works and Services, shall be borne by WSI.

 

The conditions imposed on WSI for the discharge into the City of Ottawa sewer system may be reassessed and modified by the Deputy City Manager of Public Works and Services from time to time.  The Leachate Agreement contains contingency plans for the aceptance of leachate by tanker truck to ROPEC in the event the forcemain is shutdown for a period in excess of 72 hours. Conditions for the hauling and dischage to ROPEC, including the quality parameters and fees to be paid, will be included in the Agreement.

 

 

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The forcemain will be constructed of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) with pipe joints that are butt-fused to eliminate open joints.

 

All properties abutting the forcemain are serviced by municipal water

 

WSI will be required to conduct on an annual basis during the term of this Agreement a pressure test to verify the integrity of the forcemain.

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

There have been a number of Public Meetings surrounding the WSI Landfill Site.  On 02 June 2005, WSI held an Open House at the Notre Dame des Champs Recreation Centre.  WSI distributed notices throughout the Notre Dame des Champs community and posted signs at the WSI office on Navan Road two weeks in advance of the meeting.  The proposed route for the forcemain along Navan Road was posted for review at the Open House.  The only comments received were related to the potential hook up to future gravity sanitary sewers.

 

The proposed forcemain was again discussed at an Open House held by the Friends of Mer Bleu in early 2006.  Presentations were made by representatives of the Ministry of the Environment and the City of Ottawa, among others.  There were no comments received in opposition to the forcemain. Comments were received regarding the ongoing impacts of tanker trucks hauling leachate.

 

 

While the community has expressed concerns with expansion plans to the landfill site, it has supported the construction of the forcemain since this is required to service the existing site and will have the benefit of removing the leachate tanker trucks.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

WSI will pay a fee for the discharge of the leachate into the City's sewer system.  It will include a fee for the water from a separate source and, where applicable, a fee for treatable parameters identified in Schedule "A" to the agreement yielding the highest discharge fee based on a minimum of seven (7) monitoring days, as determined by the Deputy City Manager for Public Works and Services.

 

WSI will also be required to pay an annual fee of $7,400 for the use of the public right-of-way.

 

 

ATTACHMENTS

 

Document 1 – Site Plan

 

 

DISPOSITION

 

Legal Services Branch will finalize the License of Occupation and Leachate Agreements.

 

Infrastructure Services Branch will administer the License of Occupation.

 

Utility Services Branch will administer the Leachate Agreement.

 


Document 1 – Site Plan