June 14 , 2018 Annual General Meeting

1. Update on the Taggart Miller CRRRC Project June 14, 2018Annual General Meeting Dump the Dump Now Campaign

2. Gateway to Russell - Boundary Rd at Hwy 417

3. No need for another landfill in the Ottawa area City of Ottawa generates 1.3 million tonnes of waste per year and recycles 25% - leaving 975 k tonnes to be disposed in a landfill. Capacity/year Carp Rd 400 k tonnes/yrNavan Rd 350 k tonnes/yr Springhill 100 k tonnes/yr Trail Rd 550 k tonnes/yrLafleche 750 k tonnes/yr _______________________ Total 2,150 k tonnes/yr Taggart Miller landfill will add another 450 k tonnes/yr capacity!

4. Active landfills within the Ottawa City limits

5. MOECC Minister’s Decision 5 June 2017

6. MOECC Notice of Approval - Conditions Preparing a Compliance Monitoring Program and Complaints Protocol and submitting annual compliance reports to the Ministry. Maintaining a Community Liaison Committee to address public concerns. Preparing plans for dust management, odour abatement, and leachate management to be submitted with the application for an Environmental Compliance Approval. Ensuring protection from severe storms in the stormwater management system design.

7. MOECC Conditions Studying the feasibility of using the collected landfill gas for beneficial uses (electricity or heat generation) rather than flaring off the gas.Reporting on the commitments made in the Waste Diversion protocol, as well as ensuring the waste diversion components at the site are operational before accepting residual waste at the landfill component of the CRRRC. Including facilities for: C&D waste processing, materials recovery, organics processing, compost processing and contaminated soil treatment and surplus soil stockpiles. Completing an annual inspection to ensure all landfill components are in working order, and inspecting the site within 24 h and reporting to the District Office within 5 days of a seismic occurrence.

8. MOECC Conditions Consult with Ministry of Transportation on intersection improvements at access location off Boundary Rd. (left turning lane into the site) and on-site queuing of sufficient capacity to avoid truck queueing on Boundary Rd.If within 5 years of the date of approval, the proponent has not commenced construction then the proponent shall undertake a review of the Environmental Assessment (EA) to ensure the anticipated effects and associated mitigation measures set out in the original EA are still accurate and identify any changes.

9. Taggart Miller - Waste Diversion Protocol • Since there are no provincial requirements for diverting IC&I and C&D waste: • TM will work with waste generators and haulers to promote source separation by workshops and financial incentives, • Work with MOECC and OWMA to promote diversion over disposal, • Build a C&D processing facility – diversion target is 70% • Mixed waste with over 50% organics will be sent to the organics facility – diversion target is 70% • Build a Material Recovery Facility - CRRRC website claims 43-57% diversion.

10. Fall 2017 Taggart Miller Set up aCRRRC Community Liaison Committee Ranier Bloess - Chair - Former Ottawa Councillor Michelle Taggart - Manager in the Taggart Group Denis Goulet - Vice President and General Manager of Miller Group Cindy Saucier - Russell Township Councillor, Chair of Township Environment Committee Kim Sheldrick - from Vernon and member of the Springhill Landfill Advisory Committee Denis Labrèche - President - Carlsbad Springs Community Association Gary Larocque - President - Vars Community Association Michael Patrick - businessman from OttawaCharles Armstrong - CESA-EO, Member Township Environment Committee

11. Taggart Miller Applies for Amendments to City’s Official Plan and Zoning By-law 17 Oct 2017 Community Information Session at Carlsbad Community Centre 7 Dec 2017 Traffic Congestion Human Health Risk Study

12. Taggart Miller’s Response “We were NOT asked to do a Human Health Risk Analysis by the MOECC as it was not included in the Terms of Reference”. “The MOECC has their own criteria that goes above and beyond a human health impact study” “Our explanation of how we were keeping pollutants from leaving the site in the surface water, groundwater and air was acceptable to the MOECC!”

13. Russell Township’s Response Mayor Pierre Leroux after the 7 Dec meeting he and Councillors Saucier and Brisson attended: “Not our problem! ”

14. CESA-EO and CRCCPE Issues • No human health risk study from polluted surface water, groundwater, and polluted air moving off site, • No offsite monitoring of pollutants other than for dust particles, • Question the handling of the leachate, • Question the handling of green house gas emissions, • Traffic congestion at Boundary Rd and Hwy 417.

15. Experience at the Carp Road dump Groundwater contamination Air pollution evidenced by odours

16. Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (ARAC) 5 Apr 2018 Presentations by: Anne Schibli Harry Baker Dr. Bob Spasoff Charles Armstrong Dr. Gerry Heymans Marc Ryan Laurie McCannell Gilles Bérubé

17. Human Health Risk raised during the Environmental Assessment Our experts Arcadis SENES stated: “The EA lacks a Human Health Risk Assessment which would have assessed the effects of changes to air quality, water quality and several social factors on human health indicators.” We disputed the City's claim that public health issues were fully addressed and satisfied in the MOECC’s EA process. We maintain that the computer modelling of movement of air pollutants is NOT sufficient and must be proven by off site monitoring.

18. Studies of Human Health Risk around landfills Several recent human health studies (in Montreal, Great Britain and Italy) have shown that airborne volatile organic compounds from landfills impact human respiratory health, especially in children, and there is a high incidence of cancer among persons living at a distance up to at least 5 km from the site.

19. One would assume that negative human health impacts extend beyond this limit, particularly in the prevailing wind directions. Wind at Ottawa Airport

20. City of Ottawa Official Plan Guidelines state: “Good air quality is critical to maintaining environmental and human health” “Protecting and improving and restoring the quality and quantity of groundwater is an environmental and public health issue.”

21. We asked the City to require Taggart Miller to undertake: 1.   A comprehensive human health risk assessment, similar to that being done by Walker Environmental Group for their proposed landfill at Ingersoll in Oxford County, Ontario. 2.   A continuing and comprehensive monitoring plan to detect any known threats to human health both, during the operations phase and the post-closure phase of the landfill to ensure any mitigation measures are initiated in a timely manner; and 3.   Development of contingency plans to reasonably address the risks identified in the human health impact study.

22. Our calls for a Human Health Risk AssessmentRemain Outstanding We did not ask the City to overturn, override or otherwise suspend the EA approval. We know the City has no legal authority to do so! We asked the City to independently and appropriately exercise its own jurisdiction under the Planning Act, and to ensure that the City's land use planning decisions in this matter are consistent with all applicable policies of the Provincial Policy Statement and conforms with the requirements of the current Official Plan. 

23. City of Ottawa’s Response City lawyer – The City has no jurisdiction to require a human health risk analysis after the MOECC approval. Ottawa Public Health – We are short staffed and we rely on experts from the MOECC. We are satisfied with the monitoring plans. ARAC Councillors – Province should give municipalities the authority to regulate IC&I and CD waste. They approve the landfills and we are left dealing with the complaints!

24. Ottawa Council Approved Amendments as Recommended by ARAC11 Apr 2018

25. CESA-EO and CRCCPE decided to file an appeal through Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) 10 April 2018 LPAT replaced the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) on 3 April 2018. The new tribunal will no longer hear verbal expert evidence or provide for cross-examination. Expert planning evidence will be presented for consideration through written witness statement prepared by professional planners and other technical experts. In the case of appeals involving Official Plans or Zoning By-laws, the LPAT will only be able to overturn a matter if the tribunal determines that the municipal decision is inconsistent with provincial policies and municipal plans.

26. CESA-EO and CRCCPE approached the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) Richard Lindgren and CELA represented us during the MOECC Environmental Assessment. Response: “We cannot take on your case on short notice due to our limited capacity!”

27. CESA-EO and CRCCPE hired a private lawyer and filed an appeal through LPAT on 30 Apr 2018 Paul A. Webber

28. The Appeal Case • The City was required to amend its Official Plan based on changes to the • Ontario Planning Act by Bill 139 (effective 12 Dec 2017) to contain policies that identify goals to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and to provide for adaptation to a changing climate. The City did not update it’s Official Plan • and the relevant portions of Bill 139 came into effect on 3 April 2018 . • Protection of public health and safety is identified in the Planning Act and the • Ottawa Official Plan notes that human health and safety may be affected by solid waste disposal sites and requires environmental monitoring and a risk assessment. • 3. The City approved the amendment to the Official Plan to accommodate Taggart Miller 8 days after LPAT replaced the OMB restricting our right to an OMB formal hearing. A breach of natural justice.

29. Next steps Municipality to submit written and electronic record (files, reports emails) . (submitted 15 May 2018) LPAT preliminary screening. Issues a decision that appeal is valid or not. This is called Screening Issue Date, SID. (No specific time for when it must issue). Within 20 days of SID, we have to complete our Appeal Record and Case Synopsis. Any time after SID, LPAT may convene a mandatory case conference, a face to face session (or teleconference, perhaps) to scope the case. (75 days notice is required) LPAT could fix the hearing date, (60 days notice is required).

30. If our appeal is deemed valid…? We are asking our lawyer for an estimate of what this might cost and will not proceed further without the funds.

31. Large Distribution Centre 5371 Boundary Rd. Hwy 417 Boundary Rd

32. Amazon Distribution Centre

33. Honouring two colleagues that passed away! Dr. Joe Wallach1940-2017 Dr. Robert Boudreau1954-2018

34. Dr. Joe Wallach

35. North Russell Faults Interpreted North Russell faults that explain topographical features like Cholowski Hill. The proponents supressed this information and MOECC sided with them.

36. We need your support!