EJQ2 - Fall 2024 - Journal - Page 18
NOW THAT THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY in
Ontario has gone through a few construction seasons with Ontario’s
Regulation 406/19 – On-site and Excess Soil Management in place, the
costs to ensure regulatory compliance are starting to be understood – and
they can be signi昀椀cant.
For local government entities dealing with limited public funds, the impact
on costs for program delivery cannot be overlooked. Review of the Excess
Soil Registry operated by Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority
(RPRA) suggests that most municipal infrastructure projects are not being
entered on the Registry. However, most projects have some form of excess
soil management activities included in the project, recorded by planning
documents such as Assessment of Past Uses (APU), Sampling and Analysis
Plan (SAP) and Soil Characterization and Report (SCR) with the geotechnical studies at the project design stages.
CUTLINE
For infrastructure projects, the contracts place
the preparation of the Excess Soil Destination
Assessment Report (ESDAR) and implementing
requirements for Soil Tracking on the contractors and their selected Quali昀椀ed Person (QP).
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
EXCESS SOIL REGISTRY
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