Municipality of the District of Lunenburg - Riverport School Property Remediation

completed

Closed

The project consists of remediation of the former Riverport School Property. The scope of the work involves the remediation of the contaminants found on the former school site. The project aims to improve the quality of the soil on the former school property site. In 2011, the Riverport District Consolidated Elementary School, located at 3176 Highway 332, Riverport, Nova Scotia was closed by the South Shore Regional School Board and responsibility for the property was transferred to the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg (MODL). On March 5, 2014, a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) test pit revealed petroleum hydrocarbon contamination on the west side of the building that exceeded the Nova Scotia Environment’s Tier 1 Environmental Quality Standards for a potable commercial site (water to be withdrawn from wells located on site). In the fall of 2014, MODL completed a Phase II ESA and in the fall of 2015, a Phase III ESA to determine the extent of the soil and groundwater contamination on the property. These assessments confirmed petroleum hydrocarbon impacts in the soil and in the groundwater. A Regulated Materials Survey found asbestos, lead paint and PCBs within the building to an extent that remediation of the building is not financially feasible given there is no use for the facility. Nova Scotia Environment requires a remediation of the property. MODL has not meet the October 8, 2018 deadline for remediation, but expects that a grant under this program will provide the necessary resources to complete this environmental remediation project.

Canada

Infrastructure Canada

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Oil and Gas, Road, Commercial, Government