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CANADA
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ST. LAWRENCE RIVER, ONTARIO
(This section includes Stage of RAP development, Beneficial Use Impairments and
their delisting targets,
and information on whether the AOC has been accurately mapped.)
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Stage of RAP Development:
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2
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Are electronic maps available that include the AOC's geographic boundaries
and associated sources of pollution?
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Yes
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Beneficial Use Impairments (BUI):
(The BUI will appear underlined if a delisting target has
been determined.
If underlined,
click on the BUI
to display the delisting target.)
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Restriction on Fish & Wildlife Consumption
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* When contaminant levels in fish from the AOC are the same as or less than
those in fish from the St. Lawrence river upstream of the Iroquois Dam or when
contaminant levels are below consumption guidelines in all fish of species
listed in the Guide to Eating Ontario Sportfish.
* When the commercial fishery in the AOC is no longer restricted due to toxic
contaminants from sources within the AOC.
* When there is no advisory in effect regarding consumption of snapping turtles
from the AOC.
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Degradation of Fish and Wildlife Population
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* Increase in relative abundance of American coot, least bittern, sort, redhead
and yellow perch breeding populations; sufficient to make the populations
sustainable. Minimum number of confirmed breeding pairs should be 25 for
Virginia rail and American coot; 10 for sort, redhead and least bittern.
* Presence of successfully reproducing osprey in the AOC for a minimum of 5
years.
* Adopt habitat and species targets from the Eastern Habitat Joint Venture 5
Counties Wetlands and Waterfowl Management Plan, once available.
* A return to the sustainable perch population and fishery of the late
1970's-early 1980s.
* For muskellunge, sturgeon, and walleye, the acceptance for implementation of
restoration plans by the responsible agencies.
* For tributary communities, the return of a fish community similar to typical
non-degraded streams along the St. Lawrence River (Hacek Creek).
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Degradation of Benthos
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When benthic community structure, diversity and abundance are comparable for
sites with similar habitat (sediment grain size, water velocity) in the AOC at
locations upstream and downstream of Cornwall industrial and municipal
discharges.
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Restrictions on Dredging Activities
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When appropriate technologies have been identified that will protect against
contamination of the river during dredging, transport and disposal of sediment
contaminated above the LEL.
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Restrictions on Drinking Water Consumption, or Taste & Odour
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When effective treatment is in place to remove the taste and odour problem in
Cornwall drinking water.
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Beach Closings
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When there have been no beach closures in the AOC for two consecutive years and
no reports of St. Lawrence River water in the AOC at concentrations exceeding
Provincial Water Quality Objectives (100 E. coli per 100 ml) at locations where
water is used for body contact recreation.
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Loss of Fish and Wildlife Habitat
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* No reduction in the number or total area of coastal wetlands.
* An increase in the biodiversity of coastal wetlands.
* Wetlands should comprise 7-10% or more of total tributary watershed.
* No loss in area, form or function of provincially significant wetlands.
* A forest cover of 30% in the AOC tributary watersheds.
* Restore forest diversity so that in each subwatershed, 5% (3700 ha) of the
forest cover is in mature or old-growth forest (generally trees over 120 years
old). An increase in area of mature native forest containing natural densities
of cavity trees, tip-up mounds and downed woody debris.
* Establishment in the AOC tributary watershed of forest blocks that are a
minimum of 1000 ha in contiguous area, which would represent 10% (7000 ha) of
the forest cover in the AOC and would overlap to some degree with those lands
with mature forest cover.
* 5% (10,000 ha) of the AOC tributary watershed to consist of forest cover in
which forest extends 200 m from the forest edge and has a core area with a
minimum size of 40 ha.
* Establishment of sufficient forested corridors connecting forested areas and
wetlands to make the natural heritage system in the AOC ecologically
sustainable.
* Revegetate (forest or other permanent vegetative cover) 100% of the riverine
shores with 5-30 m wide vegetated strips in each of the AOC tributary
subwatersheds.
* A net gain in Lake St. Francis of aquatic habitat capable of supporting a
biologically diverse fish community.
* Fish communities resemble (in community composition and abundance) those in
undegraded streams outside the AOC (there are no undegraded streams in the AOC).
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CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT
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Estimated remaining volume of contaminated sediment within the AOC:
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no information
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Remediation to Date
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Project Name:
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Amount Remediated:
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Remediation Cost:
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no information
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no information
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no information
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Planned Action Regarding Sediment Remediation
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Project Name:
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Amt. to be Remediated:
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Estimated Cost:
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Cornwall Sediment Strategy
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no information
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no information
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WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
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Improvements to Wastewater Infrastructure - Dollars Spent:
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Environment Canada
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$4,200,000
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Ontario
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$8,000,000
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Fly Creek stormwater retrofit
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no information
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Identified Future Costs for Wastewater Infra. - Dollars Needed:
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Upgrades to Cornwall Sewage Treatment Plant
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no information
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HABITAT
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Projects / Proposals / Costs:
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2 barriers to fish passage mitigated
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Most of the habitat creation projects along Cornwall waterfront are completed
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More than $2,000,000 spent on habitat projects
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OTHER SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
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Issues:
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Innovative tile drainage study underway
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Non-point source projects: over $1,000,000
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MANAGEMENT
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Federal:
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Janette Anderson
Environment Canada
P.O. Box 5050
867 Lakeshore Road
Burlington, ON L7R 4A6
(905) 336-6277
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Provincial:
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Janet Anderson
Ontario MOE
Eastern Region
133 Dalton Avenue
Kingston, ON
(613) 549-4000 Ext. 2651
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Local / PAC:
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Chantal Whitaker
Raisin River CA
P.O. Box 429
18045 County Road 2
Cornwall, ON K6H 5T2
(613) 938-3611 Ext. 229
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Please Note:
Values provided are intended as indicators only, and may not
capture all expenditures or work done. Summary is based on best available
Information. "No Information" indicates relevant information was not
available at time of publication.
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