Industrial Site Rezoning, Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
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About Project
The Fiton process was approved for use as a cleanup technology in Ontario. The process was reviewed by the Ministry of the Environment prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Approval. A Ministry of the Environment letter stated that, “the Fiton process can withstand fluctuations in pH and temperature and is particularly effective in treating petroleum contaminants from high concentrations down to the low parts per million (ppm) range.” E.B. Rodrigues, Ph.D. Coordinator, Environmental Cleanup Fund.
The Fiton process was used to remediate approximately 7000m3 of contaminated soil in a 12.5Ha parcel of land adjacent to the Don River in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The site was contaminated with a variety of industrial chemicals including PAH’s, PCP, and petroleum compounds including benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and zylenes.
Objective
The Metro Toronto and Region Conservation Authority aimed to remediate the 12.5-hectare site in order to rezone it as parkland.
Results
The successful cleanup allowed the Toronto Region Conservation Authority to rezone the site from industrial to parkland. This increased the amount of usable green space in Toronto and helped prevent further contamination of the Don River, which flows into Lake Ontario.
