This consultation was open from:
April 17, 2025
to June 1, 2025
Decision summary
On June 18, 2025, a Certificate of Property Use No. 7806-DAZQ2D was issued to the owners, Imperial Oil Limited and Imperial Oil Resources Limited and their registered and beneficial partners, of the property located at 201-215 Talbot Street, St. Thomas, Ontario, as part of their continued use of the site.
Location details
Site address
201-215 Talbot Street
St. Thomas,
ON
N5P 1A8
Canada
Site location details
Property with legal description of:
Part Lot 3 N/S Talbot Street and W/S New Street PL 15
St. Thomas; Part Lot 4 N/S Talbot Street
And W/S New Street PL 15 St. Thomas
As in E108786, STH52459, STH47141, STH 52634
Except Easement Therein Re: E108786;
St. Thomas Being the whole of PIN 35170-0460 (Lot).
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View this location on a map opens link in a new windowProponent(s)
Imperial Oil Limited on behalf of beneficial owners
505 Quarry Park Boulevard, SE
Calgary,
AB
T2C 5N1
Canada
Decision details
Certificate of Property Use (CPUNo. 7806-DAZQ2D was issued to the property owner on June 18, 2025.
For this CPU, a number of Risk Management Measures were identified to be required as a result of the Risk Assessment for the intended residential/community use as defined in Ontario Regulation 153/04. Briefly, the key Risk Management Measures for the Property include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Installing the Hard Cap and/or Fill Cap barriers over any area where soil exceeds the applicable Site Condition Standards so as to prevent exposure to the Contaminants of Concern identified on the Property and shall be maintained for as long as these contaminants are present, as specified in section 4.2 (a-e) of this CPU
- Preparing a property-specific Health and Safety Plan to be implemented during all planned intrusive activities undertaken potentially in contact with COCs in soil and groundwater that have been identified in the RA and a copy of this plan shall be maintained on the Property for the duration of all intrusive activities, as specified in section 4.2 (f) of this CPU
- Implementing a Soil and Groundwater Management Plan during all intrusive activities potentially in contact with or exposing COCs in soil and groundwater that exceed the Applicable Site Condition Standards, as specified in section 4.2 (g-h) of this CPU
- Submitting an annual report, by March 31 of each year, documenting activities relating to the Risk Management Measures undertaken during the previous calendar year, as specified in section 4.2 (i) of this CPU
- Restricting the use of the Property for growing community garden and planting deep-rooted plants/trees as per section 4.2 (J-k) of this CPU
- Restricting the use of the Property to Residential/Community purpose as per section 4.2 (l) of this CPU
- Prohibiting the use of groundwater in, on or under the Property as per section 4.3 of this CPU; and,
- Registering a certificate on the Property title in accordance with section 197 of the Environmental Protection Act and that before dealing with the Property in any way, a copy of the CPU is to be given to every person who will acquire an interest in the Property as per section 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8 of this CPU
A copy of the final CPU is provided as a link under the Supporting Materials section of this Notice.
Supporting materials
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733 Exeter Road
London,
ON
N6E 1L3
Canada
How to Appeal
This instrument decision can be appealed. You have 15 days from August 13, 2026 to begin the appeal process.
Carefully review the information below to learn more about the appeal process.
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Start the process to appeal
If you’re an Ontario resident, you can start the process to appeal this instrument decision.
First, you’ll need to seek leave (i.e. get permission) from the relevant appellate body to appeal the decision.
If the appellate body grants leave, the appeal itself will follow.
Seek leave to appeal
To seek leave to appeal, you need to do these three things:
- prepare your application
- provide notice to the minister
- mail your application to three parties
1. Prepare your application
You’ll need to prepare an application. You may wish to include the following things in your application:
- A document that includes:
- your name, phone number, fax number (if any), and/or email address
- the ERO number and ministry reference number (located on this page)
- a statement about whether you are a resident in Ontario
- your interest in the decision, and any facts you want taken into account in deciding whether you have an interest in the decision
- the parts of the instrument that you’re challenging
- whether the decision could result in significant harm to the environment
- the reason(s) why you believe that no reasonable person – having regard to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind – could have made the decision
- the grounds (facts) you’ll be using to appeal
- the outcome you’d like to see
- A copy of the instrument (approval, permit, order) that you you are seeking leave to appeal. You’ll find this in the decision notice on the Environmental Registry
- Copies of all supporting documents, facts and evidence that you’ll be using to appeal
What is considered
The appeal body will consider the following two questions in deciding whether to grant you leave to appeal:
- is there is good reason to believe that no reasonable person, with respect to the relevant law and to any government policies developed to guide decisions of that kind, could have made the decision?
- could the decision you wish to appeal result in significant harm to the environment?
2. Provide your notice
You’ll need to provide notice to the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks that you’re seeking leave to appeal.
In your notice, please include a brief description of the:
- decision that you wish to appeal
- grounds for granting leave to appeal
You can provide notice by email at minister.mecp@ontario.ca or by mail at:
College Park 5th Floor, 777 Bay St.
Toronto, ON
M7A 2J3
3. Mail your application
You’ll need to mail your application that you prepared in step #1 to each of these three parties:
- appellate body
- issuing authority (the ministry official who issued the instrument)
- proponent (the company or individual to whom the instrument was issued)
Imperial Oil Limited on behalf of beneficial owners
505 Quarry Park Boulevard, SE
Calgary,
AB
T2C 5N1
Canada
Registrar, Ontario Land Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1E5
(416) 212-6349
(866) 448-2248
OLT.Registrar@ontario.ca
Include the following:
This is not legal advice. Please refer to the Environmental Bill of Rights for exact legal requirements. Consult a lawyer if you need help with the appeal process.
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London,
ON
N6E 1L3
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Original proposal
Proposal details
A risk assessment was undertaken for this property to establish the risks that the contaminants identified in the risk assessment may pose to future users and to identify appropriate risk management measures to be implemented to ensure that the property is suitable for the intended use of Residential and/or Commercial Use as defined by Ontario Regulation 153/04 (the Regulation), as amended, made under the Environmental Protection Act (the Act).
The ministry has accepted the risk assessment prepared for the owners as part of the continued use of the property.
Based on the documents provided to the ministry as part of the risk assessment reports, the reviewers confirmed that the risk assessment has been conducted in accordance with the act, the regulation, and the associated guidance documents.
The director provided the proponent with written notice of the director’s decision to accept the risk assessment relating to the property in accordance with section 168.5 of the act on November 6, 2023.
The director is considering issuing a Certificate of Property Use (CPU) in relation to the property. The CPU incorporates the risk management measures proposed in the risk assessment and any additional conditions proposed by the director. A section 197 Order is included and requires that a certificate be registered on the property title in accordance with section 197 of the Act and that before dealing with the property in any way, a copy of the CPU must be given to any person who will acquire an interest in the property.
The proposed risk management measures include:
- installing hard cap and fill cap barrier across the entire property
- implementing a soil and ground water management plan
- property use restrictions including the use of ground water
- prohibition of growing community gardens for consumption
- restriction on planting deep-rooted plants/trees
- implementation of adequate Health and Safety Plan
- reporting requirements
The proposed draft CPU No. 7806-DAZQ2D is provided as a link under the Supporting Materials section of this notice.
Supporting materials
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Get in touch with the office listed below to find out if materials are available.
733 Exeter Road
London,
ON
N6E 1L3
Canada
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This consultation was open from April 17, 2025
to June 1, 2025
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