Horizontal Initiatives

Supplementary Information Tables

2010-2011 Report on Plans and Priorities

1. Name of Horizontal Initiative: The Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP), approved March 2005 (followed from the two-year Federal Contaminated Sites Accelerated Action Plan (FCSAAP)

2. Name of lead department(s): Environment Canada and Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

3. Lead department program activity: Threats to Canadians and their environment from pollution are minimized (Environment Canada); Management Policy Development and Oversight (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)

4. Start date of the Horizontal Initiative: The Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan in effect since April 2005. Former 2-year Federal Contaminated Sites Accelerated Action Plan program commenced April 2003.

5. End date of the Horizontal Initiative: Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan expected to continue for 15 years. However, the current policy approval ends March 31, 2011.

6. Total federal funding allocation (start to end date): $1,775.2 million (including PWGSC accommodations charges) to March 31, 2011

7. Description of the Horizontal Initiative (including funding agreement): The Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan provides a long-term mechanism to address federal contaminated sites having the highest human health and ecological risks. At the end of March 2004, federal contaminated sites represented a financial liability of approximately $3.5 billion. Although responsibility for the actual management and remediation of federal contaminated sites rests with responsible custodial departments, the overall program is administered jointly by Environment Canada and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

PWGSC fulfills three roles within Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan:

• as a Custodian implementing projects to assess and to manage contamination on its real property inventory;
• as an optional service provider assisting in the implementation of other federal custodians projects through the provision of technical, project management and procurement expertise;
• as Expert Support assisting in the development of project management tools, liaising with industry, and sharing information on innovative technologies.

8. Shared outcome(s): Reduce federal financial liability and risks to human health and the environment, including fish habitat. Increase public confidence in the overall management of federal real property through the effective risk management or remediation of individual federal contaminated sites.

9. Governance structure(s): Federal Contaminated Sites Assistant Deputy Ministers Steering Committee is supported by a Directors General Committee, the Contaminated Sites Management Working Group and the FCSAP Secretariat (Environment Canada), which provides overall program coordination. PWGSC has an active role within the two committees and the Contaminated Sites Management Working Group.

10. Planning Highlights: Although 2009-2010 was expected to be the final year of the first 5-year policy approval of the the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan program, Canada's Economic Action Plan provided an additional year of policy approval as well as two years of additional funding ($245.5M) to accelerate site assessment and remediation/risk management activities until March 31, 2011. As the final year of both Canada's Economic Action Plan initiative and the regular program, 2010-2011 will be an exceptional year in terms of planning and deliverables. Program partners will be responsible for delivering on their project commitments from the regular and accelerated programs. They will also be required to collaborate in the development of a program renewal proposal and 5-year funding submission for consideration and approval by Ministers to enable the continuation of the the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan program beyond March 31, 2011.

PWGSC as a program partner is playing a significant role through Canada's Economic Action Plan and associated Accelerated Infrastructure Program as an optional service provider as well as accelerating several of its own environmental site assessment and remediation projects. PWGSC will also be actively participating in the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan renewal.

11. Public Works and Government Services Canada

12. Program Activity	13. Names of Program	14. Total Allocation (from Start to End Date)	15. Planned Spending for 2010–11	16. Expected Results for 2010–11
Accommodation & Real Property Assets Management	Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (projects)	$26,360,173	$5,203,785	Custodian
Accommodation & Real Property Assets Management	Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (expert services)	$5,450,000	$900,000	Expert Support
Total		$31,810,173	$6,103,785

Source: Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan Treasury Board Submission #835064

17. Expected results: The Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan projects' results are the eventual effective elimination of the Department's financial liability associated with contaminated sites, as well as the reduction of associated risks to human health and the environment. As an optional service provider, PWGSC is currently assisting other federal custodians through the implementation of projects at hundreds of sites involving millions of dollars across Canada which benefits all Canadians through a cleaner environment and associated job creation. For example, PWGSC is currently assisting Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) in the remediation of the Giant Mine in the North West Territories, which has an estimated life cycle project value exceeding $100M.

18. Expert Support: PWGSC expert support services include the following:

• the development of project management tools and best practices, to assist with successful implementation of remediation projects by federal custodians thus allowing other departments to achieve their objectives;
• the collection and sharing of information on innovative technologies to promote their use; and
• liaising with the environmental industry to ensure that they are aware of future federal demand and can build adequate capacity to respond.

The objective of these aspects is to assist federal custodians in improved decision making with respect to contaminated site management which will lead to consistent and successful project outcomes.