Step 9: Confirmatory sampling
- 1: Site identification
- 2: Historical review
- 3: Initial testing program
- 4: Initial site classification
- 5: Detailed testing program
- 6: Site reclassification
- 7: Develop remediation/risk management strategy
- 8: Implement remediation/risk management strategy
- 9: Confirmatory sampling
- 10: Long term monitoring
During Step 9, confirmatory sampling is conducted to ensure that remediation/risk management (R/RM) objectives (e.g., contamination has been removed or stabilized effectively) have been met during and immediately following the implementation of the R/RM strategy.
How to prepare
- review:
- the confirmatory sampling design
- other sampling reports (e.g., pre-activity, reference sites)
What to do
- finalize and implement site-specific confirmatory sampling plans
- develop and implement an adaptive management plan, if necessary
- determine if the R/RM objectives were achieved
- if long-term monitoring (step 10) is not required, proceed to site closure prepare a final report that documents all activities carried out during site remediation, decommissioning, and clean-up, which includes drawings, records, and sampling data
How Fisheries and Oceans Canada Expert Support helps
- review and provide advice on the confirmatory sampling plan and results
- advise on the effectiveness of monitoring in protecting fish and fish habitat, as well as aquatic ecosystem sustainability
- provide assistance in applying the Framework for Addressing and Managing Aquatic Contaminated Sites under the FCSAP
- provide advice on the design and expectations associated with the long-term monitoring (LTM) plan
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