Posts Tagged ‘Appeal’

Trump’s EPA Nominee and WM Retained Witness Withdraws

December 14 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, Uncategorized

Michael Dourson was retained by Waste Management (WM) to appear at as an expert  witness  at the Environmental Review Tribunal.  At the tribunal he testified that 1,4 Dioxane was safe at concentrations 300 times that recommended by the CCCTE witness Dr. Poh-Gek Fohkert. After hearing Dr. Fohkert’s testimony and Dourson’s answers to questions poised by environmental lawyer Rick Lindgren the... Read more

Belleville Intelligencer Reports on Tribunal Decision

January 9 | Posted by Jeff | News, The Leaky Land Blog

By Emily Mountney-Lessard, The Intelligencer Wednesday, January 6, 2016. An Environmental Review Tribunal has ordered improvements on the Richmond Landfill in Greater Napanee be imposed. In the lengthy decision, the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) has ordered the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) to impose significant improvements to Waste Management’s Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP) for the now-closed Richmond Landfill. Following days of... Read more

ERT Decision Supports Concerned Citizens vs Waste Management

January 6 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog

In its detailed decision dated December 24, 2015, the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) has ordered the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) to impose significant improvements to Waste Management’s (WM) Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP) for the now-closed Richmond Landfill located in Greater Napanee, Ontario. The ERT has also ordered a much stricter leachate detection regime. Full text... Read more

Environmental Review Tribunal issues an interim order to improve the monitoring of the Richmond Landfill

July 24 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog

The Environmental Review Tribunal has issued an interim order to improve the monitoring of the now closed Richmond Landfill. Evidence at the Tribunal confirmed that the old landfill is leaking and contaminating the groundwater beyond the boundaries of the property owned by Waste Management. This order requires more rigorous monitoring and reporting than had been required in the monitoring plan... Read more

LeakyLand Fundraiser Raffle

April 1 | Posted by Mike | News, Public Notice, The Leaky Land Blog

Concerned Citizens have been battling the world’s largest waste company for over 15 years. Our goal is a simple one. We want to protect the environment from the impact of the Richmond Landfill. There is evidence that leachate is migrating off-site from the Richmond Landfill Site and causing off-site groundwater impacts. Due to the fractured limestone on which it is located, determining... Read more

CANCELLED Second Preliminary Environmental Review Tribunal Hearing: Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012 at 10:00am, Strathcona Paper Centre, Napanee

September 2 | Posted by Heather | News, Public Notice

CANCELLED   Citizens are encouraged to attend the Second Environmental Review Tribunal Preliminary Hearing at 10:00am on Tuesday Sept. 11, 2012 at the Strathcona Paper Centre, 16 McPherson Drive, in Greater Napanee Ontario. The Concerned Citizens have been granted leave to appeal certain conditions contained in the site licence for the massive Richmond Landfill. In granting leave the tribunal recently agreed with... Read more

Environmental Review Tribunal Preliminary Hearing: June 25, 2012 at 10:00am, Selby Community Hall

May 16 | Posted by Jeff | News, Public Notice

Citizens are encouraged to attend the Environmental Review Tribunal Preliminary Hearing at 10:00am on Monday June 25 at the Selby Hall located at 114 Pleasant Drive, Selby Ontario. The Concerned Citizens have been granted leave to appeal certain conditions contained in the site licence for the massive Richmond Landfill. In granting leave the tribunal recently agreed with the citizens that... Read more

Residents File Legal Appeal Against Richmond Dump Licence

April 16 | Posted by Heather | News

Toronto – A group of local residents has filed its Notice of Appeal against seven conditions contained in the site licence for the massive Richmond Landfill located near Napanee, Ontario. In a strongly worded decision, Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal recently agreed with the Concerned Citizens Committee of Tyendinaga and Environs (CCCTE) that the conditions appeared to be unreasonable and insufficiently protective of... Read more

Environmental Review Tribunal Gives Green Light to Residents’ Appeal Against Amended Approval for Richmond Dump Site

April 2 | Posted by Heather | News

Toronto - Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal has granted the Concerned Citizens Committee of Tyendinaga and Environs (CCCTE) the right to appeal various conditions contained in the current site licence for the Richmond Landfill located near Napanee, Ontario. In January 2012, the Ministry of the Environment re-issued the site licence under the Environmental Protection Act to impose new conditions upon the landfill owner (Waste Management... Read more

Concerned Citizens Pursue Appeal Against Richmond Dump

February 1 | Posted by Heather | News

The Concerned Citizens Committee of Tyendinaga and Environs (CCCTE) has applied to Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal for leave to appeal certain conditions contained in the latest Richmond Landfill approval issued by the Ministry of the Environment. Since June 2011, no waste has been accepted for disposal at the closed Richmond Landfill. However, the Ministry of the Environment recently amended the site’s licence... Read more