Waste Management and the Ministry of the Environment have been ordered to appear before Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal about the closed Richmond Landfill site. ‘The Tribunal finds that the landfill either is currently producing or could in the future produce significant harm to the environment’ (Environmental Review Tribunal’s reason for granting appeal to citizens, 2012) We need to protect our land and... Read more
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Environmental Review Tribunal Preliminary Hearing: June 25, 2012 at 10:00am, Selby Community Hall
May 16 | Posted by Jeff | News, Public NoticeCitizens 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
Concerned Citizens Launch Campaign- First Public Meeting May 23 7:00pm Napanee and District Secondary School
May 15 | Posted by Jeff | NewsConcerned citizens announce the launch of a public information campaign to inform local residents and municipal and provincial representatives of the issues surrounding the proposal to build a new mega landfill adjacent to the existing and highly controversial Richmond landfill in the Town of Greater Napanee. This new landfill expansion is known as the Beechwood Road Environmental Centre (BREC). The... Read more
Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal Leave to Appeal – Document March 30, 2012
March 30 | Posted by Jeff | Document LibraryThis 26 page document gives details of the decision taken by Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) to grant leave to appeal certain terms of Waste Management’s Environmental Monitoring Plan for the closed Richmond Landfill. ERT Leave to Appeal March 30, 2012 (from the document) “The landfill is located approximately 1 km north of Highway 401, northeast of the intersection of County Road 10 and... Read more
