Three groups who have been fighting the Richmond Landfill near Napanee have formally applied to the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to request changes to provincial legislation governing the placement of waste disposal sites. The Concerned Citizens’ Committee/Tyendinaga and Environs (CCCTE), the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ), and the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) have jointly filed an Application for... Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Landfill legislation’
Napanee Guide – July 26, 2013 by Megan Balogh ‘Local landfill fight expands to provincial legislation’
August 1 | Posted by Jeff | News
Napanee Beaver Editorial – July 18, 2013 ‘Landfill debate fast-track’
July 30 | Posted by Jeff | News, The Leaky Land BlogLast week, opponents to the proposed Beechwood Road Environmental Centre appealed to the Ministry of the Environment, through the Ontario Environmental Commissioner, to change the laws relating to the siting of new landfills. The alterations they’d like to see is a prohibition of new landfills on areas underlaid by fractured bedrock, and a ‘no means no’ provision. Such a provision... Read more
