We are fortunate to live in a province that offers citizens the right to request leave to appeal the actions of large corporations that impact the environment and the lack of action by the Ministry of the Environment to the Environmental Review Tribunal. By taking Waste Management and the MOE to the Tribunal your Concerned Citizens Committee has accomplished the following: -... Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Waste Management’
Mike Bossio Reports on the Environmental Review Tribunal
May 3 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog
Reaction to Waste Management Ad – Working Together Works
April 23 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land BlogApril 16, 2013 To The Editor: I am compelled to respond to the advertisement run by Waste Management titled ‘Working Together Works’. The company infers that the dialogue and sharing of all information was voluntary. I would like to remind everyone that the exchange took place only after the company had rejected previous Concerned Citizen recommendations and they had consequently hauled the... Read more
Environmental Review Tribunal – Napanee Guide Report April 19, 2013
April 20 | Posted by Jeff | News, UncategorizedMediation returning results in dump dispute By Meghan Balogh, Napanee Guide Friday, April 19, 2013 Progress has been made regarding an appeal to the Environmental Review Tribunal on Waste Management’s handling of the Richmond Landfill. On Friday a continuation of the preliminary hearing presented the results of recent mediation between all the parties involved: Waste Management (WM), the Ministry of the Environment (MOE), the... Read more
New Ministry Report concludes that Richmond Landfill is “CausingOffsite Groundwater Impacts”
December 31 | Posted by Heather | News, The Leaky Land BlogToronto -Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment has concluded that the Richmond Landfill Site near Napanee is “causing offsite groundwater impacts” in exceedance of Ministry guidelines. The Ministry has also concluded that this represents non-compliance with the environmental approval issued to the site owner, Waste Management of Canada Corporation. The Ministry’s recent conclusions are based on monitoring data submitted by Waste Management in... Read more
Behind the Lines – First Public Meeting
May 30 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land BlogWhat a great event we had at the high school last week. So many Napanee residents showed their real concern for what is happening to them. The facts were presented. There was an opportunity for questions in an open forum. There is a massive push-back under way. The volunteer organization (the CCCTE) has been growing in numbers and strength. A dedicated group... Read more
Residents File Legal Appeal Against Richmond Dump Licence
April 16 | Posted by Heather | NewsToronto – 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 | NewsToronto - 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
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
Concerned Citizens Pursue Appeal Against Richmond Dump
February 1 | Posted by Heather | NewsThe 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
Response to Waste Management’s Open Letter Advertisement of May 31, 2012
June 5 | Posted by Jeff | Letters & CommentsWhile we understand you and your company must realize that there will be public scrutiny of your stewardship of the closed Richmond Landfill, we would like to remind you that we already have copies of most of the correspondence between you and the Ministry of the Environment. In fact most of this material is now in the public domain. One... Read more