Last 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
Posts Tagged ‘Waste Management Corporation’
Napanee Beaver Editorial – July 18, 2013 ‘Landfill debate fast-track’
July 30 | Posted by Jeff | News, The Leaky Land Blog
Napanee Beaver July 18 – ‘Groups Seek Law Change’
July 30 | Posted by Jeff | News, The Leaky Land BlogMOE urged to ban new landfills on fractured bedrock by Seth Duchene Opponents of the proposed Beechwood Road Environmental Centre west of Napanee are looking for a legislative solution to their ongoing fight with Waste Management. Last week, the Concerned Citizens of Tyendinaga and Environs along with the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte announced that they would be asking the Ontario... Read more
Environmental Review Tribunal – Decisions April 26, 2013 – Full Text
April 30 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land BlogThis document issued by the ERT on April 26, 2013, details the Tribunal decisions as a result of the hearing held on April 12, 2013 in Deseronto. Pont 10 on page 3 states: ” As a result of settlement discussions, the parties agree that there is evidence that leachate is migrating off-site from the Landfill and causing off-site groundwater impacts in excess... Read more
