The Richmond Landfill site has been closed as a landfill since 2012, though WM still has office space there. Photo by Michelle Dorey Forestell/Kingstonist. Richmond Landfill’s contamination problem resurfaced in the town of Napanee at this week’s council meeting on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Kingstonist Ian Munro, a long-time member of the Concerned Citizens Committee of Tyendinaga and Environs (CCCTE), made a deputation at... Read more
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Napanee Council learns that the environmental threat remains
June 22 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, Uncategorized
Leachate Release at WM Richmond Landfill
January 27 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, UncategorizedOn 20 January 2020, Waste Management (WM) issued a Notice to Residents describing a deliberate leachate release which occurred nearly a week earlier on 14 January at the Richmond Landfill site. The notice reported that a driver transporting leachate from the landfill to a temporary storage lagoon was instructed by WM staff to dump the load of approximately 3500 gallons (16,000... Read more
Fundraiser Auction Monday July 30, South Fredricksburgh Hall 1:00pm
July 25 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, UncategorizedThanks to the generous donations of supporters of our cause we have put together an interesting collection including furniture and other items to be auctioned off by Neil Lambert at the South Fredricksburgh Hall at 1:00pm on July 30. Please come and invite your friends. The auction of our items will be combined with a sale for Mr Fred Curran of... Read more
Local Provincial candidates state their position on the Richmond Landfill
June 4 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, UncategorizedWaste management, environmental regulation and enforcement are provincial issues. Permits to expand or create new landfills are issued by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. These laws and regulations are created and maintained by the province. Therefore the position of the provincial politicians is of critical importance. In preparation for the upcoming Provincial Elections and in collaboration with Chief... Read more
Trump’s EPA Nominee and WM Retained Witness Withdraws
December 14 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, UncategorizedMichael 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
Garden Party, Book Launch, Fundraiser on Sunday Oct 1
September 26 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, Uncategorized
Car Boot (car trunk) Sale Fund Raiser June 24, 2017
June 6 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, UncategorizedVENDORS NEEDED!!!!! Contact: cccteinformation@gmail.com Before June 12th to reserve a space. CAR “BOOT” Sale (CAR TRUNK) COMMUNITY YARD SALE FUNDRAISER Vendors selling Yard sale Items from their Car Trunks SATURDAY, JUNE 24 8am – 2pm Rain or shine! (Sponsored by Concerned Citizens Committee of Tyendinaga and Environs-CCCTE) MELROSE BASEBALL FIELD PARKING LOT McFARLANE ROAD, TYENDINAGA TOWNSHIP (Melrose Rd East from Shannonville Rd; follow... Read more
10th Anniversary of Minister rejection of Richmond Landfill expansion
November 4 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, UncategorizedIan Munro has written to the editors of our local newspapers, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the rejection of Waste Management’s proposed expansion, of the Richmond Landfill, by Ontario’s Minister of the Environment. The text of his letter follows: To the Editor Ten years of prosperity Unbelievably, it has now been exactly ten years since the Minister of the Environment soundly rejected... Read more
Napanee Council Unanimously Pass Resolution Requesting WM to Withdraw Their Application for New Megadump
April 27 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, UncategorizedNapanee Council has passed a resolution which reaffirms the town’s position that they would be an “unwilling host” to the Beechwood Road Environmental Centre (BREC) which is proposed to include a mega-dump located beside the now closed and leaking Richmond Landfill. They are also requesting Waste Management (WM) to withdraw their application and requesting Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment and... Read more
Environmental Review Tribunal – Final Argument – MBQ
June 22 | Posted by Jeff | The Leaky Land Blog, UncategorizedThis link is to the Final Submission of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) to the Environmental Review Tribunal on June 22, 2015 MBQ – CLOSING SUBMISSIONS – FINAL – 150612 FINAL SUBMISSIONS OF THE APPELLANT (FINAL)
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