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Residents to have say on Petrolia transfer site

July 19, 2020

Residents on Maude Street will soon be getting a letter explaining what Petrolia’s new transfer station will look like.

In 2018, the town shut down the compost station after the Ministry of the Environment inspected the site and found a number of problems, mostly around thee record keeping of the compost.

Town staff set up an agreement with Waste Management to handle yard waste.
But after the election, Councillor Ross O’Hara among others, pushed to have the town reopen the site in some form.

The town has been planning the alternative to the former compost site for months now. It recently received word from the Ministry of the Environment that it could approach residents with the details of the proposed site to get their comments, according to Mike Thompson, director of operations for the town.

“On that letter, if the details of what the transfer station is going to look like the operating hours, the months of operation, and also it has a contact for myself as well as the ministry for residents to get back to them,” Thompson told councillors Monday.

He added the town is asking for permission to operate the transfer station three days a week.

“We’ve kind of swung for the fences as far as offer hours operation and then we can kind of dial it back if council wishes.”

After the residents have input into the plan, Thompson says the MOE will take look at the responses before giving its approval. It’s not clear how long that will take.

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