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Province wants comments on plans for full Environmental Assessment of York1 plans

Protesters outside The Wheelhouse in Dresden press their signs up against windows as the meeting with York1 on its proposal to revive a dump north of the town went Feb. 10.

The Ontario government has taken the first step toward a full Environmental Assessment of the plan to revive the dormant Dresden dump.

York1 Environmental Waste Solutions plans to build a new landfill on the Irish School Road site and create a construction and soil waste recycling centre. It would bring up to 6,000 tonnes of construction waste and soil in up to 700 trucks a day to the site.

The move has faced fierce opposition from Dresden residents. The former landfill, which was most recently used as a waste wood recycling center and shooting range for the Chatham-Kent Police, is just 800 meters from the town. The site is also surrounded by homes.

The proposal first came to light when York1 filed for approval under the Environmental Compliance Approvals process. The land already had ECA designation and the process to expand an existing site under the compliance approval process takes far less time than a full Environmental Assessment new landfills require.

Dresden residents, Chatham-Kent and Lambton politicians and environmental groups all argued the project needed more scrutiny considering during the 1970s, when the approval was first given, there were few environmental rules for landfills.

March 15 , the Environment Minister Andrea Khanjin said the province would ask for a full Environmental Assessment of the project. Today, the request to envoke a more vigourous process was posted to the Environmental Registry of Ontario.

“We have heard the concerns of the people of Dresden about York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd.’s proposal to start receiving waste at a local landfill site that has not been in operation since the 1980s. We also know that an environmental assessment has never been completed for this site, because the landfill predates Ontario’s environmental assessment requirements for landfills. We recognize the potential impact that a landfill of this size could have on the local residents and the surrounding environment,” the proposal states.

“In response to the significant public interest in the proposed project and the environmental concerns raised, in particular regarding potential impacts to species at risk, groundwater, surface water, increased truck traffic, odour, and other potential impacts to the local community, we are seeking comments on a proposal for a regulation that would, if made, require York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd. to complete a comprehensive environmental assessment process for the project.”

The province wants the following things to undergo a full Environmental Assessment.

• Re-establishing landfill operations, including construction of a new landfill cell, within the approved site with a theoretical approved capacity of 1,620,000 cubic metres to landfill non-hazardous solid waste including construction and demolition waste and excess soil that are not reusable.

• Reestablishment and expansion of a waste transfer and processing station at the approved site for receiving, storing and processing up to 6,000 tonnes per day of solid, non-hazardous waste, including blue box waste, construction and demolition waste, tires, asbestos, excess soil and organic waste.

• any enterprise or activity ancillary to the project.

The Environmental Registry of Ontario says the provincial proposal will be up for comments until May 10.

If the province is given the go-ahead for the full Environmental Assessment, cabinet will still have to approve the bump up.

You can find the notice here;

https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-8417

PETROLIA’S BRANDON, KINGS WIN OHL OPENER

Petrolia’s Gage Brandon scored the first goal of the game early in the first period and assisted on the game-tying goal with just over six minutes left in the third period as the top-ranked Vaughan Kings beat the Oakville Rangers, 4-3 in overtime in the opening game of the OHL Cup this morning.

Brandon was credited with seven shots on goal.

Bright’s Grove’s Matteo Craievich of the Elgin-Middlesex Canucks and Aamjiwnaang’s Darrius Sinopole of the London Jr. Knights will both play their opening games at the tournament later today.

Stratford evens WOSHL series with OT win in Alvinston

FIGHTING IRISH EVEN SENIOR SERIES WITH OT WIN IN ALVINSTO

The Stratford Fighting Irish has taken back home ice advantage with a 6-5 overtime win at Alvinston Sunday. The best-of-seven Western Ontario Super Hockey League semi final is tied at two games each. Three of the first four games have gone into extra time.

Matt Henderson won it for the visitors with a snap shot from the slot at 4:53 of the fourth period.

Stratford had a 2-1 lead after a period and increased its lead to 3-1 in the second before Brennan Feasey scored twice to send the teams to the dressing room after 40 minutes tied at 3. Feasey scored Alvinston’s first period goal. Freasey scored his fourth of the night at 5:13 of the third period and James McEwan, who also had four assists, scored 95 seconds later to give the home team a 5-3 advantage. But the Fighting Irish refused to fold scoring twice in the final seven-and-half minutes including the equalizer in the final minute of regulation time.

Stratford outshot the Bees, 43-38, including 5-1 in overtime. Zach Weir was the winning goalie. Nolan Dekoning took the loss.

Game five is Saturday night in Stratford at 7:30. Game six is Tuesday, April 2 at Alvinston. If a seventh game is necessary, Stratford will host it on April 3.

Jr. Sting rally falls short in U18 loss

Trailing 4-1 after two periods, the Lambton Jr. Sting rallied for a pair of unanswered goals in the third period but fell just short bowing 4-3 to the Wolves in Waterloo on Sunday. Waterloo now leads the six-point Alliance League U18 championship series, three points to one after the teams skated to a 2-all tie on Saturday.

Game three is tomorrow (Tuesday) night at the Progressive Auto Sales second rink at 7:15.

Carter Fogarty led the Sting last night with a goal and two assists and Ethan Silcox added a goal and a helper. Blake Barnes had the other Lambton goal.

Elsewhere on the Jr. Sting playoff scoreboard on the weekend, the U10’s won its fifth straight postseason game beating Windsor, the U11’s beat London and Windsor, the U12’s split a pair of game with Chatham-Kent and the U13’s lost to Essex.

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