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Citizens of Frederick County, Maryland have put together a great new website See how they are fighting their proposed incinerator
Remember Belledune (New Brunswick) - fully built, but never operated
Other burners have been stopped at various stages
Audio Interview
with
Durham Regional Chair, Roger Anderson
on Durham-York proposed Incinerator
James Dobos interviewing Chair
Anderson
on student radio station in London, Ontario
from the Ontario Zero Waste Coalition to all four party leaders
to raise the issue of waste management and incineration. This is the
time to raise the issue locally with your own candidates.
From DEW-ZW4ZB-and-DurhamCLEAR - The
problems with the Durham incinerator project remain despite government
agency approvals. Now, there are new problems coming to light, over and
above previous concerns that were never acknowledged and addressed by
Durham Region and the Province.
This letter sets out the concerns with the current approvals, and the
actions (or lack of action) by Durham Region. It is a good summary of
the history and wider picture of the incinerator issue.
This letter also reminds the Minister of Health that she has a
responsibility to examine the health impacts of projects like the
incinerator.
Presentation to Ontario Ministry of the
Environment waste policy planners by Ontario Zero Waste Coalition.
It gives proposals to embark on the road to Zero Waste and end
incineration in Ontario.
for more information on
Morgan's Road commercial fill site
Please be
advised that at the Special meeting of Durham
Regional Council
on
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 (BLACK TUESDAY) Durham Regional
Council
APPROVED
the
Energy-from-Waste Facility -Durham/York
Co-Owner's Agreement (includes Notice to Proceed),
See the report and co-owner's agreement:
Durham Region Works 2011-WR-10
Those who voted YES to inflict
this incinerator
on residents of Durham
and beyond and gave the FINAL GO AHEAD: Clarington:
Mayor Adrian Foster, Willie Woo (Mary Novak supported the
incinerator every step of the way but was absent for this final
vote). Oshawa: John Aker, Bob Chapman, Amy England,
Nester Pidwerbecki
(Absent Nancy Diamond, Tito-Dante Marimpietri) Whitby: Mayor Pat Perkins, Lorne Coe (Don
Mitchell absent) Ajax: none! (Shaun Collier absent) Pickering: Mayor Dave Ryan, Bill McLean
Unanimous in the 3 northern municipalities: Brock: Mayor Terry Clayton, Debbie Bath Scugog: Mayor Chuck Mercier, Bobbie Drew Uxbridge: Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor, Jack
Ballinger
**We sincerely THANK the Mayors and Regional
Councillors who voted against the incinerator and stood up for
the residents of Durham and beyond: Clarington: NONE Oshawa: Mayor John Henry, John Neal Whitby: Joe Drumm Ajax: Mayor Steve Parish, Colleen Jordan Pickering: Jennifer O'Connell, Peter Rodrigues Brock: none Scugog: none Uxbridge: none
It's not too late to send them a nice note of thanks.
********
June 29, 2011
Incinerator C of A Approval granted by MOE
ONTARIO
MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IGNORED PUBLIC INPUT
BEFORE APPROVING DURHAM INCINERATOR
Durham Region,
June 29, 2011 -- The Ontario Ministry of the
Environment appears to have ignored citizen and host
community input and fast-tracked the Certificate
of Approval for the Durham incinerator project,
say its opponents. The approval could be a signal to
the industry that Ontario is "open to polluters".
"The timeline was
just too tight for proper consideration of the
comments", says Clarington resident Kerry
Meydam. The public comment period on the Ministry's
Environmental Registry web site ended June 9, the
host community submitted its peer review report June
20, and the approval was communicated to Durham
Region June 28.
"This was the
beachhead the incinerator industry was looking for
in Ontario", says Durham resident Durham resident
Linda Gasser, who has followed the project since
2006.
"I am concerned
that if Durham Council moves forward with the
incinerator, and there are many reasons why they
should not, including excessive costs and health
risks, this could open up the floodgates for other
incinerator projects across the province and across
Canada", says Gasser. "The Durham incinerator is a
risky, inefficient and expensive disposal option. Up
to 56,000 metric tonnes -- some 40 per cent of the
material burned -- will still end up in landfills in
New York State".
Through a
technicality, the approval allows for one pollutant
-- fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 -- to be
emitted at more than twice the concentration that
was considered in the environmental assessment.
There was no
medical study of the risk to human health due to the
additional emissions as part of the certificates of
approval applications. Although the Ministry is
revising its emission source testing code to close
the loophole, the new version may not apply to this
certificate. PM2.5 is known as a "non-threshold"
pollutant, meaning that there is no safe level of
exposure.
"It worries me
that the risk to human health was not re-evaluated
with the higher emission figures", says Clarington
resident Wendy Bracken, who studied the air quality
data for the environmental assessment and the
emissions summary dispersion modelling report for
the certificate application. "We're already
breathing seriously polluted air, as their own study
showed. It's irresponsible to add even more
pollutants without a clear understanding of the
consequences".
The Municipality
of Clarington, host community for the project
designated for the Lake Ontario waterfront in
Courtice, had requested the opportunity to review
the draft certificate. At this time, it appears that
the Ministry ignored the request.
Ministry of
Environment Letter to Oakville
Re: Granting of EBR Application for Review of Air Quality legislation,
specifically for PM 2.5 protection for residents.
Review Decision Summary
DURHAM/YORK INCINERATOR -
Covanta
-
Covanta
Contract -
redacted copy of the "Project Agreement by and between The
Regional Municipality of Durham and The Regional Municipality of York, as
Owner, and Covanta Durham York Renewable Energy Ltd., as DBO CO Contractor".
(376 pages)
DURHAM/YORK INCINERATOR -
Clarington
- Host Community Agreement
(HCA) 13 pages - Signed February 19, 2009, between Durham Region and the
Municipality of Clarington, making Clarington a "willing host" due to the
compliance of 4 Councillors but strongly opposed by 3 Councillors and the
general public.
Also see "Threatening
letter from Durham Region" in response to Clarington Resolution
attempting to amend the HCA and attempting to find out the legality of
certain portions of that document (now rescinded by Clarington
Council due to threatening letter from Region).
DURHAM/YORK INCINERATOR - Province
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT NOTICE OF APPROVAL for EFW - November 19, 2010 (4 pages) - copy of the Notice of Approval documenting the Minister of the Environment’s decision to approve the Durham and York Residual Waste Study Amended Environmental Assessment.
Dioxin! What Citizens, Workers and Policymakers Should Know
Durham Region's Council and even the Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Kyle
find this to be 'acceptable risk'.
