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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-01-15, Page 114' THE HURON EXPOSITOR; JANI/ARY 48 Oz. Tin Established 1876 McK IL LOP MUTUAL FIRE . INSURANCE COMPANY Ph: 527-0400 91 Main St. South, Seaforth FULL tOVER'AGE Parm & Uthan Properties DIRECTORS & ADJUSTERS Kenr earnochan —462,3354 Lavern Godkin. Ross Leonhardt John McEwing 11 Stanley Mcllwain Donald Mckercher John A. Taylor , _ l.N. Trewanha Stuart Wilson,- ' • AGENTS E.F. "Bill" Durst James Keys VVm..Leiper 527-1877 345.2234 5234390 524.7051 527-1837 4824527, 4112-7593 527-0687 527-1455 • 527-04fb7 523-4257 CALL AN AGENT OR THE OFFICE doubt abOot that." In response , to 'anothsr question, he said with the new regulations, likely some smaller gravel pits that -aren't used.very heavily will go out Of production. Another roan said he could see operators taking: 05:w,, of prOxiction .now and waiting to apply for a-itenSe. until the eriCe"Orgravel Ogs' up. Mr- Laing eautioned it wo#14l 3k more. dif R for 9gtator§ to 4014, tl :future if ihey:,iti pit to go nutorpneratian*.1. said getting tbeilienSe again Would require bylitV change, • :Merle ,Gunby asked 'the inspector, what it would cost an average farmer with a one-acre pit on- his farm to have ,a site plan prepared, as': required in applying for license. Mr. Laing said it wouldbe hard for surveyors to ,give an estimate of site plan costs until they viewed the pit. the 'topography of the land. etc. He did advise operators.to get' two or three estimates on site plans since there is quite a difference in price. Federation , president Gerry Fortune asked Mr. Laing if there is a limit to the number of wayside pit permits' one person will be issued. Mr. Laing said the ministry is going to try to limit the municipalities from going into a wayside pit year after year. since' they must epee and close that pit each Larry Wh-pptley he-Ods crap group ' time. He •Totad the abet witylde. pit lid is that pit can be used fOr One.lisOe• road "cOnStiliction, '04 sitki the pr9plem with wayside Pit perMitais that municipalities .want the'. cheap rivet from • these pits whereas operator want to Sell their gravel to the muncipalides„ t which- Touts we re betweeo tr loch and hard Place! - 1440Phera 'Were sah00: Nanted.lOrse rate OdfaiO Conference AgtienlliTMA, nrgailizect by Minister of Agricnithre Lorne Henderson, which, is being held in Toronto in Februaq, Jim McIntosh tasked.. "Whaf can we expect to gain from this meeting, be's organizing?" Mr.Mdntosh pointed out the federation had' sent 20 delegates to the recent OFA' convention; to discuss issues in the farm community;' and now the minister was asking the group to send one delegate to his conference. • Tony McQuail moved members requ tat a more detailed agenda of Mr. Henderson's planned conference before deciding whether or not to send a delegate. Members were reminded to complete their briefs for the annual Members. .of Parliament dinner on February 21st, when county farm -organizations present briefs to the cnunty's elected officials. 7., *tient Cintutiotarnt OWners. The resoletien stated "whereai limited money is, available for' such programs aS leans, capita! Stint programs, etc: and whereas. Canadian taxpayers Should not be supporting absentee investors", the Ontario F'eSeratien' of Agriculture (OFA) was asked to request the government make funding available only to Ontario residents. Tony McOuail. BY ALICE GIBE Huron County Federation of Agriculture members are continuing their camtiaign • against the absentee ownership of Ontario farm- land. At their January Peeling, held at Clinton Public School on Thursday. members approved a motion asking the In re rt-le to a 4ilerY Treasurer of Qatari* to habilitation when the pit is 'The inspector, also oatlined provincial government to asking ithSentee owners guarantepits and quarries Still in operations" regulations lir Bill the snake fnilds for prngratits have *ea* TACeived.ftlnds will he, rehabilitated in the , Operators will be Paid a Aggregates Act. whieh the such 'stile loans and, caPital &filling,. MOO Gtln6y Said future. Tie dePctsit IS re' grants, amailahle to Ito eittimpies' this were, turned- to PPer4rott When ". who to committee nieMberst but it was ,possibility they were frying to head oft before it happened. The thence of the federa- tion meeting on ThurSdi0 Was regulatitins governing —the • operation of pits and quarries in the county. Craig Laing, pits and guarries inspectorifor the Ministry of Natural Resources, Wingham office; outlined the implications of the Pits and seconded the motion put forward by Merle Gunby, said since the province isn't getting : anywhere very quickly on limiting absentee ownership. -.the motion's intent was to make Sure the. limited funding available for. Ontario farmers wasn't ,used up on absentee owners. ' rebahilitafon ProRre oremoVete on o site. Also, effective July I. ' °OS and quarries operators •.,,mir obtain license from the ministry for their pits, and` (ratline plans for the site, including rehabilitation, or, else operationi at the pits must cease. • Craig Laing told federation members, pit operators pay the eight cents per metric tome deposit on March 31 of Quarries Control Act for farmers' with gravel pits on their propsrty. Under 4e act, which now covers all townships within the area, Terators must pay eights cents per metric Mane secnrity. Ike on extracted gravel;. effective Jan. , The fee is paid to; the the following year, which means they must keep a record of the tonnage of gravel removed from their pit during the year. The pits inspector said, the eight cent security deposit "reflects !nitre accurately the cos of rehabilitation and will govicle incentive for re, ratcof interest on the deposit equal to the Province 'of. Ontario accounts interest rates, whiell'My Laing called i-"a little' sugar with the bad metlicine I guess," Originally operators were to receive only six per cent interest 'on' the security deposit. am• SHOPPING CONVENIENCE Seiler Citizen pay! ° KNECHTEL 5% DISCOUNT °Noma oit FREE DELIVERY. Town Only]. Max Purchase of $50.00 Lb. 1.7 • Paned W/Sausage 6 oz. French /Oast' W/Sausage 51/2 oz. 'Scrambledlogs & Hash Browns R 41/2 oz. A 'OA • 'TO 6. government has been trying to , pass for some ' time. 'to replace the Pits and Quarries Control Act. Under the new act, which has had a second reading, in addition to the eight/ cents security fee, operators will also have to pay a royalty fund of six bCrsdtPileidreld ulclbee'twweeth twill municipality. the county and ifie-PrOyinee•• Theloyalty fee returned Operater*':hir; ;Obi& said this irion0 used by garld4i71e)ft tn4t*du". air St eoni°ttts, to repair damage by heavy 'truck traffic around pita. In response to questiqn from ' the.audience. Mr. Laing said -he didn't expect the Agr , gregates Act would be passed until a majority government wits in Ace. The inspector was asked how a stockpile .of crushed gravel would be affected by the security -foe regulations. Continued. from page 10 project ancE trials discus. Pat Lynch said' the Huron , annual banquet was'the only • One 'that he knew of that was a sellout year after. 'year. At Thursday's meeting Larry Wheatley; ••RAI, Dtib- tin. thedirector fqr McKillop township, was funned 7presi- dent of -organization. " Vice-presidents are Doug , , 'Cameron, Ashfield township and.. Bruce Shillinglaw, Of Hullett township., Shillinglaw alsO doubles as treasurer, „ The secretary is Gerritt Van. Kuelen representing 'Grey township. The retiring magi- dent is Ross McBeath. RR3. Laing said operatorS hive until• July, 1981. to get rid of, stockpiles and after that. they must pay the eight cents per tonne fee pri re, maining gravel. He said because of the amount of , lead time given Operators. the ministry felt they should , he able to get rid of stoekpiles by July. liOWEECENTLY? Another. audience. member aSkedbow recently pits must have; een,osed io4oftil(ylor a lieense,..pOintiok out 'oat gravel-from Litany fartnPits used only . gravel dtiveWays andiarm yards. htir,,taing said if „a farmer " can swear the pit was in use 'continously fora amber of years. the license will be granted. The license fee is $25 for individaili..and $100 for korptirations operating a pit. Mr. Laing said operators didn't have to remove gra from a. pit during the year just becauie the . pit is • licensed. No licenses will. be issued in Huron County July I, The inspector was also questiOned :About fencing regulations .for the' pits. Under the act. operators are required •to fence arounCL,the boundaries of a pit or quarry With heavy duty farm fence. However Mr.. Laing pointed . out there are allowances for -''non=compliance with fencing. regulaticins. For example. if • the pit is in -an. isolated location or if fencing completely around' the boundaries 'will take good 'agricultural land opt of production. then fenCing regulations can be waived. Mr. Laing said the -ministry particularly wants fences around pits bOrdering roadways or' around- pits containing water. Another audience member asked Mr. Laing how gravel. pits inspector said the land cora-be-reforested, could be returned, to farmland or used as a recreational area. He said operators must maintain. / enough topsoil on the site to . Complete rehabilitation. ;,plans,„Jn response to another question. he said—operator, can sell" any excess topsoil after rehabilitation is complete. Ada OF GRAVEL Doug Fortune Of Turnberry Township asked what the new rules would, do to the price, of gravel. Mr. Laing •said he didn't think there Should be an increase in the price but admitted "the money is tied up (itithe Deer • r • Kippen. lawrente-Talior Was re-, turned as district director. The-following-eormrrittees- ' were named: o ProjectS-Jim Armstrong; folin Oke, Lawrence TaylOr, Bob, McNaughton, Gerald Hayter. ,Hans Rasmussen, Wayne Ratz. ' Chnservition-Jim Ross, Ray Hartman. Bruce Norm Aleicander and repre- sentatives from the Maitland and Ausable-Bayfield con- servation Authorities. , Education-Doug Cameron, Aart De Vos, Gerritt Vkn Keiden, Waiter McElwain, Don -McNeil. . Continued trTit page to ' cent of those partieipating in the hunt. A total' of 1222 hunter-days were spent. . Deer check , stations were operated , throughout the district at four locations.; plus. a mobile unit manned by . district- staff to collect biolo- logical .data. This informa- tion.is needed 'as a basis 'for, determining health of the • deer herd in Huron County and is necessary require- ment to 'determine manage- ment direction for the future. Deer were brought to -our . dheck -stations by hunters. ,Ministry of three:quarters of the animals harvested. The largest deer was an 8 point, —116,4- kg. tdreSsed weight) - buck from the -I3ayfield River area. This year. hunters could 'use either, 1 shotgun or muzzle-loader, for hunting. Mest hunters.ehoSeshotgiins---- (96.8 per cent) but a few did use muzzle-loading-weapons (3.2 PerteritY Mitchell-Seaforth CABLE TV For service, account, installation, local announcements, line locates Call 345-2341 Cii,iram.0 than' Supplying 8 networks and independents to over 1,450 honv-, - oo.