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LucknQW Sen(inel, Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - Page 7
Moratorimrequested for wind farm projects in ACW Twp.
BY DENNY
SCOTT
Signal -Star Staff
At the Ashfield-
Colborne-
Wawanosh July 7
council meeting,
the President of the
Huron County
Federation of
Agriculture has
asked local munic-
ipalities to put a
moratorium on
commercial wind
projects.
Wayne Black
asked local coun-
cils,
oun-
cits, , including
Ashfield -
Colborne
Wawanosh
Township Council,
to support an epi-
demiological
pi-
demiolo 'cal study
into the health
:act of specific
p
infrastructure of
wind J
energy i:o"-
g pi:o)-
ects, as well as a
moratorium on
commercial wind
energy : projects,
pending results of
said study. -
Blau. _ exPlajilcd
that many initia-
tives have asked
for environmental
studies around
wind turbines, but
ignore the health
impacts. He ` said
that farmers would
like- to seethe
results of this
study.
Reeve Ben Van
Diep.enbeek
explained that
council isn't ready
to enact such a
moratorium, and
that even if they
did, the new Green
Energy. Act, . soon
to be implemented
by, the Province of
Ontario, would
over -ride any rul-
ing madeby coun-
cil.
"I can definitely
support the
[study], but I don't
think we're in a
position to make
that decision;
we're 'going to be
superseded any-
. ways," said . Reeve
V Die :.._n
Van pe beck;
Coun. Barry
Millan explained
that orato �ium
ht m n s
can only be placed
so many times on
any one kind of
land, : to which
Blacks responded ,
make the moratori
r
um -only affect spe-
cific lands, like
Agriculture Zones
one and two.
"It looks to me
like the province is
taking a good look
at this; they're not
rushing like they
were. If we put a
moratorium on
this, we'll be strap-
ping ourselves for
future actions,"
said Millian
Administrator/el
erk-treasurer Mark
Becker explained
that the, debate on
the. moratorium is
not a pressing mat-
ter, as there are no
wind projects
approved in ACW
in the near future.
Minnesota's
department of
health determined
that wind turbines
were causing
health problems,
especially inner ear
problems, . accord-
ing to Black, and
the HCFA believes
this rom is an
epidemiological
study, which
focuses more . on
health effects
Black said that
they don't know
what needs to be
done with the wind
farms, but:that they
need to have scien-
tific research and
reasons for set
backs, and not just
base them on feel-
ings.
"Currently the
Submitted photo
Present for the $ 17,275 arttiouncement on Thursday, July 2, of
funding support, from • the Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources, for projects to protect species at risk were (left to
right): Lawrence McLachlan, chair, Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority (ABCA) board of directors; Ken Oke,
mayor, Municipality of South Huron; Carol Mitchell, MPP, Huron -
Bruce; Dave Frayne, ABCA board a/directors member (repre-
sentin limMicipalities of South Huron. ands. Perth South) and
Mark • ABCA board of directors member (representing
municipe lHies of Lambton Shores and Warwick):•
setbacks that .the
lower tier munici-
palities have vary
from one region to
another. There
should be some
scientific basis for
setting those set-
backs other than
emotions -
although emotions
are not truly scien-
tific. What we
would like to know
is • what is - safe for
our families and
member s who::hve,
work, play, :and
sleep in, our. com-
munities? . We
may fiilik that • the
setbacks should be_
set at 1,5 km as the
World Health
o rg � a n i z a t i o: n.
Oj recom-
mends, or we may
find.. that - - t 350
Metres is an appro-
priate setb k
ac , ."
Black said,
`Black p
e lained
that, :as president
of- the HSA, he
represents individ-
uals both interested
in having wind
farms : and individ-
ua ;against them,
but he has to *pre-
sent both:
"We: have mem-
bers who are iboth
for and .against the
wind projects and
we need to assist
both sides. By
saying no to the
wind power we
would be denying
some farmers of
'the extra income
from ' the lease
agreements or
electricity sales if
they built their
own systems," he
said. "By saying
we can build the
turbines and infra-
structure associat-
ed with the wind
projects anywhere,
we l could be deny-
ing the farmers
who's l health is
being negatively
affected."
ACW council
members ate.., sup-
porting
su p-
pog
rtin the health
impact study that
Black called for.
St Helen's Hall
Ashf ie,ld-
Colborne-
Wawanosh•
Township council
has increased the
amount of money
they are giving to
St. Helen's Hall to
purchase fryers • for
their local fish fry.
The fryers, origi-
nally . estimated to
cost $1,000 each
• for two -small -
ers, or _ $2000 for
one big model, will
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a bylaw.
With the help of
local farmers,
council plans to
create a property
standards bylaw
for residents on
agriculturally
zoned • land, but
have put off any
decisions and plan-
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the three citizens at
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arty
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Ashfield -
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Wawanosh living
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