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Quarries -act major concern at county
By SHARON DIETZ
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Huron County Council con-
tinued their debate of the
Pits and Quarries Control
Act when they met October
30. The county's mineral
aggregate study committee
made several recommen-
dations to the council which
prompted the discussion.
The committee's
recommendations included
that owners of open pits
within the county be en-
couraged to license their pits
prior to July 1, 1981 as there
is a simplified procedure for
obtaining permits prior to
that date; that it should be
pointed out that wayside per-
mits can only be obtained by
municipalities or public
bodies for specific municipal
or road building projects
requiring gravel, and since
Huron County has now been
designated under The Pits
and Quarries Act 1971, that
Council support the passing
of Bill 127, an Act to Revise
the Pits and. Quarries Con-
trol Act 1971.
It was The last recommen-
dation that some county
councillors disputed. They
believe the designation of
the county under the act is
not in the best interests of
the county's pit owners and
operators and they do not ap-
preciate the manner in
which the county was
designated under the old act.
County engineer Bob
Dempsey explained to the
council that he was under
• the impression the county
would only be designated if
requested under the new act.
Two months ago the
province designated the
county . under the old act of
1971.
Designation carries:
several stipulations. Pit
owners and operators must
have the pit licensed. The pit
must be surveyed and fenced
and the operator will be
charged 8 cents per metric
tonne hauled from the pit to
the provincial government
• as a security that he will
rehabilitate the pit. This
security can be reclaimed
each time the pit is
rehabilitated. If the operator
rehabilitates the pit each
year, he can- reclaim the
security every year.
In addition to those
stipulations, under the new
bill which is to be passed in
the near future, the operator
will be paying a surcharge of
an additional 6 cents per
metric tonne for rehabilita-
tion of roads. Four_ cents will
be paid to the municipality
for rehabilitation of roads;
'/2 cent to the county for road
rehabilitation; 1/2 cent for.
rehabilitating old pits and 1
cent for the province to ad-
minister the act.
County councillors - were
divided in their opinion
regarding the act. Some feel
it is time the county receiv-
ed some retribution for the
aggregates leaving the coun-
ty and others feel the costs
involved will persuade some
small pit owners, mostly
farmers, to close their pits,
creating a shortage of gravel
for township road construc-
tion and_maintenance.
County engineer Bob
Dempsey told council, the
government believes the
designation will permit the
better management of a non-
renewable resource.
Dempsey told council,
Huron has been designated a
supply county for urban
areas such as London and
Sarnia. He said county road
systems are being used by
trucks to haul aggregates
out of the county because
they can avoid all the stops
along highway 8.
Dempsey said in an inter-
view later the -operation of
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the county's road program
will not change because of
the county's designation un-
der the act. He said he will
still look at the quality of the
material In a pit, its prox-
imity to the project and
decide whether to apply for
a wayside permit or use a
licensed pit. The , only
difference he said, will be if
he chooses an unlicensed pit
he will have to apply for the
permit.
Dempsey- suggested "to
council that if a farmer can
foresee that his pit will. be
opened several times in the
• next few years, he would be
advised to license the pit
because each time a wayside
permit is granted the pit
must be - opened,
rehabilitated and closed.
The act also means
farmers cannot purchase
gravel from a pit across the
road which has been opened
with a wayside permit; while
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484-9823 236-4393 262-3002
For Responsible Representation
in Stanley Township -
ON NOVEMBER 10 VOTE
PAUL STECKLE
FOR REEVE
* 10 year member of council, 4 as deputy reeve
* Served 4 years on county council
* Served as Past Chairman of Huron County
Board of Health
* Past Chairman of Huron County Farm Safety
Association
* Member of the Ausable Bayfield Conser-
vation Authority
* Presently Chairman of Water Management
Board
* Active member of Zurich Mennonite Church
* Life Tong resident of Stanley Township
* Employed as a sales rep. for a farm
machinery company, and a farmer
* Paul Is married with two sons
ALLOW THIS EXPERIENCE TO SERVE THE
TOWNSHIP OF STANLEY
VOTE PAUL STECKLE FOR REEVE
Polls will be open in the following places from
the hours of 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Poll No. 1: Milton Schreiber, Pt. Lot 2, Plan 2, Con. 1
Poll No. 2: Everett Robinson, Lot 7, Con. 3 •
Poll No. 3: Township Hall, Varna
Poli No. 4: Gladwin Westlake. Lot 12, Con. LRE
Poll No. 3: Russell Snider, Lot 21, 11: Con. LRE
For a ride to the polls on election day Phone 565-2147
MR. AND MRS. JOHN KLASEN
Jane Rooseboom of Zurich and John Klasen of Hamilton ex-
changed wedding vows October 3, in Exeter Christian
Reformed Church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Rooseboom of Zurich and the groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. P. Klasen of Palmerston. Rev. C. Bischop of-
ficiated. Maid of honour was Marg Rooseboom of Lethbridge,
Alberta and bridesmaids were Jane KnUI of Arthur, Ont.,
Cheryl Denomme of Zurich and Sandra Rooseboom also from
Zurich. Best man wps Alfred Sperling of Hamilton. Groomsmen
were Ed Rooseboom of Sarnia, Pete Hansmaof Kitchener and
Stan Klasen. of Palmerston. After a honeymoon trip to the
States, the couple will be residing at 968 Trinity Rd.,
Jerseyville, Ont.
BOB FISHER
Candidate
for
Zurich
Village
Council
One or my many concerns at present is
the inequity of monies paid towards parks,
the Community Centre and Arena deficit,
from village taxes and grants from other
user municipalites,At present, we are
paying over 80% of this deficit, yet
less than 50% of the users reside in
Zurich
Please Come Out and Vote
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the township or county com-
pletes road work in the area.
The farmer would have to
purchase his gravel from the
nearest licenced pit even if it
was several miles away.
Dempsey admitted that
the government cannot
begin to monitor every small
pit which faces the back of a
farm. "They'll never be able
to -count the loads of gravel
going across the road to the
neighbour's," he said.
Ashfield reeve Warren
Zinn told council he believes
the. act is a good thing
because in many
municipalities, an un -
renewable resource is being
hauled out of the county
which will generate higher
costs for the county in the
future.
Goderich deputy -reeve
Bob Allen said he supports
bill 127. He said the flow out
,of the county Is tremendous
and without the bill, the
county has nothing coming
back to the county for all the
aggregate hauled out. The
bill, he added, is 20 years
late in coming.
Bill Elston who has op-
posed the designation from
the beginning, commented
that a farmer opening a new
pit will encounter several
costs: the pit must be licens-
ed, surveyed and fenced. In
addition he has to pay the
security , for pit rehabilita-
tion and the surcharge for
road rehabilitation.
"Little operators will be
driven out of business
because their operations
won't warrant the cost of
licensing and many
farmers," he said, "haul
from two or three small
per„
"It will become too even -
sive for small municipalities
to operate," added the
Morris township reeve.
Grant Stirling of Godertch
Township remarked the
designation "just creates
. jobs for more fat cats". The
Godeilch Township reeve
_ said In their township pit,
they rehabilitate every day
because as they take out a
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