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Clinton News-Record, 1980-11-20, Page 7ounty council continues debate on new BY SHARON DIETZ Huron County Council continued their debate of the Pits and Quarries Control Act when they met October SO. The county's mineral aggregate study com- mittee Made several • recomiuendaticns to the council which 'prompted the discussion.. The committee's recommendations in- cluded that ownersof ..... open the 'pits Within county be encouraged 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 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 Control Act 1971, It was the last recommendation 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 appreciate' the manner in which the county was designated under the old act, wayside permits can only . County engineer Bob be obtained by --Dempsey exp i e -d -t the would only be designated if requested under the new act,, Two months ago the province 'designated the county under the old act of1971* Designation: carries several stipulations.pPit owners and operatdrs must have the pit licensed. The pit must be surveyed and fenced and the operator will be •charged 8 cehts per metric tonne hauled from the pit to the provincial government as a security. that he will rehabilitate the pit. This security can bePwreclaimed each time the pit is rehabilitated. If the operator rehabilitates the pit . each year, he can reclaim the . security every year. - In addition... to these stipuiattons, under the municipalities or public council that he was under new bill which is to be bodies for specific the impression the county passed in the near future, the , operator will be Consta n celodgepaying a surcharge o additional 6 cents per metric tonne for rehabilitation of roads. Four cents will be paid to the municipality for rehabilitation of roads; 1/2 cent to the county for road rehabilitation; 1/2 cent for rehabilitating old pits and 1 cent for the province to administer the act. County councillors were divided in their opinion regarding the act. • Some feel it is time the county received some retribution for the aggregates leavrtng the county and others feel the costs involved will per- suade some small pit owners, " mostly "farmers, to close their pits, creating a shortage . of dance a sellout By Mary Merner Courts Constance and Constantine Foresters lodge held their fall dance on Saturday evening November 8th at the Seaforth Community Centre with"Solid Ivory" providing the music. Court Constantine made the draw for the ist prize Alghan with Michelle Stanley of Ilderton being the win- ner. Second prize, a cushion, was won by Joyce I-lotigins of Parkhrll'. About $280 was realized Shoppers get free rides KINCARDINE - Every Wednesday now until Christmas, free tran- sportation around Kin- cardine is being offered. Sponsored by stores and merchants in the Business Improvement Area.(BIA), the shopping bus will take Kincardine residents. to; thYe d w'n= town area • y _ 1.... r for Cancer Research, which will be presented at the Fall Assembly. Social Sam.sack and Manychanh Banouvong and their baby daughter Thidaphone of Laos, have moved to Canada and are residing with Mr. and Mrs. Marris Bos, Steven, Sharon, Kenny, Michael, Andy and Kathy. Mr. and Mrs: Robert Woods and Michelle of Gananoque,Mr. and Mrs. Cam Patterson of Win- dsor,. and.. Mr. and.. Mrs. Doug Riley, Kim and Greg of Winthrop visited over the . weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riley. Mr. and Mrs. John Thompson attended the Awards Night at Humber College in Toronto on Tuesday evening November 4th. Their daughter Sharon received an award for her progress in retail flora - culture .course. They also visited i with Mrs. Andy Thompson and Jeffrey of Oakville.. . . gravel for township :road construction and maintenance. Countyengineer bob rn stold council, ouncil the Dempsey government believes the designation will permit the better management of a non-renewable resource. Dempsey -told council, Huronhas - 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 interview later, the operation of the county's road program will not change -because' 'of the' - county's designation under the act. He said he will still look at the quality of the material in a pit, its proximity 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 ad- vised 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 R.K. PECK APPLIANCES In The Heart of Down Town Varna • Vacuum Cleaners • Sales and Servide of most makes • CB Radios and Accessories - • Speed Queen Appliances • Moffat Appliances • Smoke Sensors • Insect Lights and Fly Killing Units • Handcraftled Gifts Varna,, Ont. Phone 482.7103 the road which- ;has been opened with a wayside p � permit, while the township or county competes road work ill 'the area, The farmer would have top urchase his gravel from the nearest licensedp .it 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 loadsofgravel going across „the to the nei hbo&"s," he said. Ashfield reeve Warren Zinn told council he believes the act is a good thing because in many municipalities an unrenewable resource is betng`•auled out of the county which will generate' higher costs for the county in the future. Goderich deputy -reeve Bob Allen said he sup- ports 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 opposed the designation from the beginning, commented that a farmer opening a new pit will encounter several costs: CLZNTON NEWS -RIF the pit must be licensed, surveyed and feneed.1n addition he `.,aseto pay the security for pit rehabilitation and the stitch urge 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 pits" "It will become too expensive for small municipalities to operate," added the Morris township reeve. Grant Stirling of Goderich Township remarked the designation "just creates jobs for more fat cats." The Goderich Township reeve said Tri Their townsiippit, t they rehabilitate every day because as they take out a bucket of gravel it fills up with water so they have a series of little lakes. Wingham's reeve Joe Kerr commented he thinks the licensing, fencing and surveying costs on' top of rehabilitation securities and surcharges will just be too much and many farmers will close their pits. He pointed out he is not impressed ,with the knowledge of some government officials. He said they were into 'his office recently to ask what dead sand was and he told them "it was tired gravel.,' Reeve Elston added, "It's. like the .in of i a moving into an enterprise and eventually taking over. You have to pay exactly what they ask." When council con- sidered the report of the aggregate study com- mittee; they took a recorded vote on the recommendation that since the county has been designated under the old act of 1971, the county council should support the passing of Bill 127, to revise the 1971 act. The council passed the recommendation by a vote of 28 iait favor and 21 against. -� T O'RSDA ,, NOVEMBER 20, 11 E'AGE 7A Mr. T.E. 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