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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-12-30, Page 18PAGE SA--GODEKICH sfaxikusfrAR,. t'ESPAY, Tr * • MEER*, ISO/ sportation a main factor in waste disposal location QUEEN'S PARK BYSACE: MW Since the South Caruga site which WaS, selected by U ie &ruler Allister of the environment for the establishment of an in- dustriat liquid waste treat- ment plant has now been abandonet, the people of Ehnen Chanty have been, somewhat coneerned that the site might be selected in Minn _ The reason for their conr cern is: that the site in Ashraeld Tiornship in North firmer was tine of t sites whit& was recommended in the McLaren• Report as meetiragmestoftheeriteriat • Taking the concerns of the people back to Throning, the Member for Iliaorefteace,, MiwrayeislonantrIthought. &weal! bevalseifivehadthe' chainnan of the Ontario) Waste Management Care pot -akar appear before the Caucus- gm Matra, who was appointed the chairman hy the government when they established the Ontario, Waste hfanagement Core paranoia aecepted the in tee come before Caueusandtheindieatedthat south and centraL appear to be areas:int tactile the site,, particularty, because e the transportanon that wilIbe require& Northern Ontario) sites have been virtually ex- clialedalthoughtheCerpora- don has; not formallY voted onaliermader. The consultant engaged by the Ontario: Waste Management Corporation haveteenasketitastutlyr die Meares Report- from the point of view of examining the criteria used by MrenintherepwtA report en this study is dee about Februaryor March:of 111112 and following that "a handliil of candidate sites"" will: be brought forward by the consultants_ From this • I ",:14 ' . 04 41 Iv 01- nil, Hire law3rer list, the Corporation will be choosing the site on which a detailed study will be made - Ached Scott of the corpora, • non is preparing guaidelires for public contact an behalf of the Corporation. There will be a public hearing con- cerning the site choice but the Environmental Awes& merit Act procedure will riet be used. Dr_ Chant maintainS that the Environmental Assess- ment process, established by the Corporation is much' bet- ter. No site set out in the McLaren study has been nil - ed. out Nor are there any special qualities attached to the sitesbecause they are in - chided in the McLaren Report. Ptinciples to be used in dere/training a site will be: 1_ No untreated waste wiM beplaced in the•site. The site on1atedwaste. 2. Ne radio -active waste is Oa be disposed of at thesita One large site is being censidered; primarily; although smaller sites have pot beerinded out The site must have a keg use life of at least sever -alchemies. No receding is being con- templated at the site. ftecyelieg is to be urged by private firms before the waste is sent to the site Pre- teatmnt is being urged as we Transportation is one ele- ment ine in the decon proc the project will be developed at a cost of $65 milion Farm Action Committee Repeat Lorne Henderson, Minister of Agriculture and: Feat released a report sub- mitted by the Action: Com- mittee which was establish- ed by the government to review the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture Task • Force proposals on Feral Credit and financing- 'The lirmiater indicated that an am:mem:lieut would be made on the governments plan of action before Christmas. in the Mlinister's state- ment, he indicated that the Action Committee recom- mended financial assistance or farmers who have been hard hit by high 'interest rates and hitt:rates of idle- 1• H.S. FORD CO. Overhead Deers • Sales St Service *.RESIDENTIAL * INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL ELECTRICCIPPEWMORS PHONE: 524-4198• SiNEVIGATESE.G011111ROLONT- • By Stephanie Levesque Farm organizations have combined ta hire a /awyer to represent them at upcOming hearing. on Ontario ltdro's proposed transmission line route. Huron, Federation of' Agriculturepre:sident, Gerry Fornme, said an umbrella group made up of such organizations as the federa- tion, National Farmers' Union, Christian Farmers and others, have applied to the Canadian Environmen- tal Law Association. The •umbrella grOup is: made up of farm organizations within the Listowel working group area. ivrri Fortune said each group will contribute finan- cially to pay a retainer's fee for the lawyer. J. G. %oak, environmen- tal advisor for the en- vironmental assessment board said the Consolidated Hearings Board which will preside over the hearings, issued an order stating the hearings will start at 10 atm. on Jan. 26 in Stratford Win bronze SEAFOR•rH -Iloydeisler of Eginondville andhorri Baler of Mitchell, both 18 years old, won bronze medals for finishing third in pairs at last week's 'Moscow Skate in the Soviet Union. A strong free skating portion of their program enabled them to climb from fourth to third place. Lorri and coach Kerry Leitch of the Preston Figure Skating /nub spent *Longer tn. VI -meow than planned as they were storm stayed ANNOUNCIN• G Wert& Towns* • KARATE SCHOOL INTIODUCTORY COURSE:: shfirrocattwoollia-Ludarrommordit MONDAV:44.4eNSPAIL. 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The Committee recommend- ed that applicants be 4t:reen" ed by local committee composed of the Bank Manager, Farm Accountant and an official of the Anistry of Agriculture and Food. These recommenda- tions would then be sent to a provincial body for final ap- provaL The Action Committee recommended three ways of providing aeristance One is a six month bridging pro- gram Under this the hanks would defer interest for six months and would not com- pound the interest This would he useful to a fanner with a cash flow problem. Under the second mechanism, the gavermnent would make a grant that would retire the interest on floating rate bank loans by five percentage points for a Peried Of one year. Interest rates well not be reduced below 12 percent, however. This medianism would pr vide a positive cash flow for the one year period. The third optima is a pro- vincial guarantee of a line of operating credit_ This would be used by a producer who needed new credit to put in his, crop or buy livestock or to cover some other operating empens,-- •The Treasurer followed this announcement by ad- ding his assurance that the government is committed to a support program for the fanners before Christmas_ The Treasurer indicated that given the (Mc& tirnes the fanners are facing, the government will make available W roilliop in addi- tional funrfmg for this pur- pose. Opposition Members welcomed the Sal million commitment but they quest. dated whether it woold be adequate to net the needs of all those fanners who have been op' viable units but now find themselves in clifilicalty because of the unimpeded high interest rates. It is the hope of the Action Commit- tee and,. the Opposition Members that the govern- ment will extend the bantling if it finds that the S60 million is "ate_ Farmers should blow bY Chrisirnas time the details:of the program and the method in which they may apply_ Polace A bill to give police the power to hand out 12 hour read side licence suspen- sions and impoead the cars of marginally impaired drivers became Law today_ The 12 hour suspension will apply to drivers whose blood alcohol reading is at least J milligrams but Less than the _06 legal impairment level, The original bill was ex- tensively amended by the Liberal MPP's &ring the Jastice Committee 42.8e. Somechanges were techn- al but others rE4, reduced the I of police to pull over vehicles. 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