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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-01-20, Page 10TIts Bili. ihet S.v sFYu Mer." on ti MEN'S 'BOYS LADIESGIRi0.s a BABY WEAR YARD GOODS-- yPAINT—SEWING MACN NES SMALL #PP' IX CLAMPS . y4it •a�'? �' •1^4 ".f•f.'•r �l ;s• 1-�lf � ,.r •tie ',. yS�lG4444 • TIOIRSDA -f continued from page 1j.. have any firm treat its own waste before discharging it into the storm sewer. He;saldd by taking that route any- sludge nysludge disposal problems in the future could be handled easier than if the sludge was handled by the town's plant. - The sludge will be the major disposal concern, according to the ministry engineers. The waste, by virtue of the firm's manufacturing system, will T ARY1 119T? .. 1,0 A' contain fairly large quantities of metals that will have .to be disposed of in a land -fill site. The .sludge from the sewage disposal plant is now used for agricultural purposes but the metal deposits from a Borg- Warner arg Warner plant may prevent that to continue if the firm dumps into the sanitary sewer. - Pollution control plant supervisor Gerry Fisher told council he would prefer to see By Const. G. Lonsbary & Const. P. Mason We would dike=to Apologize =for :missing- the- •past --few. ... columns but' both of us have been on courses and due to the Christmas and New Years break we have not been able to work on any columns. SNOWMOBILING Having winter fun the safe way. In the next few columns, we would like to set out some of the rules and' regulations governing the operation of motorized snow vehicles. SPECIAL LICENSES RE: SNOW VEHICLES As things stand. now, M.T.C.- contacted the snowmobile clubs in Ontario and had a selected number of their members attend a'courseof training, so they can give a course to persons 12 years and over on how to operate a snow vehicle properly. It is a 12 hour course given in three four hour sessions. After receiving the course in instruction, the applicants will be examined by those trained snowmobile club members and if they pass, they will be given a cer- tificate, which they take to the M.T.C. driver's license issuing office and receive their motorized snow vehicle license. At the present time there is no age limit for driving on public trails. BUT by March 1977, drivers will have to be 12 and have the M.S.V. license. "Thisis the only information we have received at this time about these special licenses and we hope to have further information in our next column". DR1VE1ltS LICENSE In order to operate your motorized snow on a Highway, you must have attained the full age of 16 years and hold a valid drivers license. Every driver of a motorized snow vehicle shall carry his driver's license with him at all times while he is operating a motorized snow vehicle and shall produce It when demanded by a police officer, constable or con- servation officer. Every person who is unable or refuses to produce his '' license, when requested by a police officer, constable or conservation officer, shall identify himself by giving his correct name and address to the police officer, constable or conservation officer. "Failing to produce your driver's license or failing to identify yourself by giving your correct name and address is an arrestable offence." INSURANCE No person shall drive a motorized snow vehicle upon a highway or a public trail unless he is insured under a motor vehicle liability policy in accordance with the Insurance Act, an51 the owner of a motorized snow vehicle shall not permit any person to drive the vehicle upon a highway or public trail unless the driver is so insured. The driver of a motorized snow vehicle who drives or permits the driving of the motorized snow vehicle on a highway or public trail shall, upon the request of a police officer; constable or conservation officer, produce evidence that the driver thereof is insured under a motor vehicle liability policy in accordance with the Insurance Acta • Every driver of a motorized snow vehicle who fails to produce evidence when requested to do so or within a reasonable time of such request is° guilty of an offence and on summary conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $500. Next week's column we will continue the rules and regulation of snowniobiliing on Permits and Equipment. With the large amount of snot/ that has .fallen so far this winter, we would like to remind the motorist to be extra cautious when approaching, intersections, ' as it is difficult to see oncoming traffic. The works departments. are working extra hard' to clear the snow away from the intersections, but this is a time consuming job. We would once again like to remind the Parents to warn their children not to play on the snow banks :along - the streets in case they slide down the banks and oto the street in front of a moving vehicle." „ It has been brought to our attention by a concerned citizen, that there are . several vehicles being driven, without clearing the tail lights or windows. 1110 notonly creates a hazard for you, the offender; but also for other motorists using the streets. This is also an offense under the Highway Traffic Act. LET'S BE SAFE, NOT SORRY the wast pre -'at and dumped jato the storm sewer. He said the plant naw handles 580 tons of sludge • year and has no problem getting rid of it as fertilizer. He;pointed out, however, that if Borg` -W arner dumped an : additional five tons of sludge into; the plant's facilities it may contaminate the other 580 tons making disposal a major concern. Mr: McMullen told council that if the :. sludge - was 'removed from the water at. 'the Manufacturing site a suitable arrangement for its disposal would probably not cause . any problems. He explained, that the land fill site in HoImesville may be suitable for disposal adding a similar site may be selected J Holmesville is not suitable. Mr. Wigle added that future disposal problems will be of lesser concern if the firm pre treats its waste since only about five tons of sludge will have to be disposed of rather than 580 tons if the waste is handled 'by the pollution control plant. .y MUST PASS BYLAW Town engineer Burns Ross told council that it appeared that the problem was in a nutshell. He said council now• had to pass a bylaw gover- ning . the quality of waste being ' dumped into town - sewers, and then stipulate in the agreement with Borg- Warners that the company must treat its own waste to: sufficient quality to have the effluent meet • the standards set down in the town's bylaw. Councillor Haydon did not see the answer as clearly` as that and voiced some cynicism over the effects of a bylaw ensuring the quality of waste. She said shehad collected quite a few press clippings concerning penalties imposed on industry for breaking the ministry.. of environment rules on quality of effluent and .it appeared as though the -laws were bent.. She said the firms seem to be charged with polluting air' or water and then given a paltry fine in court that they pay and thencontinue in the same production' fashion and the public has to live . with the pollution. Mr. Manuel told council that all the ministry cando is set the standards and try to enforce them. He said the ministry has fines of up to $10,000 a day for firms breaking the laws but un- fortunately has no' control over how the courts levy the fines. Councillor Stan Profit told council that for his money the meeting was an exercise in futility. He said he failed to understand how council as supposed responsible people could intelligently discuss something with a third party when the third party wasn't there. "The firm is like some phantom company and• refuses to be here," he said. "They send a letter saying they regret they can't make It but surely there must be someone in the company free to come and meet with us. We can't ask important questions without someone from the company here at the table." - Mr, Profit went *on adding ;,: council did not even • know - what Borg Warner intended • - to produce. He said council,; had -heard statistics on water use and effluent levels and contents but had heard nothing of what the firm will make. Mr. McMullen conceded that it would beeasier to. discuss the -issues if the firm ..: bad a representative at the meeting' but added that,'I .• :really didn't matter what the final ptsoduct of',the`1'irm Was>'= He said the .-town .anti t1�e ministry should 4"Only, tag! concerned with today': of effluent . and other „-wash: rather"than what tiiey'pla, t manufacture.:: - c M•E, Mayor •Deb Shewfelt: pointed .out thatthis was unusual because the firm had not even purchased hind in Goderlch. He said that normally the company would, buy land, indicate where and' what size their plant would be and then work out the sewage details with the town. The mayor then sugg sted that council sit down. wit .the. ministry and setup a bylaw for Goderich that would govern future negotiations ` with industry wishing• to locate here. He said that possibly the ministry. representatives could outline a bylaw that would govern situations similar to the Borg- Warner,. org-Warner.case rand amalgamate the town's current bylaw with a more stringent set of mites that - would, allow the town to ust; z show it :to inidustl+y:: a demand that its.rtrqurt be met. FUTURE. MORE CLEAR Councillor Don Wheeler agreed -with " the .mayor pointing.' out -that although nothing concrete Was ;done over the Borg-Warneroffer to purchase the meeting was not a complete waste of time He said he had learned a con. siderable amount from meeting with' the ministry engineers and hoped that tha" town Gould benefit from, the meeting by coming up with a new bylaw. - Spence Cummings was asked t� convey his im- pressions of the meeting' and his comments aroused more ire from some council members. Mr. Cummings said that he really felt Borg- Warner was not interested In, the results of the meeting. He said they weren't going to talk to the town at all and he had convinced them to allow him to note the a result of the _ meeting and pass —the hi- formation along to them. He said that the last offer to "purchase had, expired In 4s� ;m w ;inter+ s. ed a loflge 'Clifforsl saitlthe ..ea ; -0;:,04:440401,00d10,. e to - `theywould t aniy anc all,: rn lstryP. of environment - standards a and dad, 01t4+: cornmented. that 'they would ti prefer to have the. town treat'. wastes at the polhtttlon control plant. ` Iub�l�sl teres E5; e an he R Y• i 3,_ .. x �e� s,week! edatali. 111:Ciiffotd seemed td, .b 'wtlle ; comments- ked. '-Ctmmings n -Is It because thea don"t wont to treat their own wastes?"heasked Councillor Haydoz} said, She • was, "' prprised council was'+' allowingItself to 'be treated $u with elr+ isrespect ;S a said she got '-the feeling .that':_. councilrshould feel lucky that Borg-Warner w"ould even talk to the town. 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