The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-04-07, Page 31• 12 The Fans Edition, Week of Apra 7, 1982 •
lic to be involved in waste site selection: Chant
The Ontario Waste Man-
agement Corporation' hsts not
yet developed a long or short
list of possible site for liquid
industrial waste and hazard-
ous wastes treatment facilit-
ies, according to D. A.
Chant, Chairnutit and Presid-
ent of the Ontario Waste
Management Corporation.
"Involving the public in
this .process is a top priority
of the Corporation," he° an-
nounced.
In a wide-ranging address
to the annual conference of
the Rural Ontario Municipal
Association, Dr. Chant Out-
lined the nature .of the
industrial waste problem in
Ontario, ,and the 'approach
being taken by OWMC to not
only selecting appropriate
• treatment and storage facilit-
ies, but implementing a long
term waste management pro-
gram.
Dr. Chant emphasized that
the problem of industrial
wastes in Ontario is a serious
• one, and that treatment and
disposal facilities are urgent-
ly needed. While there are
estimates of 60 to 70 million
gallons of liquid industrial
wastes generated a year, this
amount takes into account
only those wastes being
transported on public high-
ways from the point of
generation to a disposal site,
and does not include wastes
that are stored, disposed of
on the generators' premises,
recycled, or simply taken out
to the 'back '40' and dumped.
"Under the cirtumstance-
es, there are those who
would have us do something,.
anything as quickly as pos-
sible, to relieve the situation.
Building on marginal sites
such as South Cayuga is not
our business, and it is not an
acceptable answer. We will
riot be panicked by the
situation. We intend to do it
right," commented Chant.
• Dr. Chant also reported
that OWMC must set as its
objective the development
and implementation of a
• province wide, long term
program, aimed at not only
treating and storing wastes,
but assisting in reducing and
recycling them.
"We are •not simply a
one issue Corporation, look-
ing desperately for a dump-
site somewhere in the prov-
ince " he , emphasized.
OWMC will be looking to the
longer term, and developing
programs in assisting waste
reduction efforts, as well as
locating and managing sites
for treating and disposing of
wastes, he reported.
"The site selection process
must involve, several stages -
beginning with an inventory
of all available lands meeting
our requirements for natural,
predictable features," said
Dr, Chant.
He also stated that the
selection process should then
advance through subsequent
stages of examinations,
which focuses attention onto
possible candidate areas,
• and which concludes with the
selection of a preferred area
or areas to be studied in
great detail. A candidate site
or sites would then be sub-
mitted to a public hearing for
• approval, to be conducted by
an independent hearing pan-
el.
"OWM is committed to
• involving the public as it
moves through each stage of
the site selection process,"
said Dr. Chant. "Most im-
portantly, we want this pro
cess to be an open one,
where all sides are benefiting
• from shared information, and
where concerned citizens and
organized groups have an
opportunity to express their
• views before decisions are
made."
Over • the next several
weeks, Dr. Chant and offic-
• ials -of OWMC will be
meeting with groups throug-
out the province, to bring
them up to date on the work
of the Corporation, and to
discuss ways in which they
can remain involved. The
Corporation has already held
one weekend seminar with
• representatives from indust-
rial and . environmental
• groups, and similar seminars
will be held in the future.
• Over 400 letters have been
sent to • organizatilons,
throughout the province, :let-
ting them know of OWMC's
desire to involve them in the
months ahead.
• In addition, a series of
seminars and • workshops
throughout the province on
industrial waste manage-
ment will be sponsored and
organized by the Association
of Municipalities of Ontario.
"This will provide an im
portant forum at this 'early
stage of our work, for town-
ships, municipalities and Ioc-
all. organization to become
more familiar with these
issues, and involved in our
work," said Dr. Chant.
"The citizens of this prov-
ince ,must never again be
caught by surprise on the
subject of industrial waste.
Never again can we afford to
arrive on community door-
steps, unannounced," he
said.
The Ontario Waste Man-
agement Corporation is a
provincial crown agency, re-
• sponsible for building and
managing a province wide •
system for the treatment and
•disposal Of liquid industrial
• waste and hazardous wastes..
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