The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-03-27, Page 5Cp4perne4
The following letter was sent to both
,provincial and federal members of parlia-
ment, as both .levels of government are
presently proposing cuts and reforms; s*
fed
orally to the Canadian Environmental
Protection Act (CEPA) and provincially to
the Environmental Assessment A
Ct.
Changes r��a�e'��r these acts will weak.
en the. Public's Environmental ;Health
,Protection.
Ret Proposed Reforms: bonad s anfl
Environmental. Protection Act (CEPA)
Our organization ,consists of several hun-
dred concerned citizens in the in ediate
• area of Huron Coun : gsProp osed Landfill
Site A3 in the Township bfTAshfield. Stage
2D of the County's asterplau-is just being
completed.
We are very concerned thatthe proposed
reforms toboth the environmental assess-
ment ent (EA) process and approvals • ..p rocess
may be fundamentally flawed and contrary
to the public interest and request Haat FULL
DETAILS. _ ;be provided to the public
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dresscuts to environmental acts
BEFORE any final de 'ons are made
respecting these change siould have a
meaningful Qppoflunit) ..
to
and COM -
input upon this unprec ted rollback.
While the Aros could undoubtedly
, �.
be it roved and .streamlined it should,
NOT be substantially dismantled in relation
to waste rfinatnage.eut, undeftakrngsbecause
it is an important safegguard against undesir-
able
significant adverse orirreversible envi-
ronmental impacts in four key requirements
that are not found in P
other provincial laws
t
such as .. the Planning. Act - or the
Environmental Protection Act, .as follows:
' a): Broad Definition of bbENVIRQ ENT"
b) ,Consideration of ALTERNATIVES
e justification and need rationale by the.
proponent
d) Role of the Public(including potential
hearings and intervenor funding.)
We am requesting that you take the fol-
lowing .actions:
1) Keep waste disposal approvals, includ-
ing Iandfitisrand 'incinerators or energy
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process. T,his means maintaining current
requnrente lnls t address needfor the facili-
ty, alternatives to the proposal, including
the 3Ks and different types of proposal
facilities, and different sites' Or the disposal
facility?.
2) Ensure that the opportunities for citizens
to have full public hearings on waste dis-
posals are maintained; (WE ARE NOW
REQUESTING A HEARING ON T}
PROPOSE A LANDFILL SUE).
3) Extend intervenor funding t ensure that
the public have the, opportunity to be seri-
ous participants in the hearing protcess;.
(WE ARE NOW REQUESTING INTER-
VENOR FUNDING ON THE PROPOSED
A3 LANDFILL SITE). -
44 Ensure that there is a full opportunity for
public input •before the provincial govern-
ment makes
overnment.makes any changes in the approvals
process: -
The federaland provincial governments
should take a strong leadership role in envi- .
;wa
ronneutal' promotion by setting stron,en*i-
ron .ental standards..
The use and release of chemicals. that
Resist inthe environment and build up in
wildlife and humans should be banned' or
phased out, since neither humans nor the
environment can tolerate these substances.
.The Canadian public should also have
the rioht to know who is ,releasing which,
pollutants into the environment through
comprehensive public access to information
that includes all toxic releases to the envi-
ronment including subst. ces sent off-site
for recycling or incineration or disposal,
The protectionof human health, safety
and the environment should be the priority
of the -governments in the regulation of
biotechnology. A new section should be
added -to .CEPA, to be administered by
Health Canada and Environment Canada,
which applies to all biotechnology products
which may enter the environment.
New provisions "nnust, be enacted to
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