The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-06-18, Page 3Pros and cons surround
new manure bylaw
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' A majority of—Huron
County inunicipalities.
have already adopted the
new bylaw, but there is
still some misunderstand-
Mg between: some farmers
who say the law is too
restrictive and some non -
.agricultural rural residents
who say their environment
is riot being properly pro-
tected.
Wayne Caldwell from
the ., Huron County
Planning Department 'said
the heart of the matter
centres on a conception by
many people that land.
resources are .private Con-
cerns whereas air and
water resources are a :pub-
lic concern. • '
"Obviously some peo-
ple are not .happy.," " said
Caldwell. But he added
the change to the 1982
Manure by-law and the
inclusion of the nutrient
management plan require-
. ment is 'needed., to deal
with the. growth ;and
increasing scale of modern
agriculture.
He said new construc-
tion of agricultural opera-
tions in Grey Twp., in.par-
ticular, has prompted the
need, for the revised •byr
law and it is hoped' it will
provide guidance: to the
industry and a level of
security to th:e, non-agri-
cultural rural land : owners.
On June .10; the Huron
Stewardship Council Orga-
nized a' meeting: in:.
Holtnesville to discuss the
• issue. ` Aboui 140 .people,
"mostly • farmers,p attended:
Steve Bowers from ,the
s tewardship council' said
information ,provided at
Hazardous
days set
far .July 12
•Uazardous waste days
for household products
will be ,held to Walkerton,
Wiarton.'and Port •Elgin
this year. The date is July
12 from 10a.ni to 2 p:rn:
In Walkerton and; ' '
Marton the depots are at
the County. of ' Bruce
works garage, and in.Port
'Elgin it's.: the landfill site.
Bruce county residents
may access thesesite with
proof of residency.
• It is important to note
thatonly household 'haz-
ardous. waste' with be
accepted - not commercial
or industrial waste or vol-
umes.
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the meeting' by legal and.
ecological experts •helped
many people, understand
why the by-law needs to
be in place. But regardless
of how much information
is 'provided, he added
'there willalways be peo-
ple who think the by-law
is too .restrictive and oth-
ers who think it :isn't
generic.,enough to be as
restrictive as it needs to
Don Wilson says he's
glad something is %finally
being done to regulate the
spreading •of manure.
Wilson is not a farmer,' but
he lives near Kingsbridge
and he is concerned about
how the spreading of
manure could effect drink-.
ing, water in the area, and
for .that matter; world.
. wide. . _
Wilson attended an ear-
lier meeting. in Ashfield
Twp. concerning the issue,
and he said he. was dis-
•
gusted by the bureaucratic
agricultural wrangling
which seemingly took
focus away . the from what.
is most important.
He said fanners can
talk all they want about.
live -stock units, density
and land base,but in the
end, the need for regula-
tion all comes down to
one thing, drinking water.
"You can live without
cows and pigs, but you
can't live without water,"
he said.
At the March 27 meet-,
ing of Huron County
Cou " it was decided' a
co nittee would
N a monitor the
fru *nure issue" and
evaluate the successes and
failures associated with
tie newly implemented
by-laws.
The county . Model
Liquid Manure ..By-law.
would then be changed to
reflect the revisions.
Luckuow Sentinel. Wednesday, dune 18, 1997 — Page 3
A large shed full of machinery was destroyed by fire on Saturday after-
noon. Fite Chief Peter Steer said the shed was fully engulfed when the
fire department .arrived at the property of Siegfried Poganatz on the ninth
of Ashfield. The Ripley tanker was called in to assist under the mutual
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