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Hydro hearings in Guelph
establish ground rules for N�v.13
BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE
It was a sense of deja vu, or that I've
been here before feeling which permeated
the Guelph Holiday Inn as farmers,
lawyers, planners and media represen-
tatives gathered for the preliminary hear-
ing of Ontario Hydro's application for
transmission lines.
The two-day preliminary hearing, Oct.
16 and 17 at least established the ground
rules for the hearings which will now start
on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Originally set for
Nov. 12, the joint board chairman Robert
Eisen said the date was changed because it
conflicts with the municipal elections be-
ing held that same day across the pro-
vince.
The joint board will be considering
which plan and route will be used to get
power which Ontario Hydro says is bottled
up in the Bruce Nuclear Power Develop-
ment. Hydro's aim is to get power to the
major Ontario and Michigan markets, and
build up the transformer station • at Lon-
don.
The joint board is made up of two
members from the Ontario Municipal
Board (OMB). James Mills and R. Ward
Rodman. The board chairman is from the
Environmental Assessment board.
Twenty groups, including Ontario
Hydro, various provincial ministries,
Huron County, Energy Probe and the
Foodland Hydro committee all asked for
party status in the hearings. This indicates
these groups will have representation
throughout the entire hearings.
There was a request for participant
status from 35 groups and individuals in-
cluding Hay Township, Goderich
municipal airport and Perth County. Par-
ticipant status means the groups or in-
dividuals won't necessarily be at the hear-
ings full-time.
The joint board decided to follow Ontario
Hydro's plan of action which calls for the
utility's evidence on the overall plan to be
presented in Guelph. Individual route
plans will be presented in four places,
Markdale, Cinton, London and Simcoe. No
dates were confirmed by the board
however, Hydro lawyer Bruce Campbell of
Toronto expect it will be after Christy ns
before the hearings leave Guelph.
It is expected that members of the
general public or those who already have
party or participant status will make
briefs to the board at the four local hear-
ings.
The joint board agreed to meet from
Nov. 13 to Dec. 12 from Tuesday to Friday
of each week.
Tony McQuail of R.R. 1. Lucknow, chair-
man and contract employee of the
Foodland Hydro committee, presented an
alternative to Hydro's plan of action. He
commented later he had "sympathy" for
the board in its attempt to make a deci-
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He wasn't so sympathetic in other mat-
ters though.
McQuail first notes that the hearings to
start next month differ greatly from the
1982 hearing. At that time, Foodland-
Hydro's version of plan M3 - from Bruce to
Essa then along 401 to London - was upheld
by the joint board. It was later quashed by
a court of appeal.
The Huron County farmer says the 1982
hearing was to determine which plan On-
tario Hydro should take, from a choice of
five plans. Now, the 1985 hearings are to
consider which plan of three and the exact
route (if a plan is approved) transmission
lines out of Bruce Nuclear Power Develop-
ment will take.
This past summer, Ontario Hydro said it
prefers plan M7. This plan has
transmission lines from Bruce to Essa
(near Barrie), from Bruce to London
through Huron County and then from Lon-
don to the Nanticoke Generatthg Station.
Two other plans which hydro considers
to be the only other viable plans are Ml
and M5. They also have transmission lines
running through Huron County.
The Foodland Hydro committee intends
to bring M3 back before this current joint
board. However, Hydro spokesperson
Gillian Bennett said the public utility says
M3 is "not technically feasible".
But McQuail and Foodland Hydro don't
give up so easily. McQuail said he is "very,
very displeased" that on Thursday the
joint board ruled that Hydro was given suf-
ficient notice even if M3 is brought back
before the board.
The I,ucknow area man said all
residents within the M7 route received
mail notification while those in the study
area, which includes a portion of M3, only
received notification through 'adver-
tisements in various publications.
McQuail fears that because of the dif-
ferent notification process, these hearings
could be thrown out as were the 1982 hear
ings.
He intends to devote as much time to the
hearings as possible. For the farmer, that
means he has to hire someone to look after
his farm in West Wawanosh Township.
Bill Jongejan of R.R. 2, Goderich, vice-
president of Foodland Hydro said while the
group has legal counsel, the London firm
of Lerner and Lerner Associates, it would
be too expensive to have a lawyer at the
hearings every day. He said a lawyer
would cost about $1,500 a day.
Admitting McQuail is being paid, Jonge-
jan wouldn't release the salary figure. He
says the amount is "considerably less"
than a lawyer would be paid. McQuail said
if any Foodland-Hydro member wanted to
know the amount, they could contact their
local director.
"We have the greatest trust in Tony,"
said Jongejan.
There are 1,200 paid up members in
Foodland Hydro, the only non-government
group representing farmers at the Hydro
hearings. Members pay a $1 an acre fee.
The group's members came with green
ball caps, donated by a well known seed
company and outside of the hearings was a
float made by members.
The float features a "Paul Bunyan" type
of character caught among transmission
lines. At the farmer's feet are a barn and
silos. The groups public relations commit-
tee, Gerald Dustow of R.R. 6, Goderich;
Gordon Hill of Varna; Vince Lavey of Il-
derton, Gerald Rose, Jane Rose and John
Stewart all of Ailsa Craig ar*d Brian Urb-
shott of Ilderton put the float together.
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