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Whitby Free Press, 2 Mar 1988, p. 4

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PAGE 4, WH1-ITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MM«JH 2,1988, Nearby residents have concern s about dump sie aAC Thickson Point residents want assurances that airborn particles from the new shredder at the nearby Lake Ontario Steel Company Ltd. (LASCO) will flot fail on their homes. Ira§ M -I-I- -I-I M> I IMIm-mMomm II I MR-IIMI Mm Brand New Just Arrived i - Exclusive to the Durham Regionj SiIver Speed 800-I Faia Ui -For afacial tan only or for * our customers who prefer - a littie extra tan on their face. 1 PLUS 6 TANNING BEDSj * WITH FACIALS - *Rs - 30 min 7.i - - *. -10 sessions $49. * Students $4 * Facial - 10 min. $2. - 20 -30 min sessions $89. .iWIN ATRIP FOR-2TO VEGAS >4 jBeginning Fé b. 1 after each session you may ftiti in a ballot and! -be entered in the Vegas draw. Draw wiIl be held on May, 31.I u1 Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 - 10:00j I Saturdays 10*00 - 6:00 :; j OPEN SUNDAYS 10-6 !95Bring in this ad and -receive your lt facial free.,; .95Dundas St. W. (Wést Lyndo Plaza) Whltby 668-7050 DURHAM "We're vital ly concerned about more chemical.pollutants -even if "safe" by existing standards -f alling onto our yards and gar- dens, floating through the air we breathe,"' states oneof two sub- missions from the Thickson's Point Residents Association . to the Dàurham Region planning depar- tment. Association members, including president Warren Brailsford and vice presidents Joan Gulliver and Mike Heaton, say LASCO has been very cooperative in addressing residents' concerns about the car shredder, and test -berm of shredded waste (LASCO has ap- plied to the Region for an official plan amendment to allow construc- tion of a landscaped berm). However, residents want the test berm to continue for another two years to give LASCO and the Ministry of Environment more time to carry out more comprehensive tests. The association says tests should take place on groundwater after two years of, chemical leaching. The additional time would also allow development of a system to prevent wind-borne dispersal, residents cdaim. Residents say the current operation at LASCO is "unsatisfac- tory and must be greatly improved if a permanent waste disposal berm is to be permitted. " Pointing out that billions of dollars are spent on Great Lakes shore dlean-up, the association states "We therefore question the PUBLIC NOTICE THE RÉGIONAL MUNICIPALITY 0F DURHAM IN THE MATTER 0F: The Municipal Act, Sections 298 and 301 (R.S.O. 1980) TAKE NOTICE THAT the Council of the Regional authorizing construction of the following projeots: NO. NO 1 Brock Rd. ,Cameron St. Ritson Rd. Goodwood Rd. Bloor St. Rossland Rd. Liverpool Rd. West ney Rd. Consumers Dr. Whites Rd. Harwood Ave. Park Rd. MUNICIPALITY Pickering Brock Oshawa Uxbridge Whitby Whitby Pickering Aj ax Whitby Pickering Aj ax Oshawa Scugog Municipality of Durham may pass by-laws LOCATION South Bound Bypass Lane at the Sth Concession From Dobson Bridge to Regional Road 2 From Regional Road 58 (Adeaide Ave.) to Regionai Road 28 <Rossland Rd.) Truck Accelerat ion Lanes at the 7th Concession Bypass Lane Widening at Hopkins St. From Garden St. to Regional Rôad 26 (Thicvkson Rd.) From Hwy. 2 to, Glenanna Rd. From 1.0 km north of Hwy. 2 to Concession 111 Road. From Brock St. to the new new 401 ramps. From Hwy. 2 to Regional Road 37 (Finch Ave.) Left Turn Lane at Harwood /401 West Bound Ramp Left Turn Bypass Lane at G.M. Gates From Caesarea Easterly to Regionai Boundary Plans showing details of the projects and the lands affected may be seen at the office of the Chief Design Engineer of the Durham Works Department, 105 Consumers Drive, Whitby, Ontario, Telephone 668-7721. Works Committee, being deiegated by Regional Council as the hearing body, shahl hear in person or by his or her counsel, solicitor or agent, any person who- daims his or her land wiil be prej udiciaiiy affected by the by-laws and who appiies on or before March 23, 1988, to the undersigned to be heard at a meeting of the Works Comrnttee on March 29, 1988. Dated at Whitby this 25th day of February, 1988-. G. Emm Works Committee Chairman W.A. Twelvetrees, P. Eng., Commissioner of Works N . . .~. decision to create yet another dump site on the very same shore >line,,a mere 500 feet from aân eroding cliff face." Charlie Holt,general manager'of the scrap division at LASCO, says residents "will continue to be in- formed with'reégard to this con- cern." Hé points, out that the ministry has given approval for the, shredder and. berm, located in the southwest corner. of the industrial property. Hoît says the ministry will con- tinue to test the site as it does with ail industry, and he says groundwater tests thus far made bave shown no, effects. LASCO also conducted tests of residents' wells, the association notes, as a "before" sample of local groundwater. LASCO plans to plant trees and shrubs on th e berm site to provide a visual barrier that will apparently include such "indicator species" as eastern white pine trees which react to certain air pollutants.- LASCO formerly had a car shred- der on Cherry St., in an industrial area in Toronto, for 23 years before deciding on a new $6-milion shred- der to be located at the Whitby site and to operate under the name In- dustrial Metal'-as a division of LASCO. It began operation last August. In shredding, materials are separated into steel, used- by LASCO, lighter metals, sold to an, extractor, and waste. The residents' association says their Thickson Point commuiitYis "regularly bathed" in LASCO's5 "distinctive-smelling plume of smoke"' and that metallic com- pounds in the soul have been shown to be from LASCO. The association also questions the construction of a- berm 500 feet fromf the shoreline when'the Region of.ý ficial plan requirs a green beit ofi 1,OOfeet. Residents were shown the shredî, der and berm site on Feb. 6 and sayt. that particles were blown about althoughnotfàr. "'We> can't' help feeling thu4 Ministry of the Environmüent waý negligentinapprovingthisshredder facility without requirements foer. enclosure, as well as collection anctý containment of ail debris,"' states rY the association. Hoît says that while the shredder is outside, air or "ceyclone" systemsi are installed to prevent particles from going-in the air where they couldbeblownaway. The residents' association states' ini thelî second submission that " Wë had been told that the whole shred'- ding process would be completely enclosed, making it a much cleaneri operation than that at Cherry Streete inToronto." Computer stolen frorn home An IBM. computer valued at,' $2,000 was anlong the items stolen from a home on James St. last week., Durham Regional Police say a doorknob was twisted open to gain entry to the house sometime between Tuesday, Feb. 23 and Thursday, Feb. 25. Other items stolen include a videotape recorder valued- at $500, a- camera and, zoom lens worth $700 and two wedding bands. A TUGBOAT manoeuvres into position to book up to a barge in Whitby harbor as Hub Transport of Oshawa prepares to move huge ladies (for pourlng metal) to Oshawa harbor from where they wIll be taken to Chicago. Four ladies, each welghlng 32 tons, were m7ade lu Toronto and transportedl to Whltby where the wereplacedon the barge. - e Fm ePrespot

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