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PAGE 4, WHITBVF nÉÉE PFIS, WEDNE ÂY, SEPTEMB3NR 8, 1î98 Region will ask Metro to direct waste from dump site earlier Durham regional council will ask Metropolitan Toronto to di- vert waste from the Brock-West landfill site in Pickering 10 months before it it is due to close, to allow Durham an additional five years of disposal at the site. Brock West is expected to close early in 1990 at which time Metro and Durham will have to find an interim landfill site. Metro had planned to use a Scarborough site near the Rouge Valley park. But the federal government recently pledged $10 million for a clean-up of the Paper Products, including i newspaper, comprise 36 per cent of the garbage placed at curbside for pickup each week. Aliof it is recyclable. valley, so Metro will not be able to use the site because of its proximity to the valley. Metro now has to look elsewhere. But while Metro has other options, according. to Region works committee chairman Ger- ry Emm, Durham does not. "Metro does have an alterna- tive, Keele Valley, although it will cost them more money," said Emm: But other councillors said Metro will never give approval to the Regionx-request to pull out earlier. "Why would Metro do that?" said Oshawa councillor Brian Nicholson. "There isn't a hope Metro will grant this request. If I was a Metro councillor I would be worrying about the clarity of the minds of Durham councillors. This is a ludicrous request." He was supported by Whitby councillor Tom Edwards who noted that Region staff had approached Metro staff with the idea but had been turned down. "How many more times is Durham going to go down there and get our face slappped," said Edwards. "We can't rely on these people. Let's get our own site." "'m confident they (Metro) will give it serious consideration," said Emm, defending his committee's action. But Newcastle councillors wa- nted more than time from Metro. Newcastle Mayor John Winters asked, in an amendment, that Durham consider a review of its policy to assist Metro in its search for an interim landfill site if Metro refuses to give Durham the extra five years. Newcastle councillors fear a site in their municipality is now Metro's main location for an interim site. "Here is an opportunity for them (Metro) to prove they are acting in good faith," said Win- For frie service FREE FILL-UP Choose any feeder from our huge selection and fI it the first time with our supreme birdseed for FALL IS FOR PLANTING! OCTOBER 1tai- nn d 9nd 1 (Saturday and Sunday) 4F V1st Annual * Fall Festival A fun filled weekend for the entire family (hayrides, scarecrow display, pumpkins, plants and more) Corne see our family of scarecrows from Pringle Creek School. Don't miss this event! oEIJs arden ganlery Bring this coupon for your F Rq E e. Jumbo Sized KING ALFRED DAFFODIL BULB 1 coupon per customer. Expires 10/02/88 ters. Oshawa councillor Linda Dionne criticized the amendment, saying any request from Durham for longer life of the Brock West site should go to Metro with a positive outlook. "This makes it look like we are imp-wristed wimps," said Dionne >f the amendment proposed by Winters. No visible damage to vegeta- tion from methane or leachate migrations has been found in areas bordering the Brock West landfill site in Pickering, accord- ing to a report recently released by the Ontario Ministry of the an exer a s* S PUMPKIN TIME Thick walled long lasting pumpkins ' Ail you can ca .only $99 or. 99 per kilogram But regional chairman Gary Herrema disagreed, arguing that the ameidment was the opposite of what Dionne termed as weak. "It tells them where to go," said Herrema. Winters' amendment was de- feated .15-12 by couicil which then approved approaching Metro with te request by a vote of 19-8. Environment. The investigation was conduct- ed in the late summer of 1986, following the installation and start-up of a full-scale gas burner system at the Brock West site. The possibility of migration of contaminants from the landfill site was tested by analyzing the growth of a white birch tree at each of five locations surrounding the site and chemically analyzing samples of the birch leaves. One tree, located south of the site, registered a 31:4 per cent de- cline in growth. The growth de- cline observed at this site might be related to changes in the water table due to landfill excavation, or site disturbance, or emissions. There was no visual evidence of injury. In the four other birch trees, there was no indication that tree growth had been retard- ed. Elevated levels of heavy met- als were recorded in some samp- les of vegetation. These samples did not exceed Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) guidelines and were not associated with visible damage to foliage. The study could not determine if the origin of the contamination was from the landfill or other sources. At one test site, chloride was detected at 1700 parts per million (ppm). The ministry's ULN guide- line for chloride is 1500 ppm. The study did not -determine if the source of this chloride was the landfill, road salting or dust. The vegetation was also an- alyzed for levels of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. In one sample, fluorence levels were. 942 parts per billion. Most samples tested non-detectable. Fluoran- thene was detected in trees near the landfill, at levels lower than those found at a control tree fur- ther from the landfill. Ministry staff will conduct more tests to attempt to deter- mine the source or sources of the contamination noted in this study. 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