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Thursday, N ovem ber 19, 2015 - The IFP - H alton H ills - w w w .theifp.ca Page 9 NEWS Conservation Halton is seeking feedback from the community on its draft Large Fill Policies and Pro- cedural Guidelines. Comments are requested by Dec. 1, 2015 from all interested parties and groups in the Conser- vation Halton watershed. You can find the draft Large Fill Policies and Procedural Guide- lines on Conservation Halton's website, www.conservationhal- ton.ca/large-fill-policy. The Large Fill Policies and Pro- cedural Guidelines are intended to address the issue of the placement of large fill within the Conserva- tion Halton watershed. This is an ever-increasing concern among municipali- ties, conservation authorities and people living in rural ar- eas, in Conservation Halton's watershed and generally within the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Conservation Halton staff were directed by its Board of Direc- tors to draft a large fill policy. Of particular concern are instanc- es of illegal dumping of fill in regulated areas (under Ontario Regulation 162/06) and appli- cations for large quantities of fill for placement on properties, which are increasing. Comments may be submitted by December 1, 2015 to: Barbara J. Veale Manager, Planning and Regula- tion Services, Conservation Halton 2596 Britannia Rd. West, Burl- ington, ON L7P 0G3 Telephone: 905-336-1158 ext. 2273, Fax: 905-336-6684 E-mail: bveale@hrca.on.ca Conservation Halton admin- isters Ontario Regulation 162/06, (Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alteration to Shore- lines and Watercourses Regula- tion). This regulation applies to river or stream valleys, wetlands and adjacent lands, shorelines and other hazardous lands and is intended to protect people and property, as well as the natural en- vironment, from natural hazards. Permission is required from Con- servation Halton to: • develop in or adjacent to a regulated area; • alter a creek, stream or wa- tercourse; or • interfere with a wetland. A final version of the Large Fill Policies and Procedural Guide- lines will be presented to the Conservation Halton Board of Di- rectors for approval in February, 2016. Community input encouraged on new large fill policy Georgetown man shares $1 million Lotto 6/49 win A Georgetown man is part of a group of three friends from the Greater Toronto Area who are cel- ebrating after winning the guaran- teed $1 million prize from the Oc- tober 31, 2015 LOTTO 6/49 draw. "We worked together and bought lottery tickets as a group for nine years," said group spokes- person Russell Foster of George- town while he, Jayaraman (Jay) Si- varaman of Mississauga and Vince Mazzucco of Toronto were at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto where they picked up their winnings. The men don't work together any longer but their tradition of buying lottery tickets as a group continues. "It's our first time winning big and we are thrilled," said Sivara- man. All three men have plans for their windfall-- from small pur- chases, to paying off debt to tuck- ing some money away as savings. LOTTO 6/49 includes a Guar- anteed $1 Million Prize Draw along with each and every regular draw. There have been 253 guaranteed $1 million prize draws to date. One hundred and eight winning tickets have been sold in Ontario. This winning ticket was pur- chased at Petro Canada on South Kingsway in Toronto. BIG WIN: Jayaraman (Jay) Sivaraman of Mississauga, Vince Mazzucco of Toronto and Russell Foster of Georgetown are sharing a $1 million Lotto 6/49 lottery win. OLG Photo