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A private company’s proposal to have the Acton Quarry converted “into a giant landfill site will not go before a provincial Consolidated Hearing Ina decision released Thursday, a three-member preliminary hear- ing panel ruled the board “does not Fe Ke KK Lack of information cited: RSI proposal rejected have the jurisdiction to deal with the applications” from Reclamation Systems Inc. The panel was set up to deter- mine if RSI’s proposal could be heard under the provisions of the province’s Consolidated Hearings Act. Consolidated hearings are EEKEND called “to avoid a multiplicity of hearings related to an undertaking. But in its 65-page report the panel concluded RSI has failed in several areas to provide the infor- mation necessary for a consolidated hearing to take place. “For a consolidated h€aring) the DITION proponent must have created the possibility that a hearing ‘may be required’ by filing the appropriate requests for approval” from various eaters agencies, the panel ee their findings, board members cited a score of areas where RSI eK eK: had either failed to provide infor- mation or had provided insufficient information to support their consol- idated hearing application. The company applied to change a 196-acre section of the United Aggregates quarry on Regional Continued on page 8 232 Guelph St., Georgetown 873-2254 A(o) Fi Py Coa Saturday, September 19, 1992 28 pages ‘Your independent voice in Halton Hills’ Hearing Board’s decision welcomed By Dianne Cornish While Halton North MPP Noel Duignan, town officials and com- munity environmental groups opposed to the Acton quarry dump- site proposal have hailed the Consolidated Hearing Board’s deci- sion as “precedent setting,” many are still interpreting the document and remain unsure of its possible soneeeienees: it’s just like a horror movie dice you don’t know when the main character will re-appear,” Barbara Halsall, president of a citi- zen’s group called Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources (POWER) — said Wednesday shortly after the =| Board’s decision was announced. POWER, which has been at the forefront of the battle to stop the proposal by Reclamation Systems Incorporated (RSI) to establish a dumpsite in the quarry, has “helped ] win a battle, but not the war,” } Halsall said. She added, however, that the Board’s decision does not prevent } RSI from re-applying for approval »} of its propos: RSI, a private Ontario corpora- tion, has been seeking approval for the past four years to establish a 196-acre landfill site in a mined-out SUNDAY BRUNCH kek kk “LLBO CALL 853-3440 50 cents includes G.S.T. portion of Acton Quarry, currently owned by United Aggregates Ltd. The Joint Board’s decision that “it doesn’t have the jurisdiction to hear, determine or decide” the RSI application “doesn’t mean it (the ee is a dead issue,” Halsall Sai a might decide to submit prop- er applications to affected agencies, she said, noting that the reasons for the Board’s decision rest primarily with RSI’s failure to submit full applications to various agencies which would be affected by the proposed dump. “We've won a victory on the first set of motions” put before the Board. at the seven-day hearing in June, Halsall said, but added “this is not a dead issue.” Halsall said the decision is wel- come because if the proposal re- surfaces, “it will take quite a bit of time and effort” for the proponent to go through all the necessary applications before the proposal can proceed. “The Board’s decision has slapped RSI for not doing the right thing” she stated, referring to RSI’s failure to provide all the informa- tion needed to affected agencies before the proposal can proceed to Continued on page 3 No reaction could be obtained fro “They've been in meetin; RSI remains mum officials before press time on the Consolidated Board Hearing decision. y all day,” a company receptionist told Halton Hills This Week during a telephone interview late Thursday aftemoon. _ Earlier in the day, the receptionist indicated that company officials president Walter Graziani and treasurer Paul Bulla were left unan- lamation Systems Inc. (RSI) ee ee on 4 ST's court” pee the company want to proceed with its appli- = = = = it t secs | be obliged tc to. follow a long Environmental Allison Jones, 6 and Jeffrey Wyatt, 6, enjoy being king and queen of their newly refurbished play castle at Acipeco : George Kennedy Public School. Photo by Wendy Long. : BLUE SPRINGS GOLF CLUB Tee-off on the "Turtle Lake' Championship Course from just $20. Reserved times are required. Call 853-0904. Dress code in effect.