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By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff The head of a citizens‘ group is claiming victory following an Environmental Appeal Board ruling on a testing program being conducted at the St. Lawrence Cement plant in Clarkson. RACCP sees victory in environmental hearing ruling Julie Bart, head of Residents Against Cement Company Pollution, said she‘s "delighted" even though the board ruled against her motion asking that SLC conduct tests to determine whether contaminants are being disâ€" charged from the plant. The reason for Bart‘s elation is that the board ruled the motion had already been covered in its interim decision against the company, which was issued last December. "What the board ordered is the interim decision already ordered (SLC) to (test for the contaminants)," Bart said. Even though the board ruled against her motion, Bart said she sucâ€" ceeded in highlighting the issue of contaminant testing in the hearing. Jerry Herlihy, a lawyer representing the Ministry of the Environment in the hearing, confirmed the validity of Bart‘s comments. "What the board said was they didn‘t need to rule on (Bart‘s) motion because it was contained in the interim ruling. The board said anything that comes out of the stack has to be meaâ€" sured," Herlihy said. In fact, hearing chair Knox Henry DR BEST SELECTIONS â€" TOO GOOD TO MISS said he‘s confident the board addressed the issue of composition of particulate emissions in its interim rulâ€" Henry commented the company‘s testing program should give the board data on "95%" of the substances being emitted from the plant‘s stack. He said SLC lawyer Herman Turkstra will ask the board for clarifiâ€" cation on the issue when the hearing resumes April 8th at 9 a.m. at "The interim ruling by the board is saying ‘Study what we need to study to find a solution," he said. However, Scott Snider, coâ€"counsel for SLC, said under the interim ruling, the company is only obligated to test for substances which contribute to the opacity of stack emissions. "‘To the extent anything in the dust contributes to the opacity (a measure of the degree of obstruction of light), then the company will have to deal with it. If it‘s not (related to opacity), it‘s outside the (interim) order," Snider said. He said the problem with Bart‘s motion is that it deals with substances which might be present in "parts per billion and parts per trillion." Snider said the company is comâ€" mitted to testing for contaminants this year. But he said the issue is a totally separate one with no relationship to the hearing, which is dealing with the company‘s appeal of a MOE order to install a baghouse. cation on the issue when the hearing resumes April 8th at 9 a.m. at Mississauga City Hall. The board is also expected to rule Limit one per coupon Valid April 3â€"10/93. With coupon ACQUARD BEACH TOWEL FORMA URBIS DESIGN INC. Design of Additions and Renovations to your Home or Business (416) 845 â€"2751 323 Church St.. Miller Mews o se sds on two additional motions by Bart â€" one requesting the company pay for an independent audit of its opacity testing WINNER OF RE/MAX‘S HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL "HALL OF FAME" AWARD Limit one per coupon Valid April 3â€"10/93. With coupon OA #1 CONDO ACENT COFFEE MUGS â€" CERAMIC OR CLEAR program and a second asking the comâ€" pany to undertake additional testing to calculate point of impingement (the distance particulate from the compaâ€" ® ny‘s stack travels before coming into $ contact with surrounding structures).