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That body, says SLC lawyer Herman Turkstra, has no jurisdiction to deal with health issues and said Spokesmen for SLC said that while they plan to seek further solutions to their opacity problem after the bagâ€" house is in place, health consideraâ€" tions are simply beyond the mandate of the Appeal Board. Julie Bart, chairman of Residents Against Cement Company Pollution (RACCP,) said Wednesday during Day 30 of the ongoing hearings that SLC‘s decision to install a baghouse is fine and good but asked what the company plans to do about chemical discharge in the meantime. Residents battling St. Lawrence Cement may introduce an independent study on the harmful health effects of emissions â€" but only if the Ontario Environmental Appeal Board allows it. By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff Board to rule on allowing health study on cement plant emissions DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE 183 Lakeshore Rd. East 845â€"8911 ALLâ€"WEATHERS IN OLIVE: Outstanding style values, any time of the year: on Bill, Newport Harbour (doubleâ€"breasted, crinkle finish, epaulettes, fashion welt pocket), also in gunmetal grey. On Paul, Fil a Fil (raglan shoulder, slash pockets, detachable natural leather collar). Both are classics. Both have removable wool liners. From $350, hot values for cool weather ... at Garvey‘s. Open Thursday Friday till 9 p.m. From $350 ... at Garvey‘s mEen‘s § snors stack. SLC opacity project manager Dr. Jack Norman said a baghouse will sigâ€" nificantly reduce the amount of "conâ€" ventional" particulate issuing from its stack but admitted it will not eliminate "condensable" particulate (gases that solidify when cooled) which appear as a visible plume downâ€"wind of the DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON 389 Brant St. 639â€"6165 The hearings started last fall after SLC appealed a Ministry of the Environment (MOE) order that the company install a baghouse to control emissions from its smoke stack. Since then SLC has been using a pilot plant designed to simulate emissions comâ€" parable to its main stack, to test these emissions, identify the causes of opacâ€" ity and to seek solutions to it. "sidetrack" the hearings. Now that SLC has agreed to the baghouse, all that remains is to air the test results and get on with it. Bart then asked whether SLC would continue to exceed opacity standards in the meantime. Norman said since the pilot plant had identified the causes of opacity, the company could now take steps to keep emisâ€" Regulation 346 covers opacity at the point of emission, but not further away in the atmosphere. Norman explained SLC will seek solutions to the condensable particulate problem as part of the baghouse‘s installation but said he had no idea how long that would take. When Bart asked whether SLC would "adjust production" until the baghouse is in place Norman said _ We expect to see a very large drop," said Norman, explaining how the baghouse would allow SLC to conform to Regulation 346 of the Environmental Protection Act. "It‘s still a lottery what it will be out in the plume." He disagreed with Bart again and said the Ministry has been aware of PM 10 for some time but through testâ€" ing has uncovered nothing of concem. He stated that the MOE will be setting up a PM 10 sampler in the coming weeks but explained tracing it back to its source will be difficult. "The matter is being studied but at this stage in the hearings we‘d be going down a completely wrong road," said Herlihy. sions to a minimum. Bart â€" who criticized the MOE for not taking a more active interest in the health issue â€" said she felt "comâ€" pelled" to raise the matter at this time given the potential effects of PM 10 (particles of 10 microns or less in size) on area residents. MOE lawyer Jerry Herlihy said health was not a matter for the Board and that condensable particulate would be dealt with later on. The Appeal Board hearings reconâ€" vene today. Smith dismissed earlier assertions by Bart that SLC had "caved in" to public pressure after a particularly stormy public meeting in September. Any decision by SLC was based on research and that any move on the company‘s part following that forum was "purely coincidental." "I am fairly confident they will approve it but I can‘t preâ€"judge them," said Smith, who added that he would like the baghouse installed "as soon as possible." As for the baghouse itself, SLC ;<> general manager Stewart Smith said an engineering study and capital evalâ€" 1 uation must be undertaken before he can go to his Board of Directors with ; an estimate. 6 Appeal Board chair Knox Henry cut off debate on whether the parameâ€" ters of the hearing should be broadâ€" ened and returned its focus to Norman‘s findings. 48 HTTIAMV(