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While she welcomes last week's nnouncement by St. Lawrence ement to install a baghouse to ower emissions, the chairman of he citizens group pressuring the ompany to reduce contaminants says this is only the beginning. Julie Bart, chairman of Residents Against Cement Company Pollution (RACCP,) said SLC's approval of the baghouse is good. but she mains concerned about the com- pany's inaction regarding the chem- icals which won't be caught in the system. "On one hand we welcome the installation of the baghouse, but this is only the very first step," she said, "Unless they correct the whole problem we're no better." . SLC announced last week that it received executive approval to install the baghouse. Dec. 15,1993 "We are now in a position to spend the necessary funds on a state-of-the-art baghouse to reduce emissions from our main stack," said Stewart Smith, general manag- er of SLC's Mississauga plant. Smith said he is pleased the mea- sure will cut down opacity, or the visible plume emanating from the stack. While SLC emissions remain within provincial air quality stan- dards at the mouth of the stack, opacity has been an on-going con- cern of residents and the focus of a protracted Environmental Appeal Board hearing. ty HOWARD MOZEl Jakvillt Beaver Staff By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Sum“ Without fanfare, Halton Hills Trustee Dave Whiting was acclaimed to the position of Chairman of the Halton Board of Education at last Thursday's meet- mg. Halton Hills trustee is new Board chairman The fame regional councillor and vice-chairman of the board, said he was under no illusions that the upcoming year would be any easier for the board than those "As we go into the 90's, each year seems to be getting tougher than the last," said Whiting, adding that the important objective is still, "to give the best education possible with the few dollars left to us." Burlington Trustee Don Cassidy, in his second term as trustee, was acclaimed as vice- chairman of the board. Cassidy said he was also "looking forward to an interesting and challenging Procor truck fire was arson Investigators in Oakville are looking for the person responsible for the torching of a truck last month. Smith said the installation of the At 7 am. on Sat., Nov. 20th, a security guard at Procor heard an automobile’s horn, and noticed smoke rising from an area near 2076 Speers Rd. The Oakville Fire Department was called, and they in turn notified police after firefighters found one of the windows had been smashed with a brick, and obvioUs signs of arson were detected. Burlington trustee Dave Coors, who decided not to seek a third term as chairman, said despite the hassles and traumas of the past two years, he felt it an 'honor and privilege" to have served "as what I have come to call myself, the ceremonial chair." A 1992 Ford pick-up truck was completely destroyed. Police esti- mate the value of the vehicle to be in the area of $15,000. Crime Stoppers would like to hear from anyone who can suggest a possible suspect. _ - If you have any information that leads to an arrest in this or any other case, you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000. You need not give your name and your infor- mation will be treated with com- plete anonymity. - Please can 1-800-668-5151 or 825-tips. lenient company will install pollution unit t But some residents say installation of 'baghouse' at St. Lawrence Cement won 't solve long-term problems Bart, however, is still worried about the ongoing health conse- quences of exposure to "condens- able" particulate (gases that solidify when cooled) which appear as a vis- ible plume down-wind of the stack. Waiting until after the baghouse is installed to tackle that problem while residents remain at risk of increased respiratory sickness is simply ludicrous. A policeman who pulls someone over for a broken muffler, says Bart, would not give them two or three years to fix it. ii'iirr"i'ik'iiiiiiikfy" $6 'mil‘li'd'n bighouse is scheduled for completion by Spring 1995. - A "Engineering work has com menced, vendors have been contact ed and quotes have been received,' said Smith. "It's the same old drivel. Nothing has changed it seems," said Bart, who would like to see SLC do more "conditioning" of the gas stream before it reaches the bag- house to help cut ammonium chlo- ride emissions. "lt's beyond me why they're doing this piecemeal job." On the other side, SLC's Smith said, "This expenditure is part of our on-going commitment to oper- ating in an efficient and environ- mentally responsible fashion." During -a session of the Environmental Appeal Board in October, however, opacity project Merry Moonlight Madness All our Toronto stores will be open until ll pm. on Friday,December 17th. We'll pay the GST on all merchandise after 6 Nth, Doesn't matter if you’ve been naughty or nice, we'll still pay your CSI,". ake advantage of the many extra-special Moonlight deals after 6 pm. too. *except Cosmetics and Fragrances and purchases at our Warehouse store. 'iiriliii"ii"ir"""t5r.uikk Norman said he recommended SLC install a bag- house which will significantly reduce the amount of "convention- a1" particulate (largely limestone dust) issuing from its stack. At the same time, though. he admitted that such technology would do nothing to curtail condensable particulate. Bart said SLC would have the public believe opacity is simply an annoyance and little else. If the plume blocks light, there is particu- late present, she says. "this is not an aesthetic issue. This whole thing is about emis- sions," adds Bart. In October the RACCP chairman attempted to present independent health studies to the Appeal Board but these have yet to be introduced. Spokesmen for SLC said health considerations are simply beyond the mandate of the Appeal Board. That body, said SLC lawyer Herman Turkstra, has no jurisdic- liWl 5b18 ROL? EAT“ EATON THE OAKVILLE BEAVER We love Christmas too >EATO NI 'S Goods Satisfactory or Money Refunded {ion tddeirwith health issues and said Bart's move is merely an attempt to "sidetrack" the hearings. These started last fall after SLC appealed a Ministry of the Environment (MOE) order that the company install a baghouse to con- trol emissions from its smoke stack. Since then SLC - which maintained it wanted to prove whether a bag- house would or would not be effec- tive before installing one - had been using a pilot plant designed to simu- late emissions comparable to its main stack, to test these emissions, identify the causes of opacity and to seek solutions to it. During the course of the hearings SLC management maintained the plant was producing valuable pro- prietary information which the com- pany might seek to patent in the future. Instead, the facility has been mothballed. Bart says this is a shame since it could still be used to experiment with the gas stream. 1011 bli,,e,t,,r2lif,iaflle Rd. NUTCRACKER SWEET Celebrate with traditional nutcrackers, brightly painted wooden soldiers for giving or collecting and a splendid ' symphony of pure chocolate ones. lelltrii'; ‘Gh09919t?§ a oetigeatgm tktootltete, Open December: Mon-Fri till 9 pm Sat. till5:30 Sun. 12-5 849-4546