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Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com OUT OF INK? REFILL AND SAVE UP TO Young singer aims for stardom ARTSCENE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 60% (formerly Island Ink-Jet) Upper Oakville Shopping Centre (Upper Middle & 8th Line) 905-842-5600 refill refill CELEBRATING 26 YEARS! Between Kerr & Dorval YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 www.lockwoodchrysler.com A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 16 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 48 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Garbage pickup complaint leads to discipline n By Tim Foran OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER UNDER FIRE: TransCanada spokesperson Chris Breen (left) speaks with upset Oakville citizens about the company's proposed power plant during an open house at the Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre on Wednesday night. TransCanada would be major emitter n By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF TransCanada broke its silence on the Town's recently passed Health Protection Air Quality Bylaw, during its Wednesday night open house, noting that under the legislation its proposed 900-megawatt gas-fired power plant would be considered a major emitter of pollutants. The energy giant said its Draft Environmental Review Report has found that if the plant, proposed for the Ford-owned lands of 1500 Royal Windsor Dr., were running 24/7 it would produce 161 tonnes of fine particulate matter and 430 tonnes of nitrogen oxide annually. TransCanada said the plant is expected to only be in operation 40 per cent of the year meaning the emissions would be reduced to 67 tonnes of fine particulate matter and 172 tonnes of nitrogen oxide. However, this still fails to meet the Town's annual emissions thresholds of 2,700 kilograms of nitrogen oxide annually and 800 kilograms of fine particulate matter. TransCanada has disagreed with its characterization as a major emitter. The amount of particulate matter it expects to emit would only make up 1.7 per cent of the total emitted in the Oakville/Clarkson airshed. The nitrogen oxide it emits would only be 1.6 per cent of the total emitted in the airshed, the company stated. The company also questions the Town's ability to impose such a bylaw. "We don't believe the Town of Oakville has the jurisdiction to deal with air quality issues," said Terri Steeves, TransCanada's project manager of the Oakville Generating Station. "We believe this falls under provincial jurisdiction." TransCanada Spokesperson Chris Breen n The contractor that manages Halton's waste collection says it has disciplined some of its employees after both recyclable materials and garbage picked up in Oakville's Kerr Village commercial district were tossed into the same truck and brought to Halton's landfill Feb. 5. "This won't happen again," vowed Nigel Guilford, general manager of Miller Waste Systems, based in Markham. "This was a mistake and it was our mistake." Guilford said he investigated the matter after the Beaver, following up on a complaint from a local resident and after checking facts with a Kerr Street business and Halton's solid waste division, contacted his company seeking comment on reports that Miller did not keep garbage and recycling separate while collecting in the Kerr Village commercial area last Friday, Feb. 5. "What I found out didn't please me," Guilford told the Beaver Tuesday morning. He said his company uses split rear loading trucks that can take garbage n See TransCanada page 2 See Region page 20