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The Acton Free Press Wednesday Oct Duff Quarry under cloud Continued from Page 1 The commission could legally lock the gate to the Duff quarry said Other cases in the development control area where persons arc trying to get grave pit licence won be going out of business in the next two years said He said the minister of natural resources James was asked to review the case but added there were to applications for gravel pit licences in the minister drawer The policy of restricting pits and quarries In the escarpment control area is government policy for the interim period until the plan or the escarpment is com Lee Symmes NEC eomrmssioner from Terra Cotta said the minister will have to review the whole policy and not just the one case involving the Duff quarry The commission should not be involved in the situation other than reviewing the entire policy he said Milton councillor Anne said she was appalled at the condition of the Duff quarry which she recently toured The situation in Hills was unique said She blamed the present situation on the former township of which was very lax In control of quarries and grovel pits called for a meeting among Hills council the NEC and the planners and policy makers of the of the Environment She said very very stringent agree ments in Milton between the town and two aggregate companies resulted in terrific impact on the affected quarries How ever in the case of the Duff situation said she favored cither a temporary permit or closing the gates lo the quarry Hie commission cannot countenance an lejl as a matter of course she If the man out said you left with catastrophe If the is asked to give Duff a licence at least we II have an area of credibility Afttr a lunch break commission counsel Grace told the He just cant believe it It just unbelievable That s the reaction of Mac Duff owner of J C Duff Ltd as he refers to the chronology of events that has led to a situation at his grave pit in Llmehousc being described by members of the Niagara Escarpment Commission NEC as insane ludicrous appalling and illegal Duff dates his troubles from 1970 the year the provincial government passed BUI which as the Niagara Escarpment tion Act froze one of two lots of the Fifth Line site In because there had been no work done on it for the previous 12 months The story of the events which led to the present sing problems however go back to the late 1950s and Duff has a thick file of documents he has gathered in the inter years He said he missed out on getting a licence in 1972 when the Niagara Escarpment Protection Act was replaced by Bill The Pits and Quarries Control Act because he was with the new owners of Lot adjacent lo the company s Lot upon which had been built a gravel washing plant In the province passed the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act along with a government policy statement that no new licences would be issued in the restricted zone of the escarpment until the master plan Is completed and ap proved according to chronology By from when Duff dates the majority of his pro blems the acre site origin ally purchased in 1965 by J c Duff Ltd was worked out by Uremia Everyone here at school has now settled into a routine The grade three have been studying about Acton and have also been going swimming accompanied by their mothers There were so many mothers that the pool staff had to put up more chairs in the pool area The Ball house league started on October and the games arc progressing very well Pupils are very enthusiastic Pupils of grades and are in for treats this week The Pro Musica String Quartet will entertain on Oct and the grade will be travelling to M Z Bennett School on Oct to sec the Carousel Players present A Place To Grow a story of Canadian pioneers in a new land Delicious smells filled our halls on Friday as Miss Preston room prepared and ate their Thanksgiving dinner of grilled cheese sandwiches and homemade cranberry bread The did to be proved in court If I get permit good it will all for one year from that legally there is an established government policy in place To recom mend an exemption to the policy is promote the destruction of it she said If Duff is operating without a licence the ministry of the environment should be enforcing its own legislation she said said Duff had been to the ministry of environment and the com Severn aware of the problem but sounded reluctant to deal with it because there are 10 applications for licences for pits and quarries McMullin said On a motion by that Hills motion not be endorsed Booth asked if the commission was in a position to enforce its own laws Duff is still a business man and either he gets a licence or he brings the whole thing out Booth said All the illegal tie that he a been forced to work under counsel Carter that If Duff is operating without a Ikcnce the Ministry of the should be enforcing its own legislation The situation at the pit Is ludicrous and insmu Booth said The commission moved to accept an amendment which deferred action on the towns resolution until a report by com mission staff on pit- and quarries In the development a area is tabled Commission staff indie ited the report would be about two weeks For Classifieds i that reach call J You saw a lull AID FOOD CLEARANCE THE MUG WAS A GOOD place to catch up on the news of the day teachers don t let you dibcuss in class Donna Robinson Wendy Stephens and Connie had a few minutes to them selves at the coffee house re open i Cabinet Bridge INTRODUCES LOCATION HOURS MERCHANDISE LINES Same Low Prices NEW MIHCHAMDISEudSAVN The final word from the provincial cabinet is build that Ontario ihmet lust week upheld an Ontario Municipal Hoard to ahead with th bridge the I lor rtic 1 aide between the pro bridge people been joing for nine years Wellington Peel J ick Johnson told Councillors the rejected an appeal the environment tin decision A spokesman for tin in liw Ion who opposed the bridge slows eontemi lh vironment The fridge is link Wellington ad on both sides if the lliver wh eh tie a LIGHTERS 79 CAKE MIXES ICING MIXES try of Natural Resources But 13 months later we were lack to squire one Duff Site plans were being made in 1972 he said Duff believes a licence is the only lav out of his pro blems A licence would allow him to mine aggregate revenue from which could be used to rehabilitate the sites a total of acres he said for charges Duff said they He said he was trying avoid putting more egg on the face of the NFC which has screwed it up badly He that percent of the company business is in Ha ton Hills if his pit aggregate will have to be trucked in from Caledon wilt have a high actual social and environmental ibout This is just to bring one part of the escarp- aggregate to another T5F rfV community services CENTRE PURPOSE FLOUR TOMATO SAUCE WITH CLAMS POTATO FREEZER BAGS 49 tftl 79l A Full Line Of Dairy Products At Competitive Prices ISNT IT TIME YO PAI LI acton wholesale DISTRIBUTORS RETAIL HAVE CLIPPED 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