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the HERALD Community Wednesday December Council decision on EFW issue ignites environment groups flame The Herald Local environmetal group In Counteracts the En vironment ICE is back Contacted Monday ICE spokesperson Rita Landry said the group has been forced to reenter the public forum because of a recent decision Hills Council endorsing a City of Toronto to establish a task force to con the merits of Energy From Waste as a way of dealing vith garbage Town Council supports Toronto s idea because the Greater Toronto Area is facing a garbage crisis and as a result alterna ive disposal op tions must be found ICE members had thought their fight 1 opposing had come to an end last April when the province issued a policy statement banning new municipal solid waste in Don councillors listen to the provincial government asked Ms Landry rhetorically An EFW plant burn waste and converts it into energy ICE members have always con tended the toxins produced from an EFW plant are harmful to the en vironment Ms Landry warned Town Council that it better think twice about sup porting unless it wants to face the possibility of a plant being plunked down beside its Taj Mahal Ms Landry said the group plans to appear before Council relatively soon to request it overturn its previous decision endorsing to Before making an appearance before Town Council the group will distribute a package to councillors including a video highlighting examples that show contrary to popular belief the European ex POWER meeting Those nterested the erw ronment should take note that tonight Wednesday local environment group Protect Our Water En Resources POWER is hosting its annual general meet at Georgetown High School start at pm Lo e v force beh the closure of Love Canal a cal dump ground agara Falls New York will be the guest speaker Bonnies boutique Calhoun of Georgetown stands amidst the collectibles and glh her new store called Montgomery of Georgetown features Montgomery s officially opened Sunday amidst a throng of perusing shoppers enchanted with the crystal figurines antiques and ollec tlbles on sale in the gift shop located at Mill St In Georgetown Herald Photo STEAK EXPRESS BOXED MEATS FROZEN FOODS NOW OPEN MONDAYS And Sundays penence with incineration has been less than a rousing success To further the group cause Ms Landry plans to send a letter she received from the Ontario Ministry of Environment to the four Hills Regional councillors in the Region obligated to establish an plant by the year As part of its gaming provincial approval to establish a landfill site in Milton Region was told it also had to establish an plant within the next eight years Regional Council has directed its legal department to determine if the Region must still abide by the requirement in light of the province policy ban mng the establishment of future mun solid waste incinerators That report is expected to go before Regional Council early in the new year According to the letter sent to Ms Landry a copy of which was obtained by the Herald Linda Pirn Special Assistant writes- I have consulted with legal counsel in our Ministry who me that condition 2 does not actually require the construction of an From Waste incinerator The Regional Municipality of would satisfy the reasonable efforts criterion b virtue of the fact that the incia go eminent has issued a prohibiting the construction of the type of facility envisioned in con Public Works Com Art Leitch an sup porter said Monday the province decision to ban EFW has been based on political expediency and not on techncial data I can t think of another place in the world that has a similar policy in place said Mr Leitch EFW technology has proven to be safe in Europe the United States and Japan he said If the province has some technical information showing W is harmful that the rest of the world have I m not aware of it said Mr I Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce Manager I Doug I agrees I like shopping in Hills because we don have 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