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Residents get look at proposed quarry plans Transportation of stockpiled shale Continued from pg. 1 will be approximately 200 days per year, At the public information session from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Fripeople had a chance to peruse several day. display boards describing different asProduction of shale will be 1,000 pects of the quarry, including the haul tonnes/day, 200,000 tonnes a year equatroute, water resources, noise controls ing to 30 loads-- 60 trips per day. and quarry operations. The quarry is to expand at a rate of The proposed haul route is Winston Churchill Blvd. north to Mayfield Rd., about 3,000 sq. m. or 3/4 acre annually. According to the information proeast to Hurontario St., then south to the vided Brampton Brick will ensure any Brampton Brick plant on Wanless Dr. adverse effects are monitored and corBrampton Brick says the quarry will rective action is taken. generate 30 truckloads ev"There are so many ery 10-hour day, with an overlapping concerns here, average increase in the and they're all very importraffic expected to be three tant," said Janet Kuzniar, truckloads per hour. a resident of Old Baseline The quarry wouldn't Rd, and president of Noropen until Winston val Pit-STOP Community Churchill Blvd. is upgradOrganization. "This area is ed to accommodate truck in the centre between two traffic north of Old Pinegrowing urban areas. It's crest Rd. in 2013. a very rare gem we have According to the inforhere in the Credit River mation provided at the ses--Janet Kuzniar, valley of natural heritage sion a ground and surface functions. water monitoring program president "It's a bigger issue than of onsite wells and Credit Norval just people's wells. Water River tributary was initiatPit-STOP affects everybody downed in 2007 and will continstream. It's part of a sysue for the life of the quarry. tem, and every part of that Monitoring of domestic wells will continue during the life of the system is critical." Kuzniar said she believes the details quarry. Mitigation measures will be in provided by Brampton Brick is "missplace to manage effects on surface waing a lot of information." ter features and local wells. "I'm not convinced there will be no An Adaptive Water Management negative impacts." Plan will be developed to respond to "I don't believe a word they say," said complaints and ensure potable water Bernhard Scholz, whose Old Pinecrest supplies. Steps to ensure maintaining key Rd. property backs onto the quarry. He has concerns about the truck trafnatural heritage features include haul fi c the quarry will bring and said, "peoroad alignment across the valley, erople across from the entrance will have a sion control and rehabilitation and vegheck of a time getting in and out of their etation enhancement and protection driveways." zones will reduce the extent of the site He's also worried about how the disturbed by agriculture and increase quarry will impact his water. forest cover. Noise control measures the quarry "There's no need to put it in this locaplans to take include restrictions on tion," said Kuzniar. "Brick is not essennumbers and types of equipment, noise tial to our economy. Locating a quarry levels of the equipment, areas of opera- on this site is not needed when there are tion, perimeter berming and fencing. so many overlapping constraints." Excavation and stockpiling at the Halton Hills Ward 2 Councillor Bryquarry is to occur for about two months an Lewis was at the meeting and said each year between June and October. he had concerns about the impact the All crushing, grinding, and screening is quarry will have on the neighbouring to be at the brick plant. community. According to Brampton Brick noise Recently the council of the Town of level predictions for the proposed quarHalton Hills and Halton Region Planry comply with the government guidening Committee decided to sent their lines at all residences in the vicinity. objections to the Ministry on the basis The increase in haul route traffic that the rezoning application is still unnoise was determined to be "acoustider review by the City of Brampton. cally insignificant." Objections to the quarry licence apRehabilitation plans for the quarry, that could have a lifespan of approxi- plication must be sent to Brampton mately 40 years, include a 5.25 hectare Brick Ltd. 225 Wanless Dr. Brampton, pond with surrounding aquatic and ter- ON, L7A 1E9 and the Aurora District restial vegetation and the excavation Office, Ministry of Natural Resources, will be back-filled to enable agricultural 50 Bloomington Rd. W., Aurora, ON, L4G 3G8 by Dec. 20. rehabilitation. 5 Independent & Free Press, Thursday, December 16, 2010 Book Your Furnace & Fireplace Maintenance Today! * `It's a bigger issue than just people's wells. Water affects everybody downstream.' *Limited Time Offer. **OAC. See store for details. 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