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(Continued from page 1) remained upbeat after the decision was handed down. "We are reviewing the Board‘s deciâ€" sion in detail and are pleased that it includes many of the actions that were submitted in a draft order developed by the Ministry and the company," he said, referring to what is known as a Consent Order containing ways to iron out the differences between the company and the Ministry which was submitted by SLC at the tailâ€"end of the hearings. "If this is the way they respond, manipulating the facts inappropriately, I‘m not particularly hopeful they‘ve changed their attitude," she said. "What‘s so wrong with saying, "The Board is right and we behaved very badly in the past?" SLC has broken writâ€" ten and verbal statements to the Ministry and the public and now pretend in some way this is their idea." Smith‘s postâ€"décision position on SLC‘s problems infuriated Bart, who said it proved the company was unrepenâ€" tant and still up to its old games. Bart called the Consent Order a "lastâ€" minute backroom deal" and equated it to a fighter walking out of the ring when the referee reaches nine in the 10â€"count. Even the Appeal Board said "it would not be in the public interest to let this Consent Order stand as submitted." SLC baghouse should be in operation in 12 months The hearings began late in 1992 after SLC appealed a Ministry of the Environment (MOE) order that the comâ€" pany install a baghouse to control emisâ€" sions from its smoke stack. All through the process, company spokesmen mainâ€" tained SLC was doing its best to rectify the situation and carrying out compreâ€" hensive testing. "SLC is very much of the position that we did not exceed emission stanâ€" dards," said Smith, who plans to appeal the rapid timelines imposed for installing pollution control equipment. "We are responsible. We don‘t want to be putting things in the air that will effect people‘s health. We are a responsible corporaâ€" tion." After explaining that much work has already been done by the company to solve this dilemma, Smith finally admitâ€" ted some problems remain. "I know we can do better. We want the public to know that," he said. "We are highly visible and we must do betâ€" ter." The Appeal Board thinks so, too. Providing all timelines are met, the bagâ€" PEALLY BELLEVINE? With energy and hamour, Or. Milan Tytla anazes uy /w//é with his demonstrations of how the brain uses parts of the /aa(/y to ax/o/ofa the world, Ages 7â€"12 Registpatin supgested. Satardaz Octaber 1 @Wp naxor mx cror 130 and 2:30 . m. 245 LAKESHORE ROAD EAST, OAKVILLE TELEPHONE 905â€"844â€"5363 Workehops at t B 0 0 k house will not be operational until September 1995. In the meantime, Henry criticized SLC for allowing visiâ€" ble opacity in excess of regulations to occur whenever low alkaline clinker is produced â€" nearly oneâ€"third of the manuâ€" facturing time. Also at issue is SLC‘s failure to have an efficient production stoppage mechanism which would allow the company to better deal with its hardâ€" toâ€"handle LA clinker. "In the future, the citizens of the area should not be expected to endure excesâ€" sive emission as a result of SLC‘s lack of preparation for a foreseeable event, espeâ€" cially when the evidence showed the production in Kiln #3 was interrupted and shut down approximately 33% of the time due to mechanical failures," said Henry. He said this only justifies the need for a prompt response by the comâ€" pany and the imposition of "strict comâ€" pletion dates." The Board also determined that the pilot plant SLC installed did not simulate what was actually going up and out through the main stack and that SLC made conclusions based on flawed data. The Board wanted further, complete testâ€" ing to be carried out. Mon.â€"Wed. Thurs.â€"Fri. Saturdays Sundays (Burlington only) 10â€"6 p.m. 10â€"9 p.m. 9â€"6 p.m. 11â€"5 p.m. The Board also stated that if visible opacity exceeds regulations for more than 30 minutes, SLC must within another 30 minutes "cease all producâ€" tion" that could be the cause of nonâ€" compliance. Before production can resume a full report must be submitted to the MOEE. "The good news is that the Board was not taken in or fooled by all this," said Bart. The Board called for the SLC Board of Directors to approve and submit by Nov. 30th a comprehensive spill prevenâ€" tion, control and countermeasures plan 490 SPEERS ROAD 842â€"3368 and bring in outside consultants to teach and oversee these procedures. Bart said she will now adopt a waitâ€" andâ€"see attitude toward what concrete results will stem from the Appeal Board‘s decision. "We have a very strong statement by the Board. Now the ball is back in the court of SLC and the Ministry," said Bart, who believes the decision vindicates the concerns Ministry field workers have voiced for years. "It says to SLC, stop whining and start improving your track record. To the Ministry, it says do you have the teeth and the will to make them comply."