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Orono Weekly Times, 20 Apr 1994, p. 7

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Orono eetctyTimosWod.................4 - Later.the..ame.day.a..an ..living.on.....a...in.........n Outline events at Port Granby Earns his dog biscuits Leo the Durham Regional Police dog has earned his keep after paying Uic major part ini thc arrost of two unrelatod armod robberies in Oshawa. One suspect was arrosted after robbing a Pioncer Oas Bar when Leo tracked him to an apartnient in the area where Uic arrest was made along with recovoring the money stolen and taking in a pellet gun. entered the Coffee Way Donuts, Oshawa where ho obtained the store's money after he said ho had a gun and wanted the money tumned over. Again Leo was te pick up thc scent of the burglar who fled on foot from the shop. The suspect was arrested in a nearby bar where Leo had lead police. Slight risc in welfare rol There were 48 more famiies March and it marked the fifth month in a row for an increase. The good news is that the numbers are down two percent over the sanie period in 1993. Family charged with welfare fraud Durham 'Regional Police arrested an Oshawa couple, their son and daughter-in-law, for collocting $80,000 in welfare payments while operating a private business and holding high-paying factory jobs. Mr. Glenn Case, and Dr. by the Clarington Conimunity David Dubois outlined- the Liaison Group. activities and the process in The meeting was informative preparation for the removal of and did give an opportunity for waste at the Port Granby low citizens to express views and ask level waste site at a public questions. meeting in Newtonmville hosted Committed to decommission d uIfl (Cont from page 1) Giranby dating back to 1932. Ho also informed thoso present on the types of wasto and their location in the dump site. He spoko of an update in drilling in the site in 1993 which botter indicatos the type of wastes and thir location. Dr. David Dubois, a consultant witb the local CLG committee outlined the process being undertaken te a advance plans for removal of the waste from the site. He also outlined a number of metbod that had been considered as to handling the waste but finally settling that it should bc romnoved from the site. Ho said tie excavation of the waste must be undertaken without adverse health affects to humans and thc environment. He said this involved everything down to possible dust and air conta- mination. The meeting opened to a question and answer poriod when Mrs. Elliott of the Newtonville area said she objected to the dump being called the Port Giranby dump when in fact it was creatod by Eldorado and now owned by Cameco. Mr. Stephenson of Newcastle said "lot sleeping dogs lie". It is too costly te move". Roy Forrester asked Uic, two consultants present if they would lîve within a haîf mile of the prescrnt dump site to which Glen Case said ho would. An area resident asked about contamination of bis well just west of tho site. Ho was informed Uiat there would be no problem as ,a result of somne testing in the ca. The resident was also told by John Veldhuis Uiat a walk along the lakeshore by his daughter would not cause harma unless she ate some of thec ground. Another resident of Uic area interes ted in Uic romoval of the waste wondered te know whon it was going to be movod and that she didn't want truck passing in front of hcr day day after day.. The answer to the question was that a rail line was being requested to be built to'the site and that all waste would be placed in containers for rail shipment. flic audience was told that the process started in 1976 for tbe removal of the waste and that it would continue for another two years. Mr. Bill Clarke pointed te the fact Uiat Eldorado used to have two major burns on the site considerable omission of asb out into Uic lake and te Uic local area. Mrs. Barbara Humphrey wantod to be assured that the process would'nt continue to Uic point that Port Granby would become a contre for aIl low level waste. Mr. Donnis Wood stated Uiat no matter what happons to the process Port Granby along with Welcomo has, been targeted te bc docommissioned and that this in one way -or another would happon. Ho said the waste problemn in Port Hope bas neyer been ordered to bc decommissiolied as that in Port Granby and Welcome. Ho said hie was confident tbat the process would be successful. Ho said the systemn would succeed or fail by April 1995. Tbe meeting did provide some financial figures coming from a representative of Uic Siting Task Force. hie cost of transportation of the waste from Port Hope, Welcome and Port Granby has been estimated at $ 35 to $40 million. Excavation of Uic waste along with transportation to Deep River te be stered in a mound pit for al Uree sites is estimated te cost a total of $130 million. 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