Procedural wrangling marks cement plant hearing By HOWARD MOZEI Oakville Beaver Staff The procedural deadlock which has plagued â€" the Ontario Environmental Appeal Board hearâ€" ing into St. Lawrence Cement (SLC) emissions continued Monday, effecâ€" tively preventing any real progress for a second straight session. Problems started long before the meeting convened when Julie Bart, chairman of Residents Against Cement Company â€" Pollution (RACCP) refused to sign a confidenâ€" tiality agreement designed to keep secret what SLC maintains is valuâ€" able proprietary information regardâ€" ing its pilot plant. As a result, Bart had access to only the edited, public version of the latest progress report (Report 18) and therefore would be unable to properly crossâ€"examine ‘SLC witnesses. (She also returned ‘two previous reports which were released but later deemed to contain ~confidential material.) ©â€" Signing, she said, would tie her hands when dealing with and seekâ€" ing input from the public and possiâ€" Bbly subject her family to "legal harassment" from SLC. Bart explained that it was simply unethiâ€" cal to keep withhold such data â€" parâ€" ticularly that relating to output from the pilot plant. The call for confidentiality is Ttooted in concern that competing cement companies might use the information to piece together SLC‘s solution to its opacity problem. By doing so, competitors could learn a great deal about the firm‘s manufacâ€" turing process and could calculate "the costs associated with this in order & to undercut the company. * _ *"This information is highly cntiâ€" "I want no part of it," said Bart, who is still considering SLC‘s offer to pay for limited legal advice on the matter and whether to withdraw from the proceedings. The hearings started last fall after SLC appealed a Ministry of the Environment (MOE) order that the company install a baghouse to conâ€" trol emissions from its smoke stack. The pilot plant is designed to simuâ€" late emissions comparable to St. Lawrence‘s main stack, to test these emissions, identify the causes of opacity and to seek solutions to it. ue FUGITIVE= SKATE SHARPENING NOTE: FREE WILLY Plays First All Week y=s STARTS FRIDAY Now Available at head over heels $3.00 per pair or 20 Sharpenings for §25 UPPER OAKVILLE SHOPPING CENTRE 1011 Upper Middle Rd. 849â€"5980 â€" NOW OPEN 7 NIGHTS A WEEX â€"â€" ‘Plus RlgINu oUN **~_ BONUS FEATURE SAT. + SUN. ONLY KOT SHOTS: PART DEUX == LAST 2 DAYS â€" WED. + THURS. 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Bart, however, said she did not believe SLC has any technolâ€" ogy or knowâ€"how to market and that company is simply stalling the hearâ€" ings on purpose. _‘There‘s lots of reasons and lots of money to be saved by delaying and making a sham out of this proâ€" By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff While many politicians obscure the significance of the upcoming federal election beneath layers of rhetoric and promises, the head of the Oakvilleâ€"Milton NDP‘s says it hinges on only one issue â€" jobs. _â€"_"We have never run a singleâ€"issue campaign before," said Gary Shillington. "But this one will be. Jobs." You can talk all you want about social programs that will improve the quality of life, he continued, but without a solid foundation â€" a solid workforce â€" little will be accomplished. "It‘s nice to pipeâ€"dream but it‘s a waste of time. We can‘t do anything in this country until we get people back to work," said Shillington. "The more people out of work, the more pressure there is on the system." The Tories and Liberals exist to feed the corporate agenda, said Shillington, but with rampant unemployâ€" ment voters are finally waking up. Local NDP to choose candidate on Sept. 8th "Usually people are too busy to notice, but now they have the time to realize just why they‘re out of work â€" through no fault of their own," he says. ‘That‘s what shakes their faith in the country." too busy to notice, but now EATCN‘S SURPRISE DAY cess," said Bart, adding that â€" conâ€" trary to opacity project manager Dr. Jack Norman â€" the pilot plant is not providing "reliable" results. "The health and wellâ€"being of residents should supersede SLC‘s chance to recoup its money." Dr. Norman, however, said SLC has sought the preliminary opinion of a patent attorney and will turn over all proprietary information to him. Later, Turkstra went one step further and said if patents can be applied for before the hearings end EATON‘S TORONTO BUYLINE 343â€"5111. Ontario 24â€"hour tollâ€"free phone Thursday, Sept. 2nd nly CLEARANCE /ct© Lo SELECTED ITEMS Further Reductions St&rewide We While the local Liberals, Tories and Reform Party have‘all chosen candidates, the NDP is waiting until next month to choose their own. Shillington isn‘t worâ€" ried they‘ve left it too late, however. In fact, he sees the delay as a strategic plus in light of the fact that no election has been called. "We‘re going to have a good campaign here. I‘m sure of that, and I‘m happy to wait until now to do it," he said. "Why waste all your ammunition? Why would I want to spend our resources?" Having only limited funds with which to mount a campaign (under $10,000) Shillington says the local association â€" unlike the PC‘s and Liberals â€" simply does not have the money to squander. Two potential candidates have thrown their hats in ring. One is Willie Lambert, chairman of CAW Local 1256. The other is Richard Banigan, a longâ€"time NDP supporter who has run for office in several elections. The nomination meeting to decide who will represent the riding will take place Sept. 8th at 7 p.m. at the CAW hall in the Galaxy Club. Asked whether the NDP is running to win or act as spoiler, Shillington said: "I always want to be optiâ€" mistic. With either one (Lambert or Banigan) I‘m not afraid to go." THE OAKVILLE BEAVER then all information will be released. Even _ so, _ Ministry _ of Environment lawyer Jerry Herlihy said the public was not being served by SLC‘s stance that in the meanâ€" time only those taking part in the hearings know all the details. "Secrecy breeds mistrust," he said. Turkstra took exception to a numâ€" ber of Bart‘s accusations and wonâ€" dered what her real agenda was in light of a comment she made about getting on with "other" environmenâ€" Eâ€"ATON‘S & Goods Satisfactory or Money Refunded orders DIAL 1â€"800â€"268â€"9175. Hearing Impaired # (416) 343â€"2345 Co ( FF views that SLC wants all regulatory agencies off its back and that its objectives are entirely money driven. ‘‘There is not a bit of evidence to support the vicious allegations made here today," said Turkstra. Turkstra went on to say the hearâ€" ings would not be as effective withâ€" out Bart‘s input but that her threat to limit her participation could be seen as a way of forcing the Board to reconsider its confidentiality deciâ€" F Show your child the 461 NORTH SERVICE ROADWEST «+ 847â€"1605 today! NOW ACCEPTING FALL REGISTRATION TECHNOKids Board chairman Knox Henry said he wasn‘t convinced Report 18 could not have been released without proâ€" viding meaningful information. He upheld the confidentiality request but ordered SLC to include more data to ensure that the company 18 indeed developing a solution. Th¢g Board, he added, has not yet seen proof that the pilot plant is providing reliable results. @ | CALL OR DROP BY @ | FOR DETAILS. The hearings continue Oct. 12th Computer Learning Centre for Kids | Aged 3â€"13.