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~~~~~~~1 WHIITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30.1l986 PAGE 3 Handicapp ed grant denied The Town of Whitby bas advised the Humouresque Club of Oshawa that it is flot prepared to support the acquisition of a 12 Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Tomorrow is opening night for the Whitby .Âittle Theatres production of Corne Back to lhe Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. The play depicts the story of several die-hard James Dean fans when they gather for their 2th reunion in a small.town dime store in West Texas. Now middle-aged women, the disciples were teenagers when Dean filmed 'Giant' two decades ago in a nearby town. The ladies reminiscence about their youth and about Jimmy Dean. The play will run at, the Whitby Little Theatre at 416 Centre St. S. on May 1, 2 and 3 and then again on May 8 to the 10. Admission is $5 and $6 and tickets can be bought at Middleton's Stationery at 113 Dundas St. W. Above Janet Loveday as Mona and Carol Hatton as Edna Louise rehearse Act II. Free Press Staff Photo FROM PG. 1 Deco heaingcontinues surprise to the Town of Ajax, as did the washing of the vehicles. Mr. Hogg said some of the vehicles, which were transporting waste were being washed outside. i Mrs. Munroe then asked why the Ministry of the Environment did not insist on direct tran- sportation of waste by both ORS and Decom from 1985 to March of 1986. Mr. Hogg replied the ministry recognized the need for the facîlity in Ajax, and the ministry found no major environme ntal prob- s lems at the site. "If that is so, there is no reason why the Ajax operatio n can't con- tinue?" Mrs. Munroe then asked Mr. Hogg. He replied that the town does not want the operation to continue in its present building, it is not iocated properly and the site has not been ap- proved by Ajax. When asked by the chairman of the hearing, Michael Jef- fery, if the ministry of the environment iiad environmental prob- lems with other businesses being located in the same building as the station in Ajax, Mr. Hogg replied yes. asked Mr, Hogg what would happen if the ap- plication is denied in Whitby. He replied "It would be recommended that the facility is no longer viable at Ajax. " Plans for the Whitby station caîl for up to 50 tons of waste a day to be transported into Whtby by 16 small refrigerated trucks and then tran- sferred to two large tractor-trailers for shipmnent to Gatineau Quebec for incineration. There &.-e no specific guidelines for the packaging and handiing of pharmaceutical wastes, John Manuel, a senior project manager with the Ministry of En- vironment, told the hearing. The board heard that- thç, least toxic bio- medical waste, highly toxic pharmaceutical wastes and non- hazardous phar- maceutical wastes could ail be packed in the same coloured bags. These bags would have to be separated from hazardnus drugs at the source before it is ship- ped by Decom. Decomdoes not have a license to transport hazardous (highly toxic) pharmaceutical wastes. Decom's lawyer, Tom Lederer, told the board that the line. of questioning by Mr. Sims was suggesting that Decom would have to be responsible for what the hospitals do. He infor- med them that Decom would not transfer waste if it was not properly packaged. Mr. Sims then questioned the need for a transfer station in Whitby. Mr. Manuel informed the board there are 137 incinerators located in hospitals in the province of Ontario. And of those 137, 65 percent, or 85, are deficient in one way or another. He said a time frame is currently being discussed by the Ministry of Health to upgrade them, but the upgrading of the units must be completed in two or three years. He indicated that hospitals transfer waste to each other, for in- cineration in trucks which are not required to be refrigera ted.- He then told the board that Metropolitan Toronto has passed a motion and picked a committee to in- vestigate a proposaI by Toronto hospitals to buiid a central in- cinerator. He said a fair estimate of bio- medicale waste produced in Ontario in one day would be -100 tons. Mr. Sims then turned his line of questioning to the guidelines under' which Decoms ap- plication is based on., He was informed that 1982 guiclelines accepted by the Ministry of the Environment are what the application is based on. However, 1986 guidelines for the han- dling and disposaI of bio-medical wastes from health and care facilities and laboratories are now with the Ontario Cabinet awaiting approval. Mr. Sims' line of questioning at one point forced Mr. Lederer to inform the board that "lthis hearing is not fair". He told the board that when the new guidelines are approved, which could be a matter of days or weeks, Decom would follow the iaw to the letter. After the hearing, Mr. Lederer told the Free Press Decom did not anticipate new guidelines when it was drafting it's application, and he was only given a copy of the guidelines the day the hearing began. The hearing has now recessed until June 2, at which time members of the public will have an opportunity to cross- examine the Ministry of Environment witnesses. The minutes of the fir- st week of the hearing are now available at town hall for any one to peruse. [Flowvers &Gifisl Mors thon a k~FlowrShOP~ 655383 passenger van for the visually impaired. In a letter to the town, the president of the Humouresque Club, Rita Mountjoy, infor- - med council members FROM PG. ' Lofthouse honoured justing to the use of a wheel chàir can learn to move about and cook their own meals. It is, in Mr. Lofthouse's opinion, a department that wil be particuiarly respon- sive to the needs of an aging society and it is an accomplishment of which he is proud. Although he has now retired from the hospital board, at age 76, George Lofthouse is showing few signs of slowing down. He stili puts in an appearance every day at the brass manufacturing plant he founded 301 years ago in a space no larger than a garage. This year- Lof- thouse Brass will top $5 million in sales. He's also a member of the Canadian Copper and Brass Development Association 50 he LET'S SEEYOU DiO IT... OLTDOORS! 70#7a!J doesn't have a lot of time to reminisce. George Loîthouse stili has a few things he wan- ts todo. that Durham Region Handi-transit bas a mandate that gives priority to the wheelchair disabled. The town has'decided not to assist the club because it is their un- derstanding that the van would be for the primary use of Oshawa residents. 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