Final approval expected soon... - EAB approves Decom - In an officiai recom- ânendation released by the Envirornental Assesament Board iast., week, the board has given conditionai ap- proval for Decom Medical Waste Systems Inc. to build a pathological waste transfer station on Sunray St. in Whitby. That recommendation is, now before the Minlstry of the En- virornment's director of enviromnentai ap- provals who is expected to make a final decision on the application sometime within the next two weeks. However, while the director has the power to overturn the EAB's recommendation, he has rarely done so. Ac- cording to the EAB's registrar, Yvonne Fer- nandes, the director has only overturned a recommendation from the board on "one or two"~ occasions in the five years she has worked for the EAB. The board's approval is subject to 21 con- ditions covering a broad range of requirements which mnust be met by Decom prior to and af- ter a certificate of ap- proval is issued by the MOE. Inciuded in that list of conditions are requfrements: that Decom submnit to the director detailed design plans and specifications; that only waste from Decom's collection vans be tran- sfered to Decom trailor units on site and that the human anatomical waste, animal anatomicai infectious and non-infections waste, non-anatomicai infectious waste and non.hazardous phar- maceutical waste may be transferred; that the amnount of waste tran- sferred cannot exceed 50 tons a day; that con- tingency protocols for spilîs and other emergencies be taught and clearly posted at the site; that access to and fromn the station to the 401 'can oniy be on Thickson Rd.; that the station be adequateiy secured at ail times to prohibit access by unauthorized persons; that no waste be discharged into a stormn sewer; that Decom provide sufficient funds for the retaining of an independent inspector for weekly inspections of the operation during the first three months of operation and once a month thereafter until deemed unnecessary; that Decom post a letter of credit worth $50,000 to the director* of ap- provals for use in the dlean-up of any spiils; that an extensive iist of operational, training and safety proceedures be observed in the operation of the station. In ils conclusions, the EAB report notes there is "an indisputabie iack of adequate incineration facilities"~ in the provin- ce and that there is a f need for a system such as the one proposed by Decom. If the facility is operated in accordance with the conditions of approval, the report fur- ther concludes that it shouid pose no threat to community health or safety. In fact, the report suggests that the facility would be no more dangerous than industry already located in the same in- dustriai park. In the event that the director of approvais supports the EAB's recommendation, a spokesman at the MOE said Tuesday that there is no avenue of appeal open to the town under the Environmental Protection Act. SEE PG. 22 i i Vol. 16, No. 34 WdedyAugust 27,1986 24 Pages wensdy - 0 NO TRESPÂSSING NO ÎME 4 ~ARCHEOLOGICAL A'HO ~4ut ~SITE Uprooted After some 14 years of discussion, debate and disputes, Lynde House was finaily uprooted from the spot on Dundas St. where it lias stood for more than 160 years and was towed through town to its new home, (Julen Gardens. The journey took the better part of the day and the historie structure reached its destination around 6 p.m. By Friday af- ternoon officiais had the original site fenced off and a sign was posted designating it as an archeological site (see inset). Officiais said the bouse would be temporarily stored on Cochrane St. at the entrance to the gardens until early this week when it was to be placed on its permanent site. According to coun- cillor Marcel Brunelle who followed the bouse on its day long journey, the move was carried off without mishap but in Doug Anderson's column this week he suggests there may be a few problems ahead for proponents of the move. See page five for ail the details. Free Press Staff Photo s c s t i Heritage Tour Organizers of the Heritage Trail House Tour, sponsored by the Durham Region Family Y.M.C.A. and the Baptist Leadership Education Centre, are busy tieing Up ail the last minute details for the September 13 tour. Included on the tour wili be a stop at the leadership centre where participates can pause to relax and consuit with experts about antiques and interior decorating. One of those experts wil be Connie Cuilen, seen here in the more than century old cabin at Cuilen Gardens where she and husband Len spend their summers. Connie was givlng YMCA represen- tative Sandy Frise a tour of their summer home last week. Free Press Staff Photo' Lynde House move completed By MIKE JOHNSTON the move, from the Free Press Staff movers themselves, to The move of Lynde the police and Ajax and House to Cullen Gar- Whitby Hydro, did 'a dens went so smoothly tremendous job.' that a penny balanced The move of the house on its end, sitting on a came about after the beam at the front of the town accepted owner- house, did not faîl off un- ship of it from Wit- tii the movers reached tington Investments the top of Audley Rd. with the condition it be Another chapter in the moved from its Dundas Lynde House story St. W. location. came ta an end on The move did not sit Friday when the house weli with members of which served as the the Whitby Historical Whitby museum was Society, who argued ransported to Culien that it would not be in Gardens. the town's best interest According to coun- to have the house sitting cilor Marcel Brunelle, at a commercial site. Nho foliowed the Lynde But the town did not f ouse on its journey accept the argument of from its original site, the society and ordered he only probiem en- the house moved from countered was when the property. CPR officiais would not The property at the allow the house to cross corner of Dundas and the tracks on AudleY D'Hiller Sts. has recen- Rd. until two trains had tly 'been bought by past. A wait of ap- Monarch Homes who proximateiy 25 minutes, are intending to build The house reached 300 homes on the site. Culien Gardens around A large crowd wat- 5p.m. Friday afternoon ched as the house was and was lef t sitting on removed fromn where it Cochrane St. at the en- sat for over 160 years. It trance ta Cullen travelled along Dundas Gradens, guarded by a St. to Audley Rd., up anow fence. Audley Rd. and aiong Brunelle anticipated Taunton Rd. to Culien hfe house wouid be Gardens. noved to its permanent As the house mnade ils ite either Monday or way north it passed two ruesday. signs stili prominently The house will be posted on Taunton Rd. flaced on the site, then The signs read "Whit- workers will construct by Museum 5 ýhe foundation beneath kilometers"~ and had an t. i arrow pointing south to Brunelle said Dundas St. everyone involved with Shadow cabinet out in The newly formed shadow cabinet repor- ted in the August 6 issue of the Free Press has come out of the shadows. Cailing themseives the Citizens' Research open Coalition, the 12 mem- ber organization released a statement to the press last week identifying its aims and objectives including their intention to: con- . SEE PG. 22> a