Whitby Free Proe. Wednesday. Aprd 27,1904, Popa 17 Simorwaste procesig plan approe FROM PAGE 1 place fol!owing concerne expressed by opponents since the matter first came before council Iast month. On March 21, councils plan- ning and deveiopment committee regietered its support of Simtor's plans for a waste processing plant in the former steel factory of Hopkins Street, south of the. Canadian Pacific rail line. Solid, non-hazardous indus- trial waste wiii either be pro- cessed on site or 'prepared for ejipment to a much larger plant Simtor's parent com pany, Har- kow Recyciing, intends te buiid near its existing business on Comm issioners Road in Toronto. In addition, the company will aiso use part of the building te manufacture flireplace loge from recycied Wood producte. But after nearby bueinesses and residente objected, council on March 28 sent the. matter back te committe. for furtiier deliberation. Last w.ek committe. affirmed ite previous support of the. pro- posai. As Krupa and Lynch pointed out, concerne about noise odour soul contamination and i~rae traffic have either been addressed by Simtor or were neyer a problem. Only waste such as Wood, drywaii and cardboard wili be processed and ail work Wili be don. indoors. No houeehoid or non-recyciabie waste will be handled.1 Since the plant wiil be a 24- hour operation, stepe have been taken te lessen its effect on homes near Thickson Road, Lynch eaid. «As a direct resuit of the com- munity>e input, the company has put torether a night-time ope- ration,» eh.e aid. Tuis wiil include erecting bar- riere te block light coming from thei. open factory doors and r;qLiring trucks te use runnmng lighta upon entering the pro- perty, Lynch expiained. She added that Simtor officiais are also wIUingte form a liaison cmit.with the neighbour- hood te deal with probiems that Inreeponse to a dem and from councillor Jo. Drumm, Krupa eaid any part of the property used by trucks, for parking, or for temporary sterage, wiil b. paved. Any area not used for theise purposes will eitiier b. green epace or a landscaped berm to, buffer the operation from nearby houses, Krupa added. Prior te Simtor'e presentation, Michael Vaughan, solicitor for P.bblestone Muiti-Services Inc., repeated hie cliente previous request that the proposai be euh. jected te a hearîng. But unlike last week when he criticized Simtor'e Toronto plant, Vaughan directed most of his commente at Whitby officiais. He charged that Simtor will receive an unfair "economic advantage» by not having to enter into a costly development agreement with the Town as Pebbiestone had te 'for ite plant on Wentworth Street. Vaughan eaid Pebbiestone hac te post a $125000 letter of credit as part of the $250,000 deveiop- ment agreement. "That's fine and right"» but Simitor shouid have te do the samne, he eaid. "If Simtor doeen't have tc enter into an agreement, il would enjoy an economic advan- tage PebbLetone doeen't have,' said Vaughan. "Favouritism by the public seý- ter annihilates competition ini the private sector,» he eaid. "There ehouid be a ievel play- ing fieid, the same ruies Îor everyone.» Planning directer Bob Short replied that Pebbiestone's appli- cation calied for a new builing and therefore had to go through the. planning procese. Simtor's proposai, if approved, wiil be in an exieting facility aiready zoned for induetrial use, Short eaid. In arguing for Simitor'e appli- cation councillor Marcel Brunel'. reminded hie colleagues of hie experence as a member of Durham-Region'e waste manage- ment committe.. "I've been around the world and rve eeen waste management facilities, so I feei I have eome knowledge of what's needed,» he said. Having recently viited Peb- blestone s Whitby lant, Brunelie described it as bMing «neat and clean.» If Simitor'e plant ie operated ini a similar fashion, ite critice have nothing to fear, Bruneile in- sisted. "nhe neighbours have con- cerne, but there'e no need for alarmn,» h.e aid. Councillor Dennis Fox, who re4reeents the area, agreed with hie constituents that residents shouid have been informed of Simtor'e application by the. environmient ministry. Under ministry guidelines, only. abutting property owners require notification. But Fox criticized the authors of a «compietely erroneous» flyer which was crcuiated in the ne~re wo. j .rate, seaguile, no deadly toxic chemicale or emissions,» eaid Fox. "If there were environmental concerne, I can guarante. that ITHIE ERRIN MACHINEI AC AYÀU ID COMPSTE Subsiidized by Thue Ministry of the Environment and Energy L - ONLY " COMMENENT OMO TUISM UIEIp DURAM EO ON " EUS Np- TONTRER " ENCLOSED ISI, TNIOUOH SUPINS WARRAMT " TOP TO BOTTOM SECURITY " LIONT AND EASY 0 it s ýt you wouldn't be raising hell, it wouid b. me raising h1eil,» h e saîd. In reeponse to, Vauvhan 8 Com- mente at iast week s meeting Fox eaid Town staff contacte Toronto officiais and were toid that «tuis company je a good corporate citizen.» Vaughan noted that fires had occurred at Harkow'e site and that an order te, repair an unsafe structure je stili outatanding. IBut in a letter to council, Toronto councillor Betty Disero, chair of that city'e economi. deveiopment committee, notes that "intergovernmepntai issus have deiayed approval of Har- koW'e new uetat-f-the-art» recy- «Through no fault of Harkow's, they have been left te operate outdoors in transfer mode, in- stead of' in the. new proposed faciiity7» Disero writes. Fox stressed that if the' Pro- >osal w88 potentiallydangerous, thi council wouid have no qualme in aoking for an environ- mental hoarm*g.' >But there is no evidence to indicate on. la warranted, Fox oaid. "W. could -get another stel company or Point faetory or omth-n that wouid, b. much more offensive tothose of us living over there" he sald. -r- -u THE COMPOSTER SALE 0F THE NoolcnSEASON 1 No onl canyou buy a new composter for just $15, but you t 1 can learn how ta compost at one of Durham Region's free 1 How-To Compost Workshops. 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