ltby rèPrstWesIy ér21 gè,P~OO a DiffingviWS on status. ofsugefclty pooa By 1(1k. Kowalokl A controversial sewage sludge storage facllty propoeed for south Whltby may flot go ahead as quicky as orlglnly envisioned, or perhapst not îýt ail. Durham Reglon officials conflrm that plans to build six massive siudge (treated s.wage> holding tanks neit to the Corbett Oreek sewage treatrnent, plant have changed. Prlorlty will lnstead b. given to other -means of dlsposlng of the siudge, officiais admit. However, tliey warn that it wouidbe wrong to assume that the proposai Is dead, as at least one critic of the aclieme contends. 'lW. alway. sald It was set up for the future and that we don't need it now," reglonal councilior Marcel Brunelle, vlce-cliafr of Durham's worlcs committee, streeeed* "Wer looking at varlous options and one. of the preferred options was etorage," lie said. "If no more alternatives corne forward, that's what well do. W. always said, we- would contruct it when, necessaiy, but ifs'-' not necessary now.", <Regional councilior Joe Drunim, an outepokeuifos, of the project ln its proposed location, bas a different int*rpretation thanlits Whltby colleague. "lni my opinion lt's gone" sald Drnm, wlio pointed te the facility's $1O-niillion prioe tag as' the primary reason for not procee aing at thiturne. 'This wiil b. on the sheif for as long as we're under restraint andI don't think the. econorny will abruptly turn around ln the. next three, four years," h. said. I objected te this from day one and rm happy for the people who Ilve and -work down there." 1Opposition ta tthe proposai fiared up more tlian a year ago from area residents and business owners, as well as- local envlronmentallsts. Althougli It has been undergolng a éluse environrn.ntai assessment for more than three years, critics claim many potential probleme liave yet to b. satisfactorly addressed., Concerns have been expreeeed about noise and emiesione frorn increased truck traffic, potential odour probleme and lack of safeguarde in the event of spili. 1The enclosed tanks would store treated eewage produced by tlie Corbett Creek plant and other Region faLcilities during the. wlnter monthe until It. can b. liauied away and sprayed on farnners' fields as fertilizer. Altliough Durhiam officiais lnltially Intended to buiid the tanks on a 9.3-acre* parcel of privat.ly-owned land nortliwest of the plant near McEwen Drive, that plan was abandoned alter objections from nearby bueinesses. The new proposai oeils for the facility te b. iocated about 200 metres ta the east, on land northeast of the sewage plant. The Region, whicli is spendlng $1.7- million te, acquire thie previous site, wiii now use tliat property for future plant expansion. Drurnm, whodoes not object to purcliasing the. land for that purpose, has aiways conitended that the sludge faciiity le beet suited in a rural area, close te where the. materiai le used. Hie opposition stemmed from "iack of consultation" witli residents, business ownere'*and Town council and a "pooriy planned" concept, lie claimed. Region works commiesioner Vik Silgailis said hie departmnent and consulting firrn Simcoe Engineering are now in the "final throee" of preparing the enivironmental asseseet report. Once tlie document is filed witli tlie Ontario Ministry of Environment, opponents have 30 days in which te eubmit their objections. If the ministry does eventually grant the. Region a certificat. of approvai, "we will pause before we put a eh-ovel in the ground," said Silgailis. H. explained that Durhiam wants a "fallback position" in the event a suitable private secter alternative dose not corne forward or if the. York-Durhiamr sewage plant In Pickering reaches capaclty. 'The. timing depends on capacity In tlie existing facility," said Silgailis. 'W. feel thafte most prudent course." Bruneli., wlio supporte building the plant at Corbett Creek since that is wliere most of the sludge is produoed, concurred witli Silgaflie' remarks. ".Right now, tlirough York-Durham and other metiiods, we're fine," lie eaid*. "But as the volume grows, we have te look at other options and on. of the options Is building a storage facility." Thickson'is Point homeowner and projeet critic Tony Gilbert dose not ehare Drumm's optimlsm about the proposai'e pendlng demis.. "(Not) until I see it in, wrltlng from the Region or a public statément from.someone on the DR. 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