Durham Incinerator - EA first round public comment deadline Friday Sept 25th, 2009
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Durham Incinerator - EA first round public comment deadline Friday Sept
25th, 2009.
On June 24th, Durham Region councillors voted 16-12 to submit the
Environmental Assessment study to the Ontario ministry of the environment
for approval of the proposed waste incinerator planned for Courtice.
The deadline for the first round of comments is this Friday, September
25th. We urge all concerned citizens to take action and send comments to
the ministry reviewers to alert them to concerns with the EA study and
process to date. The provincial government reviewers and the Durham-York
project team will review your comments.
Long-standing areas of concern with the Incinerator EA studies have
focused on air quality and the human health impacts of incineration, the
lack of sufficient and meaningful public consultation throughout the EA
study and the high costs of incineration.
This is not a done deal!
We urge you to submit your written comments to the MOE by Friday at the
address shown below, so that these could be considered by the government
reviewers before the final round of public comments. We will advise you
when those dates become known.
All EA documents can be found at
http://www.durhamyorkwaste.ca/ea_study_doc.php
Please submit your written comments to:
Gavin Battarino, Project Officer
Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch
Ministry of the Environment
2 St. Clair Ave. W., Floor 12A
Toronto, Ontario M4V 1L5
Fax: 416-314-8452
Email: Mr. Gavin Battarino <gavin.battarino@ontario.ca>
Send a copy to:
Minister of the Environment John Gerretsen <jgerretsen.mpp@liberal.ola.org>
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Gord Miller <commissioner@eco.on.ca>
Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin <info@ombudsman.on.ca>