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Î t e I made. 111 dump cien. aupa <By Mike IKowalaki been made at-brinfging a north Whitby tire dutmp into complianqcewith, the i owner ArtjRobinso n can stave off a çovernmenît'directive a*4owiig, the d d'ean-up the site is uncertain at this time. 0ximately '100,000 used tires tored at: bis Taunton Md. scrap, yard near order.> An order empowering the. Minisltry of Envirohment.to, talc. action nowb.m drafted undèr the. EnvirýonmentalProtectonM (EPA). Tii ode wJlb.exected Robinson does not comp ly wiélth ýlire code regulàtioîýgovernùingtire dumpa. H.e oldb held rOsponsibe for any costs involved ini bringing. thedump UP to*acceptable standards. Accor a mimtry sipokesman Frank]Reinhoizobsnha maean effrt to improve conditions at the tire duxnp. E But: inclemeënt spring ,wether foroedý Robinson to eprrl susplend*clean-upàperion, said Reinholi.tmlO,ý "Our staff have miÎdicated that h.'. ready to start upaai nget the site inocmlaowt i.cd, aid Reinhoiz. <'Once it cornes mito.comliance with the. code, the urg.ncytoa procesthi.'order»s not there 'Yet, even if thé dcump, eventually, meets -lire -code seificatins, Roitwil tiirquire a certificat. of approval from the mnsr ta contn p at isoo ingthèsite. Robmsn's yrdwsoe fnneOtro sites which had 24-hour security gu .aU otd by,,the governiment rollowiiglàéVSýeaàËès' agff le tir fr di*dée. A lire burned for. almiost on.' month at a Hagersville, Ont. <lump containing,14 mliofires,. Apou o oug.fenders were charged, with (and subsequently coniced stting the ire. Asa esitthe prvn osted, guards at other <lumps-and, tgtenedrules goernin g tire storage., atNovemberthe ministry refused ta issue Robinson, a certficateof approval for bis <lump. SEF. PAGE 34 Ipown tO:,reCOnsider Byron S. projc Whitby's dOwntawn neighbour..- hooda has prompted another look at a ma*or renstrcton projeot prsosed ýfor'FByron St.L 7y a vote of 6-%, Town council MonLday' deferred spending $284,000onodmpov ets pendinga "répôrt'on issues raised byByon,.rÏedents ,ýopposed ta e p qi ct aé rec mm ncimiby CouncWs .voeewas a omprom- ise after it split 4-4 on an ope- rations- coùmittee ' recomenda- tion that tii work notb. under- taken thisysr (Te votes ar;e'considered lost accordingtô ,council rules.) 1Althoug hei.secondmotion passed« easlytwo. councillors who ýsuppo it sad tii. staff eptillke, Iyprove ýftie Tey cla"mthe.report's tour- to-six we.oc time frame will not address mipny of the issuesepin- ted.out-,ding discsson ofthe Althdiioghtii recominendation dealts-,eciiftcaIly *ith work on ' ..B rn t - o f the i11/2-hour debate focussed on tii future of Whitby's downtawn «residentisi Cc>uneil heard a delegation 1 Ieytatiiwokb ospndso* its imact o'n tii *iiigborlood'sýcaactrcn b. peya~eL The residents'imajor fear is thie effect of 'construction-'and road widening-on tr Uees -many more than 100 'years QI'd,' liming the, street. -Howvr council was told that,; delayig the project beyond this year.- coudd jeopardize outside funding for the. improveïients, wbich.evenresidents gr are long overdue. Gouncil wasalso tald tiie work is needed-becaus. tii, downtown area lacks sufficient watermain for flrflghtinpuoss Accoringtoa staff report, B3yron from, Mary, St. ta John st. bas 1been, identifeèdas -an, im- provement -area'since the eýarly 1980'à., The proposed r. p airs ineude sanitary -sewer and -watermain- replacement; starm se we r instal- lation; w*idening the' six-metre road ta 10 metres and.sdwl replacem.'ent. Mt ill b. jointly funde'd b'y tii. TownDunhlamRgWon and - 'the Ontaôo!Ministry-,of Transpor- tation. But wbýi, the, repoQrt; states residents supportsri gand, &frainageimprovementsà, they only favouir an 8.5- metre ,road widIth, snd'sidewalks on -on. a ide oftii. street.Martin Beckett and, M-i~ Ellen 'McQuay, ead with courn lt sp t àcomn- m dtw Iecomenpa on "'l. rsidntsare concerned- SEEP4GE26 FNEW STEVE NrASTY' ýAnderson, world karate charn- pi n tok n mi crnes u a >aring masratthn for ti.arate Flghts Diabetee!funmaisra h Holidà Jn n Ouh 0"aon ýSunday. nesnba hieoldrecrd y sarrng or14,hours and 45 minutes. CfrIu Bovi. phéto . .... ... M 1 / LbIe0ikeKoaWd Whn hix ewTwnconfi tks ffc i te flli wilswa n'aht h'Qen .ase is i effmngupfIEIl Wahýe Witbncew Tony counl al. ffierishefili tiixprctie naWhitby asfter re.ivn se ttr on t. sy furo the Mý etOntcaity.'r'nmee-ren eiio o 7 North York sentÏ the own aopoffj a & 'lrevcetrsluin o the oe oQuen be nwfouàneil m.mb.rs. tby Not ok's 'atin a s b tl. epn.t i. otoes Councillor Jo. Dý,umm. feit council should expres' its feelings strongly on the isue. "Some of the -ra"t traditions in our country are going down the tubxe," said Dbrum 'L«on¶ this in losuàg too much'i's gone abit far."~ Counci lorTomEdvwrds eco. Drumm's remarks but criticized North -York council for .ending its resolution to a seec rou. It offenda me that it's, only sent to comnmui ties of 25,000 or, 4