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20-The Canadian Champion, Tuesday June 17, 2003 vwww ntllandscapung.com Some residents concerned about nun tetth e-turn hfcwn rd X - I --C MM R IL rIMLT - .. IE ONTRCTO Since 1986 We can help gsi vour Iawn back to the Iash green it was . Compte sodding, seeding and hydro seeding depending on your requirements. We service Hamilton, Oakville, Ancaster, Dundas and Kitchener/Waterloo and surrounding areas. Give us a cali and we wiII work together to transform your home and yard int your personal paradise. Cail: 905-689-4654 P.O. Box. 965 a Waterdown, ON LOR 2H0 Fax: 905-689-9811 f from COMMIlTEES on page 1 Sortie delegates expressed worry about possible changes in com- pany ownership) and what that couid mean to enSLiring agreements in place are jroperiy ioliowed. Biarbara li-aisail, president of' Proiect Our Water and Env irotîmental Resources (P.O.W.E.R.) ciîed the Acton quarry as ans exampie of changing ownership. -Froin 996, United Aggregates SOld the ACttOn tjarî bBlue Circle who sold il to Lalaýýrge, who smtii i lelepisine Sand anti (iravei who soid lo Duiferin Aggregate, ,*sie lolîl counciiors. Tis agreenment you're worktng on hati better addrcess thanges n ownership.- i eiegalions won't be pennitled 10 speak aIttis Wedn1esdav s, Meeting., but the public cao attend and listen tluiedtusun Cotîtîciliors. instead, wiil hase their opýO[1Uuil1 t ask statl queI, "m fions about Dufierin's proposai. Duiferin wantst add two quarry sites totailing 82 hectares 10 ils current 486 hectare quarry. The expansion wouid provîde toc the total extraction of 62 mil- lion tonnes of stone, sîarting in 2007. The extension wouid take the quarrys ifespan trom its current eighl years lu between 18 and 20) years. There are 1l components lu the recomnmendatton sel oui by the Region. They address 100 Key areas- prottection of environmen- tally-sensitive amis anti ssaier managenment. ihe recomimentiatiott calis for Conservation Haiton (CH) lu hc flite alc ismanager. I bat means CH ssoulti nioniter an intricate tetitaice ss sietccrated b> Duiierin te itllthe 155 o quacries is 1th o alercne the> s e been eXasiLIteti 01 aggregateý Ii atittion lu the o ,alec managemnent plan. Dulierin svcîlt ha\ e le agree lu ithe Adap)t se Ensi ronnenial MIanagemnent and Protection Plan. I sa tetai let Pilan of' tjaicmnt.chetk,,and halantes ithai isoalt imonitor the tînalit> ie0i1-t01C e ai l imtpaction \o cilantis that un riotind tihe DUIin site. If approsed hy eommittee, Region nexI on ist Il lise totsnsitte retotrimendtitan is appios cd.ii stili mauss beiore regittial cointil June 25 tor oitI t ai appros ai. The Du]f'iie Xpansion01 proposai hasý been appros'ed. in printti pie. hv the Niagara Estarpisei Commsission. Nilitotisn toila til anti Cotiervatiots Halis. dependeni on a namber osf stipula- Ils,,snut clear o hen iii thrce o iII gise the final green lîghît t Ile expansion. T he expansioîn o ilbcexeamittet ihis aliiai a tîint hearîsg ut tie Onstarios Muiciipal Hoard atsd the Ens truomental Res tels Tribunal. Ih stllrequîtes otiicial appros ai ironsftise Minisîr\ ul Natural ResoUrces, a tiecîsion that eoulti cotise some finie utn tlse iail. fltai4hs/icri -i uslit natieîd or Jîuîîstter(à uttiltssttcattditi- chlamtpiott.i usttt