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7-1 The Canadian Champion, Friday, August 31, 2007 - Al Former dumping site could Nearby GO station opening stymTÉi E PTTW CappLcatio that another GO station is opening fl i t t id M il l fully accessible for passengers who use d b , t nnç h-ircleilik d ll h By Dianne Cornish SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION The disposal of a large quan- tity of waste petroleum products near the proposed St. Marys quarry site in northeast Flamborough more than four decades ago has sounded addi- tional alarm bells for opponents of the aggregate companys application for a Permit To Take Water (PTTW). "It adds concern to the prospect of what is proposed," said Graham Flint, chair of FORCE (Friends of Rural Communities and the Environment), a grassroots citi- zen's group that's opposed to plans for a quarry near the Flamborough/Milton border of Milburough Line at 11th Concession Road East. Last October, St. Marys applied for a PTTW in order to test a ground- water recirculation system designed to mitigate impacts on area groundwater if a quarry is approved. St. Marys proposes to pump 12.7 million litres of water daily during the testing period. The company wants to pump at a rate of 8,800 litres per minute, well above Carlisle's municipal well average of 650 litres per minute. The proposal has raised red flags for Flamborough Councillor Margaret McCarthy who says she doesn't take much comfort from the Ministry of the Environment's (MOE's) warning to St. Marys that any impact resulting from the tests, if approved, will be the liability of the aggregate company. The same ministry would order the municipality to fix the water system for area residents if wells were to suddenly run dry during the testing, she said. "This is a colossal issue," McCarthy stressed during a recent interview, adding that its effects would reach well beyond Hamilton's borders and "could have broad public policy impli- Opein Houis 'I 1-4pm, 888 Trudeau Dr, Michelle Penman 386 Valleyview Cres, $359,900, Debra Turk Royal Lepage Meadowtowne, 905-878-8101 816 Trudeau Dr, $449,900 Peter Byers Right at Home Reaty Inc. 647-232-7355 1565 Dockray, $564,900 Sheryl Gray 100 Millside #1206, $314,900, Jesse Barnes Remax Real Estate Centre, 905-878-7777 cations throughout the coun- try" The confirmation that sever- al thousand litres of waste petro- leum products were dumped on a Campbellville Road property 2.7 km northwest of the pro- posed quarry site bas awakened additional concerns about the pump test and its possible con- sequences. The products, said to contain chemicals such as ben- zene and toluene, were disposed of between October, 1964 and May, 1965 by being pumped into perforated metal tanks, allowing the waste to discharge into the surrounding soil. The tanks have since been removed from the property Contamination long gone, says MOE The MOE insists that the contamination has long since flowed into Lake Ontario. Paul Odom, the MOE official who will eventually rule on St. Marys PTTW application, said this week that the location of the groundwater trench designated for the pump test is 2.7 km from the former dumping area. In an e-mail to McCarthy last month, he wrote: "At this time, it is our conclusion that the source(s) of contamination on the... proper- ty were removed and that resid- ual contamination bas been reduced to levels below drink- ing water guidelines." "Our assessment also indi- cates that the property is to the northwest and outside the cap- ture zones of the Carlisle wells as depicted by your (the City of Hamilton's) source protection consultants." Despite the MOE's assur- ances, city hydrogeologist David Kerr bas some lingering doubts. In an e-mail to McCarthy, he acknowledged that, although he is inclined to agree with the ministry's assessment, he "can- not, with a high degree of cer- tainty, rule out that there are no remaining organics in the ground on site or off site that could potentially be mobilized from pump testing on the St. Marys property." As a precau- tion, he bas asked the ministry for the opportunity to review investigative reports and sup- porting documentation related to the clean-up and monitoring of the property He bas aiso requested that if the MOE grants approval for the pumping tests that sampling for organics be done at regular intervals during the testing and a system be put in place to cease the testing immediately if there is any indi- cation of contaminant migra- tion. Odom said Kerr bas already visited the local MOE office to look at the technical files. He said he's waiting for additional information from St. Marys before making a decision on the PTTW application. The applica- tion is "still with the (ministrys) technical reviewers," he said. Flint said information about the former dumping site is "a new discovery" for members of FORCE. "We don't know what was put into those tanks because it wasn't regulated," he said, noting that monitoring for hydrocarbons during the pump testing is a prudent measure. John Moroz, vice-president and general manager of St. Marys CBM Aggregates, said he wasn't aware of the former dumping sites existence until the news surfaced in recent weeks. "I don't have any more information about it. I'm certain the MOE and other agencies will take it into account if they are concerned about it," he said when asked what its discovery might mean to the PTTW appli- cation. "They're the ones to make that call." "It's an extra layer to moni- tor," McCarthy said. Flint agreed, "We don't know what else may be lurking around (in surrounding soils)," he said. "Its something we need to be con- cerned about. Maybe, it will come out of its steady state; it needs to be monitored." Domenic Manchisils FA WEEKLY SReuscgIIs Quot ts aid ferue speclal mces!! 1 MUS1 n i0Dna!! '3 Rangerltgo Fully loadedil 115,000km. 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