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Un ncinerator is not a burming issue for Halton 1_ i BAD EAAMl - m disappoined se c ouldn't stwi te dace on it," laid Burlinglo 1 The. Clsampfon enviiosimental activisi Tom Muir. 'lie biggest rnak in inciflefi- 2Among citizen groups and govertment there is no burning lion 19 titrougit tdm food path. Risks aim calculated as if thse reag of desire for an energy frein seaste (EF%') incineraior in Haion tds woeld seas complctcly clean." Regon.Mr. Muir ppintcd oui lucre ne 168 incncmatoir in thse Uitied IHowever. Halion has lefi lte idca smoldering, according tu a Sites and about a dozen in Canada. 'fic apreadi of dioxins and recent report to council by Art Leiich. HaIton's commissiotuer of otiter itcavy mctal have beçis hnked to incinceration. lic said. public eoris. , Is 1983 council UppgWved a plan to rely on enesgy front weate f"Iisesuccess otf Halion's recycling prograni bas ai leasi post- (EFW) as a mcthod tu divert iSrial front landfills. Mie Milton Sposird the need for consideration of btuilding an inclnerator. Sucit landfill site wsea butl sitit a four million tonne limit'and te aproject would ceiinly draw te sentit of enviimcnal groups. rxpclancy of il being filled by abhl 220,000 tonnes of seamt L afli report was sparked ity a provincial requcat for Haltoei's mait"a cach yenr. approac tu te required diversion of material frorn lie rcgional - pproval of te site also included acondilion thai an EF.W LlandÇfill. 'itat position was one of lte conditions set oui whien te facility be buill tu divers matenal and entend lthe lifetime of lte Spnisvince approved Haion's ciireni tandfiîl site near Britannia latidfill aite. llowever. since il opened mn 1992 lte landfill bas SRo.id aveiagcd only 82,000 tonnes otf matenal annually. 62 pet cent ~ tn gld l se lie rgio wil nl pmrse EW a Ibs lme aitlower titan estimates. Mr. Leitcit atecounits for lte discrepmncy in ii regarni say4 Halion leada lie ClreL Toronto Area (UTA) seitit a 37 per cerir- diversion of seast front the lanMill. 'md ltaxi nduial wmule a oflen itauled clscwiterc becauae of Halion's igi disposai fée charges. "Wiu lie reduced mnuai quantty of wsue lobe Iandfillcd. il is now capedtetita our site seul lut beyond ita design lifespaus of 20 yuarlo ponaibly 35,ycars or greate wiitoul lthe requirenllti otf an EfW facility." *id Mr. Leitcit in bis repor. s Mr. Muir said lise alternative t0 incineration ia lie cornlinued reliance on divcssing mattefial fifis lie waslc areans and recycling i. He clairred as mucit as 86 per cent of seasie cati bc recycled and "if you dîveri evesytbing lit cai be <diverted) ibere seouldin't bc anylbing lef lo.burs." Otiginal eslinsalçs on lte landfill suggestnd only 16 per cent of maienial woqjld be aeqlcled. Il wsea eslimaledl as mucit as 50 per, cent otf lthe matenial would bc consumed hy an EFW faciliiy Crackdown ~fl on poacheras flic Minîstsy of Natural Resources and Crime Stoppers of Halton have forssid a parinersusip 10 deal seiit tise illegal itarvest of liait and wildlmfe mn lise region. Conservation officers need information front lise public tu itelp çonlrol offences sucit as over-posseslion of walerfowL, baiting for seaterfosel. illegal barvest of gaure Finit. "jackligbting" of deer mnd the ommcializaioui oLaildlife resorces. Peoplecan belp by providing informa- tion detaing lise date, lime and place Of sucit violations, along with grod descrip- lions of lthe suspects and vebiîes offérie, themore dwl f icte r, wîl Regional Police. "Crime Stoppera of Halton seants tu ansui conservation officers in liscir efforts by offeuing tiseir aevice as a seay of gel- tmng lie information ta tlsose charge&i seit lie responaibility of proeclng seildife." Crime Sioppers accepta information uioyiiiuay and calteram n ot uked for duair , ne. "If an smymoua aip leada t lie art information automatically qualifies forf a al$r iepmn et rvddls cas researd of besseet $50 mdt $100. Crime Stoppers cati k reacited 24-