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Vol aad No. 20 Wednesday, November 4, 1992 28 pages 874-3051 ‘Award Winning Sales Rep 232 Guelph St., Georgetown 873-2254 ‘Your independent voice in Halton Hills’ Uncertainty looms over RSI decision Y By Dianne Cornish More than a month after a Consolidated Hearings Board ruled that it had no jurisdiction to deal with the applications and requests for approval of a private company’s proposal to convert a mined-out portion of the Acton Quarry into a landfill site, the interpretation of the tuling remains uncertain. The consolidated board, com- posed of members from the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) and the provincial Environmental Assessment Board (EAB), announced its ruling on the Reclamation Systems Inc. (RSI) proposal Sept. 16, basically stating that RSI had not completed applica- tions necessary to allow for the calling of a hearing under the terms of the Consolidated Hearings Act. In late September, another pro- joard brought the RSI decision into the limelight once again, with a request that the Divisional Court be asked to clarify the Board’s jurisdiction in review- ing an paeesicetien submitted by Ontari . It = ss specifically stated that the court’s tae is heeded * ‘in light of the RSI decis Ontario Hydro aa to build a high-voltage transmission line from London to Sarnia and Windsor. The Crown corporation submitted an envionmental assessment of its pro- posal to the Minister of the Environment (MOE) in May, 1990. Hydro’s application was referred to 50 cents includes G.S.T. a Consolidated Hearings Board in February of last year. A preliminary hearing was held this past August in Chatham. A sec- ond preliminary hearing was held Sept. 24. At the second meeting, the Joint Board advised Hydro and others in attendance of the RSI decision, indicating that it could have a bear- ing on the Board’s jurisdiction in Hyrdro’s application. As a result, lawyers for Ontario Hydro and the Ministry of the Attorney General (representing the MOE) at the hearing, asked the Joint Board to consider referring the matter of the Board’s jurisdic- tion in Hydro’s application to Divisional Court. In late Sepember, advised that it will seek an opinion of Divisional Court on the question of jurisdiction. News of that development has raised some concerns in Halton Hills and Halton Region. Town and regional representatives, as well as members of two local environmen- tal groups (POWER and FOAD) opposed to the RSI proposal, are wondering what, if any, affect the Divisional Court ruling will have on the Acton dumpsite proposal. , Halton Hills Councillor Kathy Gastle asked dur- ing town council’s new business session what is being done “to monitor” the Ontario Hydro hear- ing. “Will the Town make a presen- tation (during the forthcoming Continued on page 5 Wannetta Stiles (left) and Iris Tulley manned a busy craft table at Saturday’s fall bazaar in Knox Presbyterian Church, Acton. The am bazaar, sponsored by the Daughters of Knox, drew a large crowd. Photo by Dianne Cornish Cop keeps blaze from fuel drums A quick thinking Halton Regional Police officer used the fire extiguisher from his cruiser to stop the spread of a fire to a group of fuel drums. * According to police, the operator of a Bobcat front- » end loader had just completed fuelling the Bobcat in a 40’ by 20° implement shed on the Sixth Line when fire broke out. Police believe the operator had just started the vehicle when it burst into flame. The fire began to quickly spread across the shed LIVING LIGHTING Let es help you with ALL your Lighting concerns! ee GUELPH ST. (HWY. 7), GEORGETOWN ‘Quantities Last. Bubs SHLEVAUDUNTIL SAT. NOV 28, 1962 floor toward several 45-gallon drums of diesel fuel and gasoline. A police officer arrived on the scene and used the fire extinguisher from his cruiser to keep the flames away from the fuel. A short time later, Le: Hills firefighters arrived and quickly doused the While the etsaiw was : el there was minimal damage to the shed. Damage has been estimated at $10,000. {beveled mira bas . : Legion holding Each year the Royal Canadian Legion holds a poster and literary contest for students from Grades 4 to 13 in honor of Remembrance ay. In Georgetown, the contest is being organized by Legion Branch 120 youth education chairman Marjorie Tutty. “The contest is to encourage stu- dents to remember, think and par- ticipate prior to and during the annual Remembrance Day obser- vances,” Tutty sai “Children are the citizens of tomorrow and we certainly want them to remember the sacrifices that Canadian servicemen and women have made to ensure our freedom and the freedoms that we acting coil lamp 0 Mw Sal ice 12 = poster contest enjoy today,” she said. Students wishing to enter the contest must do so through their teachers. There are three categories, Junior (Grades 4,5, and 6), Intermediate (Grades 7,8, and 9) and Senior (Grades 10,11,12 and 13). Both black and white and color composi- tions are accepted for the posters. Essays and poems are accepted for the literary division. Poems cannot be longer than 32 lines while essay compositions range from a maxi- mum of 350 words to a maximum of 800 words depending on the Grade category. This year’ 's deadline is November ‘or in mation, contact Marjorie Tuty, *t 877-0618.