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isssj0 lnq 10 n vja ijawjqagthe yeakijpievieyfoifi s rrs mayorlftttingifiielgwfiveicinstry 0 byjoanransberry staff writer for decades aggregate companies would get what they needed from the earth jmd simplyiwalk away leav tag a hole in me ground todayjbandoned pits and quarries are undergoing dramatic facelifts taking them back- to their natural ms foreman lives next dpof-1- to a gravel pit thats undergo- ing a feceliftthe rehabilita- tion project puzzles the horse farmerhe fears some of trie materialxj being dumped info the defurict graveb pit is contaminated t andconsequently poses a apaosays 7 since v toimeof aggrelgatesoldm ontario by producers half aj cent was placed in the abandoned pit and quarry rehabffitation fund the money how totalling 630000 is used to threat to his drinkingwater finance research andreha- foremanisallfdrrehabil- bilitate unlicensed pits and fsots urkortiirtateli rehabil jtation asjdng asxs done quarries abandoned prior to atiohis ndta 100percerit itwhen the dumped fill- 1989 -per- success stofys at least liot yet r w the aggregate business is big business last year canadian aggregate produc ers extracted morethah 320 million tonnes- of gravel v sandshale and stone from passedon to the provincial the grown and york region authorities who in turn produced its fair share launched an mvestigation judging by the nurnber f i ministry of the heavy gravel trucks pound ing the pavement in york region no ones surprised ffctainmatenals ontheproper- the business boom ty the order was obeyed most aggregate owners are aware of the environ mental aspects of the busi includes plastic pipjrigplas tic jugsplastic snow fencingr tires and other rubber mate rial- he questions the envi ronmental soundnessof the operation foremans concerns were environment ordered the pit owner to stop dumping cer- y but theres a downside to sharing your neighbourhood with tire gravel business just ask rick foreman of warden avenue in whitchurch- stouffville ness van official of aggregate x producers association of ontario theapao reports theres a great demand for aggregate products in ontario we are using aggre- gate twice as fasf as wecan develop licensed supplies for the future said jackie fraser the apaos envifonmerit and resource manager the resource exists but the increasing costs and time involved in gaining approvals andriicensing for extraction means that meet- ing future demand will be difficult said fraser we face the prospect of aggregate shortages said fraser the result could be a arasticiincrease in costs to ontario taxpayers roads schools and houses could uses 440 tonnes of aggregate fdfsuch things as founda- tion concrete blocks brick- rriortarf brick shingles and asphalt as well a kilometre of asixlahe expressway needs 51800 tonnes or aboutl50p truckloads arid a small school uses 13000 tonnes of asphalt s earlier lhis year a bylaw designed to putsome teeth bond with the town and to- undertake ground water monitoring and hydrogeov logical impact assessment prior to approval in the defunct pits r- residents took an interest in trie state of local gravel pits about 18 iriohthsago after proviricial government- authorities charged a locals pikowriervwith mumping construction debris in a into the lawsgoverningthe 16 gravel pits in whitchurch- defurirtjstqufareagray stouffville- was- passed it eljpit fc newmarket judge makes it necessary for pit hound pit owner owners to apply to the town guilty and ordered him to for permits to dump fill pay a 30000 fine meanwhile whitchurch fraseris optimistic that stouffville mayor wayne t as time goes by tlieaggfegate emmerson will host a public community will become costs more jo build while meeting in january to review- evenmore environmentally shortages could suppress the laws governing gravel aware the days whenj industrial commercial and pits provincial officials are mother nature had fcrhealv wayne emmerson mayor knows residents are concerned vitrijll issue residential growth she sug gested the gta york region included is blessedwith an abundance of quality aggre gate resources within close proximity reality dictates thatfill has to go somewhere a typi cal new house in ontario being invited to the meeting emmerson has suggested that gravel pits be governed r solely by municipalities v we have to take a hard look at the whole issuersaid emmerson residents con- tinue to express concern about the fill f dalton hicks owner of stoufiville pitway holdings points out gravel pit owners are now required to enter w into a comprehensive fill agreement and theyre also required to post a substantial nocontamination security the woundsof carelesspror ducers are dwindung replaced with a concerted i effort by all levels of govern- ment the business cdnunu- nity and the public coming togethertodotherightthing ifclie sweats m o you 3 m denture clinic full and partial dentures same day repairs and relines soft liners implant dentures antisnoringapphances y open saturdays 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