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2 stouffville sunttibimethursday dec 13 2007 publication mail agreement 40007673 car hits snow plow at least one injured minor injuries have been reported after a crash south of stouffville yesterday york regional police were called to the elgin mills road and the yorkdurham line at about 815 am after a vehicle hit a snow plow there are also reports at least one person was taken to hospital with minor inju ries if you have any information about the collision call police at 1- 8668765423 crime stoppers at 1800222tips or leave a tip at www1800222tipscom emergency call a driver is on the phone in the median ditch on hwy 404 near elgin mills road tuesday afternoon as a stouffvillebased tow truck operator checks out the situation it was a wet and slippery day for motorists theres a mix of snow and sun in the local forecast through the weekend staff photosjoerd witteveen ftkmmiom utearhue otlies that wrk selnteffed jdjetembei 5x1jkpp75 wvynjarksco m yh v sisx apl m authentic sweats ihe gift thats years sbbisi t l all mens windriver sweats hours 99 mon fri 96 sat 115 sun fltark ujork ujecir houe 1090 hoover park dr stouffville 9056424622 incinerator sites on the table by jennifer stone metroland staff a safe incinerator could most likely be built at any of the sites on durham and york regions short list but the regions should carry two sites forward in the process to ensure the best possible location is chosen a consul tant hired by clarington said asked in an interview if an incinerator would be safe dr tony van der vooren of ameg americas ltd saidf would never give an unquali fied absolute for anything however if they are incinerators are well- designed and welloperated i would consider them to be safe the peer review was aimed at looking at work done by the regions consultants on the project including reports leading to a preferred site claringtons regional councillors extensively grilled peer reviewers on hand at last weeks meeting of durhams general purpose and admin istration committee on their credentials and findings all four of the reviewers reached the same conclusion carry forward two geographi cally diverse sites until tech nology is chosen so the two can be considered together determining background air quality and the technol ogys potential addition to that would be important dr van der vooren said one of the challenges we have right now is that a num- ber of the air quality indi cators are based on very generic data we dont have the background data at all of the sites he said therefore we have a very difficult time in terms of looking through the process to determine if those things changed would the final preferred site be the current preferred site it could well be the clar ington site identified by the regions consultants as being the preferred location would be the best site mr van der vooren said but by carry ing two sites through the regions could reach the best decision even without all the back ground information avail able it is clear clarington and east gwillimbury have two fairly distinct air sheds given relative proximity to major highways industry and other considerations mr van der vooren said key sources in the area that will impact air quality in the clarington sites include st marys cement the oshawa urban area general motors and major transpor tation corridors eg hwys 401 and 35115 mr van der vooren said in his report these are existing sourc es that will impact the sites and through these have been qualitatively assessed ie the presence of theses sources reduces the desirability of the clarington sites it has not yet been determined if the absolute level of impact at the sites are acceptable on the other hand the east gwillimbury site doesnt have nearly as much nearby which could potentially tip the scales he said all were really suggesting is just do a little bit more mr van der vooren said carrying two sites forward into technology selection would be too cosdy durham works director cliff curtis said not necessarily said mr van der vooren yes there would be an increased cost but not hor- rifically costly he said while some councillors questioned if peer review ers had overstepped their bounds by making a recom mendation mr van der voo ren said it was not unusual to have such an outcome im always very clear that when im talking on a peer review im not in opposi tion to the project he said instead its the reviewers job to strengthen the process in this case all they were saying said mr van der voo ren is the regions should do some more detailed work on the two sites as you move forward