[All] Shocking new info re: Potatoes vs. Quarries.

[Susan Koswan]

I always like to check original sources, so I fact-checked a few of the
statements made by NDACT and confirmed the following from the studies from
Highland Companies and they hold up.  We pass this way several times a year
to cross-country ski up near Duntroon and part of the area touches on the
Grand River Watershed, so it certainly should be of concern to GREN.
Deadline for a submission is April 21. Shall we write something up? I've
just cherry-picked and have no interest in reading 3000 pages though.

 

I can't believe the size of it! The four dig areas would go below the
watertable but I don't think it's entirely accurate to say it's 200 feet
below watertable.

 

Also found this:

The area contains the largest population of migrating freshwater trout in
Southern Ontario. 

http://highlandcompanies.ca/images/uploads/pdf/application/09_Level_I_and_Le
vel_II_Natural_Environment_Technical_Report_and_Environmental_Impact_Study.p
df

 

The presence of areas with an aquifer with high vulnerability to effects
from land uses and with significant recharge in and around the Proposed
Licence Area (page 6)

http://highlandcompanies.ca/images/uploads/pdf/application/05_Hydrogeologic_
and_Hydrologic_Assessment_-_Volume_1.pdf

 

looked at 15 inbound/15 outbound up to 30 inbound/30 outbound trucks per
hour  page i  in Executive Summary of Quarry Traffic Assessment Survey 

http://highlandcompanies.ca/images/uploads/pdf/application/17_Traffic_Assess
ment_Study.pdf

 

Susan K

 

 

From: all-bounces at gren.ca [mailto:all-bounces at gren.ca] On Behalf Of
Louisette Lanteigne
Sent: March-21-11 10:40 PM
To: all at gren.ca
Subject: [All] Shocking new info re: Potatoes vs. Quarries.

 

 

 

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Karren Wallace <karrenwallace at sympatico.ca>
To: Undisclosed-Recipient at yahoo.com
Sent: Mon, March 21, 2011 9:57:40 PM
Subject: RE: NDACT MARCH NEWSLETTER

 

Please read the newsletter closely for action you can take now in posting to
the EBR and about NDACT's meeting on April 2, 2011.

 

The application has dropped and here are some hi-lites

2,400 acre 200 foot below the water table open pit limestone mine in stages

7,200 plus trucks a day-3,600 in and 3,600 out (300 trucks per HOUR) 

DAILY water usage of 600 million litres which equates to the same amount of
water that 25% of the entire population of Ontario uses DAILY

16 pumps operating 24/7 

365 days a year blasting except on stat holidays

 

Please do not rely on someone else solving this little problem.  do you
travel on County Road 124, does your child wait for a bus along any haul
routes, do you drink water from this watershed, do you run a business in
town or know someone who does?  Do you rely on municipal water from the NVCA
or GRCA?  Are you employed by a business that relies on this water or
transportation corridor?

 

Like it or not, this IS everyone's problem so please help!

 

 

Karren Wallace 
519-925-5768

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