
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Sadly, Ontario's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change has turned down the appeal by our friends in the Paris area to require better protection for the groundwater in their area from the operation of a gravel pit. The Concerned Citizens of Brant's long struggle on this issue has resulted in some improvements but still does not adequately address threats from toxics in the soils, especially atrazine. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not only are these dedicated citizens confronted with dealing with their major disappointment on this matter. In addition, they remain saddled with a substantial debt as a result of hiring experts to help argue their case before the Environmental Review Tribunal. CCOB continues to make valiant efforts to raise money to pay off their debt. I urge you to make a contribution to help them pay off that debt. CCOB's mailing address is near the end of the forwarded message.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">John</div><div class=""><div class="">

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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">CCOB <<a href="mailto:info@ccob.ca" class="">info@ccob.ca</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Ministerial Appeal Response</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">February 14, 2018 at 10:26:49 PM EST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><<a href="mailto:jjackson@web.ca" class="">jjackson@web.ca</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">CCOB <<a href="mailto:info@ccob.ca" class="">info@ccob.ca</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><center style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);" class=""><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="bodyTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1396px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1223px; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" valign="top" id="bodyCell" style="height: 1376px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; width: 1203px; border-top-width: 0px;" class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 600px !important; border: 0px; width: 600px !important;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" id="templatePreheader" style="background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); background-image: none; background-size: cover; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td valign="top" id="templateHeader" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; background-size: cover; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 0px; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td valign="top" id="templateBody" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: none; background-size: cover; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><table class="mcnTextBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td class="mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="padding-top: 9px;"><table class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="mcnTextContent" valign="top" style="word-break: break-word; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 0px 18px 9px;">Hello CCOB supporters!<br class=""> <br class="">After many months of waiting the Minister of the Environment has made his decision. Very disappointing yet, with what we have learned through our experience, it was not unexpected. A great many people told us over the last 5 years that the system is rigged and to them we say…<br class=""><br class="">you are right!!<br class=""><br class="">Was it worth the effort?<br class=""> <br class="">With your help the CCOB were able to effect a number of firsts.<ul class=""><li class="">This pit has the most stringent monitoring programs ever stipulated.</li><li class="">This is the first time that the fines or settling pond water have ever been tested.</li><li class="">The Environmental Compliance Approval Permit was not initially open for comments, only through the efforts of the CCOB was this possible. And because of this, more conditions were added to the pit operations.</li></ul><br class="">It’s not what we wanted but we have significantly raised the bar for the monitoring and protection of source water.<br class=""> <br class="">See the link below to read the entire Appeal Decision.<br class=""> <br class="">We continue to be a watchdog for our community’s water, thank you for being there and for your ongoing support!!<br class=""><br class="">CCOB<br class=""> <br class="">Here's the link to the PDF file of the minister's decision<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://ccob.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=37a75b94aadc960720ccb7057&id=27dc20ac68&e=45f2a0780d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">http://ccob.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/MinistersDecision-CCOB.pdf</a><br class=""><br class="">or see all the tribunal docs on this page:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://ccob.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=37a75b94aadc960720ccb7057&id=74830014b2&e=45f2a0780d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ccob.ca/ert/</a><br class=""> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class=""><td valign="top" id="templateFooter" style="background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); background-image: none; background-size: cover; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><table class="mcnFollowBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnFollowBlockOuter"><tr class=""><td class="mcnFollowBlockInner" valign="top" align="center" style="padding: 9px;"><table class="mcnFollowContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" style="padding-left: 9px; padding-right: 9px;" class=""><table class="mcnFollowContent" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" align="center" style="padding-top: 9px; padding-right: 9px; padding-left: 9px;" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="top" align="center" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" valign="top" style="padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 9px;"><table class="mcnFollowContentItem" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="middle" align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px;" class=""><table width="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="mcnFollowIconContent" width="24" valign="middle" align="center"><a href="https://ccob.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=37a75b94aadc960720ccb7057&id=0eebb3a428&e=45f2a0780d" target="_blank" class=""><img src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-facebook-48.png" class="" width="24" height="24" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; display: block;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; display: inline;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer" valign="top" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px;"><table class="mcnFollowContentItem" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td valign="middle" align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 9px;" class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