<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I urge you to take a minute to support those opposing the Hallman gravel pit in Wilmot. It has to go in today, but is really quick to do. Just click the button in the message below.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">John</div><div class=""><br 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="">Samantha Lernout <<a href="mailto:SLernout@ugcloud.ca" class="">SLernout@ugcloud.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="">Fwd: ⚠️ URGENT - Help oppose the Hallman Pit in Wilmot</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="">March 28, 2021 at 5:46:28 PM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Sorry for the timing, but please consider taking a moment to complete and share this call to action. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">It will take less than a minute. And in this day and age we are being told and seeing that a "click" does mean something. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">This letter goes to MNRF, Ford, MPP Harris, R. Esbaugh, Wilmot council and Chair Redman</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Deadline in <u class=""><b class=""><font color="#f44336" class="">tomorrow</font></b></u>! These will not be official objections, so send until end of the day tomorrow. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Thank you for considering and your continued support. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Gratefully,<br class=""><br class=""><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto" class="">Samantha Lernout<br class=""><br class="">President, Citizens for Safe Ground Water Inc<br class=""><br class="">Wilmot Township Resident<br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:slernout@ugcloud.ca" class="">slernout@ugcloud.ca</a><br class=""><br class="">Mobile: 519-404-0134<br class=""> </div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Citizens for Safe Ground Water</strong> <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:info@safeh2o.ca" class="">info@safeh2o.ca</a>></span><br class="">Date: Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 8:54 AM<br class="">Subject: ⚠️ URGENT - Help oppose the Hallman Pit in Wilmot<br class="">To: Samantha Lernout <<a href="mailto:slernout@ugcloud.ca" class="">slernout@ugcloud.ca</a>><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><u class=""></u>
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--<br class=""><strong class=""></strong></p><p style="text-align:center" class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class=""><strong class="">Please <a href="https://www.safeh2o.ca/oppose-hallman-pit?e=60d39f3eadfb9cf5a74f1fe4801e9cf2&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">click
here to send a letter to oppose the Hallman
pit</a></strong></span></p><p style="text-align:center" class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class=""><strong class=""><a href="https://www.safeh2o.ca/oppose-hallman-pit?e=60d39f3eadfb9cf5a74f1fe4801e9cf2&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">before
Monday March 29th</a>!</strong> </span></p><p style="text-align:center" class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">It only
takes a moment, and it makes a difference.</span></p>
<hr class=""><p class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">If you were not already aware, Rick
Esbaugh is trying to get a new license for a gravel pit on a land
currently used as prime farmland, which is also on a regional drinking
water recharge area, hauling 750,000 tonnes annually on a township
road, and backing onto the established community of
Shingletown. </span></p><p class=""><strong class="">We fear this application could create
</strong><strong class=""><span style="text-decoration:underline" class="">devastating
public health and safety</span> impacts</strong><strong class=""> with
unidentified and misrepresented impacts* so close to a community’s
</strong><strong class=""><em class="">air</em></strong><strong class="">,
</strong><strong class=""><em class="">roads</em></strong><strong class="">,
</strong><strong class=""><em class="">drinking water </em></strong><strong class="">and
</strong><strong class=""><em class="">sustainable food
systems</em></strong><strong class="">.</strong></p><p class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">There appears to be
</span><strong class="">no need</strong><span style="font-weight:400" class=""> for
more pits in this area, with almost a full country block already
licensed, and mostly unaccessed and unused, immediately south of the
proposed Hallman pit.</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">Earlier in March Esbaugh sent the
required </span><strong class="">"20 day notice"</strong><span style="font-weight:400" class=""> letter (<a href="https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/r?u=x7qo17qR1Kb0lLg85yQYfAbXTC6Z7wxyptuSZemzKnEhPrMEssT46vjywliW4odJHDePK5M0cyDfYIb4KzyXSotb5kJMvtys77UXK763xFToSDZYeaVP5mhuhYMsIJnotl_ug7ydhqZRRJwzbR2a7v1EqZkPtDn7Fugnt9PhCKU&e=60d39f3eadfb9cf5a74f1fe4801e9cf2&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">click
here to view PDF</a>). </span></p><p class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">Each objector who does not respond
to this letter will be</span><strong class=""> removed from the list of
objectors. The number of objectors has an impact. </strong></p><p class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">Rick Esbaugh has been able to use
what could be called a 'loop hole' in the system to already remove the
majority of objectors. </span></p><p class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">Make sure it is known that
</span><strong class=""><em class="">you</em></strong><span style="font-weight:400" class="">
oppose the Hallman pit. </span></p><p style="text-align:center" class=""><strong class="">This is a vital step in
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</div><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">Have your voice heard. Help protect
our prime farmland, groundwater and our vibrant communities from the
impacts of industrial aggregate extraction and operations. </span><a href="https://www.safeh2o.ca/oppose-hallman-pit?e=60d39f3eadfb9cf5a74f1fe4801e9cf2&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class=""><em class=""></em></a><span style="font-weight:400" class=""><br class=""></span></p><p style="text-align:center" class=""><span style="color:#800000" class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">Your action before the deadline of
</span><strong class="">March 29th </strong><span style="font-weight:400" class="">is
important. </span></span></p><p class=""><strong class="">Please <a href="https://www.safeh2o.ca/oppose-hallman-pit?e=60d39f3eadfb9cf5a74f1fe4801e9cf2&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class=""><em class="">click
here to send a letter to the province and local
representatives</em></a> letting them know you oppose the Hallman
pit. </strong></p><p class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">Doug Ford once said,
"</span><em class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">if the people don't want
it... it will be stopped one way or another"</span></em></p><p class=""><span style="color:#ff0000" class=""><strong class="">Have </strong><strong class="">your
say</strong><strong class=""> and
</strong><strong class="">SHARE</strong></span><strong class=""><span style="color:#ff0000" class=""> this with friends, family, colleagues and
neighbours.</span><br class=""></strong></p><p class="">You can view CSGW delegations to council on the Township's YouTube
channel:</p>
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<li class="">March 1st (<a href="https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/r?u=GQ96LxW7tJscudkL8mlwNzVEKXk7dMDJzwJlfbbiiRaxATRGnsz8QTrsQqZ_xs5z&e=60d39f3eadfb9cf5a74f1fe4801e9cf2&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">click
here to view</a>)<br class=""><br class="">
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<li class="">March 22nd (<a href="https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/r?u=GQ96LxW7tJscudkL8mlwNzVEKXk7dMDJzwJlfbbiiRYFfrONHD1_o7ivQL7KahSC&e=60d39f3eadfb9cf5a74f1fe4801e9cf2&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=10" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">click
here to view on YouTube</a>)<strong class=""><em class=""></em></strong>
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</ul><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="">Thank you so much for your assistance,</p><p class="">Samantha Lernout</p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=""><em class=""><span style="font-weight:400" class="">*according to expert reviews of
the applicants reports known to date </span></em></p><p class=""><img style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" src="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wellingtonwaterwatchers/mailings/749/attachments/original/our-wilmot-600px.jpg?1584189965" alt="" width="600" height="253" class=""></p><div class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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