Subject: Tuesday Deadline! Comment on Bennett's Proposal for a
PCBIncinerator in Kirkland Lake
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 10:39:35
From: Brennain Lloyd <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Bennett Environmental Inc. wants to set up and operate a PCB incinerator
in Kirkland Lake to treat up to 200,000 metric tonnes of contaminated
soil, sludge and other debris from across North
America. In December 2001, Bennett released their draft environmental
assessment application, describing their "High Temperature Thermal
Oxidizer".
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, IS THE DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS!
Write early, write often!
Bennett Environmental has told the Ministry of the Environment it will
"log each comment recieved and track its response, and how the
comment was
incorporated into EA planning prior to the submission of the Final EA
for approval". Make Bennett respond to you!
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO:
Mr. Danny Ponn, Bennett Environmental, 1540 Cornwall Road, Suite 208,
Oakville, ON L6J 7W5; you can fax to 905 339 0016 or email
to [email protected]
PLUS BE SURE TO COPY TO:
Ariane Heisey, Project Officer, Environmental Assessment and Approvals
Branch, Ministry of the Environment, 2 St.Clair
Avenue West, Floor 12A Toronto
M4V 1L5; you can fax to
416-314-8452,
or email to [email protected]
YOU MAY ALSO WANT TO COPY TO:
Hon. Elizabeth Witmer, Minister of the Environment, 15th Floor, 135 St.
Clair Avenue West, Toronto ON M4V 1P5
tel 1-416-314-6790 fax 1-416-314-6748
IF YOU THINK THE MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (WE DO!) YOU MIGHT PREFER TO ADDRESS YOUR
COMMENTS TO ARIANE HEISEY AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSSESSMENT AND
APPROVALS BRANCH,
AND SEND A COPY TO DANNY PONN AT BENNETT ENVIRONMENTAL INC.
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Some suggestions for comments to include in your letter:
1. Who you are and why you are concerned about Bennett's proposal to
incinerate PCBs in Kirkland Lake (for example, you are a local resident,
and you are concerned about health effects; you are a resident of
Temiskmaing District of northern Ontario, and are concerned about
environmental effects and transporation risks; you are a resident of
Ontario, and are concerned about Bennett's proposal to import PCBs into
Ontario; you are a concerned about the effects of incineration or the
long-distance transport of POPS, etc.)
2. What concerns you about the Bennett draft environmental assessment
report (we do not have to make the case against the Bennett proposal at
this stage in the Ontario EA process - that can be done best after
Bennett has submitted their final report; the challenge at this point
is to
critique the draft EA report, and comment on what Bennett FAILED TO
INCLUDE
or describe in enough detail). For example, there is no description of
the toxic waste Bennett proposes to incinerate, including pesticides,
herbicides, fungicides, wood perservatives, PCB, PCP, PCDF, PAH, PCDD,
TCE, coal tars, hydrocarbons, creosote, and "others"; the
assessment of
health impacts and risks is incomplete; etc. If you have time, you
can find the
draft report on the Bennett web site at www.bennettenv.com; if you dont'
have time, you might want to write a simpler letter, saying - in your
own words - that the report is incomplete, inaccurate, contains
contradictions and errors, and does not provide enough infomation to
properly evalute
the proposal.
3. The comment period was too short, and coincided with the winter /
Christmas holiday season, making it harder for the public to
participate.
4. You would like a response to your comments, and to receive a copy of
the final report when it is completed.
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Thank you for taking the time to comment. Please contact us if you would
like more information, and please send us a copy of your comments.
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