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Taggart Miller landfill project approval disappoints Russell Township
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
kind of obvious in that theministry’s review documents showed theministry was siding with the proponent.” Taggart Miller officials have stated that the target goal of the CRRRF is for 43 to 57 per cent diversion of materials brought in to the site during the 30-year operation life of the facility. The ministry’s approval of the project came with 15 conditions for the company to follow as part of its operation. Those conditions includemaking sure all waste diversion facilities are up and running before accepting any waste shipments to the site, guaranteeing stormwater management systems are designed to deal with severe and sudden storm events, preparing dust management and odour abatement plans and also a plan for dealing with spills and other events that could allow leach waste to get into the surrounding soil. The conditions also include a traffic study, with attention to any intersection improve- ments needed, a good-faith demonstration of compliance with provincial regulations with annual reports to the ministry, and a community liaison committee as part of a protocol for handling public complaints. Baker stated that his group will seekmem- bership on the community liaison com- mittee. Mayor Leroux expressed skepticism about the community’s potential effective- ness. “It’s an advisory committee (to the com- pany),” he said, “so it has no teeth.”
The provincial government’s decision to approve a controversial industrial recy- cling/landfill project next door to Russell Township has left a literal bad taste in the mouths of township officials and others. “I think this is another example of how local government and local opinions have no impact on what the (provincial) ministry decides,” saidMayor Pierre Leroux of Russell Township during a June 12 phone interview. Mayor Leroux was commenting on the OntarioMinistry of Environment’s decision to approve Taggart Miller Environmental Services’ Capital Region Resource Recovery Facility (CRRRF) project. The decision was announced June 5. The CRRRF, when completed, will be a recycling and landfill waste plant, taking industrial, commercial, construction and demolition waste trucked in fromall across Ontario and other possible sources. The facility will be located near the intersection of Boundary Road and Highway 417, near the Village of Carlsbad Springs in Ottawa’s eastern rural fringe region. The Carlsbad Springs site is adjacent to Russell Township and was one of two pos- sible sites that Ottawa-based Taggart Miller considered for its CRRRF project.The other site was within the township north of the Village of Russell. Since it was first proposed the CRRRF
Taggart Miller Environmental Services poursuivra ses plans pour un site d’enfouissement et de recyclage à Carlsbad Springs, près des limites de la Municipalité de Russell. Le maire Pierre Leroux ainsi que d’autres personnes sont mécontents de la décision du gouvernement provincial d’approuver le projet. Sur la photo, on voit une quinzaine de personnes du regroupement Dump the Dump qui manifestaient déjà en 2016, devant le bureau du député provincial Grant Crack, à Rockland. —photo archives
has been a focus of controversy with both Russell Township council and Stephen Blais, Ward 19 councillor for the City of Ottawa opposed to the project. Two community citi- zens groups, one based in Russell Township, the other in the Carlsbad Springs-Vars area, also lobbied the province against the project,
citing concerns about possible leaching of contaminants into the groundwater table and other issues. “As you can expect, we were devastated by the news,” said Harry Baker, spokesman for the Dump the Dump Now group in Russell Township. “I guess it (MoE decision) was
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