Sludge Watch ==> Lafarge Ontario- Tire and Animal Waste Burning - Faces Environmental Hearing

[Maureen Reilly]

April 5, 2007

Tire burning plan faces reviewEnvironmental hearing ordered for Kingston 
plant
By CANADIAN PRESS

KINGSTON — Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal has ordered a hearing to 
determine whether a plan to allow Lafarge to burn tires at its cement plant 
in Bath should be stopped.

In a decision to be released Thursday, the tribunal found the emissions 
would be “potentially hazardous to the environment and human health.”

The decision states it was unreasonable for the ministry of the environment 
to issue the approvals that gave Lafarge permission to burn the waste.

Opponents of the burning plan are happy with the decision because it will 
give them a long-awaited opportunity to have their case heard.

The Canadian Environmental Law Association was among roughly 20 individuals 
and groups who, in early January, requested the right to appeal the plan to 
burn tires and municipal waste at the facility just west of Kingston, Ont.

Just before Christmas, the Ministry of the Environment said it would allow 
Lafarge to burn tires, even though there is a ban in the rest of the 
province.

Following the tribunal’s decision, Lafarge remains committed to its project.

“Honestly, we’re disappointed, but we’re absolutely convinced of the merits 
of our project,” said Lafarge spokesman Rob Cumming.

He said company officials will be reviewing the tribunal’s decision over the 
next few days to determine the next steps.


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