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Quarry tip plan goes to shire
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tial pollution, fire risk, damage to flora and fauna, and “financial and physical impact on community and businesses�. Preservation group spokeswoman Lee Burton said it had “scores of volunteers from around the peninsula alerted to the tip proposal by Facebook, Twitter and signs and petitions in local businesses�. “We have a large and growing membership comprising concerned residents spanning the southern peninsula. Members include scientists, legal professionals, indigenous flora and fauna experts, and a fire risk specialist.� PWM bought advertising space in three peninsula local papers last week to put forward elements of its plan. This has been countered this week by a Dromana cattle grazier, Andrew Duncan, who has advertisements in three MP News Group papers (publisher of the Southern Peninsula News) and a Fairfax Media paper. Mr Duncan, who owns and leases land north of the quarry tip site where he runs 100 head of cattle, is a member of Peninsula Preservation Group but has compiled and paid for the adverts off his own bat. Sheepwash Creek, which will carry water from the old quarry, runs through the land he owns and uses. He said the site had been earmarked for a tip in 1996. “It has the potential to be a toxic time bomb left for future generations to clean up,� he said. Mr Duncan said he was putting his money where his mouth was to alert people to potential problems with the tip proposal.
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By Mike Hast THE application for a rubbish tip in the former Pioneer quarry on Arthurs Seat escarpment is likely to go to Mornington Peninsula Shire this week, says David Maltby of Peninsula Waste Management. Mr Maltby, the company’s development manager, said PWM was waiting on third party reports that are part of the landfill application, including a fire management plan, and had revised parts of existing reports. The company, owned by R E Ross Trust, which also owns Hillview Quarries, wants to use the former quarry adjacent to Arthurs Seat State Park to take 3.5 million cubic metres of domestic and other waste at the rate of 150,000 tonnes a year sourced from the peninsula and other municipalities. The company needs approvals from the Environment Protection Authority and the shire. The proposal, revealed by The News in late January (“Arthurs Seat tip plan�, 24/1/13), initially raised the ire of landowners in Boundary Rd and Arthurs Seat Rd, and lead to the formation of a group called Save Arthurs Seat, now called Peninsula Preservation Group Inc. The group has been campaigning against the tip since Australia Day and has collected 4500 signatures on a petition, 5500 signatures for an online petition and 3500 supporters on its Facebook page “Save Arthurs Seat�. It is also distributing flyers in Dromana, Red Hill and on Arthurs Seat highlighting its concerns about poten-
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