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Volume 1, Issue 30
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Off-shore wind facilities approval requirements will change By Bill Chaplin At Monday’s Town Council meeting, administration brought forward a report calling council’s attention to a discussion paper the Ministry of the Environment has posted asking for public comment concerning changes to windspecific project restrictions. (For those interested in seeing the complete document, it is found at www.ene.gov.on.ca/ envision/env_reg/er/documents/2010/011-0089.pdf).The idea behind the document is to introduce amendments to the Renewable Energy Approval (REA) regulation (O.Reg. 357/09). (For those interested in seeing the complete regulation, it is found by accessing the Ontario Government e-laws website and searching for ‘renewable energy approvals’.) As the regulation currently stands, development of wind turbines would be possible (at least in theory) less than half a kilometre off shore. The discussion paper proposes a shoreline exclusion zone of five kilometres including major islands. It says “development within the five kilometre shoreline exclusion zone would be limited to transmission cables and related infrastructure necessary to connect an off-shore facility to the on-shore transmission grid.”What is more, even that connection would have to be at least one kilometre away from any drinking water intake. To make commenting easier for council, in the report the town planner points out, “In partnership with the Town of Kingsville and Union Water Supply System, Jones Consulting has completed a review of the discussion paper and has prepared comments for Council’s consideration. Administration supports the comments made by Jones Consulting and recommends that Council direct Administration to forward correspondence to the Ministry of the Environment.” The Jones Report was attached to the report so council could see exactly what comments they were endorsing. They include more rigorous exclusion zones from water treatment plant intakes and their power supplies, enhanced technical investigation of potential development impacts, and the demand that municipalities be recognized as “key stakeholders” in the consultation process. Deputy Mayor Rob Schmidt suggested that the town add a couple of comments to those proposed by the consultant. He pointed out that in light of the town’s experience with the tornado that all proponents should be required to have an emergency preparedness plan. Furthermore, he pointed out that the government document fails to mention exclusion zones around raw water intakes for agriculture or such as Heinz has. In both cases they are warranted. The Town is on record as opposing any wind turbine development in Pigeon Bay. Its comments do not alter this basic stance, much to the relief of Councillor Herb Enns who was prompted to ask, “What part of ‘no’ don’t they understand?” The Ministry of the Environment is soliciting public input as a first step in improving its regulations, and is contemplating possible large-scale exclusion zones if it receives sufficient well-reasoned arguments from the public.
Miss Tomato Festival 2010
Marylyn Liovas is the 2010 Miss Leamington Tomato Festival Queen. Thursday, August 19 twelve young ladies showcased a wide variety of talent and poise as they competed for the crown of Miss Leamington Tomato Festival. First runner-up was Catherine Vale and second runner-up was Megan Whittle. Miss Congeniality was Sarah Jane Ford and Miss Photogentic was Marylyn Liovis. The 3-D Award for Desire, Determination and Dedication went to Carleigh Manning. Stephanie Baptista won the talent portion of the contest performing a monologue which she wrote. Runner up for the talent section was Marylyn Liovis with her performance from Cinderella. Two new awards were presented for this year’s pageant. Each contestant had to create their own masquerade mask. Taylor Impens won the award for best mask and Karisa Darowski was presented with the Entrepreneur Award. “I’m very proud and excited. I can’t wait to find out what is ahead for me,” said Liovis. “It’s been an amazing experience and I’ve made so many new friends and better friends with others,” said Miss Tomato Festival. Marylyn is the daughter of George and Gina Liovis. (More Pageant Photos on Page 20)
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