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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Ashley Degraaf
Duncan fire department members knocked down a trailer fire just after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at Riverside RV Park at 3050 Allenby Road. The owner of the Ford Econoline 150, Richard Armell, thankfully wasn’t in the structure when it went up. Armella had no idea what might have started the blaze. Peter W. Rusland
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mproper zoning to treat contaminated soil is being cited by Cowichan directors fighting a provincial permit for dumping and remediating five million tonnes of earth near Shawnigan Lake. Cowichan Valley Regional District’s notice, served Thursday to South Island Aggregates, claims the company’s proposed soil-remediation facility violates zoning on its property, Friday’s news release states. SIA’s property is currently zoned primary forestry, F-1, CVRD staff said. “We have instructed our lawyers to inform SIA the proposed remediation facility and land use is not permitted under the CVRD’s zoning,” said Rob Hutchins, CVRD Chairman.
CVRD resets to battle Shawnigan Lake soil dump on zoning grounds
Will ask court to rule: Regional district says operation not legal under zoning “Consequently, we are in consultation with lawyers about making an application to the B.C. Supreme Court to ask that it rule on the CVRD’s authority to enforce the zoning on the SIA property.” SIA’s F-1 zoning allows gravel extraction from its quarry, where the contaminated soil, from various sources, would be treated, explained Tom Anderson, CVRD’s head of
planning and development. “But we’re saying they need a new zoning allowing such as a (soil) treatment facility.” The CVRD passed a bylaw in around 2000 banning contaminated soil storage anywhere in the regional district, he noted. SIA is also seeking a mines permit to refill its pit as rock quarry reclamation, added Anderson.
“Our next actions will depend on the responses we get from both SIA, and the Environmental Appeal Board,” Hutchins says. The CVRD has also requested an investigation under Section 29 of the Drinking Water Protection Act. “The CVRD has been firm in its opposition to the proposed soil remediation facility, and has taken action to protect residents who depend on potable domestic-water supplies from the Shawnigan Lake watershed,” writes Hutchins. The CVRD estimates more than 12,000 people depend on Shawnigan’s watershed. That includes some 2,700 residents served by CVRD-owned and operated systems drawing directly from the lake, and from wells drilled into aquifers down-slope from SIA’s property, he explains. more on page 3 bchonda.com
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