Update

Posted on 25 October 2011 by DrDan

Well, the election is over…now what? I wish I had an answer for you. My most recent request for information regarding the situation…

“…any words of update for the Bio En situation?” was answered with a “No”.

So I don’t have an update for you. Hopefully, things are continuing to progress behind the scenes and we will soon learn of progress toward a better location for all concerned. As soon as I have any information I will certainly pass it on. In the meantime, keep the signs up, get another sign if you need one, and make sure people know that this is not a “done deal”. Even if the MoE rules against our position there is an appeal process. I continue to be cautiously optimistic though.

Thanks
Dan

Dan Holt, Ph.D.
519 210 2121
lgr@epix.net


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Myrna and Ken Shantz

Posted on 21 August 2011 by Myrna Shantz

We wish voice a no vote to locating the bio gas plant in Elmira. Our town council has deemed it an inappropriate site…we do not disagree with the technology but find it unsuitable for the site where it is planned to be. The reasons have been well set out…excess traffic, odors and proximity to schools parks and housing areas.

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Tell the MOE “No”

Posted on 20 August 2011 by Laurie Jonkman

I’ve written a longer version of this on my blog, Elmira Is NOT a DUMP.

The only way to stop the Bio-En plant from being built so close to downtown is to Tell the MoE. (If you’re a little late they will probably still accept it).

Don’t have to get fancy, just tell them you don’t want the Bio-En facility located in town, and why. The most common reasons are:

Increased Traffic

  • transport trucks through town
  • wear and tear on roads

Health and Safety

  • truck traffic dangerous for kids/pedestrians,
  • diesel fumes, and molds etc will impact on air quality,
  • waste trucked in open trailers only covered with tarps potential contamination

Odour

  • Bad smell for Elmira:
  • quality of life,
  • downtown core will take financial hit
  • property values drop

Any environmental benefit will be more than wiped out by environmental impact of trucking the waste to Elmira.

The deadline to complain is Sunday, August 21st, 2010

Be sure to note the EBR registry number: 011-3923

  • Comment directly on the MOE Website by clicking the comment tab in the right side bar
  • or email Kristina.Rudzki@ontario.ca
  • Or Fax: 416-314-8452
  • call Kristina Rudzki, at the MoE Toll Free (800) 461-6290

Picture it:


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The flag on the left, “A” is the edge of Riverside Public School; the property is bounded by William Street at the front, and Riverside at the back. The flag on the right, “B” marks the proposed Bio-En site.
Google says the two points are 750 meters or 2 minutes apart.

Children gather easter eggs in the park located a minute away from the proposed Bio_En site.

1 minute away from Bio-En: Bolender Park, home of the annual Easter Egg Hunt

looking down Arthur Street at the tents of the Festival Mall, an area sure to be hit by Bio-En odors

2 minutes away: The downtown core; home of the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival

we MUST speak up

Tell the Provincial Government this is a bad idea; people live in this town.

residents fill up the part at the sunday evening concert at Gore Park

4 minutes away; Bio-En trucks will pass beside Gore Park, Located on Arthur Street

latest news coverage:

Elmira Independent: Biogas concerns sent to MOE
Woolwich Observer: Biogas debate heats up as comment period starts to wind down

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Posted on 9 August 2011 by Derek Potma

Everyone is encouraged to attend tonight and show support for our delegation that will voice our opposition to this project before council one final time before the August 22nd comment period deadline arrives.

Event: Council Meeting
Start Date: August 9, 2011 7:00 PM
End Date: August 9, 2011 9:00 PM
Category: Municipal Meetings & Projects
Details: Council Chambers
Township Administration Building
Event Address: 24 Church Street West
Event Phone: 519-669-6009

If you haven’t done so yet, please take the opportunity to submit your personal comments to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, before it is too late!

Link to the MoE page:  http://www.tinyurl.com/ebrpage

 

 

 

 

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Visibility

Posted on 7 July 2011 by Laurie Jonkman

I can see that people might not want to keep up ugly lawn signs. What we need to understand is that a Monster Bio Gas facility will make Elmira Forever Ugly.

It’s not over yet. People need to be reminded that this is coming if we don’t speak up.

Something else to think about: we’re into T-Shirt weather. 

Why not do a T-shirt or several?

There are companies like Zazzle and CafePress that allow you to upload your design and then they will print T-Shirts on demand.  People can buy them online.  

I’m pretty sure there is no cash outlay and if you price them low enough, people might buy them and wear them to all the local events. 

I would.

And I’ll be taking photos at the concerts every Sunday in Gore Park all summer long.

Can you imagine: a park pull of No Bi-En t shirts for Canada day?

Sign Ideas:

One with the old sign … one with the new sign … maybe a T-Shirt that reads something like

“Don’t Put A Garbage Plant
So Close to My School
Say No To Bio-En

or

Don’t Put A Garbage Plant
So Close to My Church
Say No To Bio-En

or

Don’t Put A Garbage Plant
So Close to My Home
Say No To Bio-En

 or

Don’t Put A Garbage Plant
So Close to My Business
Say No To Bio-En

or something universal like

Downtown Elmira Enjoys Fresh Air:
Say No To Bio-En

or

When You Add Trucks
It Stops Being Green
Say No To Bio-En

or

It’s a only
a 5 minute walk…
Don’t Put A Garbage Plant
So Close to DownTown Elmira
Say No To Bio-En

We could be more specific:

My Sign Was Stolen

over a picture of the sign

or one that has this on the front:

They stole my
“No Bio-En” sign

and this on the back

But Not My Voice!
Say No To Bio-En

—laurie jonkman

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MOE status for Woolwich Bio-En changed to “Under Technical Review”

Posted on 1 July 2011 by Bob Jonkman

The Ministry of the Environment status on the web page for Woolwich Bio-En Inc. has changed to “Under Technical Review”.

Dan Holt has e-mailed the BFCC-Announce mailing list with the next steps we should be taking; his comments will be posted here shortly.

There are previous MOE status message reports in blog posts "MOE Web site for Bio-En is updated" and "Changed URL for Ministry page on Bio-En".

–Bob.

Update 4 July 2011: Enough already. The URL on the MOE site has changed again, so I’m creating a URL redirect: http://moe-bioen.notlong.com and the Change Detection Log is https://www.changedetection.com/log/notlong/moe-bioen/index_log.html — these URLs should be consistent even if the MOE changes its URLs again.

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Changed URL for Ministry page on Bio-En

Posted on 21 May 2011 by Bob Jonkman

While the Ministry of the Environment hasn’t changed the application status for Woolwich Bio-En (still “Received and screening for completeness”), the URL for the Web page has changed to

http://moe-bioen.notlong.com [This is a URL redirect to the MOE web page]

As a result, the Change Detection change log URL has also changed to https://www.changedetection.com/log/notlong/moe-bioen/index_log.html.

The URLs have also been corrected on the previous blog entry, MOE Web site for Bio-En is updated

I don’t know why the Ministry URL keeps changing, but I don’t think it’s a deliberate effort to throw us off the chase. I suspect a poorly coded database application at the Ministry.

–Bob.

[Update 4 June 2011: Another URL change. Links above have been updated]
[Update 19 June 2011: Another URL change. Links above have been updated]
[Update 1 July 2011: MOE status changed to "Under Technical Review"; URL changed again too. Links above have been updated]

[Update 4 July 2011: Enough already. The URL on the MOE site has changed again, so I’m creating a URL redirect: http://moe-bioen.notlong.com and the Change Detection Log is https://www.changedetection.com/log/notlong/moe-bioen/index_log.html — these URLs should be consistent even if the MOE changes its URLs again.]

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