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Public Hearing 5:
Regulatory and Technical Issues for Specific Sources of Contaminants; Water Quantity
September 6-7, 2001

Location
Metro Hall
Room 307
55 John Street
Toronto, ON
M5V 3C6

Topics to be addressed at this public hearing:

  1. Recommendations regarding agricultural contaminants


    1. Agricultural Operations Act
  1. Recommendations regarding human wastewater and biosolids


    1. Municipal sewage effluent
    2. Septic tanks
    3. Biosolids
  1. Recommendations regarding other contaminant sources


    1. Landfills
    2. Urban Development
    3. Industrial Activity
    4. Forestry
    5. Mining
  1. Recommendations regarding water quantity
  Scheduled appearances


September 6

9:30 - 10:15 Ontario Municipal Water Association/Ontario Water Works Association
     Mr. Brian Pett, Mr. Joseph Castrilli
10:15 - 11:15 ALERT/Sierra Club Coalition
     Mr. Don Mills
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:30 Ontario Farm Environment Coalition
     Mr. David Armitage
12:30 - 1:15 Energy Probe Research Foundation
     Ms. Elizabeth Brubaker
1:15 - 2:15 Lunch
2:15 - 2:45 Ontario Public Service Employees Union
     Mr. Tim Hadwen
2:45 - 3:30 CEDF
     Mr. David Donnelly, Prof. Miriam Diamond


September 7

9:30 - 10:15 Conservation Ontario
     Mr. Don Pearson, Ms. Mary-Ann Wilson, Ms. Lorrie Minshall           
10:15 - 11:00 Canadian Environmental Law Association
     Ms. Ramani Nadarajah
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 11:45 Government of Ontario
11:45 - 12:30 Rebuttal



Suggested recommendations

1.  Ontario Water Works Association ("OWWA") and Ontario Municipal Water Association ("OMWA") -
     1.1. Statement on Issue 6 - Water Pollution; Sources of Contamination   * (31Kb)
     1.2.  Recommendations    (25Kb)

2.  Recommendations from the Sierra Club, Eastern Canada Chapter    (51Kb)

3.  Ontario Farm Environmental Coalition Submission    (22Kb)

4.  Energy Probe Research Foundation's Recommendations    (10Kb)

5.  Recommendations from the Ontario Public Service Employees Union    (38Kb)

6.  Conservation Ontario Recommendations    (55Kb)

7.  Submission by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Ontario Good Roads Association and
     Municipal Engineers Association    (18Kb)

8.  Canadian Environmental Defence Fund's Outline of Presention    (62Kb)

9.  Submissions by the Canadian Environmental Law Association    (109Kb)



Transcripts

The transcripts of this public hearing are available at www.tscript.com: September 6 and September 7.




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