After reading the CCRA…

After reading the CCRA Centennial News April 2020 edition, Article Vol 05, No.4 I have serious concerns that yet another environmentally sensitive project is being considered for Scarborough.
An alarm bell should be sounding a warning to all Residents of South east Scarborough and our local Politicians.
Here we go again, after the lengthy battle that stopped a plan to move solid and liquid waste through Scarborough Communities on Beechgrove Dr., Manse Rd. Coronation Dr. and Lawrence Ave. East, by multiple truck transfers, another transportation and environmental transfer facility is being considered.
Stop this proposal before it gets started. There are enough high density environmentally sensitive industries in this area at present. One Traffic accident spill will devastate our ground water and sewer systems impacting hundreds of residents and communities.
Learn from the past: USE Hickson fire, April 2000, a 3 day disaster showed an unreported on site stock pill of dangerous chemicals burned and toxic chemical fumes were released, fortunately winds blew south ward over Lake Ontario towards Rochester USA. If the wind had been blowing east, west or north hundreds of residents would have been injured. A wake up call as to what can go wrong with chemical storage facilities. As a result a public stay in place warning system is now in use, albeit its an after the fact warning notification.
- 26 years ago the City yard waste composting site at Morningside and the 401 had to stop operations and remove the soil at the site due to horrendous fowl air born organic odours created and carried to residents east, north and west of the facility on breezy days depending on the wind direction. The city tried to play down the odours to residents and fumbled with on site solutions for months that didn’t work. I was a resident over 2 miles away at that time and the stench was nauseating and a normal community outdoor life style was halted until the site was removed and cleaned up after 2 years.
This proposed location: 633 Coronation Rd. is west of the new/revised sewage processing plant location, north of the Copperfield Rd. Water processing facility, just north of the public used East Point Park and baseball park, and west of the public Waterfront Trail and lake front beaches in East Rouge Park.
A most concerning issue, this site is located very close to our cities water supply source - Lake Ontario.
Organic processing from the whole Province?
Why is suburban Scarborough being considered when there are numerous isolated open land locations in the Province of Ontario.
A full disclosure to the public is definitely required.
Quote “An Open Permit Storage Area” (a nice term for an out door DUMP SITE)
West Hill Recovery gets to manage organic waste types not yet specified?
To me this means an open-ended process, and once a site is operational it can be modified at the companies discretion.
What type of disposal? The article states: ” In ground storage of 1,240 tonnes a day of non hazardous waste”
How many years of safe storage can this site accommodate?
Is there such a thing as safe storage?
What are the known risk factors for this type of facility?
If approved are we just pushing the environmental impact onto future generations?
What would be the time line before any undetected seepage would contaminate the lake and the impact on water quality or the water purification process?
The company, 2683517 Ontario, (Westhill Recovery) should list all company names and any subsidiary, affiliated companies or corporations operated or co-operated in conjunction with this type of processing for review/assessment of past operations and compliance issues if any, including the resolutions reached. (including community or provincial agency determinations)
Open book corporate disclosure at all meetings of proposals - published for the Communities effected by this locations application in Scarborough.
Along with an environmental assessment will there be a financial impact study on surrounding real-estate values within a 5 mile radius? If there are depreciation issues, is there proposed compensation legislation being considered for residents affected by this site operating for the adjacent communities?
Reason: The John Mansville Asbestos Plant (1930 to 1988 trust bankruptcy) fiasco at Port Union & Lawrence Ave / Lake Ontario site took over 20 years to resolve)
Final thought:
Due to the Covid-19 closure of all public facilities I would suggest all processing and consideration of this Waste Disposal Site be suspended until a full disclosure public meeting can be scheduled for East Scarborough neighbourhoods.
Please advise of any Public Scarborough information consultation meetings when scheduled in the future.
I have been in the Toronto Waste Transfer Station at Nugget Rd and Transfer Place many times and the stench inside this facility is horrendous. This site is isolated from Residential Communities.

This application indicates Emission to the atmosphere will include:
• carbon dioxide
• total reduced sulfur
• sulfur dioxide
• nitrogen oxides
• methane
• particulate matter
Waste Disposal Site - Ministry Reference No. 8818-BKDPE7

There is no mention of odour control affection the air quality to the surrounding community.
Are residents expected to just live with the smells of the heavy traffic from contaminated vehicles continually driving through the community on a 24/7 basis, 365 days a year?

There is no mention of the construction of any supporting pipelines or transfer station to the existing gas line system, or the inconvenience time line for supportive infrastructure modifications required, and who will be paying for such infrastructure.

I personally feel this is not a suitable location for this operation.