Public safety vs profits? …

Public safety vs profits? That is really the issue in my mind. As noted, this is a Category 3.

At this site there have been numerous hearings including an ERT in 2015. Residents opposed the increase in the footprint of adding Melrose Quarry to the adjacent Long's Quarry at a Land Planning Tribunal a couple of years ago, citing as one concern, exactly what is being proposed ie that water taking would greatly increase (who knew it would be almost 4 times as much as the pumping at adjacent Long's?) At this location, there have been investigations resulting from noncompliance, including charges for C. H. Demill Holdings Inc. So, in a nutshell: we have a community with a vulnerable water supply as noted in the province's own study by BluMetric; we have climate change; we have issuing of building permits by the township that has increased the households in the area; we have numerous years since 2016 whereby Quinte Conservation declared Low Water in this area and we have a history of a pop up in the adjacent Long's Quarry in the early 1990's which lead to many questions about this area be on or near a karst ( Tyendinaga Caverns and Caves is located approximately 2 miles away)

It was learned at the ERT hearing (from Demill's consultant - Oakridge), that the impacts of going deeper in Long's Quarry, ie below the water table had been felt. What will the impacts be of Melrose Quarry deepening and going below the water table? I would think that if we are looking at over 4 million litres/day that may require pumping, that the intent is to greatly deepen the Melrose Quarry?

This brings into focus, why does there need be a quarry at this site, that would in any way bring into question a category 3? How does one company's right to operate trump the risk to so many in the community? Does the risk outweigh the benefit?

I am opposed to this PTTW request. At the very least, as a precautionary principle, should your ministry decide to issue a PTTW at this combined site, I believe it is in the community's best interest to take an approach similar to the one your ministry took with Long's Quarry in or about 2012, whereby there were a series of short term permits such that the necessary impacts could be assessed.