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https://www.ontario.ca/page/d-4-land-use-or-near-landfills-and-dumps

It is extremely unsettling that the government is proposing to completely ignore an environmental assessment on this property.
It is well documented BY OUR IWN GOVERNMENT that adverse effects could be experienced up to 3 kilometres! That would include our entire town!
Please do not allow this to happen!

Safety rules were established through years of learning and studies of the requirements of any landfill in order to protect both the environment and the population.

Now suddenly they want to ignore their own safety standards.
I refer especially to the following section of this article:

5.4 Land use beyond 500 metres of a fill area

Where significant impacts are encountered at or beyond 500 metres, the study area within which an assessment for any change in land use is recommended, shall be extended beyond the 500 metre area set out in Section 5.3.
Historical evidence in Ontario has shown that the maximum distance within which adverse effects could be experienced while a landfill is operating is up to 3 kilometres.

In exceptional hydrogeologic situations, such as areas of fractured rock or sand, where it is anticipated that leachate or gas from a non-operating landfill or dump could migrate beyond 500 metres and pose a problem, Ministry staff shall recommend that proponents carry out hydrogeologic and/or engineering studies for land use proposals beyond 500 metres of a fill area (see Section 4.5 for more details).

5.5 Significant impacts
The Ministry shall recommend against land use proposals where proponents have not incorporated feasible remedial measures to prevent or minimize adverse effects (as discussed in Section4.3).

5.6 Sequential development
In considering long-range planning, the Ministry may recommend that proponents delay or phase certain types of land use to coincide with closure of sections of a landfill, or the operation itself, as nuisance effects are reduced or eliminated. This approach shall only be permitted in cases where no risks to health or safety are present.