This proposed site…

This proposed site amalgamation reopens conditions for the rehabilitation of this area. When you look at how other quarries are rehabilitated like St Mary’s , Innerkip, Port Colborne, and compare it to how sparse the rehabilitation plans are for Carmeuse, we have an opportunity to require that the changes to the rehabilitation plan ensures a net gain to our community. Here are some of the features that other quarry rehabilitation plans include and should be included in Carmeuse’s new rehabilitation plan. -boat launches -slope access to the water -fishing and assorted recreational areas. -walking trails -swimming areas Here is one example of all the vegetation that is to be planted according to one quarry rehabilitation plan and should be included in Carmeuse’s rehabilitation plan. White pine 60 White spruce 54 Sugar maple 58 White ash 22 Silver maple 27 Red oak 17 Norway spruce 30 White spruce White cedar 25 Weeping willow 20 Balsam poplar 22 Hybrid poplar 22 Russian olive 6 Pussy willow 6 Yellow stem willow 13 American elder 4 Common lilac 3 -5 Mock orange 2-3 Hedge plantings include: Hawthorn, Forsythia, Spyria, Honeysuckle, Dogwood Many other species of flowering and decorative shrubs and suitable hedge shrubs that are commercially available and make successful plantings. . Carmeuse application to amalgamate these three site licences should be turned down by the MNRF unless the public have a full opportunity to have input to the rehabilitation plans and that technical studies should be required to ensure that the 3 sites are safe and meet 2016 Provincial and Federal laws and standards.