• Report # PSD-071-09  (14 pages) DURHAM/YORK RESIDUAL WASTE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
                               MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON PEER REVIEW COMMENTS ON PRE-SUBMISSION
              Report # PSD-071-09 - with all attachments (7.9 mb, 100 pgs)

• Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) Study Document - Draft for Review - May 25/09

• **CAO-002-09 - Host Community Agreement Report - from May 15 SPECIAL Council Meeting
  **Addendum to Host Community Agreement - approved by Clarington (motion carried 4-3)

  ** Clarington UNWILLING HOST Motion to Rescind - motion carried 4-3
       (Voted to rescind Unwilling Host and to accept HCA - Abernethy, Trim, Novak, Robinson)

• May 26/09 - Consultant's Presentation on the Air Quality Assessment and the Site Specific Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment for JWMG

• May 9/09  -  The following site specific technical reports have been posted on the Durham/York Residual Waste Study websiteat http://www.durhamyorkwaste.ca/epa_studies.php:

  • Acoustic Assessment – Technical Study Report

  • Visual Assessment Technical Study Report

  • Surface Water and Groundwater Assessment - Technical Study Report

  • Economic Assessment -Technical Study Report

  • Social/Cultural Assessment Technical Study Report

  • Facility Energy and Life Cycle Assessment

  • Traffic Assessment -Technical Study Report
     

• Draft Interim EA Study Document has been posted on the Durham/York Residual Waste Study website at http://www.durhamyorkwaste.ca/ea_study_doc.php 

• Report 2009-J-18  - Preferred Vendor Recommendation - Joint Works and Finance and Admin - April 14, 2009 (Approved by Council on April 22/09)  

• Report - 2009-WR-8 - Implications of MOE Regulation Requiring Mandatory Collection of Landfill Gas   NEW

• Consultant's update on the EA Process (presentation) Jim McKay - April 14/09 

• JWMG agenda (full) - April 14, 2009

• Consultant's update on the EA Process (presentation) - Jim McKay - April 14/09 

• Health Surveillance Review (Durham Region) - February 16/09

• Review of International Best Practices of Environmental Surveillance for Energy-From-Waste Facilities – FINAL REPORT -  February 16, 2009 

  • Presentation on Review of International Best Practices of Environmental Surveillance for Energy-From-Waste Facilities  (Durham Region) - February 16, 2009

  • Study Protocol +  Appendices - Nov 3, 2008

• EA Study Documentation  (Durham Region) - As of March 5, 2009

• Site Specific Studies -  (Durham Region) On Clarington site through February 17/09

• Joint Waste Management Group Full Documentation (York Region/Durham Region)

  • Agenda - March 10/08

  • Minutes - November 4/09

• Site Liaison Committee (Meetings/documentation)  (Durham Region)

  •  Site Liaison Committee Terms of Reference

  • Site Liaison Committee Application & Ad (July 2008)

  • Site location

• Niagara-Hamilton Incinerator plans abandoned - Niagara Region and the City of Hamilton      July 11/08 

  • Niagara-Hamilton Waste Plan Staff Report - June 30/08  

• Summary of Meeting Outcomes between Durham/York Regions and MoE (Air Emissions and Environmental Footprint) - June 11/08   

• Durham Business Case and Request for Proposals - Report J-13 (PDF - 843KB)
  Report #2008-J-13 was APPROVED by Durham Regional Council on May 28, 2008.

• Durham Region Business Case Report J-13 - May 21, 2008  

• Vancouver Financial Eval and GHG comparison - Results of the Vancouver Landfill Financial Evaluation and Estimation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Consulting Studies  - March 26, 2009  

• Updated Response to Reg.Council on Emission Control (from consultants) - May 13, 2008

• WR-17-08 - Energy From Waste Emissions and Monitoring  (Durham Region) - May 7, 2008 

• WR-16-08 - Durham Works Staff Report re Emission Criteria - April 23/08 

• **Response to Council Re Emission Control -  to JWMG April 15/08 Project Consultants

• FND-002-08 EFW Peer Review Economic Studies Costs to Date (Feb 25/08) Clarington Council

• Metro Vancouver Waste-To-Energy (Burnaby) trip (FEb 1/08) Cliff Curtis presentation 

• Responding to the Region - Kristin D. McKinnon-Rutherford (February 15/08)  

• ***Clarington Council UNWILLING HOST RESOLUTION - January 28/08  

• East Gwillimbury Unwilling Host Resolution - May 22/07 

• Clarington Council Resolution to defer site selection (January 14/08)

• Oshawa Strategic Initiatives Committee Recommendation (January 14/08)

• Durham Region Health and Social Services Committee Resolution (January 10/08)

• CAW resolution opposing incineration + Buzz Hargrove Letter (January 8/08)

• Staff Report PSD-141-07 - Municipal comments on Step 7 Evaluation of Short List of Sites and Identification of Preferred Site - Dec 3/07     

• PSD-097-07 Clarington Staff Report/Peer Review Sept 04/07

• Peterborough/Durham EFW Negotiations - Sept 07

• Identification of Consultant's Recommended Site (Executive Summary)  (Sept 07)  

  • Presentation (Movie) - recommended site

• PSD-070-07 Clarington Due Diligence Request for Peer Review May 07

• York/Durham Environmental Assessment Terms of Reference

• Municipal Waste EFW Facility Emission Limits Comparison Summary

• Generic Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment (Peer reviewed by Lesbia Smith)

• Dr. Kyle's (Dr. Lesbia Smith's) Peer Review for York/Durham (original, before edit)

  • Dr. Kyle's (Dr. Lesbia Smith's) Peer Review for York/Durham (after edit)

• Dr. Pengelly's Peer Review for Halton Business Case (reviewed by Dr. Smith above)

• June 27/07 Facilitator's Summary Report (Courtice PIC) 

• Canadian Energy-From-Waste Coalition registers provincial lobbyist - July 18/07

• Ramboll Denmark Waste To Energy and Clients (York/Durham/MacViro)

• Durham Region recruiting now for EFW manager - a done deal? (Oct 2007)

• AJAX Comments on the Durham-York Residual Waste Study EA - Oct 18/07  

• Final Stabilized Landfill Report for Niagara/Hamilton/Toronto - March/07

• Niagara-Hamilton revised "Alternatives To" - Jacques Whitford - July 20/07

  • Niagara-Hamilton Staff Report on Adendum and next steps - Aug/07

  • Niagara-Hamilton Joint Working Group Meeting Minutes - Aug/07

  • Niagara-Hamilton Media Release - 9 month break in EA process - Aug/07

• Debunking the Myths of Incineration - Kristin D. McKinnon-Rutherford -  UPDATED 5/5/08    

• EFW - Authorization for Clarington Staff to Negotiate - Nov 5/07 (Clarington Motion)
   

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• SOLUTIONS

  • RecycleBank expands service to the Midwest - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine  

  • Batteries Not Included - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine  

  • Landfill Gas-to-Energy  - Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine  

  • Comprehensive Waste Management Policy in Ontario - Marueen Carter-Whitney (CIELAP)June/08   (8 mb)

  • Funding for Building Canada Plan - Infrastructure Canada, Building Canada Plan

  • Nova Scotia's Solid Waste Model - Bob Kenney, Solid Waste Resource Analyst, NS Environment   June/08   (21 mb)

  • Stop Trashing the Climate - June 5, 2008 - World Environment Day      

    •  Executive Summary of Report  (5 mb)

    •  Full Report (6 mb)

    •  Key findings and priority policies one-page handout (PDF, 160 KB)

      On the Road to Zero Waste: Nova Scotia
  

  • Dr. Paul Connett's January 10/07 presentation at Oshawa CAW Hall (pdf)

    • Download PowerPoint Slide Show (click "Save" option)

  • The End of Garbage - Fortune Magazine, March 2007

  • Economic instruments in the management of waste - New Zealand 

  • Nova Scotia's Vision Becomes Reality - Friesen & Murphy - MNR

    • Inroads + Impacts - Nova Scotia Resource Recovery Fund Board - 2007

    • Nova Scotia Facility Tour (Halifax stabilized landfill)

    • A less trashy Nova Scotia - Recycling - A good start (2001)

  • Zero Waste Definition and Business Principles - Zero Waste International Alliance

  • Zero Waste One Step At A time - Recycling Council of British Columbia

  • *Citizen's Agenda for Zero Waste - Connett & Sheehan

  • Getting To Zero Waste - Greenpeace

  • Incinerators are not the Answer, EPR is - John Jackson

  • Foam Alone - Recycling plant goes belly up - Now Toronto Magazine, January 2008

  • MNR Waste Management Program - Peter Forsyth

  • MNR Waste Diversion and Composting - Varangu & King

  • City of Detroit Future Solid Waste Plan - Task Force Report

  • Social and Environmental Responsibility - Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.

  • European Parliament - Major recycling operation for Europe's waste policy

  • Ontario’s Waste Management Challenge - Is Incineration an Option? - CIELAP (2007)

  • Greenhouse Gases and Waste Management Options - FOE

  • Garbage is NOT Renewable Energy - GRRN     

  • French report published on benefits of waste incineration alternatives  

  • Final Stabilized Landfill Report for Niagara/Hamilton/Toronto - March/07

  • Waterloo Landfill - Energy produced from landfill gases - Waterloo Region

  • Environmental Waste Management System - Waterloo Region 

  •  Newmarket's Waste Diversion Efforts (Oct 2007) - 78% diversion rate tops in York Region  

  • Edmonton Composting Facility - state of the art

  • See more Alternatives
     

• HEALTH IMPACTS

  • Statement of Evidence - Particulate Emissions and Health - Professor C. Vyvyan Howard MB. ChB. PhD. FRCPath.  - JUNE 2009 -

  • Sept 2/09 - UK Government 'misleading' public on air pollution - Ecologist

  • Increased risk of cancer for neighbouring residents - ARTAC (ARTAC is an independent association of physicians and researchers specializing in the study biological, clinical and therapeutic cancer)  July 10/08 

  • Micro materials could pose major health risks - Globe and Mail  July 10/08  

  • Nanoparticles at a glance

  • Waste Framework Directive: Appeal from Doctors' Associations - June 11/08 

  • Nano-Pathology - Role of Micro and Nanoparticles in Biomaterial Induced Pathology - Consortium (2005) 

  • Incineration - Threat to Health and to Recycling -  Health Care Without Harm Europe 2008  

  • The Ecologist: The Lethal Consequences of Breathing Fire

  • Incineration and Health Issues (Friends of the Earth)

  • The Burden of Asthma in Ontario - Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences 

  • The Health Effects of Waste Incinerators - British Society for Ecological Medicine

  • The Health Effects of Waste Incinerators - British Society for Ecological Medicine - UPDATE - Second Edition June 2008

  • Incinerators and their Health Effects - Irish Doctors Environmental Assoc.

  • IDEA Position on Incineration - Irish Doctors Environmental Association

  • Health Effects of exposure to MSW Incinerators - Franchini, Rial, Buiatti, Bianchi et al.

  • Sickness in the Soil - Broward Times (Florida, Aug 2007)

  • *Cormier/Lomnicki/Backes/Dellinger  - Origin and Health Impacts of Emissions of Toxic By-Products and Fine Particles from Combustion and Thermal Treatment of Hazardous Wastes and Materials

  • Cancer and the Environment in Ontario: Gap Analysis on the Reduction of Environmental Carcinogens  

  • Canada's Chemical Valley Exposed - EcoJustice, Oct 4/07 

  • Sarnia's Toxic Legacy - Canadian Geographic, Oct 4/07

  • Incineration Today and Tomorrow - Kristin D. McKinnon-Rutherford, January2008      

  • Prevent Cancer Now's New Campaign Against Incineration - Prevent Cancer Now  

  • International Agency for Research on Cancer

  • It’s Your Health - Health Canada / Healthy Living, Dioxins and Furans

  • Best Environmental Practices and Alternative Technologies for Medical Waste Management, Emmanuel, Jorge PhD. Health Care Without Harm, June 2007, 8th Int’l Waste Management Congress and Exhibition

  • Incineration and Human Health. State of Knowledge of the Impacts of Waste Incinerators on Human Health, Allsopp, M. Costner, P. and Johnston, P.
    
     

• More Incineration Information
   

  • March 2009 - SouthCoast towns face trash fee increase (Covanta) - New Bedford Standard-Times (Anderson)

  • No New Incinerator in Harrisburg - Close it, Keep it Closed, Clean it Up! ...one step down, two to go!

  • July 7/08 - SALE OF BELLEDUNE INCINERATOR IS ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BENNETT'S FAILURE - Environnement Vie (New Brunswick)     

  • Plasco Energy Test Project - Letter from Sierra Club to Ottawa Mayor - June 20/08 

  • Incinerators are impeding the transition to sustainability - Peter Montague  

  • Competition Between Recycling and Incineration - Jeffrey Morris, Ph.D.   

  • Incinerators in Disguise - GAIA & Green Action report  

  • Plasma Arc Technology for Municipal Solid Waste: A Proven Technology or Incinerator in Disguise?
    - GAIA & Green Action report  

  • After Incineration: The Toxic Ash Problem - Petrlik & Ryder    

  • Resources up in Flames - Brenda Platt (Institute for Local Self-Reliance)

  • Ontario garbage to go up in smoke - Great Lakes United

  • 20 Reasons Why Incineration is a Losing Financial Proposition for Host Communities

  • Getting Burned - Andrew Cash (Now Magazine) 

  • Garbage In, Garbage Out - Clarissa Morawski

  • Brampton incinerator is no solution

  • Public Funds Up In Flames

  • Waste Incineration: A Dying Technology

  • Cement Kilns that Burn Hazardous Waste - Essential Action and GAIA

  • Burning Questions - (P.O.W.E.R.) Feb, 2007

  • York Region Nature Forum - About Incinerators

  • Ramboll Energy From Waste and Client List (including York/Durham and MacViro)

  • SITA Isle of Man Waste Plan Annual Reports, including information on monitoring equipment

    • 2006 Annual Report

    • 2005/06 Annual Report

    • 2004/05 Annual Report

  • Regulatory Amendments to Facilitate Diversion, EFW, Alternative Fuels
    (Ministry of Environment)

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