8TH DAY (Thurs) OF HUNDER PIT OMB HEARING

Mr. Cisco of the IBI Group was back on the stand testifying on behalf of the proponent, Hunder Developments. He advised that the mobile crusher would be used for a maximum of four weeks at the Jigs Hollow Pit and twenty-two weeks at the Hunder Pit out of a thirty-nine week season. The purpose was to show that it would not be difficult to have the Hunder Pit crusher out of commission while the Jigs Hollow Pit crusher was working and hence be able to abide by one of the noise conditions.

Mr. Cisco further testified that a berm at the Jigs Hollow Pit was raised in order to reduce noise to 45 decibels. This may have been done in response to a letter/complaint from a resident, Mrs Stroobacher.

Mr. Cisco repeatedly testified that in his opinion there would be no "harm or material discomfort to any person." He also stated that there would be no "adverse effects to any person".

Mr. Cisco stated that the Township of Woolwich have three major areas of concern namely Traffic, Noise and Visual Impacts. Mr. Cisco then gave his opinion as to why he felt all three areas had been properly addressed.

After lunch Mr. Cisco got into the recycling aspect of the operation. Apparently there will be groundwater monitoring for PAH's (polyaromatic hydrocarbons) as well as for hydrocarbon fractions specifically F3 and F4. After I reread my notes I realized a possible slip up here. F3 and F4 are the heavier hydrocarbon fractions. They would be for heavy oils and greases etc.. F1 refers to C6-C10 which means six to ten carbons. This includes components of gasolines etc. such as benzene, toluene and xylenes. F2 I believe is C10-C20. Clearly there should be monitoring for the lighter hydrocarbons as well as the heavier ones as a gasoline or diesel spill would do considerably more damage than a spill of thick grease for example.

Ms. Costello opened the cross-examination of Mr. Cisco. She clarified that the restriction on extraction and screening while crushing was underway only applied to phase one, not to the other phases. It appeared to me that there was a difference in understanding with Mr. Cisco's understanding of the processing limitations due to noise concerns.

Ms. Costello also got into Sunset Clauses. She made the excellent point that as gravel extraction is considered an Interim use then why not have a hard time frame within which the pit can operate? Mr. cisco is strongly against the inclusion of Sunset Clauses anywhere in the process and advised that so is the Ministry of Natural Resources. The hearing will continue Friday morning at 10 am..