Provinice rfue Sto approve Wh itby tire dump tî By Mike Kowalold ~r '~su~Unlese a north Whitby tire dump owner complies with muni- cpal and fire regulatione, lhe will not be granted a provincial certi- Men theieficate te, continue operating the *-4 The Ontario Ministry of Environmient will not issue a certificate of approval te Art Robinson until hie property com- plies with Town ofWhitby and Ontario Fire Code regulations. Until the ministry is satisfied that Robinson has complied with the regulations, no more tires will be allowed onte the site. Robinson. has an estimated 100,000 usedtires stered at hie Sautomobile .wrecking ,yard -loca- * ted north of Taunton Rd. î>ear ehéWhitby-Oshawabo6rder. Ho was charged by the munici- ~ pality earlier this year with operating a salvage yard without a valid licence. ~ I In addition, the niunicipality is in the procees of laying char gos ~ againet Robinson under th e ~ ;~'~ jOntario Fire Code. ~ I As of last Friday, Town î:î _J î administrater Bull Wallace did ~ $ not know if charges had actually been laid, but they «dofinitely will be,» hosaid. The Whitby fire departrnent Sreviousiy ieeued a notice of vio- ation te Robinson but ho has flot yet complied with any of the department's demands. While work is proceeding on regulating the site and area of tire piles, road access te the lot and internai piles are not te the S departmient's satisfaction. The site is not completely con- fined by a fonce and an adequate water supply bas not been pro- In addition to the aforomen- NATASHA STRUNM4N1KOVKI can't Anyone can enter the zontest by tioned char gos, Robinson- has keep hr ee f h giant donating tocne goods oe been ini violation of Ontario's ber ees of thet y o nn e ior on Environmental Protection Act Christmnas stocing which is part of uwapdtyt aetn' since Oct. 1 and could be liable to Valentino's Children'a Wish Draw. downtown Whitby. (u@BV ht prosecution under the. Act by the Tree remova cornesto ahait By Mike Kowaloki Anorth Witby landowner has oboyed an order to stop destroy- ing trees on hie property. Unfortunately, the ownor's compliance has corne teo late te avert "considerable» damnage te the environmentally sensitive area. Councillor Rose Batten said has complied with the municipa- lity's request te stop removig trees on property located in the SEE PAGE 3 MIMM eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeMonciay tat Monamed uewsni LOOK FOR THE -WHITBY FREE PRESS ~terc i I I OIf (T-P T~ NAA was incorectly repotd in =opany that owns the .1 9 J 0 LAH . J. JJ.Leeks eiton o TeFr ee Ls eek sarticle was bod o Prs that Harry Zosik was the commenta made during discus. owner cf the property on which sion at the Nov. 26 council meet. GIFT GUIDE trees were being detroyed. Fe rs ihst SU PLEM NT INSI E H formerly owned the pro- logize ad.reets an ebr ~ cnncton with the numbered ted from the article. province. Robinson had few commente to make about his latest difficulties when contacted by The Fre. Pros., «It's nothing more than we expected, the Town don't want it hors sithor way,» said Robinson. Robinson said ho han tried to conplwith the Town's diroc- tvsbthie efforts have obvi- ously not been to the inunicipa- lIt ssa epecting the fire departmient, to lay charges, everyone's expecting them to do tis.» Forhaps surprisingly to somo observera Robinson is willing to work ;;ith the municipality in ridding bis yard of the tires. ,If tho Town bas an approved site, I- will gladly move them there (and) I can move them a lot quicker than they think I can.» Whitby coiancillor Dennis Fox termed tèi minietry's decision "exactly '&at I was hoping for.' "Now i%à time fo r the whole matter to be investigated, not just his~ but ail of them (tire Earlior tis yoar Fox and fol- low councillor Joe Drumm blas- ted the ministry for considering granting Robinson a certificate SEE PAGE 34 Asbestos to be removed Page 15 Colmmuters demand explanation Page 24