o.ng n ihv Frea Prss.Wednesday. Julv 27, 1994 business news Town orders garbage removedfrom -property fROM PAGE 9 Pacific rail lune. .in addition, high levels of cep- per and chronuum have been detected on site. Although the. amounit exceeds provncial standards, there is no health or safety risk as long as the soul remains undisturbed. .In- fact, according te the Ontario Minisr of Environment and Energy, t he soil can be safely dumped in a landfill site. The roblem facing Town offi- ials, =oeveri determining o f d r F Documnent Shreddung # High volume equipment will reduce your shredding cost # Secure locked containers at no extra cost # Bonded drivers #*100% cf paper is recycled # Certificate of destruction + Volume discounts available year-end, clean-outs CAIi NOD' (905) 427-3605 (Derrick) WASTE SYSTEMS Who is responsible for remnoviig the sol When no apparent health or safety' hazard exists, the pro- vince s juriscc'tion is limited and it cannot order a dlean-up, the ministry sayS. Meanwhile, both the Town and the Rýoyal Bank could take stepe te seize the property, bu t neither have shown an inclination te do this. The bank bas lost money-fromn delinquent mortgage paymnents, while the municipality bas lost revenue from non-payment of taxes. Councillor Joe Drumm, esti- mates the cost of removing te soil and garbage *at $1 million, bas been demanding a dlean-up for several months now. In April, Drummn called for an immediate action, but council chose te wait until it was sure of its options. Council was worried that it might become involved in another Prince Edward Island ferry boat situation if it pro- ceeded too quickly. (Tie derelict ferry sat rusting away in Whitby harbour for years before Town officiaIs had the authority to order the boat's owner to, remove the vessel. (The problemn was compounded THE TOWN 0F WHITBY'has issued a notice owners to remove the garbage but are of violation of Whitby's property standards prevented from making them dlean up con- bylaw to the owners of this vacant property taminated soit on the site. on Warren Road.- The Town can. order the Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Press by the presence of PCBs in the boats transformers. Various levels of government battled over where the PCBs would go, until Whitby Hydro agreed te, allow the PCBs te, be stered on its prernises.)ý Netjpleased with councilas deci- Sien, Drumm wrote Environm ent Minister Bud Wildman and Royal Bank president J.E. Cleg- horn in an effort te, resolve the matter. Drunim previously said the bank should assume responsibi- lity for thecdean-up, but he also blasted the province for allowing the contaminated material te remain on the property. "Pm very unhappy with the provnce, that contamition muet be cleaned up,» Drumm said last week. UHIl wait until its (garbage) cleained up and then get ater them "bhe said. "I âon~t accept that (thereds ne heakth risk).» ho added. -rNt s r B B S I Drpry-.ns- S te*s - hd WALTER CHAPPELL WELL DRU LLING 32 Vears experîenoe Lioenced by Ministry of Environment Page lu, vvnimy rrtm rfu**, vvwjlljoýjr' -Il ----------------- F