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“areas, access road areas, parking areas and processing
plant areas) but rot less than Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) to ensure the land restoration works be
effected, in accordance witna the said permit and this
bv-iaw. Tae sa:d performance bond required to be pursuant
to Sectisn 6(h) above shall be in such form that 3t cannot

2 or be cancelled until the areas affected by the land

lamation werk huve been reclaimed to their final state
as described in this by-law.”

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CORR-CTLVE MEASURES IN THE EVENT OP THE BREACH OF THE BY-LAW

According to ‘section 10 of By-Law 1489,

“the Engineering Supervisor shall have the right at all
times to enter upon and inspect all lands and premises
for which a permit has been issued pursuant to the
provisions of this by-law, and in the event of notice

of a breach in any of the provisions of this by-law or

a permit issued pursuant thereto being given to the
splicant for such a permit by the Enginecring Supervisor,
the said applicant shall torthwith cease and desist from
removing any further soil, sand, gravel, rock or other
substance of which land is composed, from the said lands
and premises until such breach is remedied."

According to Section 14 of By-Law 1489, every person
who violates, contravenes, or commits any breach of the
provisions ef this by-law shall be guilty of an offence punish-
able on summary conviction and shall be liable to forfeit and
pay a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.60) and costs, or
in default of payment thereof, imprisonment for a term not
exceeding six months.

Jt therefore appears that in the event of a breach
the Engineering Supervisor may either ciose the operation, or
take the applicant to court. In some cases the breaches occur
in pits which are temporarily closed, and so the only course of
action would be to take the applicant to court. This would not
necessarily correct the breach.

It is suggested that By-Law 1489 be revised by
adding to Section 10:

“In case of a breach whica causes an emergency such ‘3
deterioration or failure of a purification facility,
blockage of a river or drainage facility, and/or possible
danger to the public, the Engineering Supervisor may, in

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addition to any other actzon he may take under the
provisions or this by-law, issue an order for inmediate
retion of the breach, and if correction of the
preacn is hot imacdiataly commenced and actively pursued
by ne applicant, the Engineering Supervisor hay isplemcnt
rrective measures, at the expense of the applicant. “

F. MIME ATION OF THE NEW CONTROLS TO GRAVEL PIT CELBATGRS

Because of the major ch
ine of j anges in the recuirements z=
Fee conten ation, & Period of qrace wiil be required ie
: ACK nat a three month perait be i i runs
During this time the o i eto Grnatiuee tee
fais a perators will be able to censtre h
necessery faciiities and should this not be aceosplss cd by the

expiry of the three nont i i
canbe citheeas: h period, then the soil renoval permit

G. MINIBUS FLOW IN THE COQUITLAM RIVER.

i. Presently a considerable amount of the soil materia? in the
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Coquitlam River Originates in the gravel pits,

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2. The Coquitlam River sometimes flows at rates as low as
indicates s feet Per econa (in 1969) and one reading
2 > 2606 0: -9 c.f.s., measured at the Beudne;
Trunk: Road Bridge. During the period October 20-28 1972
spawning flan ac at approximately 20-25 c.f.s. Many of the
y SQ were not moving upstream, and those w: h di
ovin waich did
neve were experiencing difficulty spawning in the shallow
font Pa Visherices bepartment therefore made a request
releasing 100 ei Uydro ang Tower Authority co-operated in
C rs -f.s. from the ¢ it i
periog October 2? - November 3 972 take dan for the

vets Hydro and Power Authority is reluctant to release
we er, Particularly if such release is for the ptrpose of
Gearing rivers contaminated by gravel pit operations

There are a qreat Many variables inherent in an
e rea y r attenpt ¢
veneemante ae naman Fiver flow wnich will result in caly 2
rason ; eposition of suspended matter i
and size of materials in the water, slo wer.
type of river bed, cross-section (adhe poole eee toe
river bed, and continual pick-up and re-deposi tion of °
paterials ali have an effect on the resul:. Ie appears
t at the result may be obtained only by observations, and
y analyzing the water for sediment content. Such dat i
not currently available, , wes

It is recommended that:
a) Greater effort be made to prevent soil saterials

originating in the gravel pits from enter
i ; : ing the
Coquitlam River, This will be achieved should the

regulations proposed in this report be approved.

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