i. beac Ra eel rr Or Oar kU OOOO VUV Va AAAS OPH HEE Vee Ka eva PSV EVEL EL TT “4, fod ‘ A16 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 24, 2006 . From front Egg farm — _ gets warned into creating an enforcement measure then they : likely won't | appreciated” the result.” . Part of the order’ requires ‘Daybreak Farms to hire a professional environmental farm planner to help create a ‘program to ensure the farm “follows normal farm prac- tices, explains FIRB general “manager Jim Collins. ~~ Daybreak has also failed “to. comply with an order to’ 4 - have’ its ‘consultant forward” his credentials and plan to” - ‘the board, says Colitis, ~ “Basically. no ‘such cer- ‘tification or, plan: has been. received from the ‘profes- sional,” he says, adding that . “certification was supposed to ‘be received within 10 days . of. the May 2005 decision. . _: The ‘Farm : Practices .Pro- . tection Act, which ° governs” ' the: board, .is set. up in such: “to enter new. evidenée after “the conclusion of a hearing, Collins says. - In addition to curbing the ae E fly problem, FIRB ordered © Floritto to replace adirt floor ° in one of the barns with ce-. ment to help’ manage manure’ . and reduce seepage into the : surrounding i area 7 - But. Floritto ‘says a new. ” floor has a‘ hefty price tag, maybe as muchas $200,000, ‘and . would take. several weeks to complete... > | ‘He's also worried about -- ‘the impact on’ his business arid wants the board ’‘to: ‘give :.. him: some leeway: in terms. |: of establishing a timeline to ~ have the work done. 8 “They, want. a. specific. time frame and I can’t give . them one and. if they: had... Me a_ brain ‘they’d know - he said, citing weathe! a ‘way. as ‘to protect. farmers ° a Y a . fro ‘frivolous lawsuits ¢ has: no provisions for. en- forcement. _ : * “The legislation was nev- er ‘written: with: the view to” . finding: ways to. force farm- “ers to comply. and that’ 's the. € , challenge: we’. face here,” : ‘says. Bel ‘This: is -really . one of: times farmers. have . ‘acted “ina way, that doesn’t . ‘seem reasonable.” Bell: says ‘the ‘iain’ 7 with Daybreak ‘Farms’ high- tights a ea in‘the iow the province ‘needs to address “the issue of: enforcement.. “TE. you are: asking | “if Tm going to bring legis- “lation forward I can’t tell “you that yet because I don’t | -know that answer,” Bell said’ ‘last week.: : "But the general manager" of . - Daybreak Farms. says -his farm.does not have a fly problem and that FIRB i isis. ~ overstepping its ‘bounds. * “I would: say we are one- of the best farms i dn the prov-.. ince when it comes to con- trolling our. fly population. : And.I know that because . I’ve been toa lot of farms,” says Ron Floritto. He maintains. his farm “| ‘is not.the reason his neigh- « bours have a fly problem. He : Says-the flies they collected | as‘evidence against him are | not the same:flies as those on _ - his farm. - _ An, examination done by: an insect expert the week af- ter the 2004 hearing shows: __ the flies at’ Floritto’s neigh-. * ‘ours were green bottle flies, ” which ‘are. usually. attracted © to rotting meat. The flies céllected at his farm however, were .Fannia. ‘flies.or “little house flies.” - _ “The flies they were trap- . ping didn’t come from here,” Floritto says. Numerous residents bor- ; dering: the farm’s property “have small ‘compost piles, wood piles and tall grass where flies are known to breed. | ~ able to question if ‘those Floritto says it’s reason- might’ be ° other potential sources of the fly problem, . but FIRB .declined his re- . quest to submit that infor-. mation.to the board. 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