TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP for miles on West Saanich Road when a 1979 Mercury Capri
caught fire, near the intersection of McTavish Road, about 3:50 p.m. May 15. North
Saanich volunteer firemen responded quickly but extensive damage resulted to the

vehicle.

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Plan results in hazardous waste collection

by Mare Davis
The Review

Fewer toxic wastes will be
dumped into the ocean and into
Hartland Road landfill because the
Capital Regional District and the
Ministry of Environment agreed
last week to split the cost of
hazardous waste collection.

The CRD’s $183,000 share of
the $368,000 project to collect the
hazardous refuse and deliver it to
Ontario for disposal will be cov-
ered by Hartland tipping fees,
CRD environment committee

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chairman Frank Leonard said.

Sidney Mayor Norma Sealey,
also a member of the CRD envir-
onmental committee, said the
scheme is long overdue but she is
“delighted” it has finally come
about.

Sealey said hazardous waste dis-
posal is presently a problem for
Peninsula residents because the
toxic waste depot in Victoria is
only open for a couple of hours of
each month.

“The hours are so inconvenient
that the times (that the dump is
open to the public) is almost like a

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an interim order against use of the
plant without Ministerial approval.
Conditions for approval required
Arm to prepare and submit a
contingency pian- that outlines
response action to be triggered in
the event of a spill, and required

‘@Arm to have available all the

equipment and resources required
to promptly activate the contingen-
cy plan. :

The Ministry also required a
qualified person be retained to
conduct an inspection of the stor-
age tanks and spill protection
works and report, with a signed
certificate, that the tanks are safe.

The Environment Ministry also
alerted the Canadian Coast Guard
to be on the lookout for the barge
and requested an inspection be
done as soon as the vessel entered
Canadian waters.

Hunter demanded assurances

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from the federal Minister of Trans-
port in the House of Commons
that the barge would not be
allowed into the Inlet without “the
stictest supervision and with ade-
quate provisions in the event of an
oil spill.”

“It is well known that preven-
tion is the only real cure for oil
spills. Failing that it is absolutely
essential that vessels carrying oil
are capable of early response in
the event of spills,’ Hunter said.

The Saanich Inlet Protection
Society has asked the federal gov-
emment to consider Saanich Inlet
for designation as a federal marine
park.

hidden disposal period,” she said.

Sealey said the CRD will create
an alternative depot at the City of
Victoria public works yard on
Garbally Road.

The Ministry of Environment
has promised that the cost of
disposing of toxic waste should be
reduced with the creation of a
provincially-located hazardous
waste dump “some time next
year,’ Sealey said.

Collections for 1990 are sched-
uled for June 23 and 23, followed
by a third collection on Oct. 13.

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Suspect nailed for rash
of house/ car break-ins

Central Saanich police recoy-
ered tens of thousands of dollars
worth of merchandise and charged
a 23-year-old Victona man with a
string of offences after raiding a
Victoria home last week.

Deputy police Chief George
Lawson said three officers armed
with search warrants found over
$10,000 worth of stolen property
in a Washington Street apartment,
shortly after 9:30 a.m. Friday.

The majority of the merchandise
was taken from Central Saanich
homes and vehicles during the
month April, when addresses on
Moore Place, Barbara Drive-Place,
Buena Vista and Tamany Drive
were hit.

“We got a whole basement full
of stuff,” Lawson said. Included in
the items are color televisions,
microwaves, sound systems, jewel-
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OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN

The new Central Saanich Community Plan (Bylaw 974)has now passed second reading. Glaring weaknesses
sull exist and can still be changed.
Outstanding weaknesses include:

1. Golf courses on Prime farmland:
There is no protection for the top-rated farmland. The plan states “‘sites with improved rating will be
considered less suitable.” This is too weak. Such land must not be considered for golf courses.

2. Weak Environmental Protection:
Council has’ been asked to include the provision that ‘environmental guidelines take precedence
over land use designations” as in the previous plan. So far they have refused to act on this request.

3. Development Cost Charges:
This technique commits your municipality (you) to carry interest charges for development until
individual lots are sold. Council has failed to follow the recommendation to “Remove direct
teference to DCC’s™ and to “make clear that the standard practice of developers pays applies.”

Rate payers of Central Saanich are urged to:
1. Call your councillors and get a commitment to the elimination of these

2. Attend the public hearing At Keating School at 7:30 on May 31.
3. Write to the “Mayor and Council” and make sure your concems are on file.

Mayor and Council

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detectors, home appliances and
high-performance automotive
parts.

Some of the items recovered
weren’t reported stolen because
the owners of a home in the
6600-block Tamany Drive hadn’t
returned from a vacation, Lawson
said.

Allan McCallum, 23, has been
charged with nine counts of break,
enter and theft, one charge of theft
over $1,000 and one count of
possession of stolen property.

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