Concerns raised about Sale of Landfill Eyed for Major Expansion Site

The recent Sale of a Dormant Landfill Site Less Than a Kilometre North of Dresden, Seeking to Reopen and Undergo A Massive Expansion, Has a Citizen’s Group concerned.

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Dresden CARED (Citizens Against Reckless Environmental Displacement) Recently posted to social media that mississauga-based york1 Environmental solutions Solda a Major Portion of the Form Dresden Landfill at 29831 Irish School RD. To Whitestone Fields Ltd. For $ 2.5 million in Early February.

“They sold it to themselves in essence,” Said Stefan Premdas, Chair of Dresden Cared.

He Said Current President and Chief Operator of York1, Brian Brunetti, Along with Brothers Andrew and Daniel Guizzetti, Owners of Empire Communities, A Large Home Building Company, Are Listed as Directors of Whitestone Fields. Documents Show the Company Incorporated on Jan. 13.

Premdas Said People in the Community Are Asking, since the Guizzetti’s Own A Home Building Company “Are they going to build homes?

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“Under Ontario Regulations, When You Close Down A Landfill, You can only (Create) A Park OR A Golf Race on That Space,” He Said.

Premdas Said Questions also ARE Being RAISED BECAUSE The Property Sold Measures 340,977 square meters, or 34.1 hectares (84.3 acres) While the municipality of chatham-kent lists the property at 35.5 hectares (87.8 acres).

He Said the Group is look at the site to try to determine “where would you exclude 3.5 acres? (I.4 hectares)))))

“We not sure if that measure of 340,977 square meters is on purpose or an accident,” he said.

The Daily News has reached out to york1 and daniel guizzetti for comment.

Last Year, York1 Applied to Create an Eight-Hectare Landfill With 1.62 Million Cubic Metres of Waste Capacity On A 35-Hectare Site with a maximum Fill Rate of 365,000 tonnes in Year, an Average of 1,000 Tons A Day.

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The proposal also included developing a regenerative recycling facility at the same irish school road site to accept as much as 6,000 tonnes Daily of non-hazardous construction and demolition was and 30,000 tonnes of unprossed soils.

Following Fierce Opposition from the Community and the Municipalities of Chatham-Kent and Nearby Dawn-Euphemia Township in South Lambton County, Last July, Ontario’s Environment Ministry Ordered The Project Undergo A understanding Environmental Assessment. There are Environmental Concerns about Possible Pollution of the Nearby Sydenham River and the Impact of Hundreds of Trucks A Day Coming to the proposed Round-The-Clock Operation.

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent Only Recently has Learned of the Property Sale, Said Municipal Spokesperson Eric Labadie in an email.

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“We Weren’t Given Any Prior Indications to Suggest There would be changed in Ownership, Nor Would We Normally,” He Said.

With respect to the Environmental Assessment Order, Labadie Said It Clearly “Sets Out that the Regulation Apps to the Property and Not To A specific Corporate Entity, Lookless of Who Owns the Property.

He Added Chatham-Kent hasn’t had any contact with York1 or Heard Anything Further from the province since a regulation for the ea was passed last summer.

An email from the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks Stated: “The Minister is awakening of the change in Ownership and is working with the Proponent so that all receiving minisry instruments are updated accingly. The Change in Ownership of the Property Does Not Impact Any Site-Specific Requirements Set in Regulation. ”

No Matter Who Owns The Property, Premdas Said the Fight Against The Propéd Landfill and Recycling Projects Will Continue.

“They are not coming to Our Small Town and Putting Our Children and Our Lives and Our Industries at Risk,” He Said.

Premdas Said Dresden CARED HAS Continue to Fight the proposed project, GAINING Support Politically, Among First Nations and in the Community.

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