Environmental Assessment Office office, which recommended against a review, may be “underestimating the passion with which the local community here disagrees with them,” says Adam Olsen
Green Party MLA Adam Olsen says he has not given up hope that a plan to expand an aggregate quarry at the Bamberton site will face environmental scrutiny — despite a preliminary report recommending that an application for an environmental review be declined.
“I think if [the EAO] listened to the hundreds of people that have already emailed them, and to the people that I’ve been talking to, I think a review is what this community and this neighbourhood wants.” The preliminary Environmental Assessment report said the dock extension and soil deposit site could not be reviewed, as they are substantially underway, and recommended against reviewing the quarry.
The party also noted that under existing legislation, quarries being expanded by less than 50 per cent of their current size are not subject to environmental review, meaning they could keep applying for small expansions without any kind of environmental oversight. Even though it is larger than first believed, the 16 per cent figure is a significant scaling back of original plans.
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