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L/ooal cement ministry discovers 2 The Beacon Herald / Friday June 8 / 1984} M Just last week, a study of a tryside several times in recent mon- ' . three-month test burn of tox1c By John Roe ths. While the-health of local resi-- district editor /2_ (are. u,- EMBRO -- The Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has ordered Canada Cement Lafarge Ltd to clean up. its act after discovering the plant near here is breaking the law. . Ministry spokesman RN. Durham, of the London regional of- fice, said yesterday the cement company has spewed unacceptable levels of particles and dust into the BN RECOGNBTION for her faithful work as curator of the Downie Community Club Sine ' 1968 Jeanne Coulthard right was presented with a plaque last Thursday at the St. Pauls Township Hall. Johann Dill, president of the club, made the presentation to Mrs Coulthard, ofR. R.,i St. Pauls iBut county road committee worries about increased traftc EEmbro Road may be posted gtrat 1 By Jim Hagarty district reporter 1 Perth County council's committee is willing to discuss a suggestion that signs be erected that would indicate the Embro Road as the route to Stratford for eastbound traffic from Highway 401. But the committee is cautious about the idea because of a problem it feels might be created by the in-- crease in traffic that would probably result from the placing of the signs. A letter from the ministry of transportation and communications (MTC) suggested the Embro Road---- Perth County Road 20 and Oxford road County Road 6 -» be signed as the route to Stratfmd from the 401 rather than Highway 19 as is pies. ently marked. (Staff Photo) . But the toad committee forsces bro Road were built in 195-4 and be cause the highway is reduced to a half--load road every March and April. problems because parts of the Em- E l l The committee. decidetlat a recent meeting to inform the M'I'C of its concerns but to advise the ministry a; 1934 ~ in; that the county is willing to sit down and discuss the suggestion . Meanwhile, the county Wlii take no gory. immediate action on another MTC suggestion that it turn back all bridges on local boundary roads to dents isn't endangered, Mr. Durham said emissions are damaging local - propertyand angering residents. "Control 'of certain operations is unsatisfactory and requires correc- tion within a reasonable time; " he said. _ The news hasoutraged The Em- bro Citizen's Group who have been fighting the compan'yTs plan to burn liquid industrial waste fuel for more than a year. municipalities wastes showed emissions were safe. Now the citizens, say if the company. can't run within the law burning conventional fuels, it can't be allow- ed to handle more dangerous toxic wastes And they dismiss the test burn results because scientists never checked emissions when a plant breakdown released high levels of particulate into the atmosphere. In an interview this morning,a company official said Canada Ce- ment knows about the problems and is trying to fix them. "The ministry (of environment) has been in' touch with us and we are working towards a solution accept- able to everyone," plant manager John Brown said. - He could not say how long it will take the company to clean up the problem. But anything short of cancelling plans to burn industrial waste won't satisfy the citizens now. "They' re not good neighbors," said Grace Bragg yesterday at a press conference in her RR 4 Embro home just across the road from the plant. "Would you consider a good neighbor someone who throws gar- bage on your property?" Mrs. Bragg said the problem has worsened in the past three years and she frequently notices "a strong sulphur smell" coming from the plant. She said she worries what the emissions will do to her health and points to the shingles on her roof -- originally black but now turned snow--white from the dust. John Wilkerson, of RR 4 Embro runs a farm equipment dealership near the plant and says sometimes "you can see the particulate matter like snow. Other times it 5 like a fog ora thick mist. " He says he needs an acid based li-l' quid to clean the white gritty dust from the equipment on his sales yard. 475+ 4UC the local municipalities. There are three bridges in Perth in that cate-- The county will pass a bylaw however to turn back to the local all remnants or