What is the

Coalition for Landfill Accountability?

Why Do We Need

COLA?

BACKGROUND:

The Carp Road Dump closed in

2011 after years of odour and

groundwater issues due to poor

management and oversight.

Waste Management of Canada

Corporation is looking to reopen

and expand the landfill to take

up to 400,000 tonnes of garbage

each year.

CONTEXT:

In 1971 when the landfill

was first licensed it was a

rural landfill servicing the local

residents.

Now it is in the middle of the

rapidly growing west end of

Ottawa servicing Ontario.

WHAT IS COLA?

COLA is an umbrella group of local community associations and

concerned citizens in West Carleton, Stittsville and Kanata to;

• Educate people on issues pertaining to the landfill

• Engage people in the process

• Provide oversight to the landfill development and

• Assure accountability to the community

Whether or not the landfill is approved, we believe there is

still an opportunity for residents to make a difference

in the process.

OBJECTIVES

Accountability. Ensure that Waste

Management, elected officials and government

agencies follow through on commitments

relating to the landfill.

Education. Share information with residents

about the landfill operation, how it will affect

them, and how they can get involved in the

process.

THE NEW LANDFILL PROPOSAL:

ABOUT THE LANDFILL EXPANSION:

It will double the size of the existing landfill.

It will take up to 400,000 tonnes a year ( the city of

Ottawa Trail Road landfill took 175,000 tonnes in 2013).

It will take industrial commercial & institutional,

residential, contaminated soils and

construction & demolition waste.

It will add heavy truck traffic to area roads.

It will service all of Ontario.

APPROVALS:

Currently Waste Management has submitted

applications for Environmental Compliance

Approval to the provincial Ministry of the

Environment and Site Plan Control to the City of

Ottawa.

COLA members have and continue to provide

comment and requested changes to both

approvals to assure all impacts are mitgated.

PUBLIC LIAISION COMMITTEE:

As a condition to the approved Environmental

Assessment a Public Liaison Committee (PLC)

was set up in 2014 to address public concerns.

The PLC meets behind closed doors, does not

publish meeting schedules and agendas and

only publishes minutes months after a meeting.

COLA wants to make the PLC open, transparent

and effective in its mandate.

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING:

The history of the closed landfill is one of poor management, chronic odour problems, continuing groundwater contamination as well as litter and bird problems.

Waste Management (WM) has committed to address all these issues for the new landfill.

COLA wants to hold WM accountable and ensure that proper monitoring and mitigation measures are in place to track and reduce odours and groundwater contamination from the new landfill.

HOST MUNICIPALITY AGREEMENT:

The City and Waste Management still need to negotiate a Host Municipality Agreement (HMA) to address outstanding issues and define a compensation fee to be paid into a community fund.

We want to ensure this fee is on par with what other communities have received, and that there is a fair and transparent process for how the fund is returned to the community.

PROPERTY VALUE:

Property Value protection is a condition of the

Environmental Assessment/

COLA wants to ensure that property owners

affected by the landfill expansion receive fair

compensation for possible loss of property

value through a property value protection plan.

COLA MISSION:

The new landfill must be held accountable to the

Community

COLA MEMBERS:

Richardson Corridor Community Association

Stittsville Village Association

Fairwinds Community Association

Jackson Trails Community Association

Huntley Manor Community Association

Crossing Bridge Residents Association

Southwest Stittsville Community Association

HOW TO CONTACT COLA:

Contact info

Website: http://COLAottawa.ca

Facebook: http://facebook.com/COLAOttawa

Twitter: @COLAOttawa

Email: COLAottawa@gmail.com

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