O.M.B./ GRAVEL PIT HEARING IN ELMIRA

The pit is referred to as the Hunder Pit and is located just outside the village of Conestogo across the Grand River from what is known as the Golf Course subdivision. The proposed pit is a former farm and while directly beside the Grand River on the west has residences to the north, east and west. After three days of hearings to date the predominant attitude I'm seeing is coming from the witnesses for the proponent of the gravel pit. That attitude is that whatever the empirical numbers are for various criteria, we the proponent can and will meet them. Noise criteria appear to simply require higher berms and or operational features such as staggered times for equipment operation. One large bone of contention seems to be an operational feature that requires staggered equipment use with a nearby but unrelated gravel pit (Jigs Hollow Pit). Apparently noise criteria can be met if the Hunder Pit doesn't run their crusher at the same time as the Jigs Hollow Pit runs theirs. This hearing has a long ways to go and is back up and running tomorrow morning in the Woolwich Council Chambers in Elmira at 10 am..