Re: Submission To Bill 81-The Proposed Nutrient Management Act

Excellent presentation Bruce! You have summarized the thoughts
of our group as well on this issue. The spreading of pathogenic or
toxic sewage sludge and other harmful wastes on agricultural land
needs to be stopped ASAP right across Ontario, Canada, and the
United States, to safeguard human health and to protect the
environment from pollutants.

Mixing sewage waste with garbage (in a 1 to 4 ratio) for immediate
burial in approved landfills that are engineered with liners and leachate
control systems to safely contain it for 200 years, is an acceptable
alternative that can be instituted immediately for the Class B sewage
biosolids produced in most treatment plants. The buried sewage
serves a beneficial purpose as it facilitates the decomposition of
garbage into methane gas, which can then be collected and used to
generate energy either by powering turbines to generate electricity
or, as the LaFleche landfill proposes, by using the gas to heat
greenhouses in the winter, and to devulcanize rubber from
old tires in the summer.

sincerely,
Jim Poushinsky MSW
chair, Ottawa Citizens Against Pollution by Sewage (OCAPS)
website: http://pages.sprint.ca/ocaps/ocapswebsite.html
e-mail: jpoushinsky at sprint.ca
snail-mail: Jim Poushinsky,
RR1 Edwards, Ont. KOA-1VO
tel. 613-821-2409