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Walker Not Willing to Extend Public Comment Period

Tuesday, 11 June 2013 11:10

A 60-day extension on the current public comment period on the landfill proposal isn't likely to happen. Oxford People Against the Landfill have asked for an extension to allow for more time to review the Draft Terms of Reference that came out May 23rd. However, Walker GM Joe Lyng doesn't seem willing to oblige. "At this point, we think the 30-day review period that we've put out is adequate." Calls for an extension came after there were some issues with electronic copies of the ToR that were produced for members of the Community Liaison Committee, who participated in monthly meetings at Walker's office in Ingersoll. Members complained some pages are upside down, some letters are off the page, and there are blank spots where there should be info. However, Lyng says those issues were in "Volume 3", the history of consultation, and not the Terms of Reference that people should be focusing on. "People who are very connected to the process, and want to do a very thorough job, and we understand that, but the public review and comment is mostly on the actual Terms of Reference document, which is Volume 1, so that's where we'd like people to focus their attention." Lyng blamed the upside down pages on a scanning error when copying the documents, and says it didn't affect public copies of the document that are available at local township offices and libraries.

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