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Garbage truck sounds2/24/2023 ![]() ![]() He believes the farmer is trying to cash in on lucrative tipping fees by accepting garbage on his property. Shingler said the work is being presented as a short-term issue, but he’s not buying Vander Wyk’s explanation. “We would like to further note that the proposed operational capacity has been significantly reduced from original plans in consideration of the community and its residents,” the document adds. This testing is performed by an independent laboratory and all results of the testing and process monitoring are submitted and available to the Ministry of Environment and other regulatory agencies.” “Before the process is considered complete the product must meet rigorous testing requirements including heavy metals, fecal coliforms and nutrient values. “Throughout the process the material is digitally monitored for temperature and other factors to ensure regulatory standards are met from start to finish,” he wrote. He said the material arriving at his property is processed before it arrives following provincial government guidelines. Vander Wyk wrote a letter to Columbia Valley residents explaining his side, which includes a partnership with Abbotsford-based Fraser Valley Renewables. “It’s only a matter of time and there will be issues with our aquifer that this community relies upon for its domestic drinking water,” said Len Shingler, another concerned resident, who described that aquifer as very fragile. “There is no non-porous material laid on the ground to stop the leaching of material into the ground, and there is no building over top to prevent the rain from making more leach into the ground,” Parcher noted. Heavy truck traffic and resulting air pollution is an issue too, but the biggest problem is the health of the area’s aquifer. Vander Wyk’s neighbours say the property stinks, with Parcher describing the smell as “horrendous.” ![]() “This is not class A compost as it is full of glass, plastics, wood, ceramic tiles, drywall,” Cathryn Parcher wrote in a Facebook discussion. ![]() Pictures taken from an adjacent property appear to show non-organic material. RELATED: Cache Creek mayor wants toxic incinerator ash gone RELATED: Legal cloud remains over Cache Creek landfill expansion The farm owner, Bruce Vander Wyk, says it’s organic waste (yard/household, agricultural and paper) which is being processed into compost to improve the yield of his land.īut neighbours who’ve watched around 1,500 truck loads arrive since March suggest there’s more afoot. People living near the farm on Iverson Road say large trucks have been coming to the property for the last seven months, sometimes up to 20 a day, delivering load after load of waste material. “Fraser Valley Renewables must meet the outlined requirements and they have voluntarily suspended work at this time,” said Chilliwack-Kent MLA Kelli Paddon, who visited the site after fielding several phone calls and emails from upset residents. The Ministry of Environment has conducted an inspection of a property at 810 Iverson Road, resulting in an advisory for non-compliance with the Environmental Management Act and the Organic Matter Recycling Regulation (OMRR).” Residents in the Columbia Valley are worried a dump is being built on their doorstep, and the provincial government has stepped in. ![]()
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