[LookOutSugarLake] Sewage disposal in the D/E OCP

[handr at telus.net]

Thank you for this very welcome information. Please convey our  
sincere appreciation to Mr. Halvorson for being pro active in  
contributing to the cleanliness and health of this river system.

Huguette.


On 24-Jan-07, at 4:39 PM, Jackie Pearase wrote:

> Thought you might like to know that Area F Director Herman  
> Halvorson asked that the Area F OCP also be amended to protect the  
> entire Shuswap River system. he wants to see consistency among all  
> EAs with regard to this matter.
>
> Jackie Pearase
>
>
> On Jan 23, 2007, at 9:11 AM, Huguette and Russ wrote:
>
>> At the EASC meeting today (Tuesday Jan.23), one order of business  
>> is an
>> amendment to the sewage disposal policies of the NORD Areas 'D'  
>> and 'E'
>> OCP. The recommendation reads: "Electoral Areas 'D' and 'E' Official
>> Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2223, 2007 be forwarded to the
>> Regional Board for 1st and 2nd readings and referred to Public  
>> Hearing;
>> and for consideration from the Regional Board as to which
>> municipalities, agencies and organizations should be consulted with
>> respect to this Official Community Plan amendment and whether
>> opportunities for consultation should be early and ongoing."
>>
>> There is a special meeting of the Regional Board this same day to,  
>> among
>> other things, receive the recommendation, with a motion to direct  
>> staff
>> to prepare the amending bylaw to be submitted to public hearing.
>>
>> I don't know what the text of the amendment is, but I guess we can  
>> wait
>> for the public hearing to check it out prior to enactment. The  
>> gist of
>> it will  presumably be to refuse development and/or building permits
>> which include discharge of effluent to watercourses within those  
>> Areas.
>> Hopefully also the other E.A.s will be advised to follow suit.
>>
>> Russ.
>>
>>
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