A waste management service company based out of Mississauga, Ontario purchased 29831 Irish School Road on December 15, 2022 through a private sale (87.8 acres) . The location of a former tile yard and dormant landfill that sits between the Dresden town limits and Chatham-Kent border of Lambton County. The location of this property is approximately 1km from Dresden.
Through a separate company, they have purchased 2 additional properties.
- Approximately 19.4 ha (47.9 acre) farm to the north of 29831 Irish School Road on October 26, 2023
- Approximately 38.6 ha (95.4 acre) farm to the south of 29831 Irish School Road on October 20, 2023
Photo on the left - red area indicates 29831 Irish School Road property, and yellow indicates the 2 additional farm properties purchased.
(Image sourced from Ryan Jacques presentation to CK Counsel on February 26, 2024)
The property has two existing environmental compliance approvals that are listed below.
YORK1's website states their plan is to introduce a "Regenerative Recycling Facility" for Construction Material Waste (and reopen the previous landfill) (as of March 8, 2024)
To do so, amending the current permits is required:
Below you will find a summary of current approvals for the initial property as well as a summary of the proposals YORK1 has filed to the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP)
- Given under the Environmental Protection Act, 1990 on October 9, 1998.
- Site usage limited to storage, transfer, and processing of non-hazardous solid waste from industrial, commercial, institutional, and municipal sectors.
- Operations confined to 0.8 ha (2 acres) of the site, accepting a maximum of 75 tonnes per day, with a storage limit of 75 tonnes on-site.
- Hours of operation: 7:00am - 9:00pm, Monday to Saturday
- Given under the Environmental Protection Act, 1971 on November 20, 1980.
- Authorization granted for the operation of an 8-hectare landfilling site within a total site area of 35 hectares.
- Allowed disposal:
Application 1:
ECA No. A020401 for Waste Storage, Transfer, and Processing Site:
- This application is confirmed by MECP
- Notice was given to the Municipality on January 29, 2024
- Currently posted for Public Comment from January 31 to March 16
- MECP is the approval authority
Proposed Amendment to Environmental Compliance Approval for Waste Storage, Transfer, and Processing ECA No. A020401 (1998)
Application 2:
ECA No. A021304 for Waste Disposal Site (Landfill)
- This application is confirmed by MECP
- Notice was given to the municipality by MECP on February 26, 2024
- Currently posted for Public Comment from February 26 to April 11
Proposed Amendment by YORK1 to Environmental Compliance Approval for Waste Disposal Site ECA No. A021304 (1980)
The property at 29831 Irish School Road is currently zoned as "Extractive Industrial - 365" or "M2-365"
The permitted uses include:
- Agricultural Uses (no structures)
- Asphalt and Concrete Batching
- Buildings and Structures related to above permitted uses
- Open Storage
- Pits and Quarries
- Processing of Extracted Materials from the site
- Storage of Asphalt and Concrete for crushing (Special Zone Provision No.365)
Planning act approvals by Chatham-Kent are required to change permitted uses in the Zoning By-Law
The company posted an ERO to the Ministry of Environment on November 30th, 2023 allowing them to discharge on-site ditches and stormwater management ponds into Molly's Creek. This ERO closed for comment on January 14th, 2024 before it became common public knowledge.
Molly's Creek, a naturally run spring runs through the back of the purchased properties directly into the Sydenham river (known as the Jongquakamik in Nishnaabemwin (Ojibwe)) It is a river at risk with over 80 species of fish and 34 species of freshwater mussels.
Click the green button to be redirected to the ERO application and scroll down to find photos of the area
All photos are from Ryan Jacque's presentation presented to CK Council February 26, 2024 and are available, along with his thorough presentation on youtube for public viewing.
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