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6 Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Vol. 7,Vol. No.8,2,No. Tuesday, November 8, 2011 MICHELLE PINON PHOTO
Preschoolers Caleb Greene, Ashton Strickland and Landen Harrold had their numbers and their lyrics down pat for the annual Christmas concert and silent auction in Bruderheim last Thursday evening. More than 150 people gathered at the Bruderheim Memorial Centre to enjoy music, refreshments, and socializing during the fundraiser sponsored by the Bruderheim Preschool Association. Teacher Cynthia Willis said just over $4,000 was raised during the event, and proceeds will be used to purchase various supplies, books, and field trips throughout the school year. A great time was had by one and all, and definitely set the mood for the holiday season.
Alberta Environment issues enforcement order to Heartland Industrial Park Michelle Pinon Editor
An environmental enforcement order on the site of a former chemical plant near Bruderheim came as no surprise to property owner Harold Jahn. Jahn, owner of the Heartland Industrial Park Inc., was well aware of the information bulletin which had been sent out Dec. 7th via email by Alberta Environment and
Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) when contacted by the Lamont Leader that same day. Jahn, who took ownership of the 32 acre parcel of land in 2011, said the plant had formerly been owned by ERCO Worldwide and has been empty since 2005. While ERCO had remediated the site before it vacated the plant, it did not provide a decomissioning plan or fulfill its responsibility to continue to monitor ground water
until 2018 as agreed upon. Subsequently, the necessary groundwater monitoring had not been completed at all during the past year. Contributing to the situation were difficulties in regards to obtaining power on the site as well a major break-in last fall. The theft of copper pipes back on Sept. 11, 2011 was a major set back for the company. Copper wires were cut in the generators and the transformer was also destroyed in the process,
said Jahn, who estimates the vandalism to have cost in the neighbourhood of $800,000. Since that time, Jahn said he has had to hire security to monitor the site, at an additional cost to him and his company. Jahn said he was in the process of completing a decommissioning plan, but did not meet the department’s timeline for reporting. Then on Dec. 7th, Alberta Environment issued the enforcement order which requires the completion
and implementation of several plans and monitoring schemes. He confirmed that he met with officials from Alberta Environment last Monday. and has hired an engineering firm to conduct the groundwater monitoring beginning next week. According to the deadlines established by the department, the operation of the groundwater recovery system on the site, must be done on or before Jan. 4th, 2013. Submission of a decom-
missioning and Land Reclamation Plan for the plant must be done on or before Jan. 31st, 2013. Submission of the 2012 annual groundwater monitoring summary report is due on March 31, 2013. Lastly, conducting and reporting of groundwater monitoring, to take place at several intevals from Jan. 4th to July 31, 2013.” Cont’d on Page 3