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Turtle Valley Against Biosolids odor and airborne particles, but say the By Jo Anne Malpass most concerning in this case is the amount From meetings with elected officials and media to petitions and public protests, of biosolids, 777 dry tonnes per hectare, being applied on a hillside sloping to a waresidents of Turtle Valley have been expressing their opposition to having Class B tercourse. The application allows for a one metre biosolids from the City of Kamloops sewage treatment plant spread on a local ranch. depth of placed fabricated soil (one portion mixed sludge, 4 parts soil reclaimed from A group of around 60 people talked the site and one part about their concerns at organic material such a meeting in Turtle as wood fibre). Valley in April, with Compared to Class A Connie Seaward spearBiosolids, Class B heading community Biosolids are allowed efforts to halt this proto have detectable ject. Along with a letter pathogens. Residents writing campaign to all expressed concern levels of government, about the likelihood they have since met of surface water runwith MLA Todd Stone, off, saying this propregional district direcerty has a 20-25% tor Ken Gillis and Vilgrade down to a riparlage of Chase council. ian area that borders Signs were printed and on Chum Creek and a protest was held April Locals in Turtle Valley are opposing an applica- Chum Lake. Chum 27 at Kamloops City tion of up to 35,000 tonnes of biosolids to a Creek feeds into the Hall. ranch in the area. Picture shared from Turtle ValLittle Shuswap Lake The community ley Against Biosolids Facebook page which feeds into the group has a copy of the Thompson River. land application plan (LAP) which deThose attending also were informed that scribes the application of up to 35,000 bulk tonnes of Class B biosolids to a 31-hectare, the Organic Matter Recycling Regulation of recently logged, portion of a bison ranch in B.C. (OMRR), which governs the producTurtle Valley. Members of the community tion, distribution, storage, sale and use of (Continued on page 3) are concerned about several issues, such as
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