The following resolution that was passed by the Kincardine Council. It has been a long tough battle with the Kincardine Council to get the majority of them to recognize the hog factory problem. However they are to be congratulated for recognizing extent of the Nutrient Management Regulation problems. --- Dan Gieruszak

10.2 Notice of Motion - (Councillor Hewitt January 8) -
Stage 2 Regulations of the Nutrient Management Act

Resolution #2003-037
Moved by: Ron Hewitt
Seconded by: Howard Ribey

WHEREAS there is nothing in the regulations to allow the Municipality to regulate, or the public to have input, when large industrial barns are being built,

AND WHEREAS there is nothing in the regulations that deals with odour from large industrial model barns, except MDS2;

AND WHEREAS there is nothing in the regulations to protect our ground water supply from large industrial model barns;

AND WHEREAS there are a lot of regulations and compliance issues that may put many small family farms out of business due to the associated costs, but will have little effect on the large industrial model farms;

AND WHEREAS the Municipality wants our rural communities to survive and prosper and have a healthy populated farming community, not just a large industrial model barn every mile or so with a huge amount of liquid manure being spread-,

AND WHEREAS other issues not addressed in the regulations are: 1) promote composting of manure; ii) long distance hauling of liquid manure on roads; and iii the need to support the family farms,

THEREFORE be it resolved that the Corporation of the Municipality of Kincardine petition the Ontario Government and OMAF to reevaluate and modify these Stage 2 regulations for the Nutrient Management Act to address the above concerns.

Carried