Anne and Ed Fairfield will be interviewed by Dale Goldhawk on his “Fight Back” Show today, please join the call!  They will be discussing their recent letter to Kathleen Wynne and her Ministers, the MOE Director Vic Schroter, Tim Hudak and Brian Treble.

This is about a Gas Well situation on Sixteen Road that was properly installed many years ago near the Road Allowance.  Now the HAF Wind Energy Project wants to bury the Electrical Collector Line within 5 metres of one Gas Well.  The MNR Policies and Regulations say that nothing should be installed within 75 m of a Gas Well, and the proponents have no Engineer’s Report (required) to say otherwise, nor were they asked to produce one.

 The problems are these:

This case has reached the point where the Health and Safety of a very densely populated rural area of West Lincoln and Hamilton is threatened if no immediate action is taken.  There are 244 homes and families (not just receptors) within 2 km of these 5 Industrial Wind Turbines.

 Members of our community have told the MOE last year in the Commenting Process about our Gas Wells concern, yet the proponents and the Ministries granting Approval have not been held to account.

 Non-commercial natural gas may be odorless, tasteless, and colourless.  A private Gas Well may also produce gas containing Hydrogen Sulphide, which is poisonous and should be treated with caution  It is fatal to humans in small concentrations and causes rapid corrosion of pipes.

 These Gas Well pipes are very old, and do not need to be corroded any more.  They also connect to a house.   When we can smell sulphur at our water taps, it is a good indication that Hydrogen Sulphide is around.

 The very fact that we have Gas Wells in West Lincoln, and most of us rely on our Water Wells, indicates to us that we have a very short term problem now and a longer term problem ahead with Fracking for the Gas.

 Tune in and call in with your questions or concerns to 1-866-740-4740 or 1-416-30-0740 to Dale Goldhawk on Zoomer Radio Am 740 after 11 a.m.