Residents file court challenge of tire-burning pilot project in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — A group of residents who live near a cement plant that plans to burn tires as fuel has launched a court challenge arguing the Nova Scotia government’s approval of the project violated its Environment Act.
In his application for a judicial review, lawyer William Mahody writes that Environment Minister Iain Rankin didn’t properly assess the impact of emissions from the Lafarge plant in Brookfield on surrounding areas.
There is “strong potential for adverse effects” on surface water, human health and wildlife from the project, he says.
Lydia Sorflaten, Allan Sorflaten, Jim Harpell and Kendall McCulloch, who live on a lake about 500 metres from the Brookfield plant, and Fred Blois, who lives about 10 kilometres to the northwest, applied for the judicial review last Friday.