CODRINGTON PIT

A commentor on yesterdays post suggested looking closer at a pit called the Codrington pit. 

This is a proposal for a 259 acre below the water table quarry about midway between Cobourg and Trenton.  

Here are some articles on it and guess what comes up?

St. Marys Cement;
CBM;
pumping dirty water back into the drinking water;
applying for MORE than needed, so the volume of trucks won't be anything like our detractors say;
 6 days a week, 24 hour per day operation;
a community divided;
possibility of exporting water to China;
a confused Council unwilling to go to the OMB;
a quote: we can not drink money;
destruction of productive farmland and ecologically sensitive wetlands; 
http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1689799&archive=true
http://www.northumberlandnews.com/opinion/letters/article/1135437--mr-peabody-s-coal-train-has-hauled-it-away
http://www.northumberlandnews.com/opinion/letters/article/1265608--pitting-neighbour-against-neighbour

And they have the uninformed too, here is an excerpt from a letter to the editor:

I guess the only thing that I might worry about is our water supply. Now I'll admit that I am no expert on this topic, but if you think about it, we are talking about removing water from the ground, washing dirt off of rocks, then letting the water flow back exactly where it came from. Sort of like washing your truck in the back yard. I haven't heard that we are going to export it to China. We are not talking about deadly tailings from a uranium mine; we are talking about recycling dirty water. My well is about 60 feet away from my septic bed, and do you know what? My water tastes great -- come on over and have a taste.

http://www.northumberlandnews.com/opinion/letters/article/1265609--a-dark-day-for-protesters-of-the-codrington-pit

Deja vu anyone?