"Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all."
-- Maximilien Robespierre
"Any law which violates the inalienable rights of the environment is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all."
--me
Spring 2008 - L'ile Canard Blanc Development
-- Maximilien Robespierre
"Any law which violates the inalienable rights of the environment is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all."
--me
Spring 2008 - L'ile Canard Blanc Development
New septic tank & weeping field are under water.
Photos taken May 3, 2008.
Photos taken May 3, 2008.
Home 1: Water has penetrated behind the house under construction. Septic tank & weeping field are under water.
Home 2: High spring water has surrounded yet a second home. Septic tank & weeping field are under water.
Ministère du Développement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs
Direction régionale de l'Outaouais
98, rue Lois
Gatineau (Québec) J8Y 3R7
RE: Ile Du Canard Blanc - Les Chalets du Manoir Housing development
The Municipality of Lac Simon granted the developer the right to develop all the lots as they were surveyed in 1926. Thus lot #60 is at 10,350 sq/ft, lot #52 is at 11,407 sq/ft and lot 61 is at 12,000 sq/ft. The biggest lot, lot 28 is at 30,000 sq/ft. Remember there are 60 lots for sale.
These lots are too small. Hence the septic tanks & weeping fields are not far enough back, on higher ground.
The maire of Lac-Simon, Serge Thivierge and Building and Environmental Officer, Guy Roy should have said to the developer, "Go ahead with the purchase of the 60 lots from mr. Archambault, but the municipalité de Lac-Simon will authorize lots of only 44,000 sq ft." There must be a Responsibility to Protect: Environment.
Hence the developer would have re-surveyed the land in 2006. The developer would then have payed a price based on a housing development with 44,000 sq ft lots and not 10,000 sq ft lots.
I argue that it is incompetent to do otherwise in 2006/7.
With 12 cases of e-coli in the lake in the summer of 2007, are we not going backwards?
See August 9, 2007 post E. coli au lac Simon.
Sincerely,
Paul Malouf
CC: Norm MacMillan, Député de Papineau
Jean Perreault, Coordonnateur du service de la planification et de l'aménagement de MRC Papineau
Association des Propriétaires du Lac Simon
For August 5, 2007 letter warning of dangers & pics
Letter/Photo Gallery: Destruction Environmentale ou "Droit Aquis"?
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For September 18, 2007 barge pics & "ordre de détention" by Transport Canada
Photo Gallery: L'ile Canard Blanc & illegal barge
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For October 22, 2007 Québec ministre de l'Environnement letter
Lettre/photo gallery: Proteger la Grande Plage de Canard Blanc
????Questions????
How many more homes will be built on the island by the developer with septic tanks & weeping fields under spring water?
How is this situation going to be remedied?
Who is going to protect the waters of Lac-Simon?
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For September 18, 2007 barge pics & "ordre de détention" by Transport Canada
Photo Gallery: L'ile Canard Blanc & illegal barge
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For October 22, 2007 Québec ministre de l'Environnement letter
Lettre/photo gallery: Proteger la Grande Plage de Canard Blanc
????Questions????
How many more homes will be built on the island by the developer with septic tanks & weeping fields under spring water?
How is this situation going to be remedied?
Who is going to protect the waters of Lac-Simon?