The Appeals Court decision appears to grant Highlands some latitude in imposing bylaws on soil deposit and removal, blasting, tree management and building but just how far it can go remains to be seen.
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“Not taking action on a project like this is the new climate-change denialism,” he said. Richardson said of all the detrimental environmental and health and safety impacts of the mine in the residential community, the biggest and most worrying threat is to the groundwater on which Highlands’ residents rely for their drinking water. “This strip mine site sits right next to a CRD toxic-waste dump. The devastating potential for groundwater contamination is too great a risk to allow,” he said. The project is being developed by O.K. Industries, which bought the 64-acre property in 2015 for $4.2 million. The company initially applied to have it rezoned to accommodate commercial and light industrial activity from its green-belt designation.