Sudbury Soils Study
Public
Advisory Committee – Meeting #26
March 21,
2006 – 7:00 p.m.
Gold Room,
Science North
Attendees: Ersin
Abdullah John Hogenbirk Gary Hrytsak
Aino
Laamanen Carol
Zippel
Regrets: Darrell
Alston Nicole Breau Dick Cowan Rubina Nebenionquit Bob
Somek
Franco
Mariotti
TC
Members: Brian Cameron Glen
Watson Ido Vettoretti
SARA
Group: Steve
Gautreau
Chair: John
Hogenbirk
Recorder: Julie
Sabourin
Public (7) Media
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JOHN
HOGENBIRK PRESIDING
1.0 CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. following
dinner. It was noted that quorum was
not achieved, therefore; all items will be for information purposes only.
2.0 INTRODUCTIONS
Members of the PAC, TC and SARA introduced themselves to the
public in attendance.
3.0 DECLARATION
OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST
4.0 OPEN FORUM
(30 min.)
There were no questions raised from the audience.
5.0 ADDITIONS
TO/APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
There were no requests for changes to the agenda.
6.0 REPORT ON
QUESTIONS/ISSUES RAISED AT LAST PAC MEETING
There were no items that needed to
be addressed.
7.0 PRESENTATION
7.1 Sudbury by Numbers: The
Information Legacy
Steve
Gautreau of the SARA Group made a presentation to the PAC regarding the
database of information from the study results and how it can be utilized. He also requested input should there be any
items that could be calculated/offered that were not already included in the database. Initially he provided an overview of
activities identifying the types of samples and the number of samples that were
taken to populate the database. He
demonstrated how easy the database could be used to explore various types of
information and also indicated that the database could also be used for
educational purposes. Questions
regarding the access of information via addresses or coordinates were raised
and it was explained that the TC and SARA committed to protecting the privacy
of individual homeowners and so addresses would not be included in the
database. It was noted that researchers
would be limited in their ability to do spatial analysis because of this.
The question was also raised as to how the data would be
controlled once it was published. It
was offered that the TC will be cautious with the level of access regarding the
requests of researchers and the public at large to avoid information being
taken out of context.
Steve noted that this was still a work in progress.
8.0 APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
8.1 Minutes of Meeting #25 – January 17, 2006
As
quorum was not available these minutes were deferred to the next meeting for
approval.
9.0 BUSINESS
ARISING FROM MINUTES
9.1 Next Steps and PAC’s Role
There was considerable discussion in
this regard. It was noted that the WG
had made a presentation to the TC at their last meeting regarding this topic
and the TC requested more clarity and additional information which is to be
tabled at their next meeting. It was
noted that there needed to be a clean break between the risk assessment and
risk management stages although some sort of transition needed to take
place. It was also noted that at this
point, the role of the PAC would continue until after the public communication
was completed. It was stated that more
information will be made available to the PAC once decisions have been made by
the TC as it is not even certain what the role of members of the TC is in this
regard as well. It was also noted that
comments made by the PAC would be taken into consideration.
10.0 NEW BUSINESS
11.0 TC MEETINGS
This
document was tabled for information.
12.0 ADDENDUM
There were no items for the
addendum.
13.0 NEXT PAC MEETING
May 16, 2006 Gold Room Science North
14.0 FOLLOW UP TO
PUBLIC SSESSION
Members
of the audience were allowed to participate during the presentation; therefore
there were no other items addressed.
15.0 ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
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Chair, John
Hogenbirk Recorder,
Julie Sabourin