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By the early 1990's, the Himmelman family had infilled what was left of the wetland
mid-1970's, prior to infill
mid-1990's, after infill
Steve Conway
Environmental Monitoring And Compliance
NS Environment
Bridgewater
(902) 543 4685
phone conversation July 21, 2004 9am
- a complaint re the infill and the culvert was registered with NS Environment
- complaint was passed on to NS Natural Resources
- any issues which would normally be the responsibility of NS Environment that deal with coastal / saltwater matters are passed on to NS Natural Resources
- he is unaware of any
- legislation
- inter-departmental protocal
- inter-departmental Memorandum of Understanding
that empowers the two departments to do this
- NS Natural Resources "gave permission"
- he does not know under authority of which Statute or Regulation
- he assumes that NS Natural Resources would handle Statutory and Regulatory issues using the same protocols etc that NS Environment would
- any details of complaint: from whom, date registered, who did what with it etc will not be released except through
NS Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Gerry Joudrey
Regional Director
NS Natural Resources
Bridgewater
(902) 543-0622
phone conversation July 27, 2004 4pm
- to the best of his knowledge no application was filed, no permit issued to infill the wetland
- doesn't think wetland was surveyed for extent / area- don't have enough staff
- infilling was not supervised
Several written complaints were made, including one to the Minister of NS Environment by the Petite River Watershed Advisory Commission on April 23, 1987.
On May 21, 1987, a response from the Department indicated that no permit had been issued.
This information is contained in the 1987 Annual Report of the Commission
Another complaint, however, did receive a response, dated October 16, 1996, from then-Minister of Natural Resources Ms Eleanor Norrie in which she writes:
"I will ensure that the owner of the adjoining upland is advised that the Crown still holds title to the subject infilled area"
Gerry Joudrey doesn't know if that message was ever delivered
Jo-Anne Himmelman (no family relationship)
Executive Director, Land Services
NS Natural Resources
424 4267
phone conversation July 27, 2004 10:30 am
Current Crown ownership confirmed
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