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• Oct. 12, 2011 - South Island Aggregates Ltd. submits its initial application to treat and store up to 100,000 tonnes of contaminated soil a year in a rock quarry on Stebbings Road. The quarry site is owned by Cobble Hill Holdings Ltd. and managed by South Island Aggregates.

• May 4, 2012 - South Island Aggregates submits its final permit application.

• May 9, 2012 - A public consultation process begins.

• March 19, 2013 - The Ministry of Environment issues a draft permit for the landfill to Cobble Hill Holdings Ltd./South Island Aggregates.  

• Aug. 21, 2013 - The ministry issues a final permit.

• Nov. 15, 2013 - The Environmental Appeals Board grants a stay of the permit pending the board’s final decision on a series of appeals.

• March 3, 2014 - The appeal board hearing begins in Victoria.

• March 20, 2015 - The appeal board releases a 147-page decision that upholds the permit and rescinds the stay on operations.

• May 19, 2015 -  Shawnigan Residents’ Association petitions sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Supreme Court for a judicial review of the appeal board decision.

• July 9, 2015 - Shawnigan Residents’ Association states in court documents that an unknown source has provided a copy of a secret profit-sharing agreement between Cobble Hill and Active Earth Engineering, which did the technical assessment of the site. Cobble Hill says the agreement was signed, but never acted upon.

• Feb. 15, 2016 - Shawnigan Residents’ Association heads to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Supreme Court in Victoria, seeking to quash the permit.