TERRACE — Not known about the wood supply for or the environmental effects ofa pulp and paper mill Orenda Forest Products wants to build, says the Nisga’a Tribal Council. In a 54-page submission given to the provincial g which is examining’ posal, the . Nisga’a amount of wood Orenda is now cutting will have to be reduced. And they’re worried that air emissions from the planned mill |_ will have undetermined long— range effects. Orends already ha enough is overnment the pro- say the 5a licence MILL SITE Y ‘proroseo. - fege instructor: Darlene Wester- ERRACE _, The. ‘Skeena “ fealth’ Unit is: getting” a -full- imé watchdog ta police daycare entres and nursing homes. . “Northwest Community. Col- 2 gosonly of their time, "this year’s “regional drama festival to a: suse conclusion; - ~ Margaret Cromarty). - ‘Steve Cullis Appralsals:, “ Sonbadas Restaurént : Kennleyside Insurance, ; oe Northem Drugs ._ Mideo Stop man. has been hired to take the: - position:, of”: ‘community ‘care facilitator, She'll Be in charge of. to cut 360,000 cubic metres of wood a year in the Stewart area. It’s now selling pulp and sawlogs to foreign and domestic .) customers but wants to shift half of that amount for its mill. The Nisga’a say that a preliminary analysis of wood in the Qrenda cutting area under- way by the forest service already indicates logging will have to be reduced by up to 35 per cent to guarantee future supplies. And they say even more wood may have to be taken out of an- nual cutting allotments to preserve other uses in the area. Since Orenda will use wood il’s now selling to other com- panies, those companies will have to go elsewhere, the Nisga’a add. That, they say, will lead to pressures on other northwest . areas to supply wood. The ‘Nisga’a are also worried that approval by the province for Orenda's mill will lead to an on-going commitment to pra- vide wocd. '*The large capital investment and remote area development associated with the mill will br- HEW AYANISH o 4 RITWANGA A PROPOSED $365 million Orenda Forest Products pulp and paper mill south of Meziadian poses wood supply and pailution pro- blems, says the Nisga’a Tribal Council. ing significant political pressure to bear on timber allocation decisions, and hence, on forest integrity,’ states the submis- sion. Although the process Orenda waits to use to make pulp and paper won't discharge liquid ef- fluent into water bodies, the Nisga’a say air emissions raise the potential for acid rain and other polluting effects. “All these substances ... have the potential for serious widespread and long-term en- vironmental effects. resulting from atmospheric faliout,’’ says - the submission, “While the provincial government may satisfy itself that Orenda’s operations will adequately meet legal re- quirements, that is no consola- tion to the Nisga’a Tribal Coun- cil,” the submission continues. “British Columbia does not have to bear the costs of failure « (ie. atmospheric pollution of the Nass Valley) —- the Nisga’a do,’” it states. Natives want claim deal before project approved TERRACE | she vin Council of ficial. Council executive director Rod Robinson said approvals are not fair to the corporations involved or to the Nisga’a. He made the comments in _ relation to approval sought by Qrenda Forest Products for a $365 million pulp and paper mill south of Meziadin. A decision by the provincial government on the project is ex- pected shortly but it will be made without involvement of the Nisga’a, said Robinson, _ifTo approve, developments SF law:betore the claim is setiled ; -will only complicate: matters —