It’s. : ae! mo we a 6 SV De “ oe! : TR na em eden errs epee a. petri eas permit time for Orenda aes - Sals document submissions, Orenda Forest - _” -Products has gained approval-in-principle for the construction of pulp and paper mill UL emissions and landfill _ Transportation and - Kitimat-Stikine Regional District, FTER THREE YEARS, and countless south of Lakelse ake . ~ Skeena MLA Helmut Giesbrecht and . . David Parsons and Frank Blasetti, co- ' Chairmen of the Major . committee, announced the approval last Friday in Terrace, a mere week after Project steering hearing the final concerns about the project from Haisla and Tsimshian native _ leaders. .. Orenda can pproval-in-principle means go ahead with applications for the variety of permits required to . build and operate the mill, =" ~ Orenda vice president Frank Foster’ Said Tuesday he hopes the company can break ground for the plant this ‘summer. _ Foster said Orenda management is "very pleased" Preparing to get down to the detailed ' engineering and environmental work involved in acquiring the permits, Most with the announcement and ig of those, Foster said, apply to the air mill and are under the jurisdiction of the ' Waste Management Branch, Other per- mits required will involve the Ministry of Highways‘ and the Six million dollars hasbeen spent on the project to date, according to Foster, - $1.5 million of: direct investment by Orenda and about $4.5 million that -_ equipment and machinery manufacturers have forwarded against the cost of engin- "Terrace Review — April 16, 1992 “eering work, investors, Foster said,’ is Tampella of © '. Finland, the company that designs and - a $365 million operations for the One of the a! primary | markets the groundwood pulping technol- ogy the plant:will use. ne Foster said Orenda is currently re- - viewing the Project schedule with. its major financial backers to get it: back on track after the delays in approval. The government approval is: hedged’. ; about with’ conditions, the most -promi-. . nent of which is a standing committee to : monitor the plant’s performance,: | -- . ve _. "The committee will be a permanent. :. fixture as long as the mill is in operation. : . It will consist of ‘Tepresentatives of the :: Haisla Nation, the Tsimshian: Tribal. Council, the Regional District of Kitimat- Stikine, the City of Terrace, the District. of Kitimat, the Lakelse Lake Community Association, Orenda, government regula- tory agencies includi environment and forests, and two mem- bers-at-large to he chosen by the stand-— ing members of the committee; The com-- . “Muittee’s purpose will be: to watch Oren- ‘da’s development of monitoring programs: for groundwater and surface water qual- _ ity and flows, emissions and ambient air quality, the chemical composition of ash from the boilers and leachate from the landfill into which it will be dumped, and spill - prevention and: emergency measures, ee _ . Orenda will be required to do an annual environmental audit for the com- mittee, and the government agencies will also have to regulatory to report to the Major Project. Review = Process steering committee every six \ g the ministries of. -. submit an © ‘annual report, The committee is required