Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 20, 1991 — Page A7 TERRACE Local air cadets. received a certificate Feb. 13 from the provincial Provincial Emergency Pro- gram (PEP) in appreciation for use of their hall at the air- port as a headquarters for the search last fall of a miss- ing aircraft, Approximately 100 PEP volunteers and ihe search and rescue squadron from Comox on Vancouver Island used the hall for about a month during the search for a Trans-Provincial Airlines aircraft carrying pilot Max Neubacher and three passengers. PEP northwest zone coor- dinator Rod Salem told the eadets that 3,700 volunteer hours were spent on the search. Making the presentation on behalf of the province was THE PROVINCIAL Emergency rogram made { two presenta- tions last week in recognition of work done during last fali’s search for a missing plane. The air cadet squadron was thanked for the use of its hall as search headquarters while above, emergency program zone manager Rod Salem and MLA Dave Parker thank Mary Ann Shannon who organized volunteer pilots and spotters during the search. An evening for appreciations ‘taken from our traditional Skeena MLA Dave Parker. He also handed out Cana- dian flag lapel pins with tiny yellow ribbons attached in recognition of Canadian armed forces in the Gulf, Parker said he got the idea after seeing similar flags and ribbons during a visit to the supply vessel. HMCS Pro- vider in Victoria last week, ‘Tt’s a tradition we've friends and allies, the United States. It's a hope for a safe return of our service people involved,” said Parker, Also presented with a cer- tificate leading from the air- craft search was local PEP air coordinator Mary Ann Shannon, She was responsible for the coordination of- PEP valunteer pilots and spotters during the search, Drill plan TERRACE Despite assurances the drilling of test wells will not cut the flow of water to Mount Layton Hoispr- ings, Kitimat-Stikine regional district has decided to continue iis opposition to any drilling within 6kms of the resort. Fairbank Engineering wants to carry out exploratory drilling south of the hotsprings to establish whether there is suffi- cient hot water to make a geo- thermal power plant viable. Directors called for the. no- drilling zone. last month in response to Mount Layton owner Bert Orleans’ request they oppose the project on the grounds’ it threatened his development. Putting his case at Saturday’s board meeting, Brian Fairbank admitted he should perhaps have appeared before the board earlier. Describing geo-thermal power as ‘proven technalogy” which, was both ‘‘safe and en- vironmentally preferable,'’ he- said he had thought the pro- posal would have been “‘welcomed with open arms,” in an effort to allay some of the district's concerns, he was prepared to reduce the size of the drilling permit area so as not ta overlap Orlean's property, agree to no drilling within 2kms of the hotsprings and abandon plans to drill two test wells near Schulbuckhand Creek. Fairbank said he was alsa prepared to limit initial explora- Euroca n = Kitimat’s TERRACE Eurocan pulp mill has -been - charged with pollution offences relating to a bunker oil spill last year. The mill’s parent company, Enso Forest Products, is charg- - ‘ed with two counts under the - Waste Management Act — in- troducing. waste into: the en- ‘vironment and faillng to comply. ; with: the condition: of a waste . . “riianagement perrisit;.: aa ' -EThes charges: stem from ‘the . | ‘alleged’ discharge’ In’ June 1990 Of 43, 000) ‘gallons of: bunker c nixed again Brian Fairbank tion to a single well $.5km south of the resort. IF that test drill found water at 60°C, it would indicate there was a large supply of heated water in the valley. Although the next step would likely be to drill a second test well 3km from the hotsprings, he emphasized it would occur only if it had been shown the resort would be unaffected, In moving the beard stick to its original position, Kitimat director Ray Brady said he had the impression the proposed in- itial well was the first in a series that would move ever closer to the hotsprings, That, he added, was contrary to the district's in- tent of creating a buffer zone to protect Mount Layton. charged oil. ’ District . conservation. officer Peter Kalina said the company . could be fined up to $1 million - under the Waste Management Act. ; ‘It’s the second recent time the pulp mill has faced charges of. : bunker oil spillage. The oll'is a | heavy petroleum derivative used -° as boiler fuel i in pulp, mills and ©. ships. ws - The company: : was™: -fined: lin 5 CANADIANS CAN’T BREATHE PROPERLY But you can beat the odds on lung disease. 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