Fee re fated sri ee ~ HERRAGE "The fate of fOrenda’s proposal. for a : ‘mill, oun. of _Lakelse ‘Lake ‘ghoul Be +"month, | 'David’ Parsons, who heads - § han - 210 public ° atta makes the final aie ‘on; -whether the $365 “were here last’ week ta it-the site one last time and president Art Sterritt ‘said Thursday: after making:a sub: lon'to the steering commit- the Tsimshian to independently study 1 the proposal. .. “28 We got a kick in the teeth on both of those: requests,"” he said, “If there are going to be environmental impacts on | Natives’ cannot support _ 7 “groundwood pulp. and: papér- ‘known later. this” § i AR view,’ Process. (MPRP), said | 2 ‘the major project steering com- - } umittee,.is reviewing ,the more . * d “agency - } nme & and sa likely make : eet area_ native leaders,’ who. oppose ‘the development. rae a ‘We can’t support the pro- : - ia Tsimshian Tribal Councit. tee, He'also wanted $50,000 for’ say they | Don Ryan .. Tsimshian territory, then ‘it ‘ would be irresponsible of us to * agree to a project if we don’t know what it’s going to do.in ~~ the:future.?” * Sterritt said Orerida’ 5 timber’ supply. exists. only on paper. ©” And: even if those numbers are correct ‘and the wood does exist; - she -said,. there’s no guarantee ‘Orenda will retain the rights, to it.: . aye! re “dealing with “the” federal and provincial govern- ments right now looking at specific interim measures prior --to the settlement of claims,” he 's'. said, ‘So Orenda may very well not even have the right to the: .. timber.» ’ Gitksan ‘and: Nisga’a territory’ ‘That timber is in and their proposed site is on Tsimshian tand. Those ques- ‘tions “ haven't” been, answered yet. They're going to have to come to some sort of interim agreement before they can even “wadeene i featuatrie Slte Cae ebrdat brosucTe Cte. “rvwaveeh Pulp and Paper Ma ee Site Location Se AUGUST 1091 tm. 1." . Gann CoMBULTANTE . . “get timber.”’ Don Ryan, a spokesman for western Gitksan hereditary chiefs, predicted ‘Orenda will want more timber licences to ‘support the mill if it gets built. " “Why are we building ‘ another’ mill: when the ones -j we've got are shutting down?”’ he asked. “There's already an overcapacity in the province — look at “how much wood is already leaving. this area for other parts of the province.” “So you're. on the leading edge — so what?” Ryan said. “At this rate we'll be importing ‘our wood from other places — just like the Japanese, It doesn’t make any sense to proceed given the unemployment and overcut- ting in the area.” mill plan . TERRACE — Council has unanimously reiterated ‘its support of the Orenda pulp mill proposal and asked the Major Project Review Process (MPRP) ‘to approve the project in principle. In its brief to the MPRP, council notes jobs the community has always relied on the forest in- dustry. to provide jobs. En recent years, however, . affs, Modernization within that industry has decreased, . ” its manpower requirements. pe xp er val § gait 3} Add the 'modérhization:thatJhas beer] taking: ‘y acks" i place in other industries and:the resultjhas been. a: ' “net population loss in much of the region,”* the city says. Forecasting that trend i is likely. to continue, the brief emphasizes new jobs in-the industrial sector. are essential to maintain. retail, government, © teaching and medical employment levels i in Ter- race. Therefore, the city sees the. Orenda project "as merely maintaining and stabilizing rather than in- creasing the population.” Turning to the effect the -mill nill_ project would supplied goods. “HED 2 ‘sbleger: ed by Orenda. mills. have on the local economy, the. brief estimates construction phase incomes will top $33 million with a further $20 million being spent on locally Direct spending once the mill is operational is estimated at $17 million a year." This additional income will obviously stimulate all sectors of the economy, ’* the brief points out. uy “Onvenyironspental TRVATHEREP Saya elilactcc toy oe ‘clean dakes.and frestoatr .cmast’/be protected.."7))F aHowever,-it.adds, ‘‘We-realize, that our expertise . in this area is limited. (Therefore) we will depend: on the province of B. Cc. ‘and federal government agencies to evaluate the mill, its technology and environmental impact.” The brief also outlines the: fi ndings of a city delegation which earlier this year toured American pulp mills using technology similar to that propos- Thé delegates found the mills to be clean, quiet, and free of the smell usually associated with pulp “TERRACE — Acid rain is “moderately high” in Terrace nd° worse in Kitimat, says an vironment ministry scientist. ir quality meteorologist Doug Johnson says Alcan’s uminum ‘smelter in Kitimat is y: far. the largest source of acid gion. - ‘Alcan puts out a lot more 03: (Sulphur dioxide) than can,” he said, “(He ‘said. rainfall is naturally lightly. acidic, because there’s arbon:.dioxide in the at- ic acid when rain falls. rom, the . mid-1990s show im itimat bas the highest readings evels declining to “'moderately high: acidity”?, near. Terrace, and alling "off to ‘very low" levels her east at Smithers. nfall: here’ changes. with the rai-causing emissions in the. losphere and it ‘creates car- — nson: said measurements . he; region, with, acid” rain - Readings also. confirm acid easons he added. Isat its. s in. the summer when - ro ‘normal. There was - pie ‘snow and two prevailing winds consistently blow pollution north up the valley from Kitimat, we Johnson is one of the techni- cians reviewing the prospectus in which Orenda. Forest) Pro- ducts sets out