“payid Mortimer,
and’ Chemicals Ltd's

at critica of Alcan's health -
and: safety ‘record... Ina

year-end message to - “Results are ~ en-

installing. ‘Japanese:
manager of Alcan Smelters | Sumitemo™ in:

~ the pollines « 45 have
Kitimat Works has ‘hit out: ‘been converted pote have .

average cost of $250, 000 per
pot,” Mortlmer said. =

employees, Mortimer ‘said " couraging in “terms- of
Alcan’s,”- record . of -. improved working con,

awareness of health, safety’ ditions .and “reduced -ex-“
* ternal emissions. We -

and environmental con-
cerns at Kitimat does not ”
peed defending, “It speaks —
‘for itgelf. In recent years *
Alcan. bas spent millions of ©
dolly! over. $45-million
albue 980. - to.upgrade
aavl-cniidernize facilities
and working conditions at

Kitimat: Works. Process efficiencies hut not
:Mortiiier,-who became pearly enough to justify the
manager of Kitimat Works . cost of the cenversion on a

- expect to demonstrate that
Sumitomo technology will
reduce ‘our _ external

emissions by a factor of -

two and hydrocarbons -(tar
fumes) by a factor of four.

As well as improvementsin:
these areas, there are some

in® August said, ‘Recent’ rate-of-return -basis.

criticiém ‘of- cur record
shouldn't be ignored,

Alean has spent millions an
improvements to the

Current plans are for us to
spend? nearly $12.5-million
to continue this conversion
in 1901," Mortimer said.

working environment an, = “A new carbon plant Is

hai demonstrated. by its
actions, its concer for the
health‘and safety of: our
workers,” |!

ae should - nat be
forgotten that Alcan came

into Kitimat. just over a -

quirter of:a century ago

currently “under | con-
 gtrueticn, at a total cost of

. ¢70-million, and this will:

provide working conditions

. that meet modern stan- .

dards, as well as to supply
the quallty of carbon paste
reqdred for the converted

and built.2 town and a

smelter from raw forest,
Today as we enter 1981, we

hive. a fiodem . town
bitssed with some of the .

best ‘facilities of any town
its ‘size in western Canada.
The town, built 25 years.
ago, . has- ‘changed . and.
grown ai to has our plant.’ .
Bot ‘it's sill a 25 year od
smelter: into which millions.
of “dollars is annually.
nae for’ an .

érnizatto \
gp

pay ‘in’ 1980 on ‘non-
routine expenditures’ weat
toimprove and modernize _
the plant's working . ton-
dilions:” ‘This included $5.8
million to improve ven-
tilation in the’ potlines

i he Pa 835 wdoted the

overall ventilation ‘rate’

throughout the potrogms —

amd “reduced. overall
temperatures im the centre
aisle by 15 degrees C.""
“In “thé past year we.
have spent $10. 5-million

.

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'. "NOTICE TO
“FORECLOSURE
_- PROCEEDINGS
TO: ‘Richard David Knox
and. sharon Catherine Knox
“TAKE NOTICE that Her
“Majesty: ‘the Queen in Right

_. of te Province of British

o”
at

Columbia hag filed a Notice
of Mation for an Order for
Sale’ ‘in the Penticton
Rogistty of the Supreme
Court’ of British Columbls,
under Actlofi Number 181-M-
® asking, Inter pila, for an ©
Order that Her Majesty the
Queen In Right ‘of the
Province of British
Columbia do have conduct of
the gale of the lands ‘arid
premises described in the
Petition in this action

Your’ whereabouts being
voknaven, the Court ordered

wrvice: of the Natice of |

Mattar: and supporting AL. .
fidevit' on you -by this ad-,
vertigersant. ft you wish fo
enter oe Appearance to this
action; “the steps you must
fake aridtimes within which.
must take them are set

duf In the Petition. A copy of
the Petition, Notice of
_ Matton” and supporting Af-
" tiedavits witl be mailed fo you
on your request addressed to
the’ District Registrar.
Supretne Court Registry.
Courthodse, 100 Maln Street, °
Penficton, British Cotumbia.
“IW yéu do not enter an

fance fo this action In |.

“the! sald’ Registry and take
, jhaetheér steps set out In the:
Petition within fourteen (14)
days-from the date of
publication of this ad.
vérlisement, then you will
het be entitled to further
_ hdttes'and the, rétlel may be
iad La your absence,

ELL. MILLINGTON |.

* DISTRICT REGISTRAR
3-7)

Mortimer noted that in

the past three years $5.2

million bag been spent on
“people facilities and
embellishments” - em-

ployee facilities :such as

locker rooms, showers,
zs “roons, offices ete.
t

$2,100 per Employee ‘for

-eacs of our 2,500 employees =

Yn. the past: three years

- plone - and another $1- |

million will be spent: this

safety aud working er

vironment . improvenients

at Kitimat Works over the
next decade. > “It is not a:

case of building a ‘new
amelter - or rebuilding an
old smelter - it'a ‘simply.a

continuing emphasis, on |

-muesting “the modern day ;
needs oF both. sociely. and

the workforce. - weeds that

have: changed ‘very sub-.

stantially. since ae
smelter was. “built,” “be

noted: ---“Future. ez-—
. penditures at the level of

the past several years are

‘of course © dependent: on”

‘Alcan cintinuing to enjoya

- sirong’ ‘tiarket and’ thus.

achieve - reasonable:
operating profits,” *

“Our record on--fxealth a
and safety, as I have sald,
_ Stands wp to seriitiny. All

of our employees: have the
right. to‘all available in-

formation on any potential

hazards in the work place.

‘Part of .the training

program for. new Alcan

potline workers « is-: a’

thorough presentation’ ‘of

information about the job .
related. conditions “in--.
cluding emission levels and -,

the need to use the. man-
datory  respiratory~
protection we provide. As
a matter of policy: we

withhold no information _
from our employees.

regarding possible health
harards affecting their own
jobs.” i

“We believe in a Ch
operdlive effort withthe
union to solve health and
safety problems, The Joint

Occupational ‘He&lth -
Committee was relatively
inactive in the ‘Inst six,
_ months - of 1990 -due:. ‘te
isan average of qer -

contract’ " negotiations but

future. ‘This was the

.

“have common objectives’ ©”

and can make the rhost

‘progress . by | working -

together.

Grover the past six years -
thousands of air samples
voit Doc lee :

Gpdicate the: fevel of lar |

“have. been’ taken ‘in the

potrooms aa both an area:

anda personal -basis. to.

monitor: hydrocarbon

fumes in the lines and are .

_ generally in the range af 0-4
= 06 wgm3, - Inthe -
 potrooms the highest level

of tar’ fumes is- directly”

"aver the ancdes. “More than °
" 200 samples taken over the:
. "top of the- new ‘Sumitomo

dry . anodes ‘indicate a
reduction - in‘: tar- fime ©
emissions'to a level. of: one-"
sixth’ :that of . the - gone"
ventional liquid _ anodes...

With. automatic - atud"”
clamping: *. (Duclaux
clamps) workers aro never

_ normally: in. the high’ .

concentration areas over. -
the anodes. An investment
of an additional $750,000 in

"1981 will: continue our :
- program — to install

automatic stud clamping in
ademonstration building in
lines 1-2..° In Japan,
workers - on: “Sumitomo
potlines.are not required to’
wear face masks because

- of the reduced - level ° of

emissions although many.
of them continue to wear

- “masks for an additional

measure ” of ‘Protection. an
said Mortimer. ;
Similarly; he, added, -

significant ‘improvements

have been achieved in the

*« Tevel of fluoride -external -
a emissions, over. the ‘past:10° ”
years... The" trend “is
will be more active ‘in the. .

sharply downward. From -

- committee that studied the: some 19. lbs-tonne.and this:
- MeGHI Report in 1977 ‘and: - was. reduced through ‘the » .
* recommended the wearing — thstallation of ‘dry aerub- [
of masks for all workers.on: bers .at multi-millions of [7
the ‘potlines. . “Lam im.  -Gollars of cost, to 8.5 Iba.
pressed with-the sincerity " tonne between 1973-77 and
. of CASAW's concern for the * by ‘a-further: one-third by -
; bealth of the workforce. 1930 when the averagelevel .
. This is an area where we,” recorded was 4.8 Ibs-lonné.

a continuation of Alcan’s
"program. to significantly

improve working con: =

Mortimer’s . year-end ~
message:.to employees. J
noted that the 19603 will see

"ditions within i the 5 smelter, .
Over: the. years our ©

‘contribution to commimity
facilities and to the health

- -and recreation services for i
our employees in the plqnt - FJ .
and in the community has «fee

- been sthetantial’J believe ©

this contribution eloquently.
, disproves strident claims

that Alcan is not concerned — a

- aboul its workers’ welfare.
“In 1900: the opening of our

_ $5-million health and safety ©
" building, with some of the -

. finest equipment . and

facilities.of any. industrial -
__ complex in western .
- Canada amply demon-.

strates our concern. And,”
despite what we frequently

. hear through the media, we Se

: know from the growing use

‘of. such services and :
-facilities that the vast
. pjority of our exnployees

recognize. that. we are
“aware of their needs. |

..Many. of © our employees

- alsotakethetimetote— me - i
about facilities and’ ser- - 3

’ vices that please them, as
well as’ those things about
working for Alcan thaf

displéase them 1 and we -
~ will continue to encourage

this” two-way  com-
raunications flowin’ 1981.

“The. succeis of Alcan’ fi

‘policies is reflected im the

strong downtuminthe past fam:

~ three years in the turnover

of: smelter .workers at:. ~ :
__-Kitimat-18 per cent iv1960 | BB
; +8 two thirds improvement’ .

1974-74 the leve] averaged =.

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