Page A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 17, 1993 TERRACE — Dairyland Foods wants to store PCBs at its Kofoed Drive property in Thornhill. The application by Agrifoods International Cooperative Ltd. to the environment ministry for a PCB storage permit has been released for public conument, Environment ministry spokesman Alex Grant said the proposal would see the company store light ballasts and capacitors. The PCB-containing electrical equipment would be placed in sealed drums and securely stored in a 20 foot cargo container inside a fenced com- pound. contaminated electrical equipment and” trans- formers. “This is a low-risk PCB storage proposal,’? Grant said. “I would call it responsible waste management,” PCBs — polycholorinated biphenyls ~— have PCBs said low risk 8,000 kilograms of material, Gordon Ganong, the That's the same way BC, Hydro now stores its throughout B.C, been linked to cancer in studies, and when bummed can release cancer-causing dioxins. A PCB warehouse fire prompted the evacuation of an entire Quebec town in 1988. Agencies and individuals have 30 days to respond to the Dairyland proposal, Grant said, ad- ding a decision will then be made by the regional waste inanager whether or not to issue a permit, Although the permit allows for storage of up to company’s dairy branch vice-president, says “we don’t have anything anywhere close to that,”’ The storage site would take the PCB waste from the company’s other buildings and properties Ganong said the site would not take waste from other companies. Four other approved sites al- ready legally store PCBs in the Terrace area — Skeena Cellulose, Skeena Sawmills, B.C, Hydro, and the airport. NW trio still on polluters list TERRACE — Eurocan, Skeena Cellulose and Alcan remain on the province's list of polluters. Eurocan’s Kitimat pulp mill makes the list of companies who have failed to comply with waste management permits for a third time. Acid levels twice exceeded allowable limits ‘at the mill’s lagoon, during shutdowns due to repairs or a strike. Skeena Cellulose’s Port Edward pulp mill makes the list for the fifth time, It exceeded permit levels for total reduced sulphur emissions for eight days in May. There have been no further viola- tions since a maintenance shut- down in May. Alcan Js on the list asixth time. Despite preventative measures taken by the company, fluoride- and cyanide-contaminated leachate from spent potlining (buried years ago with govern- ment approval) continues to dis- charge into the Douglas Channel. Alcan is carrying out further’ groundwater studics to develop a new action plan to stop the pollu- tion. Thomhill’s sewage - problems continue to put the Terrace-area on the pollution map, ' “Raw sewage from failing sep- lic fields surfacing in local ditches, backyards or backing up in residences in the Queens- way/Bobsein Crescent area duc to high water tables and poor soil conditions,” says the report, © It recognizes ihe efforts of resi- denis to build a new sewer sys- tem, Regional district officials hope to announce the date of the referendum at the board’s next meeting, - Other polluters on the list in the northwest include: | * Westmin Resources Ltd, Premier Gold Project. (4th ap- pearance}, High levels of dis- solved zinc and cadmium con- . tinue to leach from old mine workings near Stewart, The en- vironment ministry is attempting to negotiate a solution with West- min, which plans to reopen the old mine. * New Nadina Explorations Inc. (Sth appearance), The com- THE Bavarian Inn Restaurant The friendliest “Inn” town! Make our place “Your Place" to enjoy an evening ___ of intimate dining and reasonable prices! Ede a Start: the- ‘New Year by | f joining: Our: soo TIGER PRAWNS SAFARI“ * GARLIC PRAWNS _ AU PERNOD - $14.95 with saffron rice and vegetables 7 Try a sample of all three For Reservations SHRIMP STUFFED PRAWNS - 44,95 with swiss potatoes & cocktail sauce CAJUN PRAWNS - $14.95 with spinach fettuccine Can't decide? COMBO - £16.95 Phone 635-9161. - ne hostess: todays): To. OUTPERFORM, YOU NEED A. COMPETITIVE EDGE. MARK. WENN oe “MUTUAL FUNDS To OUTPERFORM. Name: For more information, alias cull or meal ade catahed coupe to: Aciltess: pany’s inactive silver mine near Houston continues to drain mine water high in zinc. A treatment system developed jast summer . has reduced the contamination. * Noranda Minerals Inc, (6th appearance). The mine at Granisle closed Jast June, amid fears acid mine drainage from it could contaminate Babine Lake, B.C. Environment reports seepage collection systems are “‘yreatly improved.”