24 Terrace Review — Wednesday, Pesticide a presence had also been requested by BAB chairman F.A. Hillier, “who offered Kobylnyk ‘full party status”’ at the hearing if he appeared, a Following several exchanges between Patterson and Rosen- bloom, Patterson finally con- ceded: ‘‘“We will not grant Dr. Kobylnyk full party status, but he will be open for questioning by both parties and panel! - members.’’ Kobylnyk later left the hear- ing while under cross- examination by Rosenbloom to attend an ‘‘important meeting’’. Amont other information pro- vided while being questioned by Rosenbloom, Kobylnyk said that there had been about 5,000 permits issued over the past eight years and only about 20 successful appeals. In 1987, he said there had only been one suc- cessful appeal and 600 applica- tions. Rosenbloom next challenged the legality of the permit and therefore the necessity of the hearing. Rosenbloom told the _ EAB that the permit application was unsigned ‘“‘and thus does not have any legal import’. Kobylnyk disagreed with this by saying the application was submitted with a signed covering letter which was acceptable to the PCB. “The guidelines say the application must be signed, but they are only guidelines,”’ he said, and later answered a ques- tion from Patterson who asked if he felt the permit was valid by saying, ‘‘Yes, there are many others on record.” Rosenbloom also challenged _ the legality of the permit on the basis that Westar had failed to comply with a condition of the permit, ‘to publish all or part of the permit in one or more news- papers of local distribution’. Rosenbloom told the board that that Westar had placed their advertisement in the Interior News in Smithers and that didn’t come “‘within a country mile”’ of satisfying the permit require- ment. Westar Timber employee Ross Harris, a Registered Profes- sional Forester (RPF) from New mae ea March 9, 1988 Hazelton, argued that this did _ meet the conditions of the per- mit because all their timber was hauled out of the Cranberry/ Nass area through Kitwanga and Hazelton, two communities where he said the Interior News was sold, ‘‘We see ourselves as eastern and less a part of the Nass,’” he said. ; When pressured by Rosen- bloom to make a decision on the validity of the permit, Patterson finally announced, ‘‘In the opi- nion of this panel the permit is valid.”’ Rosenbloom responded by saying that in the face of such a decision he had been instructed by the Nishga’s to appeal the board’s decision to the Supreme Court of B.C, ‘‘to seek a ruling on the validity of your decision’®. Rosenbloom then asked that the hearing be ad- journed pending the Supreme Court decision. Patterson adjourned the meeting for 30 minutes ‘‘to seek legal advice’? and when he returned, announced, ‘‘On the advice of the Attorney General’s office in Victoria, 1 am declining your request and proceeding.”’ During the hearing, the EAB heard evidence from Nishga In- dians, elders and hereditary chiefs who told the board that the area in question was a part of their current land claim, which is still under negotiation and therefore still under the jurisdiction of the Nishga Na- tion. The board was also told that the area to be sprayed was a traditional food-gathering area for the Wolf Clan, who pick ber- ries, fish and hunt for game. Another Nishga witness, Dr. David Monroe of Seattle, a researcher and environmental toxicologist, provided evidence which he said proved that while the active ingredient of Round- up, glyphosate, had been tested, another part of the compound, the surfactant, had not. Accord- ing to Monroe, the surfactant is a carcinogen and there is not test for its detection. Doug Hollands, a Fisheries and Oceans biologist, submitted a letter opposing the spraying, a Youth Centre — continued from page 1 . teens (12-19), and Fridays from 7 to 10 p.m. for teens only, Ac- “cording to organizer Patricia Williams each night will include drop-in activities such as games ‘or videos as well as a different “*feature’’ activity such as cook- ing, carpentry or sports. She said that all activities will take place in the Ukranian Hall, with the exception of indoor sports which will be held in the E.T. ‘Kenney gymnasium. “Williams said the Youth Cen- tre is still looking for equipment and material such as another - ping pong table, a pool table, floor hockey equipment, fooze ball, furniture and arts and -erafts materials. She added that one need had already been taken care of by Sight and Sound, who. have offered one free video and ~~ gq video machine once a week and ‘the donation of a used * 26-inch color TV from the Video _ Stop. | "Anyone wanting more infor- Editorial — ~ continued from page 4 people are going to continue wondering exactly what their function is. - [¢ appears that land use issues will-continue to be an excellent goirce of news well into the .future.. « mation or with materials to donate can phone Patricia Williams at 638-0112 or Carol Marcellin at 635-2627. Conta humor & Seah ae it (a, 227? Kalum St. Tengee, 8,0. WEG 2H? 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Insummation, Westar Timber employee Ross Harris said that both Roundup and Vision are- approved by Agriculture ‘Canada, and a valid permit had been issued by the Pesticide Control Branch allowing Westar to employ a certified applicator to spray either herbicide in ac- cordance with directions on the label. \ Harris told the board he is ‘satisfied with information on the proposed site collected by Ter- race forester Doug Davies in 1985. “‘He has the qualifications and experience to do this,’’ he said, and added that he is more. confident of the safeness of Roundup and Vision following the appeal hearing than he was ‘before. — He concluded by telling the board that, ‘“‘As a corporate citizen and as a professional forester I would like the freedom to practice good forest manage- ment.”’ . provi An “‘irregularity’’ with the computer grading system for government examination papers in Victoria has resulted in a few extra bonus points for most students in the province, For some students, the difference raised their final course mark by a whole letter grade. According to Caledonia Senior Secondary Principal Bill Sturn, the error resulted in most students receiving final exam marks which were in the vicinity of three to seven percent lower ncial exams than the.actual mark, ~ ; = . eek He said that when ministry staff discovered the error in Vic» - ~~~ toria last week, the necessary ad- justments were made and the corrected marks were shipped by courier last Friday. He said students will be receiving them this week. Sturn said most of the errors occurred on papers in the 50 to 70 percent range, with the excep- tion of History 12 and Literature 12 where the whole range of marks were incorrect. Violation s cited TERRACE — Following further reports that logging trucks are. violating North Sparks log hauli- ing restrictions, specifically - loaded logging trucks south- bound on North Sparks at 3:06 p.m. on Feb, 18, city council may be more discriminating on future applications to waive the restrictions. ‘Superintendent of Public Works Stew Christensen told council that he had contacted Bill Penner to inform him of the concern over this most recent violation and was told by Penner . that the load in question. is the last to be hauled out of Kitselas under his current permit. In a memo to council, Christensen asked, ‘““How does Council wish me to address this concern?”’ Council responded by saying that because work had been completed under the current per- mit, there was little they could — do. However, they agreed that time and weight restrictions on North Sparks will continue to be an issue they would eventually have to address. 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