_ A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, « June 8, 2005 By MARGARET. SPEIRS Fleet adds Specialized chopper IT FLIES through the air’ “with the greatest of ‘ease ‘and is only one of two in the “country. It’s not a bird or a plane, - ce us it’s the 205.V, the newest helicopter to be added to _ Quantum Helicopters’ fleet. - - “It's a. pretty amazing ’ aircraft,” said Quantum co- © owner Ian. Swan. “It should’ be a pretty. impressive ma-— chine for us.’ The 11,200 pound he- - licopter, which sports a $3 - million “pricetag, will be _ used: for fire fighting and - mining support. On May » 24, it flew to an area south of: Prince Rupert to deliver fuel to. Telus’ ‘Microwave towers. o . With a, payload. of up. to as _4,700.pounds, the helicopter . ‘can easily carry. the 20,000 to 40,000 litres of fuel need [i ed at each microwave site. ‘On May 27, it was sent | “It's a pretty ; amazing aircraft,” — ‘olan Swan north of Stewart to provide .. support for the: Nova Gold ,. «mineral exploration project. . _ . “We're fortunate enough — “to be involved with it (Nova % Gold),” Swan said. . All equipment’ and em- ployeés have to be airlifted ' into the site, he said. ‘The: chopper . can trans- “IT TOOK two years of. = planning, permits, leases,’ - ~ “anid negotiations, but Gitaus ‘finally has a new fire hall. The $600,000 fire hall is , _ a cost-sharing venture. be- . tween the Regional District artment! of Indian Af- w through’. the. Kitselas “Band, ‘and comes with: ‘a 15- year partnership... _” The regional district * kicked in $150,000, and the “federal government pro- vided the rest.of the money. . The regional district is-also providing the fire truck and '. training the volunteer fire-. fighters.:. “This is the type of. facil ity that. is- required for the | _ size of our community,” said -Glen.. Bennett, the . elected ». ‘Chief Councillor of the Kit- - selas Band. With ‘construction in- créasing . the number of homes ‘past the current 36. “residences and with the land designed. to hold 150 hous- es, it was time to construct a proper fire hall. _ ‘The closest fire hall is 15 km away in Thornhill, and ’ Thornhill Fire Chief Wes Patterson said that’s unac- ceptable:- “We wouldn’t have time _ to respond. because it’ s too far,” he said. ; Patterson also notes that ; . some of the unprotected ar- eas are in remote locations. “We would not be able to respond to regions outside - _ of boundaries,” he said. ' The new fire hall. will .cover the eastern part of Skeena Fire Protection area from Copperside Estates to Chimdemash. There are 10 volunteer firefighters, but Patterson said :they are al- ways looking for more. The Gitaus fire hall will be officially open and func- - tional on June 11. The com- munity is invited to an open house at noon at the new fire hall located at 5500B Gitaus Road. itimat-Stikine: and. the - MIKE HAWORTH, a pilot for Quantum Helicopters, shows off the new 205 V, the latest addition to the company 's fleet. The helicopter will be used for mining support and fire fighting. port up to 14 passengers. While any helicopter pi- Jot can take off and land the . Machine, only a:-specially trained pilot can maneuver the 250 V adequately for its specialized work, Swan af - said. Gold site and remain there for up:to:six.months, rotat- ing off.from time to time for maintenance. . 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Mon- Thurs Sam-6pm ¢ Fnday Sam-9pm 7 DAYS AWEEK Saturday Jam-6pm * Sunday 12no0n-Spm Kitimat LNG Terminal Homeowners Insurance Wightman-& Smith 7 Insurance ted bakelse Avenae Lerace 260 638 1424 VS Terres GiB Bae @ (On MARGARET SPEIRS PHOTO , Come out and be a part of our... See beautifully restored Nodielaie {on Wy { and classic HorR - Father’ s Day Car Show > Sunday June 19, 2005. Canadian Tire Parking Lot Registration — 9: Q0am Car Show — 10:00am to 3:00pm . See ever from classic.cars to new vehicles ~ with prizes eing awarded in six categories. Registration fee is a $5.00 donation to the Terrace Transition House and no charge for spectator admission. Come and join us for food and fun. Don’t miss the draw for the Kinsman ° | - Riverboat or the ATV draw sponsored by the Terrace Snowmobile Club. : For additional information call Bryan at Canadian Tire 635-7178 | \ Public comment invited on an application for the Kitimat LNG Terminal Project A ONT Kitimat LNG Inc, (KLNG) has applied for an Environmental Assessment Certificate under the BC Environmental Assessment Act S.B.C. 2002, c.43, fo construct and operate a liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal at Emsley Cove, approximately 18 km south of Kitimat. For the purpose of the environmental assessment review, the fundamental components of the Project include: | " @ LNG storage tanks; e vent stacks, re-condenser and LNG pumps; © submerged burner type LNG vaporizers; * natural gas liquids (NGL) separation unit; © yapour handling system, including boil-off gas — compressors; ® impoundment system; -@an 18-km send- out gas pipeline (301 inch diameter, underground); e three 18-km NGL product pipelines (6 inch diameter, underground), ® pipe rack; . ° various supporting | utilities and safety systems for - terminal; - 2 One -Sife infrastructure (roads, car park, fencing, and * buildings); e emergency power generation facilities; _ © off-site facility access road (800 metres) and ‘upgrades to the existing access road; © concrete batching plant during construction; ° BC Hydro aerial transmission line and associated right- of-way; e shoreline LNG tanker berthing and unloading jetty and separate tug boat-berth; © berth for receiving materials and equipment during construction; ® related LNG tanker operations in the vicinity of the. terminal and at berthage; and . ® potential dredging activities and ocean disposal of dredged material. KLNG has submitted Gas Processing Plant, - Pipeline Lateral and Natural Gas Liquid Lines and Transmission Line Applications under the Oil and -Gas Commission Act. The. review of these additional applications is intended to coincide with the review of the application for an Environmental Assessment Certificate. Further notices regarding these additional - applications will appear in accordance with the requiremenis of the Oil and Gas Commission Act. Before proceeding, the Project is subjectto. an environmental assessment under both the . BC Environmental Assessment Act and the Canada Environmental Assessment Act. An-electronic copy of the Environmental Assessment Application and information regarding the environmental assessment process is ‘available for _ viewing on the BC Environmental Assessment Office - (EAO) website at www.eao.gov.be.ca and on the Project website. at www.kitimating.com. , In addition, hard copies of the application are available for viewing at the following locations during business _ hours during the public review period that extends from ~ June 15 fo July 30, 2005: District of Kitimat, City Hall 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, “V8C 2H7 250-632-8900 . Riverlodge Recreation Centre — . 654 Columbia Avenue, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H7 250-632- 8970 | Kitimat Public Library 940 Wakashan Avenue, Kitimat, BC, vac 2G3 250-632-8985 Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine | 300 ~ 4545 Lazelle, Terrace, BC, V8C 4E1 250-615-6100 , ><" 654 Columbia ‘Avenue, Kitimat, BC "250-632 970. A series of open houses and presentations’ is required by the EAO and will take place as follows:. The public is invited to comment on the Application, particularly with regard to the anticipated environ- mental, economic, social, heritage and health effects of the Project. All comments will be considered as part of the review. Form letters, petitions or other. submissions that simply state a position for or against a given project cannot. generally be considered. Written ~ Submissions will be posted on the EAO website. 4 Please indicate if you wish your personal information (address, e-mail address, and telephone number) to | be treated in confidence, otherwise this information will be posted with the document. Please send your comments fo: Kitimat LNG Terminal Project c/o John Bones or David Eirikson Environmental Assessment Office P.O. Box 9426 Sin. Prov. Govt. Victoria, BC, V8W 9V1 - Fax: (250) 356-6448 e-mail: EAOINFO@ gov.bc.ca