News In Brief Geddes to clean up in Tat a SPILL OF 6,000 litres of diesel fuel in the Tatshenshini- Alsek wilderness park will be cleaned up by mining company Geddes Resources Ltd, B.C. Environment has ap- proved a clean-up plan that calls for immediate destruction or removal of any dangerous goods from the site before the onset of winter. The diese] had spilled from a storage tank contaminating soil at the Windy Craggy explora- tion site in the Tatshenshini park, Geddes was served with a pollution abatement order Sept. 14. The exploration site includes a mine shaft, canrp facilities, numerous fuel tanks, batteries and laboratory chemicals as well as mining equipment and structures, MLA pans Liberal plan REDUCING THE number of MLAs in the legislature would mean less representation for the north and concentrate more power in the south, says Skeena MLA Helmut Gics- brecht. Liberal leader Gordon Camp- bell’s proposal to reduce the number of seats from 75 to 50 or. 60 would dramatically in- ‘crease the size of already-large northem ridings, Giesbrecht ‘said last week. A reduction to 60 could ex- pand Skeena to take in the Hazcltons and. Smithers, he Said. “Increasing a-riding in the north by a few extra com- munities spreads the resources for representation that much thinner.” Campbell is prepared to sacrifice the, northern ridings, Giesbrecht charged, because ‘the Liberals don’t have a single ‘Beat ‘north of Chil- liwack.’? Me — Public silent on timber By MALCOLM BAXTER THE ‘TIMBER supply review findings on the North Kalum could hardly have been more dramatic, Released in March of 1993, it suggested the annual allowable cut (AAC) in the area extending from the Nass Valley north to the Bell-Irving River would have to be reduced by two-thirds over the long run. It also suggested the first reduc- tions would have to come in 10 years time and continue at the rate of 10 per cent per decade. Although a subsequent update released in September of that year put back the first AAC reductions by 20 years, the long range pic- lure didn’t change much. The current cut of 1,25 million cu.m, would have to be reduced eventually to 410,000 cu.m. While the Forest Service received some comments in the wake of the initial timber supply review report, Kalum district manager Brian Downie says its been pretty quiet since then. In a letter to those with an inter- est in the Kalum North, -he pointed out, *‘To date there has been little interest expressed by the public to mect with the Forest Service...and I have received little public input.”’ Last week Downie confirmed a submission from the Kitimat. Stikine regional district is the only comment received recently, He hoped, however, that an open house and public mecting scheduled to take place here tomorrow and another taking place in Stewart Oct. 12 might . change that situation. But he conceded a big turnout may be unlikely given Skeena MP Mike Scoit is holding a meet- ing on land claims that same night, Should numbers be down for its sessions, Downle said the Forest Service would take ‘‘one last shot’? by sending out letters to all those who received copies of the reports and more recent discus- sion paper to solicit comments. The deadline for public submis- sions, he confirmed, is Thursday, Gct, 20. He anticipated a summary of all public input would be ready sometime in November and hoped to start discussions with the chief forester, Larry Pedersen, before Christmas. However, he added, Pedersen had only just started that job and “has a number of things on his plate’’, The public are also being asked to comment on a plan to officially divide the Kalum forest district. Although referred to as the Kalum North and South, those areas are part of a single Kalum timber supply area (TSA). When the chief forester sets an AAC, he must do it for the entire TSA. In other words, he cannot s2et different cutting rates for dif- ferent parts of the same TSA. Downie pointed out there are distinct differences between the northem and southern parts of Kalum and it has therefore been recommended two TSAs te formed, the north becoming the Nass TSA. The new Nass TSA would still be run out of the Terrace office but would have its own cutting rates and administration. 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