_ Stewart says it will do

_well from planned mill .

TERRACE — The planned
location ofa new. pulp and
paper mill. may not be as close
to Stewart as it-could be but the
town will still benefit, says its
mayor, .<!..
Darlene Cornell said: workers
‘at Orenda; Forest Products’
planned $310 million mill south

of Meziadin will still be able to.

live in Stewart and that its port

will be’ shy ping ‘point for. the :

facility.

' The - ieeatton ‘for: the mall is

55km south of Meziadin Junc-

tion, just off of Hwy37, That's’
an approximate one and. half:

hour drive from Stewart:

“We had originally hoped .

they would put the plant closer
to Stewart but the residents
don’t particularly want it. so
close,” said Cornell in referring
to an Orenda-commissioned
public opinion survey,

. That survey found residents

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were worried about possible
pollution effects from a pulp
and: paper mill located near
Stewart,
_. “What if the mill would be
and -after it’s
established there’s ‘a pollution
problem that - wasn’t .an-
ticipated? How could you move
a plant, a multi-million. dollar
one?”’ said Cornell.

She. added that ‘the planted

: docation will better spread its
‘economic benefits in the region
Of 143 mill’ jobs and .37 in
transportation,

Orenda already employs 200

: people from a forest licence it

has in the Stewart area, A ma-

"jority of that wood now sold in

other places will be used to feed
the mill.

Orenda vice president Frank.

Foster said a number of loca-
tions were looked at before the
preferred site was chosen,

Among: key considerations
were proximity to the wood sup-
ply and the need for sufficient
electricity, -

Although there is a power line

running ‘into ' Stewart, the

‘amount of electricity available

drops the further it travels along
transmission lines.

That meant Orenda had to .

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there is sufficient power to turn

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As it is, Foster continued, the

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will require more examination

by Orenda and by B.C. Hydro.

“We think it’s feasible, but i

we're not sure until there is fur-

ther study for an engineering. .
solution, * he said.

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