A10 Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 14, 1991

Premier mine pollution. cha

A trial date of Feb. 18, 1992 was
set in Tertace provincial court
Aug. 8 for Westmin Mines to
answer 15 waste management
charges connected with its oper-
ations at the Silbak Premier mine
near Stewart.

Three days have been set aside
for the trial, and it will be held in
Stewart court.

Information laid on evidence
collected by Terrace conservation
officer Peter Kalina alleges that
Westmin illegally introduced efflu-

ent containing elevated levels of
zinc into creeks in the area of the
mine. Two of the charges allege
introduction of an industrial waste

into the environment, and 13 allege . m8

violations of Westmin’s waste
management permit. According to
the Waste Management Act, each
count carries a maximum penalty

of $1 million. _

The charges were laid in May of
this year and relate to incidents
alleged to have occurred in May

Westmin operations are alleged to

have discharged water. from the |
‘mine with zinc ‘content over the
limits in their permit, one. milli-

m per litre. /

Julia Beatty Spence, an environ-
mental biologist for the Skeena
Regional Ministry of Environment
office, said chronic effects can

begin to occur in fish at zinc levels

‘above O3me/litre. Excessive zinc

in the water, Beatty Spence said,
can interfere with fishes’ metab-

olism, accumulating In muscle and

liver tissue. The zinc debilitates the
fish by interfering with their nor-
mal body processes, including
reproduction, she said. :
Elevated zinc levels in ponds,
streams, rivers and lakes can occur
naturally from water runoff over
mineral-bearing rocks, she said,
but mining and smelting operations
are also sources for contamination.

Bruce McKnight, vice-president
of operations for Westmin, said
Monday the company worked in

Terrace

The following
provincial court on the dates
provided by the court registry.

_ Tuesday, July 2
Leona Faith Willie was given
two four-month suspended jail
sentences on two counts of theft
and fined $50 on each of two
counts of failure to comply with a

condition of recognizance.
‘Thomas McDonugh Riordan was

fined $150 for threatening to cause ”

death or serious bodily harm to

_ another person and $150 for caus-

-ing a disturbance in a public place.

Robert Anthony Cluett was fined
$150 for assault.

Wednesday, July 3

Gien Blake McMillan was fined
$200 for escaping from lawful
custody and $200 for obstructing a
_ police officer. |

Moses Kevin David was fined
$200 for failure to comply with a
probation order.
" Ritchie George Gosnell was
sentenced ‘to 14 days in jail and
given a one-year driver's licence
~ guspension for impaired driving.
__ Ambrose Lloyd Wilson was fined
- $400 and given a one-year dirver's
licence suspension for impaired
driving.
__ Robert Scott Eli was sentenced to
two 14-day jail terms for assault
with a weapon causing bodily
harm and two 14-day sentences for
assault.

‘Wakeficld Marcus Robinson was

- fined $500 for a violation of the

Liquor Control Act.

Tuesday, July 9
‘Martin Schmiderer was fined
$1,000 on cach of two counts of
- acting as an angling guide without
a.valid licence.

Thursday, July 11
- ‘James Sylvester Candelora was
fined $150 for assault.
Eugene Hector Moore was fined
- a total of $770 for impaired driv-
ing. .

Friday, July 12
Duane George Kurik was $150
for assault.
Lucas Daniel Moroz
$150 for theft.
fettery Tyrone Larkin was fined
$300 for driving while under sus-

was fined

and June of 1990. In each of them

convictions took place in Terrace adult criminal
indicated according to information .

. for assault.’
pension. Tuesday, July 23
Mary-Ann Azak was fined $300 —
_ Thursday, July 18 and given a one-year driver's
David Saleem Cobbs was fined jicence suspension for impaired
$150 by Judge P.R. Lawrence for griving, Azak was also fined $300

operating ‘a motor vehicle while
impaired and $150 for driving
without due care and attention.
Cyril Archibald Hallet was sen-
tenced to six months in jail and
given a three-year driver's licence
suspension for driving with a

blood alcohol content over the.

legal limit.

Friday, July 19

Jean: Martin Dumont. was fined.
$75. for possession of a narcotic

and $75 for possession of a
restricted drug.

Ross Loring was fined $250 for»
driving without due care and atten-

tion.
Monday, July 22
Raymond George Lefebvre was
given a six-month suspended jail.
sentence for assault.
Danie! Paul: Montpas was given
a one-year suspended jail sentence

and given an additional one-year
driving suspension for failing to
stop after a collision with another

vehicle and fined $300 for violat-
ing an automatic prohibition
against driving after a conviction. .

Ronald Willis Jackson was given
a six-month suspended jail sen-
tence for assault causing bodily

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harm.

Darrel Marvin Albert: was sen-
tenced to 30. days in jail and
placed on probation for five
months for assault.

Thursday, July 25
Mark Donald Crompton was
fined $350 and given a one-year
driver’s licence suspension for
driving with a blood alcohol con-

tent over the legal limit. Crompton.

was also fined $150 for driving
without due care and attention.

mca? ZONING

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there to.
ITAKE NOTICE ALSO THAT

i Zoning Ammendment Bylaw No.
(a) remove all agricultural uses

a minimum of ten (10) feet,

excluding holidays, from

“per? anes

ee@ntie?
Ac1RAOD
agneuleon

rges go to court in ’92

‘said. —

the application affects the zone,
within the City iof Terrace known as:

as shown shaded on the accompanying map.

(b) reduce the minimum lot size to 2/3 of an acre Lo
(c) change the side yard requirements to include one side yard of

(d) increase to eight (8) children the minimum tor a daycare facility

as a home occupation, in order to

Terrace, B.C.

THIS NOTICE IS GIVEN IN
MUNICIPAL AGT, A.S.8.C.,

conjunction with the Ministry of
Environment to develop a plan for
treating the waste water from the
mine but the system was put into
operation at a later date than spec-
ified in the permit. It started work-
ing in September. "It’s been work-
ing fine ever since," ‘McKnight

Westmin stated in May, when the

‘charges were announced, that’ the ©

government's decision to go ahead
with the prosecution was "a Sur-
prising travesty". The . company

_ vowed to fight the charges.

The effiuent cited in the charges
comes from the old Premier mine,
closed in the 1950’s but reopened
by Westmin last year in an effort
to extract gold from the low grade
ore with modern technology. It is
milled near Stewart and shipped as
concentrate to refiners. .

When asked about the severity of
the charges, Ministry of Environ-
ment enforcement officer Marilyn
Funk said, "The Attorney General
saw fit to proceed with the
charges."

CITY OF TERRACE
AVS PUBLIC NOTICE
AMMENDMENT

STAKE NOTICE that an application has been made to amend the
City of Terrace Zoning By-Law No. 401-1966, and

amendments

(RR)

iS IQ change

inclusive, in the reception area at the City of Terrace Public Works
Building at 5003 Graham Avenue;

ACCORDANCE WITH THE
1979, AND AMENDMENTS