| A2 Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 13, 1991 ort cost es The Kitimat marine terminal ‘portion of the proposed Kitimat- Terrace port development project will cost about $60 million to build, states the prospectus filed Feb. 15 witli the Major Project Review Process and released to the public last Wednesday. ‘The prospectus, a two-volume document now available for public inspection at the Terrace Public Library and the local Ministry of Environment office, reveals details of the port plan that have been kept under wraps since feasibility studies were done last year. The preferred site lies east of the existing Eurocan dock, just outside the outfall of the Kitimat River. The proposed project would involve dredging over a million cubic meters of submerged material to clear a channel and using it to build up the terminal site. Access would be through a causeway extending off the Euro- can dock approach carrying both a road and a rail line. The dredging is expected to be the costliest single item, estimated at more than $13 million. Distur- bance of wildlife, fish and plant areas will require habitat reclama- tion estimated at over $3 million. The terminal is designed to accept two deep sea ships at a time and aiso has a berth for barges or coastal ferries. No ship loading equipment is incorporated in the design, cargo loading.and unload- ing will be done with ships’ cranes and movement on the dock will be by tractor and forklift, == Forecast use of the terminal is presented in three scenarios: high, medium and low probability. The maximum tonnage the prospectus forecasts under the best case (high plus moderate and low probability cargoes) is- 409,000 tonnes in 1994, growing to 1,209,000 tonnes by 2015. The worst case (high probability only) forecasts growth from 379,000 to 578,000 tonnes over the same period. In both cases more than 60 per- cent of the shipments would be -Chamber to stand in for Spicer Commission The Terrace and District Cham- ber of Commerce has decided to take up a challenge issued by the _ Canadian Chamber of Commerce to support the Citizen’s Forum on Canada’s Future, the commission headed by Keith Spicer that is travelling the country in search of solutions to a host of national crises. The Terrace chamber executive announced last week it will host a citizens’ forum here March 19. The Spicer commission has said it cannot hold meetings in every community in Canada and has encouraged localities to hold their own meetings and forward the views expressed to the commis- sion. Some of the issues the forum will discuss are aboriginal, land claims, matters surrounding Que- bec’s membership in confederation, and the roles and responsibilities of the federal and provincial governments. The chamber will use a package of guidelines pro- vided by the Spicer commission to conduct the forum, including a list of 14 discussion points. The forum will be held this coming Tuesday starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Terrace Enterprise Centre next door to the govern- ment agent’s office on Eby St. Call 635-2063 to register. March 7 Barb Wensley, Saskatoon Valerie Crantz, Stewart March 9 Kelly Ann Pequin, Terrace March 10 Jim Yeager, Kemano March 11 Len Pigeau, Terrace March 12 Paul Schmuki, Stewart March 13 Alice and Ed Hamakawa, OO Cheque Name 1 Money Order Please send a subscription to: 4535 Greig Avenue, Terrace, B.C. V8G 1M7 SUBSCRIPTION ORDER FORM | 1 year — $39.00, plus GST Close Up magazine, $10 extra In Terrace and Thornhill C1 Master Card OC Visa Card No. “ Address Postal Code Phone Seniors in Terrace and District $30.00 Seniors outside of Terrace and District $33.00 Out of Canada $100.00 Expiry Date Mail or bring this form to: Terrace Review 4535 Greig Avenue, Terrace, B.C. V8G 1M7 lumber and pulp, and in the high probability forecast the two pro- ducts account for -the entire shipped tonnage over the 20-year period. The project, if it is approved, would create the equivalent of 94 full time jobs in construction dur- ing the first year and 50 during the second year. Completion would be in the spring of 1993, and about half the jobs during construction would employ local people. When the port goes into opera- tion, the prospectus says, it would require 20 people for operations and another 65 for cargo handling cat $60 million and ship loading. The prospectus is the initial stage in meeting the requirements of the government’s Major Project Review Process. People and or- ganizations who have concems about the effects of the project, environmental or otherwise, have until April 12 to respond. The Kitimat-Terrace Port Society, the local board that would govern the port’s operations, is hosting a public meeting on the project March 19, starting, at 7:30 p.m., in the west banquet room of the Inn of the West. - PENSIONERS ADVISED NOT TO WAIT A representative of Health and Welfare Canada is advising pen- sioners who live in the north to apply no later than mid-March for renewal of Guaranteed Income Supplement, Spouses Allowance and Widowed Spouses Allowance benefits. Blair Parkhurst stated in a news release that the applications should be submitted as soon as possible to avoid an interruption in payments. Reservoir === Continued from page Al — Creek reservoir had been drained to a point where it was deemed necessary to retain the remaining supply there for fire protection. It wasn’t until the autumn rains began to fall that the Deep Creek reservoir came back on line. Council’s Planning and Public Works Committee is presently looking at the proposal... and con- sidering four smaller projects necessary to the design. Knowles has suggested that the city first measure dry season flows at the Deep Creek intake to verify runoff estimates and, establish water storage requirements. That would involve making at least three permeability measurements, _catrying out field surveys at the proposed site, undertaking a feasi- bility and pre-design study to determine the dam ‘cross-section, location, construction material and cost estimate. Revenue Canada Taxation i+i correctly. SKEENA MALL 4741 Lakelse Avenue An additional service we provite (s T.ALP.S. (Tax Information Phone Service). Please refer to your income tax guide for more details. Drop by for the facts. | Revenu Canada Impét Revenue Canada, Taxation operates Seasonal Tax Agsistance Centres that can help clear up any questions you may have on your 1990 Return. 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