_ Page A2 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 28, 1991

Locals
probing |
U.S. mills} _

TERRACE. — “A local
delegation. is: in Minnesota
this week looking at pulp and
paper mills which use
technology similar to that:
planned for the . proposed

Lake. —

Organized by Orenda, the
tour includes city, regional
district and Kitimat represen-
tatives,

The groups is visiting mills
in the Minnesota cities of
Duluth and Grand Rapids
.fand,is, meeting with civic and
other officials from those
communities.

Terrace alderman Rick
King said the trip will pro-
vide an opportunity to, see
the environmental and other
impacts of those pulp and
paper mills in those two
cities.

‘People there will be able
to give us a clearidea of what
Terrace can expect down the
road,” said King prior to
departure.

He added as many dif-
ferent groups and people as
possible will be contacted
during the tour.

The Terrace group’s fin-
dings will form part of the ci-
ty’s submission to the pro-
vincial government's ap-
proval process.

Council. earmarked
$16,000 to cover the cost of
its delegation’s trip withthe
money 10 come out of this
year’s budget allocation far,
economic development.

Orenda mill south of Lakelse =.

-Skeena steelhead.
low .

commerce ‘to’ ‘the: province for’:

stats

TERRACE — Even with a.

“sharp jump in the number of
. steelhead returning to the river |
- in the week ending Aug. 17, this
_ summer's
’, poorest run in the past 10-years.
| _Figures-released by the pro-
° yincial fisheries branch indicate .

run remains the

1,400 fish passed the Tyee.test

’ fishery in that. week, . bringing
the total to date to.5,000,

That's slightly more than a
third of 1990's tally and only 29°
per cent of the 10-year average
run,

In the same week, agillnet
fishermen operating» at the
mouth of the Skeena River
reported taking 506 steelhead,
bringing the total reported com-
mercial catch to 3,276 or 40 per
cent of the entire run.

from front

Orenda

shorter lengths of wood, with
portions suitable as sawlogs cut
off for processing in sawmills.
The prospectus filed last week
comes in two parts -- one

describing the project and one |

going into detail. on the en-
vironmental aspects of the pro-
ject.

The company says steam
discharged into the air won’t
contribute to acid rain in the
Terrace area.

Copies of the prospectus are
available at the library and at ci-
ty hall.

In addition to being able to
ask questions at the meetings,
interested people also have until

Reformers grow
in northwest

TERRACE — Reform Party
membership in the federal
riding of Skeena has leapt from
just 12 a-year ago to more than
250 today, says local association
| saegee ety, irre ‘Cowman. -
“Ante buoyed by-that. increase,: '
iis gate ke has moved to-aolidify —
‘its northwestern offanization,
he adds.
That has included appointing
an organizer for nearly all ma-

jor centres in the northwest.
Such individuals are in place
from Prince Rupert to Smithers
and north to Stewart, including
the Nass Valley. Atlin is the on-

ly community without such: tr ,
 -Teprese!

faliectesiee iat Rak

Lorne ' ekton is president of ee
the Skeena ‘association and Ran-
dy Haigh is in charge of
membership, Both are from
Terrace.

yen

still

- It also works out to less than
one fish per week for each
igillnetter operating outside the
Skeena since the beginning of
July.
Based on past experience, the

fisheries branch says more than |
half the summer steelhead that -

. will return, to the Skeena system
‘this year have already done 50.
With the 5,000 figure falling
seriously short of the numbers it
would.like to see make it to the
spawning grounds, the branch
says the catch-and-release only
restriction introduced at the
beginning of the month will re-
main in place for the time being.

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This year’s low figures have
brought calls by the chamber of

files mill
Oct. 11 to file written subrmis-
sions under MPRP guidelines.

Those submissions will be ex-
amined by provincial and
federal officials and by Orenda.

The company wants what is
called approval-in-principle for
the project pending the receipt
of necessary permits and
licences.

Under MPRP guidelines, the
province can also require more
studies should there be outstan-
ding issues that can’t be resoly-
ed during the prospectus review
stage.

help: ini ‘dealing. with.
mercial fishery...

“We ‘realize. this: is:federal fe

jurisdiction: but: we do want' a

hard look.at commercial fishing

al the. mouth ef the Skeena,”?

said chamber president Sharon :
Taylor, who met with provincial oe
development. minister Howard

Dirks last week,
‘The town

tourism,’’

visiting anglers this year because

of declines in fish populations...
Taylor added: the. -chamber .. i
wants the: commercial. fishery...

moved out of the mouth’ of the
Skeena River so returning fish

haves a better chance of survival. 7

plan

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There'll also be MPRP of-

ficials at the public meetings to -
help explain : ‘how the’ Process 7

works. .

This Friday, the two most
senior. government officials
responsible for the process are
expected in the city to given ex-
planations to local government
officials.

It Follows requests ‘made by

various people since Orenda
first announced it wanted to
build its mill south of Lakelse
Lake.

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