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. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 17, 1999 - A7
Estimated closure costs enormous

City dump could very well stay open

Stew Christensen

THE CITY’S dump could
now stay open and be the
prime location for area gar-
bage, says engineering
director Stew Christensen.

It had been scheduled for
possible closure, leaving the
current Thornhill dump and
a new spot at Onion Lake
soulh on Highway 37
toward Kitimat as options.

“We're very lucky,”’ said
Stew Christensen. ‘‘Most
places have to look for one

cad location (for a land-

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The Terrace site has been
included in committee dis-
cussions at the regional dis-
trist for about two months.

Keeping the Terrace dump
open became an option after
it was estimated closure,
clean up and monitoring
could cost $3.8 million.

‘We just don’t have the
money,’’? Mayor Jack Tal-
stra told local business lead-

Commerce luncheon.

“We're not going to put it
on the backs of the tax-
payers.’?

To clase the dump, the
city would need to follow
criteria set out by the en-
vironment ministry.

Requirements include
covering the site with a
metre of clay and stopping
waste liquids from leaking.
The site would also need ta
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“city will need to start treat-

ing leachate making ils way
to the Kitsumkalum River
system this year,
Christensen said,

That has lead the city to
ask whether it would be bet-
ter off investing in treatment
facilities and keep the site
open.

But regional district offi-

cial Roger Tooms. says a-

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the environment ministry to
find cheaper ways of safely
closing the dump.

He stressed that no deci-
sions have, as yet, been
made because there are a lot
of factors to consider.. All
three sites, for example, are
being tested for environ-
mental impact, longevity
and long-term cost.

The balancing act between
environmental —sspecifica-
tions and money available

an be i It batile, es-

pecially because whatever
decision the committee
recommends will be long-
term, said Tooms,

The landfill siting com-
mittee is expected to submit
its report to the regional dis-
trict board in May.

Prized
smailer
fish
appear

KITSUMKALUM VIL-
LAGE members are busy
preparing their boats for the
annual oolichan run.

“Tt can last anywhere
from a couple. of days to a
couple of weeks,"’ said Kit-
sumkalum fish gnardian
Russel] Bolton. ‘They dis-
appear just as fast as they
come in,”

Oolichan are a_ small,
herring-like fish prized for
their high protein content,

Their run up the Skeena
and in other northwestern
rivers draws anglers of all
kinds,

As well, the oolichan at-
tract seagulls, sea lions and
harbour seals. ¢

Bolton bas been monitor-
ing the Skeena River near
Kwinitsa, 80km cast of
Prince Rupert. He says this
year’s min looks to be al-
most as plentiful. as last
year’s fishery,

But for four of five years
before that Bolton says there
were hardly any oolichan on
the river.

That may be because of
log booming. and pulp mill
effluent, Bolton said.

Oolichan were spotted this
year in the last week of Feb-
ruary and harvesting started
March 6. The mn started
two weeks earlier than
Bolton expected. —
He attributes that to warm
winter temperatures and
lack of substantial ice build
up on the lower Skeena.

Sometimes called candle
fish, oolichan are said to
burn as well as candle wax.

They are a traditional
ceremonial fish of First Na-
tions people of Coastal B.C.
and travél' from the Pacific
Ocean to fresh water spawn-
ing grounds,

Oolichan are either dry
smoked or salted, They can —
also be frozen and thawed
for cating as is.

Bolton says the Skeena
River traditionally didn’t
carry as many oolichan as
the Nass River, where the
Nisga’a rendered the smelt
down into grease.

So the Tsimshian hiked
north to the Nass or south to
Kitimat Village to trade for
the grease.

Some of their trails —.
called grease trails — are
still used by recreational
hikers today.

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