t Page Me Tonare Standard, Wednestay, August 8, 1990 a “consolidation | TERRACE — The pending sale of a forest licence to Skeena Sawmilisis part-of a plan to consolidate timber supplies for the mill and other related opera- tions, © ‘Says manager Don Chesley, 2: ; "We've lost timber to various things — ‘the forest service wants to-iake another five per cent of the annual allowable'cut “|” for small ‘business and there's pressure. ‘by the environmen- talists, by the preservationists, by the Indians and everybody. ~ z else,’” he. said of the reason why - Skeena Sawmills wants to buy’. Tay-M Logging’s licence in the North Kalum arez. All this makes timber sup- plies. somewhat iffy and we're looking to consolidate as much as we can,” he said. * Skeena Sawmills now cuts ap- proximately 750,000 cubic metres of wood a year, just over 500,000 of which it now has - under direct licence. . Tay-M’s 20-year licence is for export: and amounts to 282,000 cubic. metres a year. . Don Chesley Any sale is subject to ap- proval by the forest service and it. has. already’ told Skeena Sawmills the number of cubic metres could be cut anywhere from 10 to 29 per cent, said Chesley. The amount left might help in delaying or making unnecessary supplies near Kitimat; he said. “This is very -much - ‘an unknown. There's been rio deci- sion on that, no planning’ for'a ’ mili near Kitimat,’* said Chesley of suggestions the mill might “move to Kitimat. © ~: ‘(The Tay-M purchase) is to solidify our northwest. opera- tions. To say. this is solely for Terrace is’ preliminary and presumptious,”', he continued. - Chesley added that sawmills are no longer solitary Opéra- tions, as they. are integrated with other. wood users. such: as pulp. mills. Approval by the forest service is also involved in a. five-year review of Tay-M's licence that i is coming up, he said. There are a lot of factors in- volved here. In legal terms you would call it due diligence. We're looking at just exactly what we would be getting,’” said Chesley. _|that. are -being used today aren’t healthy and could bef. [chemicals for weed control. ‘Jand fields, .according to TERRACE — The city fields, say members of the parks and. recreation ad- visory commission. - Commission member Pete Pauls said concern about the. health of children prompted city administrators. =. “Some of the materials hazardous. to. young children,’’ Pauls said. ‘‘Kids do things like put rocks in their mouths and ignore signs.”” er If’ “aldérmén , pass the recommendation, city ad- ministrators would . begin looking for alternatives to The city. now uses Weed and Feed pellets on city parks parks and recreation depart- ment director Steve Scott. He said.city workers occasional- ly use the spray herbicide Roundup in individual spots and around fenceposts. Skeena Cellulose won't need pulp right away _ TERRACE — Skeena Cellulose probably won’t need to use a guarantee it wants for fibre to feed a planned expansion of its Port Edward pulp mill for the first years of its operation, says a company spokesman. - Speaking Jast week, Pat Ogawa said a preliminary analysis of northwest fibre sup- ply indicates the company can buy enough for 10 years after the expansion opens. The. guarantee Skeena Cellulose wants from the pro- vincial government to northwest pulp fibre is called a pulpweod agreement. . It provides a company with an assured supply of pulp by giving it cutting rights to main- tain existing operations or to _ supply new ‘ones. To exercise the agreement, a company must first use what it has under licence and buy pulp from. other companies. Only then can it cut wood for pulp and only up to the amount it needs. .The proposed northwest pulpwood agreement is for 25 years at 623,000 cubic metres a year. Pat Ogawa ‘We think there are oppor- tunities out there for us,” said Ogawa of the prospect of buy- ing enough fibre from existing sources for.its planned Port Ed- ward expansion. **But it depends on all sorts of things. Other companies may want the same wood,’’ he add- “ Skeena Cellulose is one of. four companies that wants all or part of the pulpwood agree- ment. It plans to spend $750 - million for a Port Edward ex- pansion that will require 1.98 million cubic metres of pulp a year. The company now requires 3.5 million cubic metres of pulp . and saw logs for its existing nor-' thwest operations, one million . of which it has under direct licence. Ogawa made the comments “about fibre supply in relation to a failed bid to secure a pulpwood agreement in the Cariboo for 265,000 cubic metres a year. It went to a Williams Lake company. . Although Skeena Cellulose . didn’t get the guardntee, the area in which it wanted to buy fibre was excluded from the pulpwood agreement boun- daries, leaving Ogawa to say it still might be interested in doing business there under some other arrangement. . "We regarded that agreement as a security of supply. We'll be Bus driver pleads guilty TERRACE — The driver of a’ school bus that was hit by a loaded logging truck last winter pleaded guilty in court to driv- ing without due care and atten- tion, Uli Mendel was ‘fined $100 in court July, 26. The Jan. 26 accident happen- ed Hwyi6 near Copper River, where Mendel was trying to turn into the Kleanza subdivision to pick up more students. The driver of the logging truck — Roy¢Clifford — was also charged but was found not guilty’ of driving without due care and attention at a separate trial in June. The truck driver crossed a double solid line to pass the bus, which was backing up slowly, because Mendel missed the tur- noff to the subdivision. As Clifford pulled out to pass | the bus, it swung left to make the corner.. The trucker turned sharply and managed to make the corner -with the bus, but as the rig jack-knifed, a few of its logs flew forward, striking. the bus, One student was injured in - the collision. B.C. Tel wishes to advise. that Lakelse will convert to an electronic office in the early hours on the morning of August 11. - B.C. Tel thanks you for your patience during our delay. A, looking in other places, first the ones that are closest and then beyond," said Ogawa. » . The company, .and Orenda ~ Forest Products which wants to build a pulp mill at Stewart, regard the agreement to. nor- thwest pulp as a security of sup- ply so they can obtain bank -: financing. Eurocan and Nor- thwood in Houston want the. § wood for existing operations. Public hearings into the nor- thwest. pulpwood agreement. had been scheduled for earlier this year but were postponed “8 _ after the provincial government said it wanted more informa- | tion.. New dates have yet to be set. Totem Ford, i, Terrace, | B.C. . wanted. st shalild’ stop using chemical]. | any plan by. Buirocan or West .| Weed- killers on its playing Fraser, the parent conipaniés of. Skeena Sawmills, to move'.the operation closer to other wood - the recommendation given to} . PE Cl AL STARTS AUGUST 7, 1990 _PATIO. DOOR | VERTICAL BLINDS goth LE fe 8 assorted fabrics ::: & colors -, Includes °-..J valance ~~ and all. - §f- hardware’ i “While quantities, last. In stock items only.. A NEW WORLD OF COLOR AND DESIGN YOUR DECOR - Terrace Carpet Centre “3202 Munroe Street at Hwy. 16 W. TERRACE '- 635-2976 FESTIVAIESCORT (1990) 10.9% APPROVED FINANCING FORD RANGER 10.9% APPROVED FINANCING orn *750. 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