Minister Jack Davis says. the
Alcan/Nechako settlement will
give the Northwest ‘‘an enor-
mous economic boost’’ and Al-
can calls it “‘good news’’ for the
Northwest, but not all North-
west. residents are sure of the
long-term effects.

e

by Tod Strachan .
Federal Minister of Science

and Technology Frank Oberle.

announced the settlement in Ter-
race last week, saying it is a good

agreement, and that by avoiding .

court action there are no winners
or losers.
“Everyone, is partially a win-
ner in this arrangement,’’ said
' Oberle,
_ He said the federal govern-
Lo ment won a court injunction in
_ ¥980 which restricted Alcan

from continued development.

. under their original agreement
_ because it had become apparent
“<that the fish stocks in the
, “» Nechako system were in jeopar-
ay
“Tt became an increasingly
-. difficult prospect to contemplate
“that Alcan should be allowed to
exercise all the rights they. had
~“been granted under ‘their 1950
- Ticence,” said Oberle.

He said sticntists from Alcan,
= the federal Department of Fish-
~eries and Oceans and the provin-

ial. government, meeting under

“the chairmanship of Dr. David.

"Strangway, President of the
“. University of British Columbia,
a "formed the basis of the :agree-

“and Alcan. -

_. “They developed a. proposi-
“tion which will allow Alcan to
-draw additional water from the
Nechako River without sacrifice
to the habitat: of the chinook
salmon that occupy the upper
 Feaches of the Nechako River,”
~ he said.

7 He explained that i in exchange

for the additional water,. Alcan

’ gave up all rights to the Nanika -

-River system and also lost cer-
-tain development rights on the

“ Cheslatta-Murray Lake system |

_ south of Burns Lake.
-- Oberle said Alcan agreed to
“pay all costs associated with a

“number of environmental mea- .

_sures to be carried out in the
‘Nechako River to protect
’ salmon stocks.

He added that the agreement
‘also proj es’ for the establish-
ment of committees to monitor

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- Reaction split to
Alcan Settlement -

British Columbia Energy.

and manage “the water that. is

remaining in the Nechako,” and

oversee the development of the
environmental measures.

The first stage of the agree-
ment included the development
of “‘in-stream modification’’ to
chinook habitat, the establish-
ment of an extensive monitoring
program and the construction of
a cold water release .facility at

Kenney Dam to control water .

temperatures,

Energy - Minister ‘Jack Davis ©
said the agreement could ulti-.

mately lead to capital investment
of some $2 billion, with an

estimated 5,000 person-years of

construction. employment and
several thousand full time jobs.
He added, ‘‘Alcan’s proposed

. power development will be built
without any help from the tax- -
payer and is in keeping with our .

current policy of deregulating
the energy industry in B.C.’*

Alcan’s B.C. vice-president,
Bill Rich, said the agreement
could mean an economic advan-
tage to the Northwest in attrac-
ting new energy and that Alcan
is actively secking new energy-
intensive industries that could
locate in northern B.C., based
on their ability to © expand
capacity to generate economical
hydro power,

“We have had’ preliminary
talks with a number of potential
investors, based on our ability to

supply power at a predictable .

cost over the long term. Now we
can proceed to a more definite

“stage which, I hope, will Jead to

. new " opportuhities
“ment that ended the court battle -

between the federal government -

western B, C.*", he: ‘Said: :

DOWNSTREAM USERS
NOT CONVINCED

Bulkley Valley residents, on
the other hand, were concerned
over dropping levels in the Ne-
chako River .even though the
provincial government has said
water flows will not be reduced
for five years and, “It is ex-
pected that the impact on other
water licence holders will be
minimal,”’

Louise Kilby, presdient of &

New Democrats North, said that
under the agreement there may

be economic development in the §

west, but she said the agreement
“totally uses up water in the
Nechako system”.

“It has some really grave con-
sequences,”’ she said. ‘‘Ag-

riculture, guide/outfitting and
tourism are going to suffer, even
though the govetnment say they
are going to do some resource

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Federal government officials travelled to Terrace recently to explain the terms of a negotiated agreement struck

by Alcan, the Department. of Fisheries and Oceans and the B,C. government concerning control of waters af-

fected by Alcan’s power development at Kemana. Terrace Mayor Jack Talstra met in the municipal council

chambers with (left to right) Michael Healey, a fisheries research scientist, Rod Bell-Irving from the Department
of Fisheries and Oceans, and Frank Oberle, the federal Minister of Science and Technology.

rehabilitation i in the area.

ine orth: - .

“The Nechako is cattle-

raising country and there are
numerous irrigation permits that-

were on hold waiting the out-
come of this agreement, and
those people will never get. ir-
rigation rights now,”’ said Kilby,

contending that it was poor
planning on the part of the pro- |

vincial government, said to be

‘pushing to put a meat packing .

plant in that region.”’ .

“They might ‘as " well forget :

about. it: now,” -she - said,
“because they will never raise
enough cattle in. the Nechako
Valley now.”

Figures: in * the - agreement
. showed the approximate Necha-

ko River water flow being reduc- ©
‘ed from a short term average: ‘of:

-, between 31.1 and 56.6 cubic

“long term average of 14.2 to 31

an 8.2 percent reduction in Ne-
chako water levels at Prince
George, which would result in
an average reduction in depth of
1.2 feet during the summer mon-
_ Alcan calculated this to mean ths.

meters per second to an expected

cubic meters per second.

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