Page A2 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 7, 1990 What companies _ want with wood — Here is a list of the details of the applications for. Pulpwood 2 re Ae AERA CELLULOSE supply its planned expansion. line built into Stewart.last year, supply of residual chips from §F It wants “all of the 623,000 Skeena Cellulose also plansto He said the mill willuseaFin- sawmills will decrease as cubic metres under the agree- to buy at least that amount ish process called ‘‘chemi- Sawmill consumption reduces to ~ Baby's Mama: Baby Bal” from other companies operating Pressurized groundwood’* that the long term timber supply Date & Time of Birth: March 1, 1990 ment. The plan is to build a third line to its Prince Rupert pulp mill, requiring 2 million cubic t f da year to in- ince Rupert pulp mill. that - include sizes now ‘left q crease “capacity 2 820;000 the Prince Rupert pulp ; behind as residue, said Cooper. Petit Eurocen therefore metric tonnes of pulp a year. ORENDA FOREST He added that the mill is pranted to the company to Skeena Cellulose estimates PRODUCTS more efficient than others and the expansion will cost $745 million, take up to three years — to finish and provide more than 1,000 construction jobs: When complete, ‘the expan- sion will provide 255 direct and 510 indirect jobs. Skeena Cellulose will build a log merchandiser in Terrace to increase its capacity to sort out and use pulp quality wood for the pulp mill. - The company has also ap- plied for a pulpwood agreement in the Cariboo amounting to 265,000 cubic metres a year to. in the Cariboo. The wood would be chipped in the Cariboo and barged north to The. company proposes a $144 million mill producing 105,000 tonnes of pulp a year at one of two locations near Stewart. To do that it wants a 100,000 cubic metre a year pulpwood guarantee. ., When completed, the mill will ’ provide 60 direct and 120 direct jobs. A small sawmill to take sawlog portions from pulplogs at Meziadin willemploy another 28 people. Objection raised ’ TERRACE — One of the five companies which applied last week for northwest pulpwood says the process is not designed for smaller companies. Collier Azak of Zaul Zap In- dustries based in the Nass Valley community of Canyon City said the requirement to post financial surety as part of the application process is beyond its capability. Zaul Zap.wants 433,000 cubic metres of the 623,000 cubic metre guarantee under Pulpwood Agreement 17 to build a chipper with a 625,000 cubic metre capacity. That application required a $433,000 surety deposit but Zaul_ Zap souldn’t, get, .it,. said, Azak, “The risks were too high (for the company’s financial backers),"" said Azak in citing the market for wood, wood quality and fibre supply as reasons, And because Zaul Zap didn’t include a security deposit, it’s application is technically in- valid. A final decision on that rests with forests minister Claude Richmond. Azak said he feels the Agreement in brief A pulpwood agreement is a guarantee of supply for a com- pany or companies, Successful applicants will not have to- bia against others for pulp fibre. Sales are given automatically by the province at a Set price. . But before a company can ex- ercise its rights under the agree- ment, it must first use all the wood it has under its existing licences and purchase as much as it can frorn other operators. Only then, if there is a short- fall in what the company says it needs, can it get a timber sale from the province. And it can only cut to the amount to meet that shortfall, The amount of pulp ‘fibre contained in a pulpwood agree- ment — in the ease of Pulpwood Agreement 17 it's 623,000 cubic mietres a year for 25 years — is‘only an estimate on the part of the provincial government. Applicants must convince the provincial government the wood is there and submit wood supply analyses and logging © plans. . With the right to cut comes pulpwood agreement is design- ed specifically for Skeena Ceilutose which wants the entire 623,000 cubic metres. At the same time Azak said Zaul Zap wants to sell the pro- duct from its chipper, if it gets the wood, to Skeena Cellulose. Nisga’a Tribal Council ex- ecutive director Rod Robinson said last week he will speak with the provincial government on behalf of Zaul Zap. Orenda president Hugh Cooper said the mill‘ is’ now possible because of the hydro won’t produce any effluent. _ The process can't use chips. Instead. it requires whole logs SO requires less fibre to produce ~ pulp. NORTHWOOD The company wants 150,000 cubic metres a year from the Houston and Burns Lake areas for a chipper to be built at Houston. It doesn’t propose a new pulp facility as it believes the guarantee is needed to secure the continued operation of its.” pulp mill in Prince George. mn EUROCAN | Owned by West Fraser and by Enso Forest Products, the com- pany wants all of the 623, 000 cubic metres. It. doesn’t propose new facilities of any kind, saying the guarantee is needed to keep its Kitimat mill, and area sawmills operating. ZAUL ZAP INDUSTRIES Owned by the Canyon City band in the Nass Valley, the © company wants 433,000 cubic metres to help feed a 625,000 ' cubic metre chipper along Hwy37, It does not yet have a market *- _ for the chips. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Ho om BC PARKS PRESENTS — sears “1a PARK AWARENESS EVENING’ Colourful Slide/Video Tour - of Northwest B.C.'s Provinclal Parks Topics Include conversation In wilderness areas with a special featura on Naikoon Park, QC! ‘TUESDAY, MARCH 13 — 7:30-9:30 p.m. _ at inn of the West, East Banquo! Room ' THURSDAY, MARCH 15 — 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Kitimat River Lodge, Activity Room FREE ADMISSION, COFFEE AND DONUTS nf Hon. lvan Messmer gS Minister of Parks areg ‘annually c consume between 1,5 million cubic metres to 2 Le million cubic metres more than ¥ ‘the total: sawlog volume -§f "’'m in great shaj pe since I lost 98 Ibs. with Nutri/System.” The Nutri/System® Weight Loss Program includes a variety of delicious meais and snacks, nutritonal and behavioral counseling, light activity, and weight maintenance, Nutri/System's ‘Comprehensive Weight Loss Program Includes: * Quick, sale, easy and permanent weight loss * Professional supervision _ * No calorie “> counting -No gimmicks am allocated. ‘Eurocan assume that the current rate levels,”’ says its application. **The pulpwood available in ff PA 17 must be reserved to pro- tect existing communities and § secure present operations,’”. application continues, 7 Northwood, which ih sawmill in Houston anda pulp mill in Prince George, Says inits -# “application that “new! facilities’. based on the guardritees” ‘ftom: pulpwood agreements Will “‘ag- ‘gravate the Predicted chip shor- tage."" The company also does not believe that such agreements should be awarded “where ' there is a very real expectation . that extensive cutting of stan- ding timber will be required ‘ under the agreements.’’, ; ‘It asked for the 150, 000 cubic © metre guarantee to protect the Second of two pulp lines. it has ‘in its Prince George mill. “must therefore & . Walght: 4 Ibs, 15 02. re Kewal & Balwinder Bal eG ANGURITRE Ube PLAY, VHOVSE — ZSA ~ 4747. LAKELSE AVENUE, TERRACE, B.C. VAG aka We ara leaturing 10% OFF anything Green! Including Brie Trains & accesaories. March 7 to 17,1990 (604) 635-5236 Starts - Thursday, March — 8thui7 | the responsibility of replanting the logged off areas. STORE HOURS:——»~— ‘Successful applicants’ must Mon.» Wed, fan-apm. also demonstrate that employ- Hee hh Sam: 9pm. "We Rasen ment will be created, that their Pir thet The Aight To Limit Quanitites request will lead to economic stability of a community or Prices ln oflect: Mech 8-17, 7990 communities and that the fibre — = = 238" FREE* feels ne wntin ising _atparnioncouee In the case of the. Skeena CALL TODAY FOR A FREE WO-OBLIGATION CONSULTATION ‘ - - Cellulose and. Orenda Forest, : 636-1600 Products applications, the . TERRACE 4644 LAZELLE AVE. agreement is also being used as- |. “Praga Wb asd oe 172 ar deen wg an Spi et ora inca cece Wt Vaid at partepatig canta, Ort antes Fbny 24 a security to obtain financing. ; _ a an