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March 1 1989

The Honourable Jack Davis,
Minister of Energy, Mines

and Petroleum Resources
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, B.C.

Dear Mr. Davis,

I am writing to you regarding my very serious concerns over the
current B.C. Utilities Commission hearings on the proposed Vancouver
Island Natural Gas Pipeline. When the terms of these hearings were
published in December, 1988, I was pleased to note that they included
instructions for the Commission to review environmental as well as
economic factors during its hearings.

However, since that time, several things have happened which
cause me to have some doubts about the project and its impact on parts of
my constituency. Among the things which have raised concerns:

The Environment/Resources/Land Use Review conducted by
provincial and federal ministries and agencies pointed tg
"inappropriate or inadequate planning or mitigation procedures"
with respect to the company's plans to preserve coastal
fisheries,", as well as the fact that "the accuracy and
completeness of this application is. impossible to evaluate fully
because of the lack of terrain base data presented in the
report," and “Disturbance caused by constructior through the
Coquitlam municipal watershed is downplayed...The lack of
detailed terrain mapping and assessment of upslope processes and
hazards affecting the steep-gradient gullies are major
deficiencies in this preliminary data,"

A submission from the Greater Vancouver Regional District
indicated that the construction required to build the pipeline
in the Coquitlam watershed will result in unacceptable levels of
siit in the water, which could, in turn, lead to illness because
of the decreased effectiveness of chlorine treatment.

Vancouver's medical health officer told the B.C. Utilites
Commission that the Coquitlam watershed has low silt levels
compared to Vancouver's other watersheds, and that if any
filtration of the water were required as a result of increased
silt levels, it could cost from $200 to $300 million.

Love

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