A8 Terrace Review. —- Wednesday, September 4, 199] Who is going pay for the | full cost of development? _To the Editor; The excursion by local officials to the paper mills in Minnesota is simply confirming what we have known all along: the proposed Orenda project is, as far as paper mills go, quite clean. Although _ there are a number of questions regarding the mill itself, in my. %@ rind it is not the central issue -- * though it is important. © Front and centre is how we de- termine a cost-benefit. analysis that is scientific and measures the costs and benefits to the commu- * nity:as a whole. * On the forefront of scientific re- * search I am aware of two ap- Some comedy, but proaches -- one ecological, the other economic. These approach- es are necessary to avoid, or at least minimize the eventuality of forcing the community and the environment to absorb costs that rightly belong to the corporation. In order to evaluate total costs an ‘ecosystem’ approach measures the relationships between the mill and the rest of the community. The economic ‘compensation test’ provides money determina- tion of hidden costs of a project. Some hidden costs, for instance, are: future losses to a working forest, the effects on the water- shed as a whole, impacts to fish 10 laughing matter * To,the Editor; a . The fiasco that has been created _ by'the Alcan Kemano II shut- - down is both disastrous and far- reaching for all of us. If this action wasn’t so serious, it would be a comedy of errors. To start with, we have a Minister _ of Fisheries and Oceans, John Crosby, who approved the per- mits for construction of the pro- jects. In the same department, along with forestry, business and. development, environment, etc., certain individuals were providing information to assist other indi- viduals and groups — environ- _ mentalists, the Rivers Defense ~ Coalition, and native groups — to rebut and counter the permits to the point where it led to the . Supreme Court, which led to the cancellation and rescinding of said permits to Alcan for not hav- ing followed the set procedures totally entailed within it under the Environmental Assessment and Review Process. Confused yet? On the other hand, Alcan accept- ed said permits and started con- struction, while their own employees (CASA), at least in - part, were part of the above-men- tioned groups to rebut and counter said permits, which led to the Supreme Court decision to cancel and rescind said permits for con- struction. Ergo; Alcan’s Kemano . If project shutdown! A little humour is certainly seen in this seemingly complex process, as can be seen by the end result. Ona more serious note, the con- certed efforts to have in place a process that will assist in and reg- ulate a procedure to a set standard for environmental and develop- ment concerns are at the very least confusing and quite inade- - quate, as it now stands. Com- pounded by, if one can imagine: the ministers of various depart- ments who knowingly attempted to by-pass certain procedures; civil servants who assisted in rebutting; the Supreme Court judge who made the final decision to cancel and rescind, all of which are paid for by our tax dollars. Alcan themselves are not with- out some blame, for they khow- ingly accepted said permits with- out having gone through the total procedure, compounded by some of their own employees assisting in the resultant rebuttal, ultimate- ly costing the consumer millions of dollars for an uncompleted pro- ject to this date. One can certainly . not begrudge or criticize various individuals and groups for being wary and cautious when perusing and ascertaining such review pro- cesses. A Comedy of Errors this is not. Norm Lavallee, Terrace. and wildlife, full. energy costs, costs of road degradation due to more heavy trucks on highways, esthetic losses to the Lakelse Lake area, air quality decline, ground water contamination, etc. Other, more subtle losses to the community should also be consid- ered: stress on the community due to construction, more crowded beaches in the summer due to the ‘human population increase, etc. All these can be analyzed by sci- entists and a cost imposed on Orenda for hidden subsidies and other costs that would otherwise be borne by the community and the environment. Using the ecosystem approach and the economic compensation test, the project would go ahead if the increase in social welfare of the groups who gain from the pro- posal would compensate the losers fully, and leave everyone better off. . The present reality is that North American corporations are renowned worldwide for their on- going resistance against incurring ~ full community costs. Japanese and European corporations, for — instance, are far ahead of them in accepting community responsi- bilities. When are North American com- munities going to wake up and demand that companies pay full costs? William Hayes, Terrace. CITY OF TERRACE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT TAKE NOTICE THAT an application has been made to amend City of Terrace Zoning By-law No. 401-1966, and amendments thereto. THE INTENT: - Letters to the Editor To the Editor; It is of paramount importance that serious consideration be given to the proposed Orenda pulp and paper mill south of Lakelse Lake, as it will have a direct impact on any further pro- posals or plans for creating a sus- tainable development and eco- nomic strategy for British Colum- bia, Canada, and the world. At hand is a technological advance- ment that is both environmentally and economically sound, a pre-' requisite to any sustainable devel- opment strategy. It appears to- resolve at the same time the thomy issue of secondary manu- facturing value in the forest industry. These factors combined allow us to compare and, in part, resolve and assist in rectifying many of the past and ongoing environmen- . tal inadequacies of other more archaic mills. The concerns shown, the questions asked, and the information-gathering efforts of many local residents show that this is the type of process the future must hold for all of us, whether pro or con, here in the Terrace/Kitimat area and else- where. Although there are some views that express “elsewhere”, . this is not the solution. We cannot shun our responsibilities to our- selves, our children, to society itself as a whole, by continuously passing the buck, thinking that by doing so'we shall be free from personal responsibility. The changes in our practices and thinking must start in our own back yards with sound logic and reason conducive to our concems _and views, along with expected standards from industry for our continued well-being and stan- dard of living. Our rationale must be consistent and all encompass- ing, with a realistic view towards the future. Recognizing that the search for guarantees from an altruistic per- _ spective is-quite laudable, the fact of the matter is that there are no guarantees. For us to think other- wise is unwise, for we must and will continue living as best as we possibly can, pitfalls and all. The Orenda proposal, I believe, goes hand in hand with a.sustain- ‘able development strategy. We must not let an opportunity of this . ‘nature pass us by without the seri- - ous consideration it deserves from all of us. Norm Lavallee, Terrace, Sing your way | to the top of the charts Come out to Karaoke Night and sing along a the lyrics as they appear on video. pew Sundays 8 - 12 midnight & Thursdays 9 p.m. - 1:00 a.m TAKE NOTICE THAT the intent of this amendment is to allow _ child care facilities within the “Subject Area”. THE SUBJECT AREA: TAKE NOTICE THAT THE SUBJECT AREA of the application affects all land within the. City .of Terrace with a rural or residential zoning designation, except those properties zoned Aural Suourban (RR), located on Spring Creek Drive, and the southwest corner of Kalum Lake Drive and Mc Connell Ave- nue. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT BY-LAW MAY BE INSPECTED between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., FROM AUGUST 27, 1991, TO SEPTEMBER 2, 1991, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and Statutory Holiday Monday, - September 2, 1991, and between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,.-ROM SEPTEMBER 3, 1991, TO SEPTEMBER 9, 1991, excluding Saturday and Sunday, INCLUSIVE, in the reception area at the City of Terrace Public Works Building at 5003 Graham Avenue, Terrace, 8.0. Any person(s) wishing to voice their opinions regarding this Application may do so, in writing, and/or In person, AT THE PUBLIC HEARING IN THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 3215 EBY STREET, TERRACE, AT 7:00 P.M., ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1991. 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