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Both sides claim victory
as Kemano fight continues

TERRACE — Kemano’s op-
ponents and boosters are both
claiming victory from a
Supreme Court ruling on Alber-
ta’s Oldman River dam.
Supreme Court of Canada
Justices ruled 8-1 last week the
$355 million Oldman River dam
— built by the Alberta govern-
ment for irrigation and flood
uf control — is effectively illegal
a because it: was built without a
a federal environmental review.
Rivers Defence Coalition
chairman Pat Moss says the
decision clearly states federal
Environmental Assessment
Review Process (EARP)
guidelines have the force of law

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main arguments why its billion-
dollar Kemano Completion
Project shouldn’t undergo a full
environmental review.

*We are really pleased,’’ she
said. ‘It’s pretty clear now that
the federal government should
have done an environmental
assessment-of the Kemano pro-
ject. ,

Alcan had in part been argu-
ing that the guidelines were
drawn up by the federal en-
vironment minister without any
intention that they become law.

The company is appealing
last spring’s decision by Federal
Court Judge Allison Walsh that
overturned the federal cabinet's
exemption of Kemano from the
EARP guidelines.

That ruling also threw out the

—"Elitiiiiatitig "one Gf “Alcan’s”

tawa setting out how much of
the Nechako River's water
could be diverted to the
hydroelectric generators at
Kemano.

But the ruling in the Oldman
case says the federal govern-
ment must do-a_ full en-
vironmental assessment before
making decisions about projects
which may affect the environ-
ment.

That assessment, says the.
decision, must consider socio-
economic factors. such as com-
munity livelihood and health as
well as biological matters.

there are environmental effects
in areas of federal jurisdiction.
The EARP guidelines are only
invoked in those cases when a
permit from a federal ministry
is required for a project to go
ahead — when there is a “‘affir-
mative. regulatory duty’’.

Alcan can be prosecuted if it
violates the regulations of, for
example, the Department of
Fisheries and Oceans, Rich said.

But it requires no permits
from fisheries or any of the
other federal ministries involy-
ed, and therefore shouldn't be
reviewable, he added.

“We are really pleased:

"the federal government should have done an en-

it's pretty, clear now, that ..,.

vironmental assessment of the Kernano project.”

_ “Taking more water out of
the Nechako will do tremendous
damage to the land, waters,
fisheries and other resources on
‘which the Indian people of this

‘ area depend for their health and

livelihood,” said Carrier-Sekani
chief Justa Monk. ‘‘Those risks
have never been fully studied by
the government or explained to
the public.”

Alcan officials claim the
judgment also limits the
jurisdiction of the Department
of Fisheries and Oceans to order
environmental reviews.

Company vice-president Bill”
Rich noted the decision says a
federal environmental review

‘*The EARP process doesn’t
fit the Kemano Completion
Project,’ Rich -said. ‘The
things that are being done don’t
meet the test of requiring the
EARP review. My view is that
the Oldman case, to the extent
that it is comparable, seems to
support that.”

The Oldman case doesn’t rule
on whether the federal govern-
ment has the right to circumvent
the EARP process.

Moss said the Oldman case
sets the stage for the Federal
Court of Appeal — which is to
reconvene on the Kemano ap-
peal April 8 — to consider
whether or not cabinet has the

its own laws.

Environmentalists fear water
levels in the Nechaka could
drop to less than 15 per cent of
pre-1950 levels if the project
goes ahead.

Alcan wants to sell most of
the power to B.C. Hydro.

Work on a second BC.
Hydro transmission line bet-
ween here and Kitimat is on
hald, and Alcan last year laid
off most of its 800 Workers at
Kemano following the Walsh
decision.

‘*The footprint of this project
was put in place in the 1950s,’’
Rich said. ‘“That’s when the
Kenney! ‘Dam: was :built;: the
reservoir was created, and
Kemano was built and Kitimat,
the port and the town —
everything. It may well be that
if you were doing all of that to-
day you would need to have a
federal EARP review
somewhere along the line.’

-“But all that’s been in place
for 40 years. All we're doing
now is diverting more water and
running it through turbines.
And none of that triggers
EARP.”

“Physically, we're digging a
tunnel in a mountain, putting in
some new generators, and
generating some more power.
Looking at it that way it is
logical that this is not a big, new
project of the kind that should
get this sort of a review,’’ said

company's 1987 deal with Ot- isn’t needed in all cases where

Ministry of
Environment
Lands and Parks

Province of
British Columbia

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
_SKEENA 4 ANGLER DAYS

Eligible angling guides are invited to submit a bid and
prospectus proposal for any portion of 696 available angler
days on the water known as Skaena 4, being that portion of
the Skeana River upstream of a point 1.5 Km. Abave the
Zymeoatz River confluance.

An information package and further information may ba
requostod from the Regional Fisherias Biologist, Bob Hooton, at
Bag 5000, Smithors, B.C,, VOJ 2NO, or by phone (847-7303),

Applicants should be aware that the ministry is under no
obligation to maintain the 1000 angler days specified in the
current angler use plan, It also reserves tha right to negotiate
with the proponent of any proposal and may reject any or all
proposals.

Proposals will be scored against a maximum of 100 percentage
points with aach of the following sections contributing 1/3 of
the maximum possible scora:

1/3 angling guide:. qualifications, experience, knowledge,
history, performance record of guide and staff.

1/3 Operation: lavel of investment, consistency with
“management plan, value added, financial stability,
amployment, quality of proposal,

1/3 Price: a score will be assigned based on the onetime
price per angler day the proponent is willing to pay.

The deadline for submissions to the regional office Is March 13,
1992. No extensions will be made for late submissions.

T.W. Chamberlin’: :
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