half the lake would be able to
oe ‘see the'stacks,”” Howe said.”

a ‘lake,"”: ‘he explained" “But they’

o Furlong Bay."

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technology Orenda’ Forest Pro-' :
» varlety of Hiquid effluent and al
‘south. ‘of: - emissions, E

ducts wants to use at its planned...
pulp and paper mill
Lakelse Lake showld work, in-
dicate government agencies."
‘The conclusions are contain- -
- ed'in a review of Orenda’s first

oS application ta. build’ the milk.»

south of Meziadin function on
Hwy?! “

_ Orenda wants tc grind: wood :
against’. large, -eeramic-coated.
rollers ‘to. make fibre: It would |
then be joan with: shy ‘open:

enough hyidro. pow ‘at first <<
planned | site. for: a- pulp” =
paper mill’ south of: Mezidian
. Lake, says a review af the’ br
posal.
 Orenda wants to use large
grinders to turn pulpwood into
fibre. Starting them requires. a
large ‘amount of power...) ..
» But it found there would have -

been a problem... during. “the.

winter because of ice: ‘build. up.
on: B.C; Hydro’s 138Kv. line®

mm: co-generation, deal

[i a af e fF Ff FO

: conventional kraft. mills which |

“oggk”’ > pulpwoad,. creating .a-

‘Orenda’s main seling point +
. Hes’ in? what it‘calls%a ‘‘zero- ©
effluent’ process which recycles
waste water.

The company abandoned the
~Meziadin site in ‘June: and ‘now :
says it-warits to build 8km south’.
of Lakelse Lake.

It ‘expects to file this week an:,
ipdated version of its otiginal
plan; with, changes” made.

sore of the. ‘ieeded | moride

+ through a woodwaste burner in

running ‘through, the Bear Pass

into Stewart, «
This cuts. the amount ‘of.

power going into Stewart: and °B :

raised: the possibility “of ©
brownouts when combined with .
Orénda’s requirements..."

‘A B.C, Hydro:review ‘of:

the

line’s first:.year.of :operation

found ‘!the power supply inade-.
quate to meet ‘the standards re--
quired for the proposed : mill.”

> And B.C. Hydro told Orenda -
its first priorities were Stewart

Up, up»
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TERRACE- — Some Lakelse
Lake residents want to Find out
for themselves if Orenda’s in-
formation. about its. proposed’ ~
pulp and paper mill is accurate.”

In what-one calls ‘fan experi-:,

ment with the truth,” they want
to send: up’a helium balloon toe
test whether or not the planned
100-feet tall mili stacks will be
visible from the lake.

‘Uf people can see the balloon. ;
from the lake they would be
able to see the stacks, too,” said.
lake resident John How.

' He added. he’s skeptical

Orenda statements that . the
sticks will t be hidden by ‘trees 50

trees) a are 20 to 25 feet,’ he

until 1974.
And-if they are now 7 years

old, they.can’t be 50 feet’ high,

How continued. °
To get some proof, pilot Gor-

don Molir flew: his plane over —

- the-site; circling at 300, 100 and
SO'feets
> “(What he found),was abo’

>: }°He also said the sightlines 0 on.
~~ Orenda’ s. proposal

misleading
ct “They raid a sightline profile‘
purporting’ ‘to. show. the line of
‘sight from: the: millsite: to. th

rather conveniently: cut it off a

: That!.means- the prof

ol

he .
south of Furlong. Bay, including.
Waterlily Bay and North Beach. °
* “You could be generous and

say that it: was: simply: shoddy:

oe workmanship,’ Howe: says ‘Of -
- the proposal, “gr you could say:
“ thacie bbe an attempt | to misin-
7 form
Howe’. Piso “has “other: pros
blems with ‘the proposal. 7

in. 1972,

; Fes

necessary, by the shange in loca-’ :

ith B. Cc.

"Te found that wouldn't work
“ because there is no natural gas
line in the area and there is a:
lack of a secure rehog fuel el supply.”

‘review of Orenda’s first applica-
- tion was released fast week.

“ “The federal evaluation of

“the process indicated that there.
was a high. probability that the”
‘system would work ‘as: propos- .

ed,’’ said the review, A provin-

cial evaluation’ ‘of. ‘the zero ‘ef: -
- fluent’ plan

to the samie

conclusion,
-And both said they wouldn't

> Tet Orenda dischar, rge any liquid

effluent.“

“Any. ‘stich discharge would
be in violation of the ap”

propriate federal regulations,"’
said the review of the:
evaluation.

es ~At the same time, the:agen-:
"cies said emissions into’the: ai
require further. examinatio
*" specific to the Lakelse location.”
| Other government : agencies: ~
want ‘more study of the wood -

supply for.the proposed mill.

Although’ ‘Orenda’ s plan‘is to-

use wood’ now ‘considered

waste, the forests ministry; said
that kind of wood is important
to the overall:forest: ecology,

It and federal. fisheries also

want the wood’ supply ‘studied’

for the long * term effects on

what can be « cut each year and ;

a) :

i ‘His: main concern is that oe

until ‘last-week =~ all’ informa-
‘tlon about the impacts of a
ame solely. from Orenda,

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At the same time, ‘the forests

ministry eaid there won’t-be any

need for: ‘Orenda to Increase the
amount ‘of wood it cuts under
an existing licence to’ supply the

Logging and logging practice
considerations are expected to
be. included in a forest ministry
analysis: ‘on the wood supply in
the aréa Orenda has its licence.

“Orenda.. abandoned the
‘Meziadin ‘location following
‘worries over unplanned residen-
tial development because the
site is remote.

Yet the Kitimat-Stikine
regional. district. did

-tacknowledge it did have the |

authority to. control and

: regulate. tl t kind of develop- -

The! ‘Nisge’a Tribal Council
‘and the. Gitksan at Kitwancoo!l
— both: of -which-say the mill
site is ; within their land claims —
swere also worried about the en-
vironmental: effects. of the
development. ;

“The ‘Nisga’a also questioned

‘logging. practices and long-term
“supply’ of wood when placed

against other resource users.

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