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THURSDAY: JULY: 19,

1979

Vo}. 42, No, 29

5 (A,B,C,D&E)

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1200 Ye typi

rae e0s ave "odectote,

‘iver
moin polluter th ne section above Birchbank. Denoted Hi
pollution control permit serial numbers'on the mop a
ithe site of the company's effluent discharge (PE-1272) as
well as Castlegor's. north sewage facilities (PE-80) ond

CASTLEGAR

fee atre
=e | tite

pewter sewage facilities: {PEO08)

By RYON GUEDES
CASNEWS EDITOR
“Sublethal" and toxic effects
of effluent: from CarCel’s focal
ul} Ip and: sawmill operations on

in the Columbia River -

water" quality

three separate sewers, through a
submerged diffuser.“

Flow from the general sewer, mide’ up of

clarified hydraulic debarker woodroom clari-

fier as\ well as disch

ined in.a'r

ish
highlighted
problemi

pend a

pulp and its

released. B.C.
ministry study.
The ‘study, which with data

collected-in 1976 and 1977. is the.”
‘second stage of a water quality
| surve
River

.of the Lower Columbia
asin, discusses the stress,
combined with the threat of gas
bubble disease posed by air.
supersaturation ‘by “the. Hugh
Keenleyside Dam, placed on
aquatic life in the. river in the
Castiegar area by exposure to the

tar| discharge.

environment -

recovery phases, amounts to about. 60,500
cubic metres per day.

The .acid sewer, consisting mostly of
wash water from th cuore and chlorine

from he P

black ‘liquor: ‘evaporators and digesters
contain volatile reduced-sulphur compounds,
.and are major sources of toxicity in kraft mill
effluent.”

But the report: notes

objectives for the forest products industry,
the study says.

The company has also "requested 8
deadline extension to Dee. 91, 1982, it points
out, to meet the “B” level suspended solids
requirements of the permit for woodroom ‘
effluents,

ca ec gas levels upstream from the

of
biological treatment .of the kraft pulp mill
effluent, probably required after the Dec. $1,
1975 expiry of CanCel’s previous pollution
contro] permit, hasbeen deferred until
of the second pene of the study.

about
25,000 while the stkaline ae sewer flow, mostly
wash water from the caustic’ extraction
stages, is 20,400.

According to the report, effluent flow
amounting to about 1.4 cuble metres per
second and the minimum dilution ratio of
river/water to the discharge is about 100 to
one once mixing is complete.

: The study names altered growth rates,
respiratory changes, reduced food conversion

f . efficiency. and 1 stress enhanced ‘by. dissolved

The 238-page ‘study, whieh
water quality in the Arrow Lakes basin and
the effects of discharge from the Cominco

re} smelter and fertilizer plant’ and from the

municipalities Rossland and Trail on in the
Columbia as. well, also notes the CanCel
effluent’s effect on water taste and color and
the insufficient chlorination in sewage from
the City of Castlegar,

‘The report says CanCel's combined id Ele

and ‘sawmill operations: discharge

ily
average of 120,000 cubic metres iy ‘effluents,

gases lethal effects of ..
effluent from ‘the CanCel operation. Phenols,
resin acids, tannin and lignin-like compounds,
sulphides, mercaptans and chlorine residual ‘
are listed as substances discharged by the

CanCel’s to the

Dam “were mostly in the
satlafactory range” with a maximum of.110:
per cent supersaturation, the study, says. 3

But dissolved gas levels were’ highest, it
says, between the Hugh Keenleyside, Dam’: '
and. the Kootenay River with up to'144 Ber.
cent The levels’ dé

expired permit call ry deletion of standards
for chlorine residual, mercaptans, settleable
solids and sulphide because they have been
deleted from revised pollution control

company which'were at levels “that could :' [i

make the effluent toxic to aquatic life.”

. “Biological. treatment of-the total mill
effluent is.‘one method of reducing .:the
toxicity of Bleached kraft mill effluent Ay says i
the ‘study.

“Contaminated condensates from- the

ae Trouble’ Honoring Pickets |

- Here if Legal ae Called

gar }
‘sought reductions in its regi-
‘onal planning levy’ onthe

try. grounds. that:'the city: also

its~own

‘ department, <for which it

budgeted $24,660 fast year.

iin described * ‘the

tion, of the 2,700'IWA mem. .
bers in the. Kootenay region
‘on the ‘dispute between the
two unions over.the two-year
contract offered thefh by the
forest industry... <:

Knowlin, whose local
voted July.6 in favor of the

= Councit Planning 70

July 26, on the ‘meeting with
“RDCK. and city_representa-
‘tives.to discuss the function
expected .to:.cost’.the city

* about $27,000 this year.
Attempts to contact the
assistant’ ‘deputy minister
ministry's deci-

proj the
RD In response to the

decision: Castlegar city coun- |

cil voted late. last‘ month to
send Municipal Affairs Minis-

' tér Bill. Vander Zalm‘a letter .

“to remind him of his commit.
“ment” to take part in discuss-
ing the issue.

‘A March 20 letter to the
city. from the minister ‘said
his. ministry “would be happy
, to participate in discussions

‘leading to a-change in the ~

present rene abaring. formu-

The RDCK board voted
in May. to'delay taking on.a
municipal planning function
: until after a meeting between

ministry, city. and RDCK:,

Street Renumbering Scheme

North Castlegar. streets
between’ Columbia : Avenue
and the Columbia River are
the main target of a renum-

bering and renaming scheme:

to_be launched by the city
next month, city council was
told Tuesday.

Planning committee
chairman Ald. Albert Calder-
bank, whose recommenda-
tion ‘that staff investigate
suitable means for i

Speaking in favor of
Calderbank’'s motion that city.
staff devlop a system by Aug.

mally and we ‘don't have
types of problems’ they're ers.
having in <the MacMillan
Bloedel _ operations © on’ the”
coast,” he-explained.

“If the PPWC does goon: of ‘last month between’ the
strike in Castlegar and Skoo- . CanCel sawmill managemént
kumchuck, and they picket and his’ local’ for a new
allied operations such ‘ as the - agreement have reconvened.

3 picketing their own employ:
Meaiiwhile, ° Knowlin

para'
‘Which started in the middle

“We'll be working at it
probably all week,” he said.

if IG
WORKMEN “DISMANTLE one oF Selkirk
College's . Castlegar campus

residences, which have been

student college board .and the education's

of 186 per cent downstre: tries
the Kootenay, partially asa result of its
inflow with up to 182 per cent
study RAVB.

‘18 months of disagreement befween the

rundown housing units follows more than.

“Or until-such time as we can

housing
since late 1977. The tearing down.cf the the

Wren get. an Lapresment
e Lloyd, negotiating
with the IWA for CanCel,
was unavailable this week for
comment on the bargaining.
* Contacted this week Ed

bia Avenue is reversed it will Conroy, PPWC Local 1 pres-

no- longer be inconsistent id the local did not
with the numbering . of ident, sal perpen Ho

Controversial Residences
Torn Down This Week

17 for implementation of the
new street numbers and
names Ald. Len Embree,
another planning committee

., member, ‘said development

taking place -in: Castlegar
made a-new numbering sys:
tem “inevitable.” .-

-“The longer we put it ot of
the more

tation of the new numbering
and names won council ap-
:proval, said the numbering of
First Avenue North to 10th
‘Avenue North will be rev
sed to start from the river.
Calderbank ’ assired
‘council the city's downtown
core and South’ Castlegar
strects between’ the river
and Columbia Avenue will be

relatively unchanged, by. the,

12-month project, expected

: ts be © completed by eee 1

problems are’ going to bor 2

Embree
He said. both ‘the plan-

ning committee and the city’s *
has

‘advisory.’ planning commis-
sion were committed to keep-
ing. changes . and. ‘resulting
inconvenience to, property
owners Sto a-minimum.”

after. the

stréets at the city’s south
end.

's one of ‘those bad -
teeth that have to be drawn’

More on Page A2
Ferry Down
For Repairs, .
After Incident
The highways ministry
Bes nw a

object to the wage package

offer, but opposed the indus-

try’s position on cost-of-! living
and a

Dismantling of Selkirk
College's abandoned Castle-
gar campus student resi-
ig more than

four-year moratorium on pen-
sions. *

But Conroy said Local 1
members “haven't even con-
sidered” picketing the Can-
Cel sawmill or pulp mill.

“You've got to be on
strike before you consider
picketing anybody,” he said.

“We're not on strike.”

Returns in voting on a

new. cable on the C:

contract in the

“Robson ferry this week after.
a,Sunday fluctuation in the’
Columbia River, water level

ted service for about

: aioe meeting, Calderbank
told the Castlegar Newa that .-
: ager I R.E, McKeown told ithe

when the numbering, of
‘North Ci

reets be-- Ci

i hours.
District highways man-

News. Tuesday

tween the river 3 Colum- ,

A July 12“
at, Castlegar.
ther’ rea Pacifi
i flights’

Barry. EI Wiraa
ger. of PWA’s ‘Cas

terminal, told the .Castle-

‘Bird Strike’ ; Further Dey

noon fight ‘sched led that
iy: to. jeceammodats pas:
ded

‘airport here for Vancouter

at‘Sip.mi- but’ thefai
truck; a: bitd: and

return immediately.

“groundtime, he said, and

ight Terrien)

"Another aircraft, ‘gent
from the: Vancouver PWA
inal,

the aircraft which ‘struck
the bird left the following

.-morning. a

{
'

that the work, which: will
require a further ferry shut-
down. lasting. two to, three
hours, was expected to be

. performed either. yesterday

or today.

In the Sunday incident
the water level change resul-
ted in the cable jumping the
ferry's driving drum, ‘Mc-

Keown: said. ‘Because the .

cable is already in a worn
state a new one is required,
he said.

The ferry was reported-

ly closed from9 p.m. Sunday.

to11 a.m. Monday as a result
of the incident and the ferry’
crew Sunday evening had to
“improvise” about 10 feet
from shore with wooden
planks to unload vehicles.

industry di d most
workers were accepting the
agreement reached.
Management sources
said returns at -four milis
represented, by’ the 7,500-
member: “Canadian Paper-
More on Page A2

18 months of disagreement
between the college board,
the B.C. education and hous-
ing ministries over responsi-
bility for their repair and
maintenance—began this
week. g

Being dismantled and
moved, the mobile housing
units had housed about 80
students. \

Marilyn Strong, co-or-
dinator of student programs
at the’ college, said Tuesday
that although the units were
faulty in-some aspects, they
did alleviate the problem toa
degre

a ecAlthough it may not
sound like much, an addition-

al 30 rental requests poses a
big problem in this area. Last
year there were 847 students
from out of town, many: of
which were forced to com-
mute because of lack of rental
space in Castlegar,” Strong
said.

According to Strong, the
units were placed’ on, the
college campus in August
1975 at a cost of $50,000, and
that: they d some

but that nothing is being
done to replace them.

“We haven't heard a
word about additional hous-
ing but then we weren't told
that there was a tender
submitted for their removal
either."’ ;

-Frank Bertoria, a spoke-
sman for the regional office of
the housing ministry in Cran-
brook, | said that five tenders
for the units

maintenance problems.

“There was a great deal
. of leskage and condensation
in most of the units, to the
point where buckets were
used to catch dripping
water.”

Strong said that she is
not concerned so much that

were received, and the con-
tract was given to Artisan
Manufacturing Ltd.: of Sur-
rey, B.C. for $27,000.

“They have 30 days to
remove the units, and they
must leave the site free of
debris," Bertoria said. “The
college will be responsible for

the

the units d in late
1877—are being removed,

he added.

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