25 Casdege News ron LOCAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS LOCAL NEWS Celgar review panel releases recommendations The ng are the Celgar Panel’s final recommendations to the pooch yo and provincial governments regarding Celgar Pulp Co.'s proposed $650 million cleanup and expansion of its Castlegar mill. "PULP MILL PROCESS The panel recommends that: * the pulp mill process technology proposed by Celgar be approved, since it accords with the best control for adverse environmental effects for the type of pulp to be produced, and it exceeds the most stringent standards described by’ the federal and provincial governments during the Panel’s public hearing. * the environmental standards for the mill be based on the performance achievable under best control as by Celgar. *to imize the of i organics, especially dioxins and furans, during the construction period of the expanded mill, Celgar be required: a) to investigate and test the use of peroxide with either single or multi-point addition; b) to assess cooking and bleaching conditions; and 4 ¢) to continue its research into fluctuating furan levels in the pulp, and, if possible, to use the results to reduce the levels. * the effluent treatment system be constructed, if possible, during the initial phases of the three year construction program, thereby the effluent streams in the existing mill would receive secondary treatment, in accordance with a schedule to be approved by the British Columbia Ministry of Environment. © Celgar be required to demonstrate that it is sponsoring or carrying out research to.reduce elemen- tal chlorine usage. The research should include in- vestigation -of potential ozone usage.- An annual report_on the research program should be submitted to the British Columbia Ministry of Environment. Review Panel's tecbinencodations Tuesday, which are now in the sea of ts wg masta for review. —cosnews tile photo support and supplement. automated effluent and emission monitoring and alarms. © Celgar be required to evaluate the incineration of total reduced sulphur in the power boiler as a means of reducing SO2 emissions. © the federal and provincial governments under- take their planned controlled test burn of an effluent sludge, comparable to the sludge of Celgar’s proposal, as soon as practicable. © Celgar be required to make provision for later © Celgar be required to assign a qualified senior level environmental manager at the mill, responsible for ensuring the implementation of Celgar’s policies and pi for minimizing adverse i consequences of its operations. © Celgar be required to issue every six months environmental reports designed for the public, documenting the monitoring data, spill occurrence and other aspects of environmental performance at the mill. cluding one upstream and downstream of Celgar and one below Trail. * Celgar be required to uridertake an experimen- tal study in replicated riverside troughs to determine: -— which dissolved nutrient (nitrogen or phosphorus) is limiting attached algae biomass and production over the growth seasons evident in the natural system; and — the effects of selected pulp mill effluent loadings on attached algal biomass and production over the growth seasons, using an appropriate control series, * the resylts of in-river monitoring and of trough experiments be used to establish nutrient loading levels for pulp mill effluent (and construction camp effluent, see Recommendation D-2) so as to minimize undesirable algae and other aquatic vegetation growth in the receiving waters. © Celgar be required to undertake’ ongoing monitoring and reporting of the extent and toxicity of the fibre mat, as well as chlorinated organics within interstitial waters, ~ sediment and bottom- dwelling invertebrates, so as to determine the degree of natural degradation and recovery after project construction, and whether remedial action is required. * the Canadian Wildlife Service undertake studies of the accumulation of contaminants, in- cluding. chlorinated organics, in -selected species of migratory birds in the area affected by the mill. © Celgar and the federal and provincial gover- nments jointly develop log storage and handling for the ition of wood debris and fibre into the aquatic environment. © the federal Department of the Environment, including the Canadian Wildlife Service, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, become direct participants in the Integrated Monitoring Program. © the federal and provincial governments take measures to secure the participation of the U.S. En; required. mendations B-3 and B-6). tests by lified © in the final detailed design of the effluent treatment system, the size of the cooling equalization pond be checked to determine if any expansion is © the effluent treatment system be designed to accommodate the future addition of tertiary treat- ment, as well as a short anaerobic stage of treatment, if monitoring indicates that these are required to achieve predicted discharge qualities (See Recom- * Celgar be required to establish a routine ef- fluent monitoring program, which incorporates ap- propriate chemical and a carefully selected array of found to be satisfactory. adoption of sludge incineration, if tests results are © Celgar be required to monitor air emissions from the stacks, with alarm and reporting procedures when air emission standards are exceeded. © Celgar be required to Prepare a spill control The panel recommends that: tamination of groundwater. * the federal Department and response plan, in incidents and responses. at all stages of effluent treatment; and that the results of those tests be cued to specific process management that the igueicenlé be staffed with qualified responses to control the quality of any di: ici for ‘the with g agencies, mill workers, and community groups; to provide staff training; and to issue public reports on © Celgar be required to establish a fully equip- ped environmental laboratory, with the capability to 7). undertake regular monitoring of effluents and issi of toxicity; and aquatic by a short WATER QUALITY AND AQUATIC RESOURCES * biotreatment ponds and required to have linings which will prevent the con- spill ponds be of Fisheries and Oceans research program into water quality, fish and in the Fraser, Thompson and other rivers be extended in the Columbia River. ° if chlorate is found to pose a water quality problem, the effluent treatment system be modified State Department consequences, annual report vironmental Protection Agency and the Washington Monitoring Program. © the final design of the Integrated Monitoring Program include only thi biological indicators which will have a high probability of detecting change, and which can be used to prescribe action to manage and abate adverse * the Integrated Monitoring Program require an of Ecology in the Integrated physical, chemical and results and i the © manual backup monitoring be established to monitoring poegien: stage (See R © the Integrated Monitoring Program include monitoring of attached algae (species composition, biomass, seasonal growth rate), for at least two years prior to and after full-scale operation of the pulp mill expansion, at various sites in the Columbia River, in- A- public of environmental conditions and trends in the Columbia River system. 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A population of aging teachers, many of whom will be retiring in the next few years, and a growing student population, are creating a demand for more teachers, Ehman said. Joe Ranallo, coordinator of the program, added that teachers’ contracts now allow for smaller class sizes and preparation time for the teachers, which adds to the shortage. The idea for the Teachers’ Education program in remote areas came from a study called Access into Post Secondary Education. In that study, the Ministry of Education recognized the growing need for teachers and that it was difficult, if not impossible, for adult students with family obligations to ‘‘pack up and move to the coast for a year or two”’ to be certified. Those findings spurred the government to provide partial funding to colleges to either enhance facilities to university level or help set up a program outside of the college. The West Kootenay program Operates out of the Ooti: ia school. A UBC, Selkirk College, the Open Learning Agency and six school districts administer the program. Ranallo said UBC certifies the teachers upon successful completion of the program, sets up the courses within the ‘and provides some of the course instructors. Selkirk College has opened many of its resources to the program, such as the bookstore, the library and duplicating services. Ranallo said the program will eventually move to the Castlegar campus, once some classes move into the new wing currently being planned. The school districts — Nelson, Castlegar, Arrow Lakes, Trail, Grand Forks and Kettle Valley — provide most of the instructors on a sessional basis. As well, the student teachers are paired with teachers in those districts for a 13-week practicum, he said. The Castlegar school district provides the program with the Ootischenia school rent-free. The program has only to pay for i costs, Celgar continued from front page very reasonable conditions.’” Rossland-Trail MLA Chris D'Arcy said he’s relieved “to know there are no significant conditions attached to the approval.”” “The recommendations and ‘con- ditions seem to be reasonable at this point and don’t impinge on the con- struction of the project, which . . . has been my concern all along.”” D'Arcy said his objections have related to the “totally unnecessary and unconscionable delays’? which he said put the project in jeopardy. Castlegar Chamiber of Commerce president Jim Craig greeted Tues- day’s announcement with en- thusiasm. “I’m really. excited about it. I think that’s a decision everyone in town has been waiting to hear for a long, long time. Everyone will be glad to see the project getting under way.”” Craig said several other projects, such as the proposed mall next to the Sandman Inn, are on hold waiting for the mill project to proceed. “There’s a lot of spinoff that's going to occur off this project.’’ Dale Donaldson, spokesman for Citizens for a Clean Celgar Moder- nization, said he’s excited but guar- dedly optimistic about Tuesday's an- nouncement. He said he ‘‘can’t wait for the day Celgar comes out with (approval).’” However, Craig Lawrence, a member of the now-disbanded Coali- tion for, Information on the Pulp Mill Expansion, criticized the panel’s recommendations. “It’s what the Ministry of High- ways wanted, not what the public wanted. It’s depressing from that point,’’ said Lawrence, a resident of the Slocan Valley concerned with truck transportation along Highway 6. “*To me, it’s a sham, it’s a fraud." Recommendations continued trom Panel recognizes that there may be governmental a2 and so minimize ambient S02 (See also Recommendation A-10). * the British Columbia Ministry of _Healtli, Workers’ Compensation Board and Cancer Control Agency studies of health risks to pulp mill workers in British Columbia include Celgar as a survey site, and make recommendations for control of workplace ex- posure to hazardous substances, and of risk of respiratory disease. © Celgar involve the Pulp Paper and Wood- workers Union, Local No. | in the design and im- plementation of measures to improve air quailty in the workplace, and of measures to alert workers to the vigilance necessary to avoid or react to accidental discharges and emissions. harvesting which pertain to the supply of wood chips for Celgar and which have un- desirable environmental effects. Such decisicns may. include approval of forest management plans and permits under existing basimdasad rights to additional ing under P No. 9, and changes to forest management resulting from the work of the Forest Resources Commission, The Panel recommends that any decisions take into con sideration the protection of high elevation forests, community watersheds, fish and wildlife habitat, soil quality and recreational and aesthetic use of the forests in southeastern British Columbia. © The Panel specifically recommends to the Forest Resources Commission that it consider in- © the British Colum Ministry of EB establish an acid deposition monitoring station in the vicinity of Castlegar. * the federal and British Columbia governments apply air emission standards which. will protect id aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems ficant injury, and that Celgar be required to measure environmental effects of the mill on air quality and vegetation. * the federal and provincial governments establish impact and control guideli in a program of local resource use plans in southeastern British Columbia, in- cluding: — identifying designated areas for new and revised local resource use plans; — establishing detailed planning procedures which. explicitly incorporate industry and public ob- jectives for integrated and sustainable forest management and ecosystem variables which may have been overlooked in the past; conjunction with their international endeavors regar- ding greenhouse gases, and that Celgar be required to comply, should emissions from the mill be found to exceed the guidelines * Celgar be required to include in its air monitoring program a mobile unit, and also two ad- ditional continuous monitoring stations linked elec- tronically to the plant control room and local offices of the Ministry of Environment. COMMUNITY IMPACT The panel recommends that: * a community jon committee, comprised-of representatives of local government and social service agencies, be it among Celgar, contractors, government agencies, emergency services and the public, and to mofiitor and respond to community impact of the construc- tion phase. © Celgar, in connection with the construction camp, be required to predict the effect of its sewage and waste water effluent on nutrient loa Hy to the river, taking into account in-river attached algae tests (See also Recommendation B-4), and that ap- Propriate waste treatment be required to minimize undesirable attached algae and other aquatic vegetation growth in the receiving waters. © Celgar be required to demonstrate measures to minimize the risk of exposure of residents of the con- struction camp to hazardous gases and chemicals. * a “Columbia River Advisory Group,”’ con- sisting of representatives of Celgar and responsible of all ities affected by the mill, be established to review reports of Celgar’s monitoring program, the Integrated Monitoring Program, and any related research from the Depar- tment of Fisheries and Oceans, the Canadian Wildlife Service, the British Columbia Ministry of Environ- ment, and other bodies, and that this group advise Celgar and permitting authorities regarding further to the effects of the to improve mill. ® site ‘specific archaeological monitoring of ex- be in ion with provin- cial government archaeologists. WOOD CHIP SUPPLY * Although management of provincial Crown forests was excluded from the Panel’s mandate, the jing public in the selection of land use options and forest management practices; — preparing a program and schedule for under- taking these plans; and — preparing an annual report on the progress and results of this program. *® The Panel recommends that the provincial Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and Ministry of Environment undertake an evaluation of options for the use or disposal of hog fuel from Westar’s sawmill made surplus by the propos: ! Celgar modernization, and the oppor- tunities for energy production from this resource. TRANSPORTATION © The Panel recommends that traffic rues on Higwhays 6 and 23 be — to control the movement of trucks so as to avoid their arrival and departure from the Galena Bay Ferry in convoy; — to reduce the speed limit for all vehicles from the current 90 kph; and — to restrict the traffic of heavy trucks during hours when school buses pick up and deliver children. © The Panel recommends that the British Columbia Ministry of Highways and Transportation and the Regional District of Central Kootenay develop a transportation plan for the Slocan valley. * The Panel recommends that additional capacity on the Galena Bay Ferry be provided to ac- commodate projected growth, as well as additional demand for ferry transportation of chip trucks resulting from Celgar’s propopsal. * The Panel’s attention was focused on the im- pact of truck transportation as proposed by Celgar, and the provincial government has made a public commitment to accept the Panel’s recommendation for road transportation improvements. In parallel, the Panel also recommends, as a follow-up to the 1989 Kootenay Region Transportation Task Force Report, that alternatives to avoid the impact and costs iated with mitigation of ed trucking of wood chips on Highways 6 and 23 be considered by a task force, which would undertake a study of the public and private costs and benefits of barge, rail, and private and public road alternatives in com- parison with the truck transportation alternative proposed by Celgar. YOUR COMMUN Ea BUDGET SAVER ITY FOOD STORE SPECIALS he said. Finally, the learning agency provides courses to teachers ‘‘who have one or two deficiencies,”’ qualifications for the program. For example, students coming into the program must have a bachelor of arts degree or a bachelor of science degree. However, a student may have that without having completed one year of English, one of the requirements of certification. The learning agency can provide that course. Similar teacher education programs are offered in Kamloops, Nanaimo, Dawson Creek-Ft. St. John, the East Kootenay and Okanagan. The first program was established in the Alaska Highway region and remains the “‘granddaddy”’ project. Making the teaching profession more attractive with the program adds another element, Ranallo said. Most of the student teachers have already had a career in another field. “They are a fascinating group of people,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s because they are adults, their ages range from 24 to 60, and they have done a number of other things which they bring to teaching.” His list of students includes former social workers, business people, a professional artist, a professional musician, a nurse, the first woman forestry graduate in B.C. and a bartender. As an instructor, Moody is also impressed with what his student teachers have to offer compared to Woman crushed between By CasNews Staff Castlegar RCMP are investigating a motor vehicle accident which oc- curred on Columbia Road in Ootis- chenia at 2:27 a.m. Feb. 2. An 18-year-old woman was taken to Trail hospital with undetermined injuries after she was crushed bet- ween her own vehicle and a tow truck, police said. The woman's 1979 Datsun station wagon had just been pulled out of a ditch by the tow truck when it was vehicles struck from behind by a 1988 Mazda pick-up driven by a 30-year-old man from Ootischenia. The RCMP said the road con- ditions were ‘‘extremely icy’’ at the time of the accident. Names are withheld pending the outcome of the investigation. The RCMP are forwarding all infor- mation to Crown counsel in Nelson who will determine if charges will be laid. Councils students who receive all their training in uni y right out of high school. “The difference is age and experience, and the wealth of talent," he said. ‘*(It’s the) knowledge of all kids, experience and enthusiasm they bring that makes a difference.’ Moody is one of 25 part-time instructors and three full-time instructors in the program. rom pege started reaching out to our paren- ts and recognizing they're equal and have something to say. Other __ “Someday we may be at op- Posite ends of the table,”” Voykin said. ‘‘The ideal would be for the we're unclear of their rights and our rights as a school board dealing with PACs.” No Frills - No Gimmicks Low Cost Warehouse Operation SAVE AS MUCH AS Le on Furniture for every room in your Home Open to the Public: — CENTRAL FRESH MEATS — SIDES OF vil cur, HINDS OF yi WRAPPED AND FROZEN * PRICES INCLUDE WEIGHT BEFORE TRIMMING AND DEBONING. BEEF LIVER SLICED. PREV. 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