ee No steel mill for Rupert China Steel has decided no further investigation is justified in its study of Prince Rupert as a site for a three million ton per year steel mill. A pre-feasibility study, jointly paid for by the company and the B.C. government, concluded the operation would be a loser because of high operating costs. The study was announced in early June ~ 1999 by the provincial government, with Prince Rupert being shortlisted along with Port Hardy as locations of potential interest to China Steel. The company was estimating a capital investment of $4 billion to build the plant. China Steel was interested in B.C. because it offers iarge supplies of coal and hydroelectricity and some market" advantages through the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. An investment analyst contacted by the Terrace Review, however, said at the time that iron ore was the most critical requirement for the mill and Rupert would be rejected due to its distance from Terrace Review — Wednesday, January 2, 199] B7 Quarterly list of worst polluters~ cites 12 Northwest operations In its quarterly report on major worries issued Dec. 10, the Ministry of Environment lists 12 locations in the Northwest that are either "in significant non-compliance" of their waste management permits or constitute continuing pollution - conceems. The report covers the period from the beginning of June to the end of August 1990. Alcan and Eurocan in Kitimat and Skeena Cellulose | in Prince Rupert ran into permit problems: *The Alcan smelter exceeded its effluent permit limits for dissolved fluorine and overall acidity during the month of June. The information came from Alcan, and the ministry says a compliance plan was to be established sometime in the fall. *Enso Forest Products (Eurocan) exceeded the air emission limits in its permits on occasions during June and July. The ministry says a new smokestack scrubber was scheduled to be in operation by the end of 1990. *The Skeena Cellulose Watson Island pulp mill exceeded the air emission ‘limits in its permit from mid-June to mid- August. The ministry says emission control improvements are to be completed by April 31. The remaining nine items are matters of ongoing concem to the ministry. Where To Find It?” °A toxic waste storage sile near the Alcan smclier is being monitored and studied. The initial results of a groundwater study were filed July 10, and the report says the study is "being expanded". ‘The ministry is also concerned about continued high sulphur dioxide and particle emissions from Alcan. *The ministry also has two specific concerns about Kitimat’s Eurocan pulp mill -— the impact of effluent on the Kitimat River, especially at times of low water flows, and effluent leaching from landfill near fish-bearing streams. The Kitwanga Lumber Co. is a source of concern due to the frequent emperature inversions in the valley that trap smoke in the atmosphere over residential areas. — The City of Prince Rupert made the list twice, for discharging sewage into the harbour and operating a landfill site that’s leaching into a fish-bearing stream. 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