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The Kitimat-Stikine Regional ‘District,has offered moral sup- port for recommendations re- sulting from a study of the potential value of the Rim sawill

- site in Hazelton. These recom- mendations call for a second development study to investigate the feasibility of using the site as . a forest industry industrial park. -

In a letter to the regional district, Hazelton Mayor Alice Maitland outlined a proposal in which Westar Timber would be offered $1 for the purchase of ‘the site in exchange for good- will, tax write-offs and a more diversified market. Maitland al- so suggested that if their pro- posal were to become a reality,

; «application would be made to

a the North Coast Minister of State for $150,000 to help take

“care of initial site maintenance,

a detailed site development

study, and site promotion, .

According to Maitland, the feasibility study of the ‘Rim Forestry Development Park’ will explore the idea of operat- ing the site as a central primary sawmill for a number of smaller secondary manufacturing indus- tries in the area.

This concept could be of in- terest to some Terrace business- es in the event West Fraser Mills decides to relocate to Kitimat.

Regional district director Les Watmough says that there are similarities in the situation of both mills — the first similarity being that it isn’t necessary for either mill to be shut down, Ac- cording to Watmough, there’s enough timber in the area to keep at least one shift running even if West Fraser decides to - build a new mill near Kitimat. If they do shut the mill down, however, he says there are a number of possibilities that would save local jobs, and one of those possibilities is exactly what is being proposed in Hazel- ton. ,

He says the West Fraser mill

has a dry kiln, an idea necessary to secondary manufacturing which has been discussed for many years, and the operation could be used to provide both primary and secondary wood

products. ; .

In the proposal submitted by

Maitland, which she calls “the

most important economic devel-

Opment project ever contem- -

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