14) Terrace Review —- Wednesday, November 6, 1991

Orenda gets conditional support trom regional board |

Both the City of Terrace and the Regional District. of Kitimat- Stikine have forwarded submis- sions to the Major Project Review Committee that support the Oren- da pulp mill proposal at the Dubose Industrial Site, subject to the government’s investigation into environmental concerns.

A resolution adopted by city council earlier this month was attached to their submission and states: “That the City of Terrace support the proposal by Orenda Forest Products and encourage the Major Project Review Process to approve in principle the Orenda Project at the Prospectus stage.” The motion was made by alder- man Danny Sheridan, seconded by Mo Takhar, and received unani- mous support.

- The regional district’s submis- sion was only at a draft stage at their most recent meeting and has since been modified a little and adopted by a telephone poll. Dur- ing their Oct.19 meeting of the board, however, regional dir- ectors did pass a resolution outlining their official position.

Their position was made in the form of a motion by director “Sandy Sandhals encouraged approval in principle by the MPRP, subject to the approval of various government agencies.

Sandhals's motion was amended by Ray Brady, who added that the regional board did not support the building of a separate construction camp at the Dubose Site unless all other available accommodation in the area was fully utilized. The motion was adopted unanimously as amended.

These two resolutions outline the basic direction taken by both local and regional government, but their individual submissions are far more precise. The city’s sub- mission begins by addressing eco- nomic issues. For one, technologi- cal change has resulted in a declin- ing number of jobs in the North- west and the Orenda proposal holds the promise of retaining some of those lost jobs.

It is noted in the submission that Orenda claims the project would offer 570 man years of employment in the construction stage and 141 man years of work in the operational stage. The num- ber of dollars generated in the area is noted as well. According to Orenda, they would spend about $20 million here during construc- tion and $17 million annually once paper production begins.

The advantages of a value- added forest industry are listed, and there is also a discussion on the imbalance of taxable industrial

base among the three largest Northwest communities. Kitimat is the clear winner at the present time with 56 percent of their tax base on industrial land. Prince Rupert is second with 37 percent. And Terrace lags far behind with only seven percent of their tax base on industrial land.

It is expected that Orenda would pay between $1 and $2 mil- lion in property taxes annually, and if city boundaries were expanded that could up the per-

City pays

TALSTRA: Cheesed off at travel costs.

centage of taxable industrial land in Terrace from seven to perhaps 40 percent.

On environmental issues, the city’s submission is based entirely on the experience of their tours of similar mills in Duluth and Grand Rapids Minnesota last August.

The city’s submission suggests that the city and the region would receive considerable economic benefits, the Minnesota tour demonstrated the process can fit into the environment with minimal impact, and it is the city’s hope the

technology will establish new standards for the pulp industry in B.C,

The regional board will support the project provided it is proven environmentally safe and con- struction workers utilize available accommodation before a construc- tion camp is built. In addition, however, the regional district sub- mission includes the concerns of interest groups and smaller com- munities as well as inquiries from the regional district to other senior government agencies,

admission to MPSC

Terrace mayor Jack Talstra is a little upset with the Major Project Review Process. City council was pleased a few weeks ago when they named their own

_ representative to the Major Pro-

ject Review Process steering committee that will examine the Orenda Forest Products ground- wood pulp mill and paper propo- sal. The committee, however, meets in Vancouver.

MPRP co-chairman Frank Blasetti said in an interview with the Terrace Review two months ago that the committee meets in Vancouver because most of the people on the committee live in

that area. "It’s a matter of con- venience,” he said.

But what is convenient for some becomes an expense for others. Terrace council was a little surprised Monday night when they received a request from economic development officer Peter Monteith, the city’s member on the MPSC, for $1,100 in travel expenses to go to an MPSC meeting.

"I’m surprised everybody has to pay," said Talstra. "They form a committee and say you have to go. Then you’re on there and you have to pay."

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